Desmond Butler

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 06:53
Turkey briefly blocked access to Twitter on Wednesday to prevent images of Monday's deadly bombing from being broadcast and to stop Twitter users from calling for protests against the government, which they blamed for not doing enough to prevent the attack, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Friday, May 8, 2015 - 07:13
Casting aside U.S. concerns about aiding extremist groups, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have converged on an aggressive new strategy to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 08:11
USAID's young operatives posed as tourists, visited college campuses and used a ruse that could undermine USAID's credibility in critical health work around the world: An HIV-prevention workshop one called the "perfect excuse" to recruit political activists.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 00:00
The plan was to develop a bare-bones "Cuban Twitter," using cellphone text messaging to evade Cuba's strict control of information.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 06:53
But a new round of protests set off by the death of a man in a tense border region with Syria appears more complex, sectarian and volatile.
Friday, September 19, 2008 - 00:00
Senalo que Nicaragua y el grupo terrorista palestino Hamas son las unicas otras entidades, ademas de Rusia, que hasta ahora han reconocido la independencia de la provincias georgianas de Abjasia y Osetia del Sur
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 00:00
White House drug policy director John Walters said he believes traffickers have been pushed toward Europe because of stricter control by Colombia and Mexico over routes to the United States