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Young Women Go Topless Protesting Sex Trade, Claim Torture by KGB

"This is the only way to be heard in this country. If we staged simple protests with banners, then our claims would not have been noticed" - FEMEN

(SALEM) - I just heard about the groups of topless women in the Ukraine, part of The Femen Movement, who are taking a stand by taking their shirts off in public protest at events that quite naturally, have garnered their share of attention.

Washington Wages War of Sanctions against Iran

In the long run, Western oil firms and consumers may “emerge the biggest losers.”

(TEHRAN) - Washington's double-edged sword of policies towards the Islamic Republic is not only exhausting the patience of the Iranian nation but it is provoking the ire of international conscience as well.

Goaded by Washington, EU foreign ministers decided on January 23 to impose a ban on oil imports from Iran under the fickle excuse that the country is pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons program.

Mother Russia Ignores its Own:
Artist and Sculptor Faces Homeless Winter in Moscow

What Fresh Hell is This? - Dorothy Parker

(SALEM) - We know that people in third-world countries like Palestine live under the constant threat of having their homes destroyed by demolition crews, but did you know this is also taking place in Russia? Elena Odnovarchenko has discovered how it feels to have no say over your personal destiny.

An artist and sculptor, she lost everything- her life's work, when bulldozers destroyed her former home.

Syria, the myth of Assad`s popularity and the media of disinformation

A flawed survey suggests more than half of the Syrian population want Bashar Assad to stay as president...

(LONDON) - Could it be true that most Syrians are in favour of Basher Assad remaining president of Syria?

If Jonathan Steele of the Guardian newspaper is to be believed, the answer is yes. His counter-intuitive conclusion is based on a recent YouGov Siraj internet survey on Syria commissioned by Al-Jazeera's Doha Debates, which are funded by the Qatar Foundation.

Russian Move Against US Called `First Shot` Of World War III

What Does It Mean?

(MOSCOW) - A grim Ministry of Finance report prepared for Prime Minister Putin is warning today that the decision by Iran to cease taking US Dollars for its oil could very be the “first shot” fired in World War III.

Putin, a thorn in Washington`s flesh

Major western media chose either to downplay the Putin statement or to focus almost entirely on the claims of an emerging Russian opposition movement.

(ROME) - Vladimir Putin is one of the few remaining world leaders with the gumption to obstruct Washington’s agenda of full spectrum dominance.

The recent Russian elections provided the context for a full-scale attempt to destabilize the country.

Damascus `False Flag` Bombing Caught on Camera

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Dozens of people are reported to be dead after a blast in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Syrian state TV said at least 25 people died and 46 more were wounded in Friday’s attack which it blamed on a suicide bomber.

A mistaken case for Syrian regime change

"War with Iran is already here," wrote a leading Israeli commentator recently, describing "the combination of covert warfare and international pressure" being applied to Iran.

(ROME) - Although not mentioned, the "strategic prize" of the first stage of this war on Iran is Syria; the first campaign in a much wider sectarian power-bid.

"Other than the collapse of the Islamic Republic itself," Saudi King Abdullah was reported to have said last summer, "nothing would weaken Iran more than losing Syria."

Cranking Up Pressure on Syria as Government Forces Smash Heads, Literally - Warning, Graphic Video!

"The Syrian president must leave power" - French President Nicolas Sarkozy

(SALEM) - Syria's President Bashar Assad is being called onto the carpet over massacres in his country, the problems have escalated to the point that French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who contends that the Syrian regime is committing massacres, is calling on Assad to leave power.

Sarkozy's forces at the same time, are said to be guilty of war crimes connected to the mass bombings in Libya to establish western power.

The Road to HelL: Libya and Now Syria?

Reconstructed Syria’s future is already being written.

(ANKARA Palestine Chronicle) - The report just issued by the UN Human Rights Council’s ’independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic’ is now being passed along the line to the UN Security Council, with the recommendation by the UN Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay, that the Syrian government be referred to the International Criminal Court for prosecution.