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US government admits to killing four American citizens with drones — RT USA rt.com 257 TWEETS
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has informed Congress that four American citizens have been killed in Yemen and Pakistan by US drones since 2009." >
$150 bn lost in tax havens enough to end extreme poverty twice over – report — RT News rt.com 69 TWEETS
Oxfam, the UK based charity, estimates that some $18.47 trillion is being held by individuals in tax havens around the world." >
Courtroom ordered closed for Manning trial session to ‘protect classified information’ rt.com 77 TWEETS
A US judge has ruled that some testimony in the Bradley Manning trial will be heard behind closed doors to ensure that classified information is safeguarded." >
Former Guantanamo Bay guard, Terry Holdbrooks, on basic orders in Guantanamo, "Don't interact, don't talk, they are not humans." rt.com 367 TWEETS
One of the methods used to extract information from Muslim inmates in Guantanamo was to apply sexual interrogation techniques, Terry Holdbrooks, former guard at the camp has told RT." >
US Senate committee votes to arm Syrian rebels rt.com 179 TWEETS
A US Senate committee had passed a bill that would allow, if signed for the Obama administration to supply arms to Syrian opposition — a move that could threaten the entire region if these weapons end up in terrorist cells operating on the ground." &
Nevada psych hospital accused of sending patients on one-way trips to nowhere — RT USA rt.com 150 TWEETS
Evidence that a Nevada mental institution is illegally dumping patients into neighboring California and elsewhere has led San Francisco’s city attorney to open an investigation into the disturbing allegations." >
Maryland prison guards helped gangs smuggle drugs, fathered inmate's children — RT USA rt.com 102 TWEETS
Thirteen female Maryland prison guards have been indicted on charges that they assisted a powerful prison gang with a money-laundering and drug-trafficking scheme while the gang leaders sat behind bars." >
‘Anonymous’ hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown on Guantanamo rt.com 257 TWEETS
The US military has restricted access to wireless internet at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp due to hacking threats said to be part of a protest over conditions at the facility where detainees have been engaged in a hunger strike for over 100 days.&quo
‘Political football’: Gitmo detainees ‘abandoned’ by US government — RT Op-Edge rt.com 36 TWEETS
On Thursday the number of Guantanamo’s 166 prisoners now takingpart in the mass hunger strike reached 102." >
Oklahoma twister spawns political firestorm in Washington rt.com 303 TWEETS
A political storm has already broken out over the Capitol as Democrats and Republicans attempt to advance their agendas in the wake of the devastating tornado that ravaged parts of Oklahoma on Monday." >
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Associated Press chief attacks White House over ‘unconstitutional’ investigation rt.com 132 TWEETS
The president of the Associated Press has lashed out at the United States government in his first interview since it was revealed that the AP was being investigated by the US Department of Justice." >
‘Conflict of interest’: US govt adviser on board of $334mn anthrax drug stockpile supplier rt.com 109 TWEETS
The Pentagon spent $334 million to stockpile an anthrax drug for a possible elaborate bioterrorist attack." >
‘Environmental genocide’: Native Americans quit talks over Keystone XL pipeline — RT USA rt.com 693 TWEETS
Leaders from 11 Native American tribes stormed out of a meeting with US federal officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which they say will lead to ‘environmental genocide.’" >
France to buy American drones for Mali operation — RT News rt.com 200 TWEETS
Two of America’s medium-altitude Reaper drones will be sold to France as backup for the country’s operations against Islamist rebels in Mali." >
Asteroid 9 times size of ocean liner approaches Earth — RT News rt.com 591 TWEETS
The 1998 QE2 asteroid has the physical mass to potentially deliver life on Earth a knockout punch, being 2.7km in length. It is to buzz our planet on May 31, aweing the stargazing community." >
Pyongyang launches three short-range missiles – South — RT News rt.com 363 TWEETS
South Korea’s Ministry of Defense has detected three launches of short-range guided missiles by North Korea, it said." >
May 18, 2013 - RT News rt.com 209 TWEETS
May 18, 2013. Denmark clinches Eurovision 2013. Senior female politician killed in Pakistan. Law on women's rights blocked by Afghan lawmakers. 10 insurgents killed, 65 arrested in Nigeria. " >
Chinese man uses Google maps to locate family 23 years after being kidnapped — RT News rt.com 553 TWEETS
A Chinese man has used Google maps to locate his family, 23 years after he was abducted." >
Texas votes on its own CISPA-like cyber bill rt.com 222 TWEETS
The biggest thing to come out of Texas may turn out to be a blow to Internet freedoms: legislators there are considering a bill that would compromise privacy on the Web for all residents of the Lone Star State." >
‘Boston bombing does not correspond with Chechen terrorists trace’ — RT Op-Edge rt.com 65 TWEETS
Although evidence from the first interrogation allegedlysuggests the suspects in the Boston Marathon attack were “motivatedby religion” and “US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan” investigators arestill struggling to understand the motives behind the deadly Bos
