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Why Is Israel Afraid of Khalida Jarrar? | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 6, 2018 When Israeli troops stormed the house of Palestinian parliamentarian and lawyer, Khalida Jarrar, on April 2, 2015, she was engrossed in her research. For months, Jarrar had been leading a Palestinian effort to take Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Her research on that very evening was directly related to the kind of be ...

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Researchers uncover security gaps in the 5G mobile communication standard | Markus Gross

The 5G mobile radio standard still needs to be improved. Image: europeansanctions.com Oct. 10, 2018 (TechXplore) -- Researchers in the Information Security Group subjected the upcoming 5G mobile comm ...

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What happened to Connie Converse and Barbara Newhall Follett? | Mickey Z.

Photos: Courtesy of connieconverse.bandcamp.com and Stefan Cooke/Farksolia Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 26, 2018 When a talented man disappears, it’s the stuff of legends. For example, writer ...

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I Believe that Mark Judge Saved Christine Blasey Ford from Rape | Dale Tavris

Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge. Credit: Huffington Post Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Sept. 28, 2018 There are three passages from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s courageous testimony that suggest, in my ...

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The Real Reasons behind Washington’s War on UNRWA | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 27, 2018 The U.S. government’s decision to slash funds provided to the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is part ...

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What’s the life of a single raccoon worth? | Mickey Z.

Photo: Paxson Woelber (CC BY-SA 3.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2018 I notice things. If I casually glance out my bedroom window -- in my apartment of more than a dozen years -- I will no ...

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When Illness is a ‘Death Sentence’: The Victimization of Gaza Women | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 26, 2018 Hanan al-Khoudari resorted to Facebook in a cry for help when Israeli authorities rejected her request to accompany her 3-year-old son, ...

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Happiness is a Warm Amerikan Gun | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 16, 2018 John Lennon was a prolific songwriter, along with his compatriots The Beatles. His wonderful metaphor, from their great "Happi ...

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New Cryptographic System To Improve Accountability Of Government Surveillance | Shafi Goldwasser & Daniel J. Weitzner

Image Credits: Dan Bruins, TechCrunch.com Aug. 8, 2018 (TechXplore) -- Researchers are proposing a new cryptographic system to improve the accountability of government surveillance while still mainta ...

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Was the 2016 election legitimate? It's now definitely worth asking the question | Virginia Heffernan

Credit: Talking Points MemoJuly 28, 2018 (Los Angeles Times) -- We need to talk about a forbidden subject: the legitimacy of the current president. There’s been a code of silence around President Don ...

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Russia and the far right’s cozy affair | E.J. Dionne Jr.

Image: Los Angeles TimesJuly 29, 2018 (Washington Post) -- The links among Vladimir Putin, President Trump, and segments of both the Republican Party and the American conservative movement seem bizar ...

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