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17 December 2012

Egyptian constitutional referendum marked by low turnout, allegations of fraud

By Johannes Stern, 17 December 2012

On Saturday, the first round of voting on Egypt’s new Islamist and military-backed constitution took place in ten of the country’s 27 governorates.

Right-wing LDP government to take office in Japan

By Peter Symonds, 17 December 2012

The election outcome was not a positive vote for the LDP, but an overwhelming rejection of the ruling DPJ.

Rash of gun violence, arrests follows Connecticut massacre

By Patrick Martin, 17 December 2012

A series of bloody incidents and preemptive arrests took place across the United States in the three days following the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

Protests erupt after Chicago police kill unarmed man

By Kristina Betinis, 17 December 2012

After Chicago police shot and killed Jamaal Moore, protests erupted in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Vast increase in compensation seen for US college presidents

By Matthew MacEgan, 17 December 2012

A list of the top ten earners in 2010 shows that each had a total income falling between $1.5 million and $3 million per year.

Instigator of 2002 Gujarat pogrom seeks new term as Chief Minister

By Kranti Kumara, 17 December 2012

Chief Minister Narendra Modi, an unabashed Hindu supremacist, is hoping he can use victory in the Gujarat state elections to catapult himself into the national political arena.

British Labour backs welfare benefit cuts

By Robert Stevens, 17 December 2012

Labour has utilised the coalition government's recent budget to assure big business it is prepared to enforce attacks on the poor.

German union boss becomes head of personnel at ThyssenKrupp

By Dietmar Henning, 17 December 2012

Another leading trade union official accepts a multi-million-euro reward from big business.

After devastating Samoa, Cyclone Evan hits Fiji

By Oliver Campbell, 17 December 2012

The Samoan government has announced a state of disaster after the cyclone left 4 dead, 8 missing and 200 injured.

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La Syrie en ligne de mire

Par Joseph Kishore, 17 décembre 2012

Les Etats-Unis et leurs alliés sont en train de préparer une intervention directe en Syrie avec le déploiement de batteries de missiles Patriot en Turquie et la reconnaissance officielle de l’opposition.

Au-dessus de la loi

Par Barry Grey, 17 décembre 2012

Les requins voleurs de la finance d’aujourd’hui établissent leur propre loi

L’establishment américain et la grossesse royale britannique

Par David Walsh, 17 décembre 2012

L’annonce que Kate Middleton, femme du Prince William et duchesse de Cambridge, attendait un bébé a provoqué des cris de joie inconvenants dans les médias américains et dans l’establishment en général.

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Siria în vizor

De Joseph Kishore, 17 decembrie 2012

SUA şi aliaţii săi imperialişti plănuiesc o intervenţie directă în Siria. În vederea acesteia, opoziţia siriană a fost recunoscută în mod oficial drept "reprezentantul legitim" al poporului sirian, iar în Turcia vor fi desfăşurate baterii de rachete Patriot şi noi trupe de soldaţi.

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