Katrina vanden
Heuvel | Change in Cuba Policy Is a Nod to Reality
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Washington Post
vanden Heuvel writes: "President Obama's decision to normalize relations with Cuba is a decision to recognize reality. For 50 years, the United States has pursued a policy that has failed. The embargo hurt the Cuban people it claimed to help and bolstered the regime that it intended to undermine."
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Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Washington Post
vanden Heuvel writes: "President Obama's decision to normalize relations with Cuba is a decision to recognize reality. For 50 years, the United States has pursued a policy that has failed. The embargo hurt the Cuban people it claimed to help and bolstered the regime that it intended to undermine."
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Israel
Approves 380 New East Jerusalem Settler Homes
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Israeli authorities gave final approval on Wednesday to the construction of 380 new settler homes in two areas of annexed east Jerusalem, a local official said."
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Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Israeli authorities gave final approval on Wednesday to the construction of 380 new settler homes in two areas of annexed east Jerusalem, a local official said."
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After Jail,
Pussy Riot Focuses on Prisons
Mansur Mirovalev, Al Jazeera America
Mirovalev writes: "After spending almost two years in jail for performing their 'punk prayer' against Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main Orthodox cathedral in 2012, two young women from the feminist protest band Pussy Riot chose not to go on a world tour or settle somewhere in the West to escape further persecution."
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Mansur Mirovalev, Al Jazeera America
Mirovalev writes: "After spending almost two years in jail for performing their 'punk prayer' against Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main Orthodox cathedral in 2012, two young women from the feminist protest band Pussy Riot chose not to go on a world tour or settle somewhere in the West to escape further persecution."
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Citizenfour
Producers Sued 'on Behalf of American Public' for 'Aiding' Edward
Snowden
Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams
Prupis writes: "A retired naval officer and former government secretary is suing the producers of Citizenfour, the documentary chronicling NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's classified document release in 2013, for 'profiteering' from the 'theft and misuse' of government files."
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Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams
Prupis writes: "A retired naval officer and former government secretary is suing the producers of Citizenfour, the documentary chronicling NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's classified document release in 2013, for 'profiteering' from the 'theft and misuse' of government files."
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Was the FBI
Wrong on North Korea?
CBS News
Excerpt: "Cybersecurity experts are questioning the FBI's claim that North Korea is responsible for the hack that crippled Sony Pictures. Kurt Stammberger, a senior vice president with cybersecurity firm Norse, told CBS News his company has data that doubts some of the FBI's findings."
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CBS News
Excerpt: "Cybersecurity experts are questioning the FBI's claim that North Korea is responsible for the hack that crippled Sony Pictures. Kurt Stammberger, a senior vice president with cybersecurity firm Norse, told CBS News his company has data that doubts some of the FBI's findings."
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Israel to
Drill for Oil in Occupied Golan Heights
Noa Shpigel, Haaretz
Shpigel writes: "Experimental drilling for oil on the Golan Heights can resume, the High Court of Justice ruled on Monday. But the court stressed that such drills may produce a few barrels of oil only, and any transition to commercial-scale drilling will require a detailed plan approved by the authorized planning agencies."
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Noa Shpigel, Haaretz
Shpigel writes: "Experimental drilling for oil on the Golan Heights can resume, the High Court of Justice ruled on Monday. But the court stressed that such drills may produce a few barrels of oil only, and any transition to commercial-scale drilling will require a detailed plan approved by the authorized planning agencies."
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Treaty
Regulating Arms Trade Takes Effect; USA, #1 Arms Exporter, Yet to Ratify
It
Reuters
Excerpt: "A global arms trade treaty that aims to regulate the industry and keep weapons out of the hands of criminals has come into effect."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "A global arms trade treaty that aims to regulate the industry and keep weapons out of the hands of criminals has come into effect."
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