BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- October 31, 2012
Wednesday, 31. October 2012
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BFP Nightly Quote
“Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what you think it is you want to hear.” – Alan Coren
International Newsworthy
Iran Responds to UN Rights Rapporteur
Iran Urges Recognition of Its Nuclear Rights
The New Battlefield in Iran & Israel’s Covert Conflict:Sudan?
Iran Naval Visit Reflects Strong Ties: Sudan Military
Iran Pulls Back from Nuclear Bomb Goal: Israeli DM
Tehran Still Undecided on US Vote
Iran’s Communication Minister Denies Cyber Attacks on West
Major US-UK Tiff over Legality of Iran Strike
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Opium Production ‘on the Rise in SE Asia’
Taliban can Run for Afghan President: Election Chief
Bomb Attack Kills 8 Afghan Civilians
Drones Violate Sovereignty, Pakistan Tells UN
Balochistan Case: SC Directs Govt to Submit Report
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Syrian Gov’t Blames Turkey-Gulf States for Ongoing Bloodshed
Syria Rebels Claim to have Shot Top Air Force Officer
8 Syrian Rebels Arrested in Lebanon
Rebel-Kurd Tensions Boil Over in Syria’s North
Kurdish Resistance May Break the Syrian Rebels
Iraqi Shi’ites Dread Fall of Assad
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U.S.: Iraqi Audit Points to Huge Money Laundering
Report: Corruption in Iraq at All-Time High
Why Turkey Brought Home a Bad Report Card
Assassination Forces US to Reconsider Its Beirut Policy
EU Activists Seek Ban on Trade with Israeli Settlers
Bahrainis Hold Protests Despite Ban
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US-Backed African Troops Could Invade Mali ‘Within Weeks’
Protesters Storm Libya Congress after PM Presents Government
Libya Delays Vote on New Cabinet
Sudan Dismisses Israeli Concerns on Arms Supplies
Trouble in Paradise as Radical Islam Grows in Zanzibar
Nigeria Opens Probe into Boko Haram Sect Sponsors
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Russia Eyes “Soft Power” to Achieve Hard Goals in Foreign Policy
Imam, Family Shot Dead in Russia’s Dagestan
Rosneft to Get Bigger Slice on Venezuelan Oil
US Silk Road Plans Spin Fragile Thread
Azerbaijan: Entire Armed Forces Brought Under NATO Standards
Kazakhstan Expects Higher Economic Growth in Medium Term
Turkish Firm to Produce Armored Vehicles in Kazakhstan
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UN Hands Full Police Powers to East Timor
Sweden Pulled Deeper into NATO’s Global Network
Clinton Says EU/NATO Entry Way to Stability in Bosnia
UK Wipes Hands of ‘Renditioned’ US Terror Prisoner
UK ‘Discards Own Citizen who Refused to Spy on Muslims’
National Newsworthy
Micro-Drones Combined with DNA Hacking Could Create a Very Scary Future
Could Unmanned Drones Go Rogue?
Supreme Court Seems ‘Troubled’ with Government’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program
The Prison System Expands at Frightening Pace Following Declaration of War on Drugs
What the Media Isn’t Telling You about the Drug War
Police Seize Private Property Based on Drug-Sniffing Dogs’ Reactions
U.S. Treasury Expects Govn’t to Hit Debt Limit Before 2013
Report: Enough Spent on Welfare Programs in 2011 to Write Every Poor Household a $59,523 Check
The Hill’s 2012 Top Lobbyists
Congressional Candidates Draw One-Campaign Super PACs
Cryptome: Ex-CIA John Kiriakou Plea and Facts
Noteworthy Editorials
Andy Worthington: Another Torture Victim on Trial at Guantánamo
Stephen Lendman: Supreme Court Spurns Justice
James Petras: Beyond President Chavez Electoral Victory: Socialism in a Rentier State
Drone-War Doublethink
The Long Third War
Why are American Troops Still Stationed in Europe?
Democracy: Convicted by the Sleeping Juror
Anticipating the Devolution of Big Government
BFP Nightly Video-Podcast
Video 1: Corbett Report- Sibel Edmonds on the US Police State
Video 2: Greek Police Arrest Journalist over ‘Lagarde List’ Leak
Video 3: From MI6 Al Qaeda Plot to Kill Gaddafi to Spying on Domestic Dissent: An MI5 Whistle Blowers Story
Video 4: Remi Kanazi – Normalize This!
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