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Canada Quietly Backs Off Tar Sands Expansion Claims

Canadian officials no longer argue that building the Keystone XL pipeline is essential for continued growth of tar sands mining.

Common Dreams
Par Common Dreams

Before a U.S. State Department draft review came along earlier this year claiming that construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would have no impact one way or the other on expansion of tar sands mining operations in Alberta, it was standard practice — indeed, part of the sales pitch — for Canadian officials to argue that building

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UN Plans To ‘Contact’ US Over NSA Surveillance

UN officials say the 1961 Vienna Convention makes it clear that member states aren’t supposed to spy on UN functions.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, before the House Intelligence Committee. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The United Nations has confirmed that it is planning to “contact” the United States about the revelation that the NSA bugged its New York headquarters and conducted intensive surveillance of its internal operations. The reports, which came out over the weekend, showed NSA surveillance operations involving scores of US embassies targeting the UN,

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US Attack On Syria Would Circumvent Constitution, International Law

War drums grow louder as familiar tactics used to garner support for military action that only 9 percent of Americans support.

Jon Queally
Par Jon Queally

As a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, support for further U.S. military involvement in Syria—whether called by its real name, "war," or the government's preferred euphemism, "intervention"—stands at a mere 9 percent. Well aware of its own citizens' reluctance to embark on yet another military misadventure in the Middle East region after more

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Syria Denies Chemical Weapons Attacks, Calls Kerry’s Accusations ‘Categorically False’

Kerry had called the Syrian government’s delayed decision to allow a team of UN inspectors near the site was « too late. »

Daniel DeFraia
Par Daniel DeFraia
Hagel

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Moallem denied on Tuesday that the government carried out chemical weapons attacks, calling US Secretary of State John Kerry's accusations "categorically false." Speaking in Damascus, he said he rejected "utterly and completely" what Kerry had said the previous day. On Monday, Kerry called the alleged use of

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New Plan To Bail Out Underwater Mortgages Has Banks Panicked

A bold proposal from a California mayor could force lenders to the negotiating table across the country.

Frederick Reese
Par Frederick Reese

Earlier this month, Mayor Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond, Calif., along with a band of activists and homeowners, arrived at downtown San Francisco with a singular purpose: to convince the CEO of Wells Fargo to drop a lawsuit against the city of Richmond. A city of about 100,000, Richmond finds its economic recovery efforts stymied by a continuing

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From ‘Red Line’ To Carte Blanche: The Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Ignores

A new report suggests the U.S. knowingly aided Saddam Hussein’s gas attacks on Iranians and Kurds in the 1980s.

Martin Michaels
Par Martin Michaels

After an alleged chemical weapons attack reportedly killed up to 1,300 people in Syria last week, the Obama administration has announced it will consider a range of response options while U.S. ships head toward Syria in preparation for a possible full-blown military intervention. Although the U.S. decries chemical weapons use in Syria as an

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