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All News Articles for 2013-10-24

Thursday, October 24, 2013
	NSA Listens to Phone Calls of 35 World Leaders, Says New Leak Amongst international furor, NSA memo confirms eavesdropping on 'allies' Read more
	René González, Lone Cuban 5 Member Freed from U.S. Prison, Speaks Out from Havana In a Democracy Now! exclusive, the only freed member of the Cuban Five, René González, speaks out after a 13-year imprisonment in the United States. The five Cuban intelligence agents were arrested in the United States in 1998 and convicted of espionage. They say they were not spying on the United States, but rather trying to monitor violent right-wing Cuban exile groups responsible for attacks inside Cuba. In Cuba, the five are seen as national heroes. González was released in October 2011 and returned to Cuba in April. Read more
	Russell Brand: 'Revolution Is Coming... I Ain't Got a Flicker of Doubt' British comedian goes off on failed paradigm, talking egalitarianism, consciousness, and filthiness of profit with the BBC Read more
	Urban Shield: 'The Epitome of State Repression' Coming to Town Near You Meeting of SWAT teams and military contractors from around the world faces local opposition in Oakland, CA Read more
	Fuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor 4 Threatens 'Apocalyptic' Scenario In November, TEPCO set to begin to remove fuel rods whose radiation matches the fallout of 14,000 Hiroshima bombs Read more
	Hopes Dim to Protect World's 'Last Ocean' from Human Destruction Pristine waters and fragile Antarctic ecosystem could remain unprotected against human destruction if "political will" not found Read more
	Fukushima Water Radiation Doubles Overnight TEPCO says heavy rains to blame; two large typhoons headed for Fukushima over weekend Read more
	As Pakistan says 'No More Drones,' Leaked CIA Memos Show Cooperation Will well-timed leak defuse Pakistan's public condemnation of US drone attacks? Read more
	Corporations Reap Billions from Mass Incarceration New Brave New Films campaign exposes the companies that profit off prisoners Read more
	US Diplomat: Each US Drone Attack Creates '40 to 60' New Enemies Former US deputy chief to US embassy in Yemen calculates 'blowback machine' theory of US counterterrorism is spot on Read more