Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

Frustrated with the dead end in the supposed peace process with Israel, Palestinian Authority leaders are getting increasingly edgy about criticism.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been trying to muzzle press freedom and freedom of expression under the rubric of "upholding the rule of law".

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by Stephen Lendman

The business of America is war. Since WW II, permanent war for unchallenged global dominance became policy.

The Pentagon calls it a "long war." Dick Cheney said it won't end in our lifetime. GHW Bush called it a "New World Order." Nations are ravaged one at a time or in multiples.

Obama is America's latest warrior president. Many others preceded him. More than ever, today's threat is grave. A previous article addressed the unthinkable - the possibility of global nuclear war.

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Gary G. Kohls, MD

Very unfavorable long-term outcomes often occur in patients with major depression treated by pharmacologic means, including: paradoxical (depression-inducing) effects of antidepressant drugs in some patients with mood and anxiety disturbances; antidepressant-induced switching and cycle acceleration in bipolar disorder; development of tolerance to the effects of antidepressants during long-term treatment; onset of resistance upon re-challenge with the same antidepressant drug; and withdrawal syndromes following discontinuation.

Major depression has been ranked as the fourth most disabling medical disorder by disability-adjusted life-years, a measure of burden. By 2010 major depression is predicted to be ranked second unless meaningful improvements occur in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Cynthia McKinney

Hello! It's amazing what one can learn just by talking to strangers who can become acquaintances. I want to get this out there because I was stunned when my waitress made the comment as I was complementing her on her cheerful attitude, her pretty eyeshadow, and other small talk. She announced that she was really not that cheerful about the fact that her sister, in the U.S. military, had just received her orders to report to Syria and that her sister would be shipping out very soon. Imagine that. U.S. troops headed to Syria. Did our President make that announcement to the people of this country?

U.S.forces now reportedly all over the oil-producing areas of Libya and in the desert reportedly spying on the other countries of the region from a secret drone base. View the video here: http://www.algeria-isp.com/actualites/politique-libye/201112-A7555/libye-une-base-militaire-secrete-americaine-francaise-libye-katroune-video-voir-decembre-2011.html

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