Monday, March 10, 2014

Crimea's Case for Leaving Ukraine



Robert Parry | Crimea's Case for Leaving Ukraine
A map showing Crimea (in beige) and its proximity to both the Ukrainian mainland and Russia. (photo: Consortium News)
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "If you were living in Crimea, would you prefer to remain part of Ukraine with its coup-installed government – with neo-Nazis running four ministries including the Ministry of Defense – or would you want to become part of Russia, which has had ties to Crimea going back to Catherine the Great in the 1700s?"
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After Pledging Transparency, PBS Hides Details of New Deal With Billionaire Owner of NewsHour
David Sirota, PandoDaily
Sirota writes: "Last month, in response to Pando’s revelations that anti-pension mogul John Arnold secretly was financing PBS’s 'Pension Peril' series, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued a scathing report demanding immediate reform."
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Ralph Nader | California's Coming Minimum Wage Restoration
Ralph Nader, The Nader Page
Nader writes: "In commencing this effort, Mr. Unz is uniting conservatives and liberals in supporting this initiative and is hopeful that Silicon Valley billionaires or megabillionaires will help fund this citizens' campaign."
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In the Midwest, a Storm Brews Over 'Frac Sand'
Richard Mertens, Christian Science Monitor
Mertens reports: "Sand has become a valuable – and deeply divisive – commodity in the upper Midwest."
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A Kiev Question: What Became of the Missing?
C.J. Chivers, The New York Times
Chivers writes: "In the weeks since, Ukraine's interim authorities have allowed opposition members to search prisons, morgues and hospitals for their missing."
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Hundreds Celebrate Chokwe Lumumba's Life
R.L. Nave, Jackson Free Press
Nave reports: "The Jackson Convention Complex was packed this morning and afternoon for the memorial services for Lumumba, who died Feb. 25 at the age of 66."
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The Children of Japan's Fukushima Battle an Invisible Enemy
Toru Hanai, Elaine Lies, Reuters
Hanai and Lies report: "Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, barely know what it's like to play outside - fear of radiation has kept them indoors for much of their short lives."
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