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Breast Milk Scandal Strikes Aptamil Manufacturer Danone, Accused of Misleading Mothers By Melanie Newman, July 04 2013

Danone’s formula milk sales increase in Turkey. (image baby bottle via Shutterstock.com)

The multi-national food giant Danone has been accused of misleading mothers with a controversial marketing campaign that warned they might not be providing enough breast milk. The company …

What Really Caused the Coup Against the Egyptian President: Egypt’s Support for Intervention in Syria Was the Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back By Washington's Blog, July 04 2013

The protests in Egypt against president Mohammed Morsi were – according to the BBC – the largest in history.

The Egyptian military threw Morsi out in a coup today [July 3, 2013].

Why?

Irish Times reports:

Army concern

Top US Spy Chief Claims “Mistake” in Lies About NSA Programs By Matthew MacEgan, July 04 2013

On Tuesday, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper released a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein apologizing for statements that he had made in March before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Clapper sought to justify lies he made at the time

Prosecution Case vs. Bradley Manning Threatens First Amendment Rights to Free Speech and Press By Ed Hightower, July 04 2013

The prosecution rested its case Tuesday in the court martial of Bradley Manning, the Army private who has admitted to leaking 700,000 documents exposing US military atrocities and other crimes to the WikiLeaks web site in April of 2010.

The …

The State of Dissent in America: Flex Your Rights By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, July 04 2013

When we occupied Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, during the Autumn of 2011, we often marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to Capitol Hill to express our many grievances. We were always accompanied by a large contingent of police officers and other

Veterans on Trial for Peaceable Assembly at Vietnam Veterans Memorial By Margaret Flowers, July 04 2013

There’s anger amidst the apprehension in

Globalization, Civil Rights and the Cyber-Surveillance State By Barbara Nimri Aziz, July 01 2013

Globalization has reached its apogee– spying on European friends as well as usual foreign suspects, and you.

Recent revelations about NSA’s worldwide practices are globalization’s toxic perfect storm. Technology we celebrated as a life-changing and everyman’s (and child’s) tool, we …

The Crime of Alleviating Poverty: A Local Community Currency Battles the Central Bank of Kenya By Ellen Brown, July 01 2013