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UNHRC Endorses Gaza War Crimes Report
By Laura MacInnis
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/mclnnis161009.htm
 
The U.N. Human Rights Council endorsed on Friday a Gaza report that accused both Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas of committing war crimes
 
 
Most Arctic Sea Ice 'Gone In Decade' 
By Tom Lowe
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/lowe161009.htm
 
The Arctic Ocean will be an "open sea" almost entirely free from ice within a decade
 
 
 
Carbon Emissions Must Peak By 2015: 
UN Climate Scientist
By Agence France-Presse
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/afp161009.htm
 
Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , on Thursday urged a key conference on global warming to set tough mid-term goals and warned carbon emissions had to peak by 2015 to meet a widely-shared vision
 
 
Apocalypse Or Extinction? 
By Guy R McPherson 
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/mcpherson161009.htm
 
Is there any doubt we will try to kill every species on the planet, including our own, by the middle of this century? At this point, it is absolutely necessary, but probably not sufficient, to bring down the industrial economy. It's no longer merely the lives of your grandchildren we're talking about. Depending on your age, it's the lives of your children or you. If you're 60 or younger, it's you
 
 
 
War Is Peace, Ignorance Is Strength 
By John Pilger
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/pilger161009.htm
 
Obama, the man of peace, is planning another war to add to his impressive record 
 
 
 
Abbas And The Goldstone Report: 
Our Shame Is Complete 
By Ramzy Baroud
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud161009.htm
 
Palestinians who are now calling for change following the UN episode, must consider the Oslo culture in its entirety, its ‘revolutionary’ millionaires, its elites and contractors. A practical alternative to those corrupt must be quickly devised. The Israeli wall is encroaching on Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank, and a new war might be awaiting besieged Gaza. Time is running out, and our collective shame is nearly complete
 
 
 
Educating Children In Conflict Zones 
By Catherine Rottenberg & Neve Gordon
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/gordon161009.htm
 
Educating children in a conflict zone is no simple matter. More often than not, those responsible for the curricula succumb to the masters of war and adopt a pedagogical approach that exacerbates rather than diffuses strife. Israel, unfortunately, is no exception
 
 
 
Security, Reconciliation In Iraq Are Irreconcilable 
By Nicola Nasser
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/nasser161009.htm
 
Negotiating the U.S. exit strategy with al-Baath and the Iraqi resistance, the real enemy, could prove the only viable way out of Iraq for the United States
 
 
 
Funding Sweatshops Globally 
By Stephen Lendman
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman161009.htm
 
The global economic crisis materially increased worker hardships leaving them more vulnerable, in jeopardy, and unable to secure their rights
 
 
 
Sucking Data For God And Country 
By Case Wagenvoord
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/wagenvoord161009.htm
 
National Security Agency’s (NSA) is building a $2 billion data collection storage center in the Utah’s high desert
 
 
 
China-India-Russia Accord: Now, More Than Ever
By Ramtanu Maitra
 
http://www.countercurrents.org/maitra161009.htm
 
A vast section of the Eurasian landmass, stretching from Iran to Myanmar, encompassing Central and South Asia, is in a state of violent turmoil. But the three major regional powers--China, India, and Russia, whose combined populations represent nearly half the world's 6.7 billion people--remain wholly unfocused and, seemingly, divided