After Lavrov's hideous antisemitic Nazi remarks, for which Putin had to apologize to Israel, new directives apparently landed at the state TV studios. Now they claim that Nazism doesn't have to be antisemitic and in its new iteration it is [drumroll] anti-Slavic and anti-Russian.
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After Lavrov's hideous antisemitic Nazi remarks, for which Putin had to apologize to Israel, new directives apparently landed at the state TV studios. Now they claim that Nazism doesn't have to be antisemitic and in its new iteration it is anti-Slavic and anti-Russian. |
Sometimes corruption is unavoidable, say Russian officials as they bid to change the law to allow for it in certain circumstances
A member of President Donald Trump’s transition team was named as a board member of a company owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska the day after the Trump administration lifted sanctions against Deripaska’s companies.
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Russian spies 'were intercepted while trying to access Swiss lab where Salisbury novichok sample was being tested'
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Italy's Salvini touts plan to 'save Europe' after Bannon talks
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Since Trump became president, the U.S. has enabled and supported a disastrous Saudi war in Yemen; watched as Riyadh launched a political and economic war against Qatar that’s split the Gulf Cooperation Council and enhanced Iran’s influence; virtually kidnapped the pro-American Lebanese Prime Minister in a bungled attempt to weaken Hezbollah; remained silent while the Saudis under the guise of reform cracked down on journalists, bloggers, businessmen and anyone else who dared criticize the 30-something crown prince; and said nothing as Riyadh battered Canada—a close U.S. ally that dared challenge Saudi human rights abuses.
Here is Bibi proving that Iran did not invent the wheel
North Koreans are using the drug methamphetamine as a cheap alternative to hard to get medicines.
“Many people in the north are using (meth) for medicinal purposes,” said reporter Jason Strother. “The hospital systems are broken down and they don’t have the medication.”
Crystal meth made in laboratories in North Korea is flooding the world's drugs market, with shipments ferried through China to distribute across the globe.
In the U.S. police officers have intercepted batches of the highly addictive drug, that were bound for New York after being produced in Kim Jong-un's Communist state.
Analysis of the highly potent drugs - which come in the form of ice-like crystals which are smoked, to provide a powerful and near-immediate hit - showed they were up to 99 per cent pure.
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Message to Trump: "I'm still here, where are you?
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Man is fined by police for belching loudly while he ate a kebab in Vienna - and blames it on 'too many onions' . This is the reason of why Vienna is the best city in the world to live in. The Austrian capital of Vienna beat 229 other cities to take the title in the 18th Mercer Quality of Life survey.
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Do you believe in immortality?
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A judge has asked five experts to determine whether comparing Turkey's president to "Lord of the Rings" character Gollum should be considered an insult.
This conversation was overheard between Putin and Merkel to commerate the end of WWII
Putin: "We trusted you in 1938 and you screwed us."
Merkel: "We trusted you in 2013 and you screwed us." |
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We know that the Taj Mahal is a symbol of love, built by the Emperor Shahjahan because of his immense, unbending love for his Iranian wife Mumtaz.
But , the lesser known facts are : 1. Mumtaz was Shshjahan's 4th wife out of his 7 wives. 2. Shahjahn killed Mumtaz's husband to marry her. 3. Mumtaz died during her 14th delivery. 4. After her death, Shahjahan married Mumtaz's sister. So where the hell, is the love?
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Russian Hackers Release 5 Million Gmail Usernames and Passwords Online
Which picture is from Gaza? Which picture is from the Ukraine?
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Kremlin says Putin's 'I can take Kiev' remark misquoted
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Ukraine's foreign minister caused a diplomatic row with Russia on Sunday after nonchalantly referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin as the equivalent of a "dickhead."
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Its the war of the military hats. |
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Until recently, Denis Pushilin, chairman of the self-declared Supreme Council,was a salesman for a pyramid scheme that attracted millions of Russians and Ukrainians ("Financial pyramids are not forbidden and are not illegal," he said, explaining his involvement).
On Monday, the separatists called the first meeting of their Supreme Council, gathering in an auditorium in their headquarters. About 20 percent of the group was armed, carrying everything from hunting knives to assault rifles. A handful wore body armor. There was an abundance of homemade tattoos, a variety of camouflage and lots of tight black T-shirts.
Few in the room, including the organizers, appeared to know what to do.
After selecting a deputy for the Supreme Council — the vote for the only candidate was unanimous — an official announced that people were needed to staff various departments. A young man walked to the front of the auditorium, took the microphone and said he wanted a job.
"I want to do something with agriculture," he said. His campaign speech was short: "Will you vote for me? Please support me."
A few hands went up, apparently votes in his favor, but someone else grabbed the microphone and asked the man to sit down. Other people stood to make speeches. An angry man wanted to discuss a possible constitution. The new deputy speaker spoke about the need to find experts for the foreign ministry.
As the situation grew increasingly chaotic, Pushilin, facing the gathering from the stage, took the microphone.
"You are acting like you are in a kindergarten and not a Supreme Council!" he said, glaring at the room, which quickly went silent. Many people hung their heads. "I feel ashamed."
Minutes later, the session was adjourned. There was no word if the young man's hopes for a job had materialized.
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Afghanistan effectively legalises domestic violence with new law that bans anyone from testifying against relatives
Legislation will allow men to attack their wives, children and sisters without the fear of punishment
It will ban relatives of the accused from bringing evidence against them
Law passed by parliament but is waiting to be officially signed off by the president Hamid Karzai
Those who carry out honour killings would be impossible to prosecute
Domestic abuse is still rife and forced marriages are the norm
...and we call it Nation Building.
200 cars stolen in Germany 'now owned by Tajik elite'
Berlin (AFP) - About 200 cars stolen in Germany have been tracked down in Tajikistan, where most are now driven by family and friends of President Emomali Rakhmon, media and officials in Berlin said Thursday.
The case of the German-registered cars, including 93 BMWs located via their GPS systems, has caused friction between Germany and the Central Asian country, mass-circulation daily Bild reported.
The German foreign ministry did not confirm it had called in the Tajik ambassador over the case, but a spokeswoman said "there have been talks with the Tajik side on cooperation in fighting organised crime".
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Corruption Index of the top and bottom 10 countries according to Transparency International
| Top 10 ranked nations |
- Denmark (Score: 91)
- New Zealand (Score: 91)
- Finland (Score: 89)
- Sweden (Score: 89)
- Norway (Score: 86)
- Singapore (Score: 86)
- Switzerland (Score: 85)
- Netherlands (Score: 83)
- Australia (Score: 81)
- Canada (Score: 81
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| Bottom 10 ranked nations |
- Somalia (Score: 8)
- North Korea (Score: 8)
- Afghanistan (Score: 8)
- Sudan (Score: 11)
- South Sudan (Score: 14)
- Libya (Score: 15)
- Iraq (Score: 16)
- Uzbekistan (Score: 17)
- Turkmenistan (Score: 17)
- Syria (Score: 17)
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Ali Khamenei. the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic has the following funds in bank accounts abroad that total about US $36 billion. (This figure exceeds western intelligence estimates from 2010 that suggested Khamenei’s net worth was about $30 billion.)
Switzerland (18 accounts, including in Micheloud & Cie/UBS/Credit Suisse) totaling €8.4 billion, or US $11.84 billion;
Liechtenstein: $9.7 billion;
Cayman Islands: $6.8 billion;
Shanghai, China: $3.2 billion. This sum could account for Khamenei’s personal representatives going to China in April to work an oil and gas deal, and reports that the petrochemical enterprise that Khamenei created and placed in control of his son, Petro Nahad, has a division in Shanghai;
Trinidad & Tobago: $400 million;
South Africa: €2.1 billion, or US $2.96 billion;
India: $630 million;
United Arab Emirates: $560 million;
Syria: $210 million.
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Did the Kaiser's incestuous lust for Queen Victoria's daughter cause the First World War? New documentary's stunning claim
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'I have to pay for fuel for my yacht': King of Belgium says he cannot live on $1.1million a year
King of Belgium says his £770,000 a year allowance is not enough
Options to save money include getting Navy to run his yacht
He was given allowance and ten aides after abdication in July
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Ethiopia unveils telescope in first phase of space programme
Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopia unveiled Friday the first phase of a space exploration programme, which includes East Africa's largest observatory designed to promote astronomy research in the region.
huh?
Believe it or not, this is inside a hospital: The Chinese pharmacy overrun with RATS
- Early morning photos show rodents scurrying freely around the hospital
- Horrifying images were taken in Chengdu, in south-west Sichuan Province
Weapons of mass destruction.
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Nobel prize 'should have been mine', jokes Syria's Assad
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North Korea on Saturday issued a fresh warning of an "all-out war", urging the United States to stop military drills and what it described as "nuclear blackmail".
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Huh?
NSA taps into the dinner conversation of the American Secretary of State.
Kerry: "Bashar, did you know that there is irrefutable and alarming evidence that climate change is real?"
Bashar: "Yes John, but you know that the real issue here, are condiments.
Mrs. Kerry, I totally agree with you. French fries are tastier with Heinz ketchup rather than, let us say, vineger."
McDonald's has lost its taste for Heinz ketchup.
The fast-food giant said in a statement Friday that it is cutting ties with the condiment company after 40 years due to management changes there. A former Burger King CEO became head of Heinz in June after the company was bought by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital. 3G, a Brazilian investment firm, also controls Burger King.
The impact of the change may be tasted more overseas.
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Today The Sturgeon, tomorrow The Ukraine.
OSLO (Reuters) - The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) , a relatively small organisation with a modest budget, is the global chemical weapons watchdog working to eliminate chemical arms stockpiles around the battlefields of Syria's civil war won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
dispatched experts to Syria after a sarin gas attack killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus in August.
Putin's spokesman said he had no comment on the award. But a senior lawmaker from the ruling United Russia party, Vyacheslav Nikonov, praised the decision and suggested some past awards, an apparent reference to the award to Obama, had been misguided.
"This is one of the best choices made by the Nobel Laureate committee in its history," Nikonov said on state television.
"They didn't want to make a mistake this time because there have been too many."
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Last week: I'll help Syria if the U.S. attacks, says Putin in chilling threat to Obama as G20 summit breaks up in acrimony
Bay of Pigs 2013?
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"American Foreign Policy: Find them, F*ck them, and forget them.
Ernst Stavro Blofeld; finally revealed!
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Crises, what crises?
Canada’s foreign minister asks: “What will we say when we see 25,000 children, men and women foaming at the mouth, their nerves jerking as their lungs dissolved?”
Between 2004 and 2010 the Government issued export licences to two companies, allowing them to sell Syria sodium fluoride, which is used to make sarin. The British Government last night admitted for the first time that the chemical was delivered to Syria - a clear breach of international protocol on the trade of dangerous substances, condemned as 'grossly irresponsible'.
Shmucks!!!!
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Satellite images suggest North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor restarted.
North Koreans Substituting Crystal Meth for Medication
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An international manhunt is underway for a former Afghan bank worker who is believed to have stolen $1.1 million.
Shokofa Salehi, 22, worked in the money transfer division at the headquarters of Azizi Bank, a major Afghan lender in Kabul.
She disappeared around two months ago with investigators saying she is suspected of transferring some $1.1 million out of the bank's coffers to accounts of relatives.
The afghanis are fast learners. We taught them well.
An independent report described Kabul Bank as being run like a Ponzi scheme. Investigators said some $861 million in fraudulent loans had disappeared into the pockets of associates of the men behind the bank.
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