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11.05.2010, 19:18
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In the past, war reporters bravely followed soldiers into the jaws of war. Today, it looks like the soldiers are embedded in the media instead, simply going along for the story.
09.06.2010, 07:14
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The anger and frustration of Israeli citizens protesting their government’s blockade on Gaza were largely ignored by the country’s media.
19.08.2010, 12:37
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Moscow never exports weapons to regions where they “may cause the destabilization of the situation,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
01.06.2010, 06:18
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Strong condemnation is growing around the world after the Israeli military attacked a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, thus violating international maritime law.
02.06.2010, 06:16
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Nine Turkish activists killed during the Israeli storming of a Gaza aid flotilla have been buried in Istanbul. Their bodies arrived toTurkey earlier Thursday today alonside hundreds of detainees deported by Tel Aviv.
26.08.2010, 13:47
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The whistle-blowing website released a CIA report on Wednesday that examines the consequences if foreign countries begin to perceive the US as an “exporter of terrorism.”
20.10.2009, 05:16
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“Al Qaeda is a kind of CIA Arab legion created during the Soviet presence in Afghanistan,” believes author Webster Tarpley.
07.10.2010, 11:43
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Today, the war in Afghanistan enters its tenth year with little sign of an end.
31.08.2010, 17:35
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Iceland is set to give a private army contractor the green light in what critics are calling the most ambitious move by a corporation to perform tasks once reserved for national militaries.
17.04.2009, 10:02
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Russia has criticised NATO's plans to hold exercises in Georgia next month, saying they could destabilize the sensitive region.
Published: 28 August, 2009, 01:38
The U.S. military has the means to influence news coverage of its forces since journalists are dependent upon them for their security, says Amy Mitchell from the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
The Pentagon learned after Vietnam that they should keep reporters close at hand and under control, because otherwise the reporters would not filter their stories through the "chain of command" before publication. That is why reporters were "imbedded" in Iraq and, I suspect, why the hotel housing foreign reporters was shelled by Americans the first week of the war.