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IKEA admits East German prison labour

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IceNews Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has admitted that it benefitted from the labour of East Germany’s political prisoners up until the late 1980s. The news comes nearly six months after the Uppdrag Granskning television programme confronted the retailer on the issue. IKEA initially denied the claims, but said that it would launch a probe into the [...]

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Greek Default Could Cost the Germans

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Germany saves Greece

By A. Papapostolou | Greek Reporter German chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck warned in a newspaper interview released on Saturday that German taxpayers could get stuck with a large bill if Greece were to default on its loans. Steinbrueck told Bild am Sonntag newspaper that Germany has so far only provided loan guarantees for Greece but that could end [...]

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Iran accuses US Navy of ‘illegal acts’ in Gulf

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RT Iran has blamed the US Navy for “illegal and provocative acts” near its coastline, including violations of country’s airspace. Formal accusations of these charges were filed with both the UN chief and the UN Security Council. The two identical letters to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UNSC were delivered on Friday by Iran’s envoy [...]

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Facebook’s new privacy policy conflicting with European law concerns regulators

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Facebook policy vs EU

ANI | ZeeNews Parts of Facebook’s newly proposed privacy policy has concerned privacy advocates over being in conflict with European law. It came after a key regulator moved to give users in the European Union more power to block the sharing of their data with the company’s affiliates such as Instagram. Gary T. Davis, deputy [...]

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Deployment of Patriots in Turkey means no-fly zone for Syria

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VOR The planned deployment by NATO countries of Patriot air defence systems on Turkey’s Syria border will actually amount to the imposition of a no-fly zone for Syrian aircraft in circumvention of the UN Security Council. The opinion has been voiced by the leading research fellow of the Russian Institute for Oriental Studies, Vladimir Kudelev. [...]

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New idea of halting militancy: UK’s Lord Gilbert suggests govt to drop neutron bomb on Pak-Afghan border

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By Ubaid Mughal | News Tribe Britain’s House of Lords member Lord Gilbert on Friday advised his government to drop a neutron bomb in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, in order to eliminate the safe heavens of militant outfits. During a debate over eliminating nukes across the world, the member of the upper house [...]

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UK-based Muslim radio station fined 4,000 pounds for saying ‘gay people should be tortured’

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Radio Asian Fever

ANI A Muslim radio station in the UK has reportedly been fined for 4,000 pounds after a presenter said that gay people should be ‘tortured’. Ofcom upheld two complaints from listeners about Leeds based Radio Asian Fever after presenter Rubina Nasir hit out at homosexuality and mixed faith marriages. She said that homosexuals should be [...]

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NZ: Volcano scientists on high alert

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By John Anthony | Taranaki Eruptions at Mt Tongariro could continue for months, if not years, scientists say, and they are still expecting Ruapehu to let off more steam. The eruption at Tongariro’s Te Maari crater about 1.30pm on Wednesday sent a 4-kilometre plume of ash into the air and lasted about five minutes, GNS Science [...]

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Holocaust Survivors Criticize Israeli Policy Towards Palestinians (Videos)

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By WashingtonsBlog Leading Jewish Voices Call For Honest Debate Preface: The main problem is the dehumanization and demonization carried out by both sides. And see this. Follow us:

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The Psychology of Tyranny vs. the Nature of Conformity

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By Anna Hunt | Waking Times When we see somebody doing bad things, we assume they are bad people to begin with.”– Dr. Philip Zimbardo, The Stanford Prison Experiment The foundation for understanding the psychology of tyranny and human obedience is based on classical studies such as the Stanford Prison Experiment conducted in 1971 by [...]

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GM corn variety ‘cannot be regarded as safe’: Author of study linking food to cancer issues new attack

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By Lewis Smith | Daily Mail The team of researchers who caused uproar when they claimed a variety of genetically modified corn causes cancer has insisted the crop ‘cannot be regarded as safe’. Leading scientists lined up to condemn the study after it was published two months ago, saying it lacked scientific rigour and had [...]

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Why Do People Follow Medical Authorities?

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By Dave Mihalovic | Prevent Disease Long time practitioners in the natural health industry ask themselves this question on a daily basis. Why do people follow medical authorities who prescribe toxic vaccinations, medications and treatments which only serve as a detriment to human health? The answer lies in a recent report in PLOS Biology. What [...]

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