Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Britain suffers worst rate of child abuse cases + Thousands of Iranian long-range missiles await enemies + Int'l community remains silent on Rohingya genocide


US student loan debt nears $1 trillion: Report
Press TV
The automatic budget cuts in the US will cease allotments of federal financial aid for as many as 280,000 students nationwide. In 2005, a new law was passed which made it nearly impossible to release private student loans in bankruptcy. GMA/HSN ...

Wall Street stands as main obstacle to US recovery: Edward Spannaus
Press TV
In the background of this with only hours left before harsh spending cuts kick in to theUS economy on March 1, both Democrats and Republicans were still haggling as they failed to agree on several aspects of the proposed 85 billion dollars in cuts ...

US stoking flames of civil war in Syria: Kevin Barrett
Press TV
Barrett: Well, I am not sure how significant it is, but I am sure how absurd it is when Senator Kerry - or I should say secretary Kerry - tells us that the way to get a negotiated solution to the Syria crisis is to give more material to these rebels ...

US sailors get jail terms for rape
Press TV
Japanese people in Okinawa hold a demonstration against the rape of a teenager by aUS serviceman. ... A court in Japan has passed prison sentences on two US sailors for 'raping and robbing' a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa in 2012.

US Navy sailors convicted for Okinawa rape
Press TV
During an earlier court appearance the two men had admitted the offence, which caused outrage on the sub-tropical islands and beyond, and led to a nationwide night-time curfew on all U.S. military personnel in Japan. Despite the curfew, misconduct ...

Video - Benedict XVI says Europe suffers from ...
Benedict XVI says Europe suffers from faith crisis ... Max Civili, PressTV, Rome ...

Documents reveal US Marshals using spy drones
Press TV
Documents obtained by the ACLU have revealed that the U.S. Marshals Service has experimented with using drones for domestic surveillance. The documents, available on the ACLU website, were released via a Freedom of Information Act request.

US soldier Bradley Manning denies 'aiding enemy' in Wikileaks case
Press TV
The US soldier who leaked documents on the truth about the wars waged by the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan has denied the charge of aiding the enemy. US Army Private Bradley Manning appeared at a pre-trial hearing in a military court in Fort ...

UK gov't faces new anti-nukes campaign
Press TV
British anti-nukes campaigners have planned a protest outside the military base whereBritain designs and manufactures its Trident nuclear weapons on this year's April Fools' Day. Thousands of participants in the protest, named "Stop Fooling with ...

Int'l community remains silent on Rohingya genocide: Nazieha Saleh
Press TV
Press TV: First of all, tell us about the response from the international community and whether you think it has been sufficient enough to the plight of the Rohingyas? Saleh: As we know US from before promised the leaders of Burma that if it will get ...

Sanctions on Iran will not serve Western interests: Rodney Shakespeare
Press TV
Press TV: Give us your thoughts on the implications of this report and do you believe Western governments and officials when they say that these sanctions are not intended to harm ordinary citizens? Shakespeare: The sanctions are intended to try to...

No compromise on Iran nuclear issue: Iran cleric
Press TV
Seddiqi also pointed to the recent meeting held between Iran and the world powers of the P5+1 group -- the US, Britain, France, Russia, and China plus Germany -- in the Kazakh city of Almaty, noting that the Islamic Republic maintains its firm stance ...

EU extends Syria sanctions, eases military aid to militants
Press TV
The 27-nation bloc said on Thursday that it amended sanctions on Syria and extended them until June 1 to ease the EU weapons embargo to help the armed groups fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. One of the amendments to the EU's ...

Thousands of Iranian long-range missiles await enemies: Iran cmdr.
Press TV
Iran categorically rejects the allegation and says as a committed signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful ...

Iran calls on UN to hold Israel accountable over Palestinian prisoners
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Iran's permanent envoy to the United Nations has expressed concern over Israel's illegal imprisonment of Palestinians, urging the UN to address the plight of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ...

"Friends of Syria" decision to up aid to militants encourages extremists
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich said on Friday that the promises of aid to the Syrian opposition made by the US and other countries in the meeting of the so-called "Friends of Syria" in Rome will encourage further violence ...

Supporters of militants to blame for Syrians' deaths: Iran official
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The senior diplomat went on to say that Iran's peace plan for Syria is the most appropriate political and practical answer to the Syrian crisis which could be settled solely through a Syrian-Syrian solution. Amir-Abdollahian further pointed out that ...

Germany selling arms to Arabs to overcome fiscal woes: Iran MP
Press TV
"Europe is suffering from a financial crisis, and Germany appears to have felt the pinch," Member of Iran Majlis (parliament) Committee on the National Security and Foreign Policy Qasem Souri said on Friday. He noted that Germany has therefore lost...

Croatia to quit Golan UN force after reports of arms shipment to militants
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Share | Email | Print. Croatia says it will withdraw its soldiers from the UN peacekeeping force stationed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights following media reports that Saudi Arabia has bought weapons from Zagreb and shipped them to militants in ...

Syria militants threatening Lebanon security: Interior minister
Press TV
There are currently almost 320,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon, most of whom live with host communities rather than in camps like those in Jordan and Turkey. In January, the Lebanese government asked for USD180 million to help care for the refugees.

Assad slams Britain for pushing to end EU arms embargo on militants
Press TV
Assad made the remarks in an interview with the UK's Sunday Times newspaper and in response to Britain's recent efforts to exempt militants from an EU arms embargo imposed against Syria. Assad also rejected the possibility of help from Britain to end...

Fiscal woes force US to cut naval presence in Persian Gulf
Press TV
The news comes after the US administration was forced to sign into effect the spending cuts known as the sequester on Friday, which will take USD 85 billion from the US federal budget in 2013. About half of the cuts, USD 46 billion, will affect the US...

BP fooled US on Deep Horizon oil spill
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Transocean, Owner of the Deep Horizon oil rig where an explosion led to the spill, said BP blocked efforts to notify the US government and the public of the scale of the crisis by reporting lower estimates of oil, entering the gulf's waters, than real ...

US aid for terrorists in Syria will have dire consequences: Iranian commander
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Share | Email | Print. Jazayeri said those who are responsible for the unrest in Syria, namely certain regional and European countries as well as the US, would "suffer severe blows" from the very terrorists that they have funded and trained. Related ...

US presence will fuel violence across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region: Liaghat ...
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A political analyst tells Press TV that it seems that the US presence will trigger more violence and killings across the war-torn Afghanistan. The comments came after a controversial Pakistani preacher caused a commotion in Afghanistan after endorsing ...

Britain suffers worst rate of child abuse cases: probe
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Britain has more than 18,000 profiled paedophiles/child abusers, a majority of whom are being leniently released into the society to repeat their crimes, according to latest statistics compiled by local media. A new shocking investigation revealed that ...

25% of UK's top companies pay zero tax
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25% of UK's top companies pay zero tax. Sun Mar 3, 2013 7:48AM. Share | Email | Print. Almost 25 percent of Britain's biggest listed companies have paid no corporation tax last year, a new research reveals. The Mail's analysis of the latest annual ...

London hosts conference on Islamophobia in Europe
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London hosts conference on Islamophobia in Europe. Sun Mar 3, 2013 1:45AM. Nargess Moballeghi, Press TV, London. Share | Email | Print. Across Europe, from Greece to Britain, there has been a tidal wave of racism, islamophobia and hate attacks.


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