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- Pro-US, pro-Zionist Australia refuses to support Goldstone Report at UN General Assembly (35 comments)
- Global anti-Semitism demands a united response (116 comments)
- Venezuela President Hugo Chavez accuses State of Israel of Palestinian Genocide (21 comments)
- 18 countries voted against UN Resolution on Goldstone Report (19 comments)
- Roy: "The heart of India is under attack" in state violence-backed corporate land grab (5 comments)
18 countries voted against UN Resolution on Goldstone Report
Fri Nov 6, 2009 5:04 PM EST
114 countries voted for the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Richard Goldstone Report on Gaza, 18 voted against, 44 abstained, and 16 were absent.
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Pro-US, pro-Zionist Australia refuses to support Goldstone Report at UN General Assembly
Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 3:47 PM EST (Australian News Network)
Australia has voted against the endorsement by the UN General Assembly of the Goldstone Report on Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Jewish South African Richard Goldstone is an eminent human rights lawyer and judge.
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez accuses State of Israel of Palestinian Genocide
Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 7:55 AM EST (NY Daily News)
HC re Gaza: "The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly ...What was it if not genocide? ... The Israelis were looking for an excuse to exterminate the Palestinians."
UN General Assembly endorses Goldstone Report on Israeli et al Gaza atrocities
Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 5:43 PM EST (JPost.com)
The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday an Arab-backed resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report. 114 nations voted in favor of the resolution and 18 voted against it, with 44 members abstaining.
Order of Australia for General Petraeus who led US Alliance forces in Occupied Iraq (!)
Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 4:09 PM EST (ABC News)
The head of US Central command, General David Petraeus, who led US forces in Occupied Iraq was appointed an honorary officer of the Order of Australia (its highest award) by MP Faulkner at a ceremony in Washington.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution: Victoria dirtiest state in one of dirtiest countries, Australia
Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 4:21 PM EST (The Age)
Home to three of Australia's four dirtiest power stations and none of the 12 biggest renewable energy plants... less than 2 per cent of electricity clean ... brown coal accounted for 94 per cent of electricity, with gas 4 per cent.
Global anti-Semitism demands a united response
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 12:35 PM EST (The Ottawa Citizen)
The beast of anti-Semitism is back. In Europe, politicians who deny the Holocaust or trivialize the massacre of Jews are elected to the European Parliament.
Oz Government CSIRO bid to GAG top economist's attack on Obama-style carbon ETS
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:26 AM EST (Australian News Network)
The taxpayer-funded research organization CSIRO has reportedly stopped publication of a peer-reviewed research article by a top ecological economist critical of Obama-style carbon trading-based ETS approach
Tribute to an aidworker killed in the Islamabad bombing of the UN offices
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 4:34 AM EST (7Days)
A Dubai-based technology expert followed a suicide bomber into a UN building just seconds before he was blown up, video footage has shown.
Ahmadinejad:"Why is the Holocaust used as pretext to occupy the lands of other people?"
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 5:39 PM EST (Newsweek)
In this interview with Newsweek Ahmadinejad clearly does not dispute the Jewish Holocaust as part of the 60 million people killed in WW2 but says "Why is the Holocaust used as pretext to occupy the lands of other people?"
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