Marina Portnaya

12.05.2012 12:30 28 comments Occupy Graduation: US ‘debt generation’ in chains Hundreds of US students plan to use this summer’s graduation as a stage to protest crippling debt. With the presidential election on the horizon, policymakers are searching for a solution to the mountain of student debt which has topped $1 trillion.		01.05.2012 10:44 22 comments May Day unity on display: Hundreds of thousands rally worldwide (FESTIVE PHOTOS) Countries throughout the world are celebrating May Day, also referred to as International Labor Day. In Russia, the holiday is marked in every big city. In the capital alone, an estimated 120,000 people have shown up.
24.04.2012 12:56 26 comments NGO crackdown: Gagging democracy or national self-defense? Egypt has denied licenses to eight US-based non-profit groups, saying they violated the country’s sovereignty. Many states are concerned that foreign government-backed NGOs are really agents for their sponsors, rather than independent action groups. Egypt unrest		21.04.2012 19:29 33 comments UN Security Council votes to send 300 observers to Syria The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to pass a resolution increasing the number of ceasefire observers in Syria to 300. Meanwhile, the first wave of observers reached war-torn Homs. Syria unrest
18.04.2012 19:28 41 comments US troops defile Afghan corpses again, pose with body parts Newly-published photos showing US soldiers posing with the gory remains of several Afghan suicide bombers has provoked harsh condemnation from the US military. The photos are the latest in a long line of scandals involving US troops in Afghanistan.		17.04.2012 12:36 14 comments Leaked CIA memo exposes US terror suspect torture as 'war crimes' The US is refraining from defining waterboarding and other questionable interrogation methods it used to apply to terrorist suspects as torture, possibly with a view to using them once again someday.
14.04.2012 19:26 46 comments UN Security Council approves monitors' deployment to Syria The United Nations Security Council has unanimously agreed to send an initial team of unarmed truce observers to Syria. Syria unrest		13.04.2012 12:36 31 comments Truce under threat: Syrian violence continues as UNSC debates new resolution A ceasefire in Syria seems to be have been broken after troops clashed with rebels in many parts of the country, reportedly killing five people. The UN Security Council is debating a new resolution to authorize an observer mission in Syria. Syria unrest
09.04.2012 12:36 36 comments Trayvon Martin: Justifiable homicide vs. license to kill Controversy over the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin, shot dead without provocation has called US self-defense laws into question. Critics say the laws, in combination with lax gun laws, has increased “justifiable homicides” in recent years.		06.04.2012 01:33 58 comments Bout sentenced to minimum of 25 years by NYC court A US judge has sentenced Russian businessman Viktor Bout to 25 years behind bars - the mandatory minimum for such charges. His defense plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. Viktor Bout case
03.04.2012 13:20 43 comments ‘Capitalism in US runs dry’ There is no way the US can solve its tremendous financial problems within the settled economic system. America must go beyond capitalism, argues Richard Wolff, an economics professor at New School University, in an exclusive interview with RT. US debt crisis Occupy Wall Street		30.03.2012 19:22 15 comments Minority report: Era of total surveillance zooms-in on US? Ever evolving high-tech gadgets and the Internet have given Big Brother a peep hole into the lives of everyday Americans. Now, without the hassle of planting bugs or breaking and entering, the government can monitor virtually anything it wants.
27.03.2012 10:06 27 comments US 'Assange hunt' chokes air for whistleblowers Washington's relentless pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and alleged whistle-blower Bradley Manning, is no secret. But the fate of the two men has got US journalists worried, that they too could soon find themselves behind bars.		21.03.2012 06:09 16 comments Moscow: US-NATO coalition must finish its job in Afghanistan Russia's envoy to the UN says that the US-led coalition in Afghanistan should not be pulling out as its job is not even remotely complete. Moscow believes that fighting the country’s drug industry must be among the priorities.
20.03.2012 17:37 15 comments ‘Opposition gets instruction from abroad’ – Syrian UN envoy The Syrian opposition is acting with instructions from “decision makers” abroad, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja’afari claims in exclusive interview with RT. Arab world protests Syria unrest		16.03.2012 21:53 25 comments Annan urges UN to unite for Syria peace The UN-Arab League's Special Envoy to Syria urges UN Security Council to overcome a deadlock for the sake of ending violence in Syria. It comes ahead of the deployment of Kofi Annan’s technical mission to Damascus to discuss international monitoring. Syria unrest
15.03.2012 16:18 13 comments ‘Pursuit of quick victory behind Obama diplomacy failure in Iran’ Early into his presidency, Barack Obama reached out to Iran, offering America's hand of friendship. Now the two countries are closer to war than ever and Obama’s quick-result oriented policy is to blame, public policy scholar Trita Parsi told RT.		09.03.2012 10:29 20 comments US electoral registration: Subject to grave errors With Americans heading to the polls in 2012, determined to take part in homespun democracy, millions of votes may end up rejected or thrown away when election night comes – all because of the specific voting registration system. US Election 2012
08.03.2012 07:05 81 comments Russia blasts NATO over Libya - and Libya over Syria Russia says that NATO should apologize for causing civilian casualties during their air raids in Libya in 2011 and pay compensation. Moscow has also accused Libya’s new government of training Syrian rebels and instigating terrorism. Libyan conflict Syria unrest		01.03.2012 19:49 22 comments ‘Obama will have to back Iran strike to get re-elected’ After the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, America’s next catastrophic mistake is likely to be a war with Iran, former US Attorney General, lawyer and peace activist Ramsey Clark has told RT in an exclusive interview. US Election 2012 Israel vs Iran

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