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Tip of the iceberg: UN 'estimates' death toll in Yemen has surpassed 10,000


RT
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 05:46 UTC
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© Naif Rahma / Reuters A boy walks inside a house destroyed by a recent Saudi-led air strike in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen January 4, 2017.
The death toll in the Yemeni conflict has surpassed 10,000 people, according to "estimates" from a senior UN official, amidst the ongoing chaos in the war-torn country suffering a tremendous humanitarian disaster.

"I don't know the figures but the estimates are that over 10,000 people have been killed in this conflict and almost 40,000 people injured," UN Yemen Humanitarian Coordinator Jamie McGoldrick told the reporters at a press conference in Sanaa.

The estimates seem to be pretty rough, since McGoldrick stated in August last year that "at least 10,000 people" had been killed in the protracted conflict.

Comment: The real death toll from the US/ Saudi war on Yemen is likely much higher due to the Saudi's deliberate starvation of the population; Yemeni NGO Save the Children has estimated that 1,000 children die every week.

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In Davos debut, Xi Jinping warns against trade war and protectionism


RT
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:23 UTC
Xi Jinping
© Ruben Sprich / Reuters
In his debut at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Chinese President Xi Jinping defended globalization and warned that no one would win in a trade war.

Xi said economic integration has powered global growth and improved the lives of millions.

"It is true that economic globalization created new problems, but this is no justification to write off economic globalization altogether. Rather we should adapt to and guide economic globalization, cushion its negative impacts and deliver its benefits for all countries," said Xi, marking the first Davos visit by a Chinese head of state.

Comment: Xi's speech may fall on deaf Westerner's ears because their version of free-trade is only for their benefit, not for the nations around the world that get sucked dry of their wealth.

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Lavrov denies meddling in European votes and blasts US intelligence


RFE/RL
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:01 UTC
Sergei Lavrov
© Sputnik
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says any claims that Moscow is staging cyberattacks to interfere in European elections are "dreamt-up."

Speaking at an annual news conference on January 17, Lavrov also said U.S. intelligence agencies that he said tried to prove President-elect Donald Trump had compromising links to Russia "have drawn a blank and should be fired, because they've done worthless work."

He described the former British spy who wrote a dossier on Trump's alleged links to Russia, including an account of an alleged episode with prostitutes at a Moscow hotel, as a charlatan.
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Putin accuses outgoing US administration of attempting to undermine Trump's legitimacy


TASS
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:52 UTC
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the outgoing US administration of trying to undermine the legitimacy of US President-elect Donald Trump.

"What we see is the continuing sharp domestic political struggle although the presidential elections are over and they ended with a convincing victory of Mr. Trump," Putin told reporters after talks with Moldovan President Igor Dodon.
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Spain arrests Moroccan boxing coach accused of running ISIS terrorist recruiting cell


RT
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 04:40 UTC
Spain arrest ISIL terrorist
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Spanish security forces have arrested a Moroccan boxing coach suspected of running an Islamic State terrorist recruiting cell, two members of which were arrested in France and Morocco in 2016.

The detained suspect, who held a Spanish residency permit, is being accused of recruiting jihadist fighters by gaining the trust of young men through his coaching position.

"The accused was very active in finding new recruits and would approach young people at risk of social exclusion, easily influenced and emotionally unstable, and make the most of his position as a boxing coach to win their confidence," the interior ministry said on Monday.
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"We must establish a relationship with Russia": Another German politician calls for rapprochement with Russia

Translated from German by Tom Winter
Fort Russ
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:58 UTC
Gregor Gysi
Former head of the LinksPartei Gregor Gysi
In an interview with watson.ch, the former head of the Linkspartei Gregor Gysi promotes a rapprochement between Germany and Russia. "I consider the sanctions as a failure," he replied to a question about Germany's role in the Ukraine crisis.

The German media has reported extensively on the pro-Russian course of the national conservative AfD party. Leading AfD politicians like Alexander Gauland regularly promote a German-Russian rapprochement.

But the AfD is not alone in this sentiment. More and more politicians of the Left Party criticize Germany's current Russia policy: Wolfgang Gehrke, Sahra Wagenknecht, Bernd Riexinger. Now Gregor Gysi also chimes in.

Comment: Also see: German Left leader echoes Trump: Dissolve NATO, create new military alliance with Russia

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Second-highest ranking officer in Canadian military relieved of command for leaking 'high-level' secrets

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:53 UTC
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© Steph Crosier/Kingston Whig-Standard/Postmedia NetworkVice Chief of the Defence Staff Vice Admiral Mark Norman was removed from command early Monday, Department of National Defence sources say.

The G&M reports that General Jonathan Vance, chief of the defense staff, ordered Mr. Norman's removal after an investigation of "pretty high-level secret documents" that had allegedly been leaked. The source would not provide further information on the nature of the sensitive leaks.

It is unknown whether the alleged leaks were to journalists, business interests or another country. For now, the Canadian military is offering no explanation for this extreme measure which took place Monday morning.

Vice-Adm. Norman has served in the Forces for 36 years and was previously in charge of the Royal Canadian Navy. He commanded the Royal Canadian Navy for more than four-and-a-half years until General Vance appointed him as vice-chief in January 2016.

The role of vice-chief of the defense staff is an extremely powerful position, similar to that of a chief operating officer at a company. The VCDS is the leader for corporate strategies in the Forces and is supposed to promote security inside the military. Gen. Vance signed an order for Vice-Adm. Norman's removal Friday and the change took effect Monday. Gen. Vance is in Europe this week on "military business," according to the Forces.

"The Chief of the Defense Staff has temporarily relieved the VCDS, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, from the performance of military duty," Lieutenant-Colonel Jason Proulx, spokesman for Gen. Vance, said. "For the time being, he will not be carrying out the functions of VCDS."

Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd, currently the commander of the Navy, has been appointed as the interim vice-chief of the defense staff. Lt.-Col. Proulx declined to explain why the military is using the word "temporarily" to describe Vice-Adm. Norman's removal.
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Turkish government confirms Istanbul nightclub shooting was a false flag operation


IRIS INSO
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00 UTC
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© Reuters. Osman Orsal
Since new year's eve and as almost the only one we have been correctly informing our members and the general public about the shooting that happened at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul on January 1, 2017.

We have been saying all along that the shooting was a false flag operation and that it was also an inside job.

We showed you how a, likely Israeli, security firm was contracted 10 days before the shooting to "beef up" the security at the Reina. We also showed you how the Jerusalem Post tried to hide that from you.

We informed you about the fact that the shooter(s) had knowledge about three secret doors inside the Reina that normally only staff workers know about, yet that were used by the shooter(s) while escaping the crime scene.

Comment: Further reading:

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Lavrov: US diplomats frequently took part in Russian opposition rallies and men disguised as women


RT
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:30 UTC
Sergei Lavrov
© Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
US intelligence agencies have been actively trying to recruit senior Russian diplomats over the past several years, according to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who also said that US diplomats in Russia have engaged in espionage and took part in opposition rallies.

"If we talk about recruitment techniques, we did not publicize the full statistics on that. But most recently, in the past few years, especially during the second term of Obama's administration, that unfriendly activity towards our diplomats has been growing in scale," Lavrov said at a news conference on Tuesday.
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Inflation is biggest headache for Russian central bank, not Trump, Brexit or sanctions


RT
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:22 UTC
Moscow shopping center
© Kirill Kallinikov / Sputnik
The Russian economy's biggest woe is inflation and not Britain's vote to leave the European Union or Donald Trump's US presidential victory, according to Ksenia Yudaeva, first deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia.

"Brexit and Donald Trump's US election victory were unexpected, but nonetheless, the Russian economy and financial markets were not significantly affected," she told CNBC on Monday.

According to Yudaeva, the Central Bank's goal is to curb inflation, adding possible new sanctions from Washington are less important than inflation and consumer price growth.
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