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US collaboration in torture

mercredi 30 juillet 2014 à 14:00

Yonas Fikre says the US had him arrested and tortured in the United Arab Emirates and apparently collaborated with his torturers.

It is not clear that Fikre can't return to the US. The article does not say he faced arrest (let alone torture) in the US. Perhaps therefore Sweden's decision not to grant him asylum was correct, since he can safely return to his home country.

But that doesn't excuse the US for collaborating in torture.

Corn engineered with Bt toxin

mercredi 30 juillet 2014 à 14:00

Genetically engineered corn that makes Bt toxin has ceased to repel insect pests, in Brazil and in the US. Brazilian farmers demand compensation for the extra pesticides they had to use.

US-supported terrorism in Colombia

mercredi 30 juillet 2014 à 14:00

Colombia's army and the government-supported paramilitares continue their terrorism and repression, with US support.

UK proposes tax cut for the rich

mercredi 30 juillet 2014 à 14:00

The UK's dooH niboR government is proposing a new tax cut for the rich.

It will grasp any excuse to claim it has no money for the poor, the NHS, and so on.

Doctors banned from discussing guns

mercredi 30 juillet 2014 à 14:00

Florida bans doctors from discussing the danger of guns with their patients.

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