Thordarson was long time volunteer for WikiLeaks with direct access to Assange and a key position as an organizer in the group. With his cold war-style embassy walk-in, he became something else: the first known FBI informant inside WikiLeaks.
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A day after the Supreme Court granted victories to same-sex couples in the U.S., President Obama’s visit to Africa got off to a rough start when his call for tolerance of gays on the continent was rebuffed publicly by the president of Senegal, where homosexuality is a crime.
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Iran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment program, its nuclear energy chief said on Friday, signaling no change of course despite the victory of a relative moderate in the June 14 presidential election.
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While NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden continues to baffle world governments and the news media with his exact whereabouts and travel plans, one question apparently not being asked is whether he was ever in Hong Kong in the first place.
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While much of the world is focused on the indignities being heaped on the United States by Russia, China and Ecuador in the fugitive Edward Snowden affair, the Taliban on Monday demonstrated their own contempt for the Obama administration.
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The U.S. hunt for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden came to a boil Monday as the White House ripped into Hong Kong and China and issued warnings to Russia and Ecuador. His efforts to find haven have stalled while the NSA still wonders how much info he has.
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Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seeking asylum in Ecuador, the Quito government said on Sunday, after Hong Kong let him leave for Russia despite Washington’s efforts to extradite him on espionage charges.
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Egypt’s president has warned Ethiopia that “all options are open” in dealing with its construction of a Nile dam that threatens to leave Egypt with a dangerous water shortage.
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An American executive said Monday he has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by scores of workers demanding severance packages like those given to 30 co-workers in a phased-out department.
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Watchdog groups are gaining strength, opposition parties are challenging and exposing the faults of the status quo, and social and traditional news media organizations are increasingly seeking to hold officials accountable.
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President Obama has appointed Muslims to high U.S. government positions, once declared America no longer Christian, is working on direct talks with the Taliban and has plans to hand over weapons to Muslims in Syria.
Gunmen stormed a hotel in a remote part of northern Pakistan on Sunday and killed nine foreign tourists and a Pakistani guide, police and security officials said.
Facebook stumbled into the heated debate over Syrian intervention after it removed a graphic photo depicting a Syrian rebel holding the decapitated head of a Christian man over a grill.
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A Libyan weapons dealer from a group hired to provide security to the U.S. mission in Benghazi told Reuters he has helped ship weapons from Benghazi to the rebels fighting in Syria.
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Debate whether the Syrian government or the Syrian opposition used chemical weapons on civilians has been dealt a twist with a little-publicized revelation by Russian President Vladimir Putin his country has evidence chemical laboratories in Iraq produced weapons for the Sunni rebels.
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He has been called the Italian Schindler, credited with helping to save 5,000 Jews during the Holocaust. Giovanni Palatucci, a wartime police official, had even been moved toward potential sainthood. Turns out he was a collaborator.
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The CIA and US special operations forces have been training Syrian rebels for months, since long before President Barack Obama announced plans to arm the opposition, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
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The Afghan Taliban is ready to free a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday.
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Japanese scientists plan to introduce a human stem cell into the embryo of an animal – most likely a pig – to create what is termed a “chimeric embryo.” After raised to adulthood, the chimera will be slaughtered for the human organs inside it.
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Former President Jimmy Carter is spearheading an effort to convince the U.S. to weaken sanctions on terrorist groups so peace organizations can legally work with them.
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President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear arms by agreeing to target further reductions of up to one third of deployed nuclear weapons.
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At least 100 American citizens have been trapped for months on two U.S. bases inside Kuwait after local police unjustly issued warrants for their arrest, a U.S. defense contractor told FoxNews.com.
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Kim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolph Hitler’s jailhouse memoir “Mein Kampf” at his Jan. 8 birthday party. Find out why here.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has authorized a three-year study to find out why some HIV-positive homosexual men in Kenya do not seek the free treatment that American taxpayers already are funding.
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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng was candid with his speculation about the reasons for his ouster. “NYU is actually receiving a lot of pressure from the [Communist Party of China], and I think that they do fear this kind of pressure.”
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WikiLeaks Volunteer Was a Paid Informant for the FBI
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by News EditorThordarson was long time volunteer for WikiLeaks with direct access to Assange and a key position as an organizer in the group. With his cold war-style embassy walk-in, he became something else: the first known FBI informant inside WikiLeaks.
Obama’s Call for Tolerance of Homosexuality Publicly Rebuked by President of Senegal
/12 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorA day after the Supreme Court granted victories to same-sex couples in the U.S., President Obama’s visit to Africa got off to a rough start when his call for tolerance of gays on the continent was rebuffed publicly by the president of Senegal, where homosexuality is a crime.
Iranian Official Signals No Scaling Back in Nuclear Activity
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Alissa de CarbonnelIran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment program, its nuclear energy chief said on Friday, signaling no change of course despite the victory of a relative moderate in the June 14 presidential election.
Was NSA Whistleblower Snowden Really in Hong Kong? (+video)
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorWhile NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden continues to baffle world governments and the news media with his exact whereabouts and travel plans, one question apparently not being asked is whether he was ever in Hong Kong in the first place.
Taliban Guns Send a Message About Obama’s Peace Process
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by DAVOOD MORADIANWhile much of the world is focused on the indignities being heaped on the United States by Russia, China and Ecuador in the fugitive Edward Snowden affair, the Taliban on Monday demonstrated their own contempt for the Obama administration.
U.S. Talks Tough on Snowden While His Efforts to Find Haven Appear to Have Stalled
/4 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorThe U.S. hunt for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden came to a boil Monday as the White House ripped into Hong Kong and China and issued warnings to Russia and Ecuador. His efforts to find haven have stalled while the NSA still wonders how much info he has.
Ecuador Considering Asylum for Snowden; China Approved Snowden Flight to Moscow; US Strong-Arming Russia to Give Him Up
/4 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorFugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seeking asylum in Ecuador, the Quito government said on Sunday, after Hong Kong let him leave for Russia despite Washington’s efforts to extradite him on espionage charges.
Aljazeera Reports that Egypt is Threatening War With Ethiopia Over Water
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by aljazeera.comEgypt’s president has warned Ethiopia that “all options are open” in dealing with its construction of a Nile dam that threatens to leave Egypt with a dangerous water shortage.
American Factory Boss Says He’s Being Held Hostage by Scores of Workers in Beijing
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Associated PressAn American executive said Monday he has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by scores of workers demanding severance packages like those given to 30 co-workers in a phased-out department.
Official Corruption in Mexico, Once Rarely Exposed, Is Starting to Come to Light
/3 Comments/in Featured, International /by KARLA ZABLUDOVSKYWatchdog groups are gaining strength, opposition parties are challenging and exposing the faults of the status quo, and social and traditional news media organizations are increasingly seeking to hold officials accountable.
Now it’s Muslim Lawyers Demanding Obama’s Arrest
/4 Comments/in Featured, International /by WNDPresident Obama has appointed Muslims to high U.S. government positions, once declared America no longer Christian, is working on direct talks with the Taliban and has plans to hand over weapons to Muslims in Syria.
Gunmen Kill 9 Foreign Tourists in Northern Pakistan
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by ReutersGunmen stormed a hotel in a remote part of northern Pakistan on Sunday and killed nine foreign tourists and a Pakistani guide, police and security officials said.
Facebook Removes Pic of Syrian Rebel Smiling with Beheaded Christian
/3 Comments/in Featured, International /by Josh PetersonFacebook stumbled into the heated debate over Syrian intervention after it removed a graphic photo depicting a Syrian rebel holding the decapitated head of a Christian man over a grill.
New Evidence that Murdered Ambassador’s Benghazi Mission Involved Shipping Weapons to Syrian Rebels
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Aaron KleinA Libyan weapons dealer from a group hired to provide security to the U.S. mission in Benghazi told Reuters he has helped ship weapons from Benghazi to the rebels fighting in Syria.
Putin Claims Proof Syrian Rebels Used Chemical Weapons
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by F. Michael MaloofDebate whether the Syrian government or the Syrian opposition used chemical weapons on civilians has been dealt a twist with a little-publicized revelation by Russian President Vladimir Putin his country has evidence chemical laboratories in Iraq produced weapons for the Sunni rebels.
Italian Praised for Saving Jews Is Now Seen as Nazi Collaborator
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by PATRICIA COHENHe has been called the Italian Schindler, credited with helping to save 5,000 Jews during the Holocaust. Giovanni Palatucci, a wartime police official, had even been moved toward potential sainthood. Turns out he was a collaborator.
CIA Has Been Secretly Providing Training for Syrian Rebels for Months
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by TheNews.comThe CIA and US special operations forces have been training Syrian rebels for months, since long before President Barack Obama announced plans to arm the opposition, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
Taliban Propose Prisoner Swap of US Soldier for Gitmo Detainees (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by News EditorThe Afghan Taliban is ready to free a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday.
Japanese Scientists to Grow Human-Animal Chimeras to Harvest Organs for Transplant
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Julian RyallJapanese scientists plan to introduce a human stem cell into the embryo of an animal – most likely a pig – to create what is termed a “chimeric embryo.” After raised to adulthood, the chimera will be slaughtered for the human organs inside it.
Jimmy Carter Leading Efforts to Undercut Sanctions on Known Islamic Terrorist Groups
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Julian PecquetFormer President Jimmy Carter is spearheading an effort to convince the U.S. to weaken sanctions on terrorist groups so peace organizations can legally work with them.
Obama in Berlin, Calls for Huge Cuts in US Nuclear Arsenal
/3 Comments/in Featured, International /by Associated PressPresident Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear arms by agreeing to target further reductions of up to one third of deployed nuclear weapons.
At Least 100 Americans Held Captive in Kuwait for Months
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Cristina CorbinAt least 100 American citizens have been trapped for months on two U.S. bases inside Kuwait after local police unjustly issued warrants for their arrest, a U.S. defense contractor told FoxNews.com.
North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un Admires Hitler, Wants Nation to Follow Nazi Model
/6 Comments/in Featured, International /by Jessica ChasmarKim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolph Hitler’s jailhouse memoir “Mein Kampf” at his Jan. 8 birthday party. Find out why here.
U.S. Spends $228K to Find Out Why Gay Kenyans Avoid Free HIV Treatment
/4 Comments/in Featured, International /by Ryan KiermanThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) has authorized a three-year study to find out why some HIV-positive homosexual men in Kenya do not seek the free treatment that American taxpayers already are funding.
NYU Evicts Chinese Dissident Reportedly Due to Pressure from the Communist Party of China
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by JAMES COVERTChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng was candid with his speculation about the reasons for his ouster. “NYU is actually receiving a lot of pressure from the [Communist Party of China], and I think that they do fear this kind of pressure.”