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  Ebrahim Moosa – Cii News | 17 January 2013 As deliberations concerning the fate of the Al Aqsa Foundation of South Africa(AFSA) within the local banking system continue, a seasoned Palestinian solidarity activist abroad says ordinary justice-loving clients of financial institutions should not underestimate their clout in extracting significant …

by Stephen Lendman January 14, 2013 They fast approach. They’re sham elections. Except for more contesting parties, they replicate America’s illegitimate process. Voters get little choice. Ideological extremists run Israel. Rhetoric alone separates candidates. Policies are hardline. Hypocrisy substitutes for democracy. Israel’s current Knesset is its most hardline ever. It …

January 15, 2013 The French military intervention into Mali on Friday — France’s second in as many years into a former African colony — was reportedly “seconded” by the United States. This ought to come as no great surprise, given the Pentagon’s deepening penetration into Africa. According to the U.S. …

Push For Western Military Intervention In Syria Escalates By Oliver Campbell 15 January, 2013 WSWS.org Speaking at a Holocaust memorial in New York on Saturday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon stepped up the vilification of the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad by comparing the death toll in the country’s civil …

Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 2013-01-14 South Africa is going to erupt with three new pornographic channels if TopTV has its way. On Digital Media (ODM) which runs Top TV, has launched a second attempt to introduce pornographic TV channels in South Africa exactly a year after the country’s …

Faizal Patel, Radio Islam News – 11-1-2013 In the aftermath of the saga regarding the closure of the Al-Aqsa Foundation bank account by First National Bank (FNB) due to it being listed as an organisation that aids terrorism by the US Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) …

Iqbal Jassat – Opinion | 11 January 2013 What explains the decision by First National Bank of South Africa (FNBSA) to close the banking account of Johannesburg-based Al Aqsa Foundation? What informs FNBSA to target Al Aqsa – this country’s foremost humanitarian organisation engaged in charitable activities in Occupied Palestinian …

Americans Love To Kill People, With The Death Penalty, At War And With Hate Speech By Mary Hamer 07 January, 2013 Countercurrents.org “Political language … is designed to make lies sound truthful & murder respectable” George Orwell. (1) *PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is: To demonstrate how Americans love …

By Colin Todhunter 07 January, 2013 Countercurrents.org Benetton, Nike, Lacoste and a hundred other brand names, the holy scriptures of the shopping mall. Shop till you drop then shop some more. Burger respite provided, courtesy of ‘we clear forests in the Amazon for your delight’ and ‘we bring you more …

. by TOM MCNAMARA Rennes, France. Once more tragedy befalls America. But this time the tragedy is even more bitter due to the fact that such a large number of young children were involved. A gunman, identified as Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people, 20 of them children – …