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Mexico ‘Furious’ About Trump Visit

Mexicans are baffled that President Enrique Peña Nieto is meeting with U.S. presidential candidate who referred to Mexican immigrants as ‘criminals and rapists’

Nika Knight
Par Nika Knight

When news broke late Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had accepted Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's invitation to meet in Mexico City on Wednesday, the reaction in Mexico was swift and "furious," according to New York Timesreporter Elisabeth Malkin. Trump, who has called Mexican immigrants "criminals and rapists"

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Steroids May Be Behind The Aggressive Behavior Of US Police

Side-effects associated with police steroid use and abuse have become a dangerous element in the ongoing debate regarding overly violent behavior and the militarized law-enforcement culture of the United States.

Sputnik News
Par Sputnik News

In 2004, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) listed the many side-effects of steroid use, including mood swings, impaired judgment, depression, increased aggression, extreme irritability, hostility, and delusional behavior. Endemic steroid abuse could go a long way to explaining the aggressive and violent behavior used by American police,

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Tax Records: Donald Trump Donated $100,000 To The Clinton Foundation

Before Trump decided he was a “conservative” he was known to champion progressive and liberal causes.

Jaimes Campbell | CCN
Par Jaimes Campbell | CCN

Before Donald Trump was a Republican, He was a staunch Hillary supporter, a liberal who made a habit of donation money to liberal politicians. According to reports, the Donald donated $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation. As Chris Sanchez with Business Insider reports: Despite his recent criticism of the Clinton Foundation, Donald Trump

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Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion

About 90 percent of the world’s illegal opium is estimated to come from Afghanistan.

teleSUR
Par teleSUR

Since the U.S.-led NATO invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the production of opium in the country has increased by 40 times according to Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service, fueling organized crime and widespread death. The head of the FSKN, Viktor Ivanov, explained the staggering trend at a March U.N. conference on drugs in Afghanistan. Opium

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State Dept. Offers $3Mln Reward For ISIS Leader Trained By American Military Contracter

The US State Department has offered a $3 million reward for any information leading to the arrest of Gulmurod Khalimov, a former Tajik police commander who is currently one of the main leaders of the Daesh terrorist group. While the press release labels him as a terrorist, it fails to mention that it was the US who actually trained him.

Sputnik News
Par Sputnik News

“The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program is offering a reward of up to $3 million for information leading to the location, arrest, and/or conviction of Gulmurod Khalimov (variant Halimov), a key leader of the terrorist group ISIL, also known in Arabic as Da’esh,” says the press release posted on the department’s website

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Israel Retroactively Legalizes ‘Pirate Outposts’ In Palestine

It is rare for illegal outposts to be evacuated and even when they do, the government tends to offer massive reparations for those moved from the land they didn’t own in the first place.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz

Nothing happens quickly in the occupied West Bank. Israel has an ever-growing network of settlements across the occupied territory, and a far-right coalition government heavily dependent on settlers’ political support, and full of political figures calling for settlement expansions to spite the Palestinians. So when self-proclaimed “outpost

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