Monday, February 9, 2015

RSN: Biggest Leak in Banking History Exposes Massive Tax Evasion, The Netanyahu Visit Goes From Bad to Hilarious, Israel Prepares Illegal Settlement Expansions in Four




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Charles Pierce | The Netanyahu Visit Goes From Bad to Hilarious
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. (photo: Reuters)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "I'm sure that Boehner and his colleagues in the monkeyhouse leadership thought inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to come over here and submarine the president and the administration on the negotiations with Iran was a brilliant idea when they thought it up."
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Biggest Leak in Banking History Exposes Massive Tax Evasion
Paul Lewis, The Guardian UK
Lewis writes: "The US government will come under intense pressure this week to explain what action it took after receiving a massive cache of leaked data that revealed how the Swiss banking arm of HSBC, the world's second-largest bank, helped wealthy customers conceal billions of dollars of assets."
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Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Orders Judges Not to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Kelsey Stein, Al.com
Stein writes: "Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore late Sunday ordered all probate judges and employees in Alabama to follow existing state law and not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or recognize same-sex marriages."
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Closing Guantanamo Is in US' National Interest, Says Top Defense Official
Jenifer Fenton, Al Jazeera
Fenton writes: "Closing Guantánamo Bay prison is in the national interest of the United States, and fears of recidivism among prisoners released from the detention center are unfounded, a top defense official said today at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing."
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Israel Prepares Illegal Settlement Expansions in Four Locations
Chaim Levinson, Haaretz
Levinson writes: "On the instructions of the Netanyahu government, the Civil Administration last year prepared major expansions of the settlements of Kedumim, Vered Yericho, Neveh Tzuf and Emanuel."
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Brazil's Cities Cancel Carnival Because of Drought
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Brazil's worsening drought has been linked to both climate change and deforestation which have limited rainfall, say experts."
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