„We both know that Russia is and must remain a partner whose added value on the diplomatic scene has proven, more than once, very useful,“ Reynders said.

Weniger als 2 000 von insgesamt 18 000 ukrainischen Militärangehörigen, die ihren Dienst auf der Krim verrichten, haben den Wunsch geäußert, in die Ukraine abgezogen zu werden, teilte das russische Verteidigungsministerium am Samstag mit.

“Special steps must be taken to ensure that the human rights of the Palestinian people are protected and the rule of law established in an occupation which has lasted now for more than 45 years,” said Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on occupied Palestine, in a press release ahead of the presentation of his final report to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday.

Asking that the Court – the UN’s highest legal body – weigh allegations that the occupation has legally unacceptable characteristics of “colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing,” the expert also called on the Council to examine the legal implications of the occupation, and urged the international community to act decisively to uphold Palestinian human rights.

The UN Special Rapporteur on occupied Palestine accused Israeli authorities of conducting colonialist policies that constitute forms of apartheid and ethnic cleansing in the occupied territories in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Members of Ukraine’s far-right group Right Sector set up a political party on Saturday, March 22, giving it the same name.

About 2,000 people rallied in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Saturday, March 22, demanding a referendum on the future of the region.
Some of the demonstartors were also demanding the return of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich to the country. People were waving Russian flags and many were wearing St. George ribbons.

Today is UN World Water Day – a day to remember the billion people who are unable to meet their needs for safe, clean water due to drought, poverty and official neglect.

Am 13. März haben 38 Kämpfer der „Selbstverteidigung des Maidan“, mit Pistolen und Kalaschnikows bewaffnet, eine Bank in Kiew überfallen und verwüstet. Da es dort zur Zeit keine reguläre Polizei gibt, wurden schließlich Personenschutzkräfte der Sondereinheit „Titan“ dorthin beordert. Sie konnten die Täter festnehmen. Diese wurden jedoch später wieder aus der Haft entlassen, weil sie sich „Verdienste“ um den Maidan erworben haben und zudem der neuen Nationalgarde beitreten wollen. Andernorts werden im Namen der Revolution Tankstellen ausgeraubt.

Doch es geht auch organisierter: Sowohl die Selbstverteidigung des Maidan als auch der Rechte Sektor bieten mittlerweile Bewachungsleistungen für Unternehmen an. Kosten: zwischen 10.000 und 25.000 US-Dollar. Andernorts nennt man so etwas Schutzgelderpressung.

Die Triebfeder amerikanischer Außenpolitik war noch nie von irgendeiner Art von Moral bestimmt, stattdessen wurde sie von der Notwendigkeit bestimmt anderen Imperativen zu dienen, die folgendermaßen zusammengefasst werden können:

Die Welt für amerikanische Unternehmen sicher zu machen;
Die Bilanz von Waffenunternehmen in Amerika zu verbessern, die den Mitgliedern des Kongresses großzügig Geld gespendet haben;
Jede Art von Gesellschaft zu verhindern, die als erfolgreiches Beispiel für eine Alternative zum kapitalistischen Modell dienen könnte;
Die politische und wirtschaftliche Hegemonie so weit wie möglich über ein möglichst großes Gebiet zu erweitern, so wie es sich für eine „Großmacht“ gehört;

The leaders in nations whose citizens are currently under US attack in one way or another, namely Syria, Venezuela, Somalia, Yemen, Iran, Libya, Iraq, Pakistan, Korea, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, having witnessed nation after nation knocked off one after the other with ‚civil wars‘ planned on Wall Street and executed by CIA and bought US government officials, will soon awaken to the wisdom of the oft quoted, „We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall [continue to] hang separately.“ [Benjamin Franklin]

(This same Benjamin Franklin also predicted, as he signed the US Constitution with reservations, eventual despotism in America.) [11]

The following is a glossary-outline of USA crimes against humanity from its inception, a mere but bloody-for-mankind 238 years ago. The reader might surmise without going to the trouble of further research that every one of these crimes against humanity must have been most certainly planned and accomplished for the capital gains of the speculative investment-banking industry of USA‘s power-wielding wealthy.

The three other Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces as they confronted protesters throwing petrol bombs and rocks at them during the raid to capture Alhija, 24, a suspect in past attacks against Israelis, the military said.

If the government can get away with spying on us – not just in collusion with, but at the behest of, the US – then what checks and balances are left for us to fall back on? Few of our representatives are doing anything to act against this abusive restriction on our press freedoms. Green MP Caroline Lucas tabled an early day motion on 29 January but only 18 MPs have signed it so far.

From my refuge in Berlin, this reeks of adopting Germany‘s past, rather than its future.

Richard Falk, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, told a news conference that Israeli policies bore „unacceptable characteristics of colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing“.

The leader of the U.S. Senate strongly backed the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday in a dispute with the Central Intelligence Agency, ordering an investigation into what he called an „indefensible“ breach of the panel‘s computers by the CIA.

And, again, her focus on how it‘s not content, but just metadata, is fairly ridiculous given that she herself is freaking out about the CIA looking at access logs (no content, just metadata) of her staffers. Double standards, of course. Either way, if anyone thought that Feinstein‘s fight with the CIA would soften her position on screwing over the privacy of the American public… the answer appears to be that it will have no impact whatsoever.

I continue to believe the phone records program authorized by Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act plays an important role in detecting and preventing terrorist attacks against the United States. Again, this program collects only phone numbers and the duration and times that calls are made—it does not collect the content, names or locational information of calls.

I also believe the call records program has been carried out consistent with the Constitution and the law and under strong oversight by all three branches of government. Like the president, I therefore support its continuation.