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Global warming: : Rapid Rise In Arctic Temperatures Linked To Changes In Extreme Weather
By Steve Connor

http://www.countercurrents.org/connor120814.htm

Scientists have linked the rapid rise in Arctic temperatures over the past two decades to weather extremes in the northern hemisphere such as heatwaves in the US and flooding in Europe. Temperatures in the Arctic have risen twice as fast as the rest of the world since 2000, and this could have triggered changes to global wind patterns, which have brought extreme weather to lower latitudes, the researchers said. A study has found that the number of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts, has almost doubled over the same period and that this increase can be linked with unusual wind patterns in the upper atmosphere, influenced by warmer Arctic temperatures


Cold War Two
By William Blum

http://www.countercurrents.org/blum120814.htm

During Cold War One those of us in the American radical left were often placed in the position where we had to defend the Soviet Union because the US government was using that country as a battering ram against us. Now we sometimes have to defend Russia because it may be the last best hope of stopping TETATW (The Empire That Ate The World). Yes, during Cold War One we knew enough about Stalin, the show trials, and the gulags. But we also knew about US foreign policy


Iraq Unrest Not Shia-Sunni
By Anthony Mathew Jacob

http://www.countercurrents.org/jacob120814.htm

These terrorists are neither Shias nor Sunni rebels (as the western media refers to them). They are ruthless killers trained, funded and supported by Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and their western masters


Campaign of State-Backed Political Persecution Against MK Haneen Zoabi
Press Release

http://www.countercurrents.org/zoabi120814.htm

MK Haneen Zoabi was called for a police investigation in Lod today over allegations from the police that she incited against, and insulted, a public official – a policeman – outside Nazareth’s district court on 6 July. The investigation has been authorised by the Israeli attorney general. The incitement investigation, one of a series being considered against MK Zoabi, follows her suspension on 29 July from the Knesset for a six-month period by the Knesset ethics committee. This suspension is the longest in the Knesset’s history and the maximum the committee can impose under Israeli law


Hashtag Genocide: Why Gaza Fought Back
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud120814.htm

Gaza managed to keep Israel at bay in a battle of historic proportions. Once its children are buried, it will once again rebuild its defenses for the next battle. For Palestinians in Gaza, this is not about mere resistance strategies, but their very survival


Blown Chances In Gaza
By Sandy Tolan

http://www.countercurrents.org/tolan120814.htm

Alongside the toll of death and broken lives, perhaps the saddest reality of the latest Gaza war, like the Gaza wars before it, is how easy it would have been to avoid. For the last eight years, Israel and the U.S. had repeated opportunities to opt for a diplomatic solution in Gaza. Each time, they have chosen war, with devastating consequences for the families of Gaza


An Open Letter To My Palestinian Friends
By Robert J. Burrowes

http://www.countercurrents.org/burrowes120814.htm

As my heart bleeds for those of you suffering in Gaza and elsewhere in Palestine, I want to add my voice to those who are encouraging you to consider revising your strategy of resistance to Israeli occupation


Protect Culture, Faith, Livelihood And Natural Resources Of
Indigenous People: Observe Kandhamal Day on August 25, 2014
By V. S Roy David

http://www.countercurrents.org/kandhamal120814.htm

National Adivasi Alliance call upon all the concerned human beings, secular groups, human rights organisations and like minded members of the political parties to respond to the call for action by the National Solidarity Forum for expressing your public concern on the Kandhamal Day on August 25, 2014


Implement United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples
By Indigenous Peoples Forum

http://www.countercurrents.org/ipf120814.htm

Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples Forum, Odisha; on the occasion of International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9th August 2014, After the two decades of UN declaration


Selective Justice
By Abdul Majid Zargar

http://www.countercurrents.org/zargar120814.htm

Maya Kodnani, convicted for killing ninety five Muslims, in 2002 Naroda Patiya & Naroda Gaam case, has been released on bail by Gujrat High Court. In so-called Secular India, The delivery of Justice has been most communal & selective against minorities particularly Muslims