All News Articles for 2013-08-21
|
Alleged Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria Follows Arrival of UN Team Security Council to meet as accusations and denials fly between Assad government and opposition forces Read more |
|
|
'A Concern for My Country': Manning to Seek Obama Pardon Manning: 'If you deny my request for a pardon, I will serve my time knowing that sometimes you have to pay a heavy price to live in a free society.' Read more |
|
|
US Making "Significant Advances" in Crowd Scanning Surveillance System “This technology is always billed as anti-terrorism, but then it drifts into other applications.” Read more |
|
|
Afghan Civilians, Gunned Down by US Soldier in Massacre, Speak Out Afghan child: 'What did I do wrong to Sergeant Bales that he shot my father?' Read more |
|
|
Global Progressive Community Reacts to Manning Sentence 35 year sentence proves US will 'aggressively prosecute those who expose war crimes, and diligently protect those who commit them.' Read more |
|
|
'Travesty of Justice': Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years 'Every aspect of this case sets a dangerous precedent for future prosecutions of whistleblowers' Read more |
|
![[title]](https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_small_thumb/public/video_thumbnails/guardian_cropped.jpg?itok=YrUX2WOZ "[title]") |
Guardian’s Editor in Chief Vows to Continue Publishing NSA Documents Read more |
|
Counter-Revolution Continues? Former Dictator Mubarak Ordered Released Release comes with over 1,000 dead in recent violence, largely at the hands of the Egyptian military and security forces Read more |
|
![[title]](https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_small_thumb/public/video_thumbnails/egypt_pic_cropped.jpg?itok=vPu_4yn0 "[title]") |
Mubarak Eyes Release as Egyptian Military Continues To Kill As violence continues in Egypt, reports have emerged that ousted president Hosni Mubarak may soon be released from prison. He was overthrown in 2011 after decades in power and, according to his lawyers, has been cleared of corruption charges and may be released within the next 48 hours. Read more |
|
International Alarms Go Up as Fukushima Alert Level Raised Regulators acknowledge that crisis is worsening amid constant flow of bad news at crippled nuclear plant Read more |
|
|
NSA-Corporate Collusion Built Network to Reach 75% of Internet Traffic System is built on relationships between internet and phone providers working together and 'policing themselves' Read more |