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Endless: Two more shipwrecks with 32 dead in the Mediterranean sea grave

Twenty-six migrants have drowned off the Greek island of Samos near Turkey after their boat capsized. Ten of those were children, and it was the second migrant boat to sink in as many days. Seven people drowned off the island of Kos on Wednesday. Another six bodies were discovered by the Italian navy in a sinking dinghy off the Libyan coast. The deaths come as the Netherlands proposed sending migrants reaching Greece back to Turkey. The nationalities of the latest migrant victims are not yet known. Most of those who risk their lives, packed aboard rickety boats, are refugees from the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The EU's Frontex border agency is helping the search for survivors off Samos. The bodies found by the Italian navy are thought to be the first deaths this year recorded along the migrant route from North Africa to Italy. Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35430667

How will they try to crush Bernie?

As Bernie Sanders frequently refers to Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) during his speeches, it would be worth to examine a few things on how the corporate establishment tried to fight back, when Roosevelt took the presidency. How the current establishment will try to crush Bernie in case he get elected? globinfo freexchange The mouthpieces of the US establishment must be feeling now quite nervous, seeing Bernie Sanders coming literally from nowhere to take the presidency. One can identify a growing embarrassment and confusion by the mainstream media, which shows that they don't know what to do to break the stormily rising popularity of Bernie Sanders within the U.S. electorate. Many poor journalists probably receive huge pressure by the media hierarchy all over the top, to do whatever they can, to present Sanders as a non-reliable candidate for the US presidency. As already mentioned in previous article , the powerful establishment in the US will do whatever it take

Kurdish exclusion from peace talks the result of Turkey 'blackmailing' West

Despite being one of the most effective ground forces in the region, the Kurdish PYD has been barred from participating in Syrian peace. Elif Sarican of the Kurdish Student Union, tells Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear why the PYD has been left on the sidelines. Those talks begin Friday, seeking an end to Syria’s bloody conflict. According to Sarican, Western nations have refused to allow the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to join the talks for fear of upsetting Turkey, especially considering Ankara’s role in slowing the flow of refugees in mainland Europe. Sarican also points out that Washington’s intervention in Syria is more about a desperate attempt to hold onto its status as the sole world superpower. While the PYD is one of the most effective fighting forces, it could also be the best hope of diplomacy. [...] Given the long history of Turkey’s mistreatment of Kurdish communities, the PYD is simply fighting for a chance to live free of repressi

Washington, Wall Street panicked by Sanders rise in polls

As Senator Bernie Sanders surges in the polls, the establishment is now in a very public panic over fears that he may win both Iowa and New Hampshire, gaining him additional momentum, Brent Budowsky writes for The Hill. The Democratic party elite and support infrastructure are on the attack against the popular democratic socialist, with Nancy Pelosi criticizing his widely supported “Medicare for all” plan on Wednesday, an attack echoed by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. These attacks were followed by unabashed polemics from the editorial board of the Washington Post on Thursday, a newspaper owned by a billionaire who would not want to see a Sanders presidency, Budowsky notes. The Post degraded the Vermont senator’s campaign as “fiction-filled,” much like the criticism heard against Barack Obama in 2008. The very visible and sudden panic as the Iowa caucus approaches shows that Sanders has been largely underestimated. His ideas and inspiring message that the g

Cold War 2.0: US Navy details plans to outmatch Russia and China

Robotic systems in the front line Struggling to keep up with global rivals, the Pentagon has announced the details of a plan to keep the US Navy one step ahead of Russia and China. With the rapid growth of Moscow and Beijing’s militaries, the Pentagon has become increasingly nervous about the state of its own operations. As a result, the US Defense Department has been developing a "Third Offset Strategy," its program to stay ahead of the competition. The plan applies to all branches of the military. On Thursday, the Pentagon announced details specific to the Navy. Of those three engagements, the Navy is most interested in UUV development. Already in possession of a number of small unmanned submarines, the Pentagon hopes to create larger robotic submersibles with a longer range. Ideally, these would be able to operate with little human interaction, autonomously delivering weapon payloads and scouting for subsurface mines. Once such craf