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CIA Files Secret CIA documents show the US had plans to either give the Falkland Islands to Argentina and repatriate the islanders to Scotland or allow them become Argentine citizens because the spy agency thought the UK would lose the 1982 war. The papers, called ‘Solution to the Falkland Islands crisis,’ appear to the show the intelligence agency felt the UK had seriously underestimated the capabilities of the Argentine military when the two countries fought a short but savage war over the South Atlantic archipelago. The documents comprise just a few pages of 12 million formerly-classified internal papers published by the CIA this week. The Falklands plan was written by Henry Rowen, then head of the National Intelligence Council. “ For a period of three years the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands will be given a chance to consider whether they wish to remain on the Falkland Islands or whether they wish to relocate to an area of British jurisdicti

A rocket was fired near the police headquarters in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul on Friday but missed the building and there were no reports of casualties, broadcaster CNN Turk said. Turkey has been hit by a series of gun and bomb attacks in recent months, some claimed by Kurdish PKK militants, others blamed on Islamic State. The police headquarters is located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, on the European side of the city. A gunman killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day in an attack claimed by Islamic State. On Dec. 10, two bombs claimed by Kurdish militants exploded outside a soccer stadium in the city, killing 44 people. https://www.rt.com/news/line/ Erdogan's erratic tactics bring chaos in Turkey

Political turmoil in Gambia has driven about 45,000 people, mainly children, to flee into Senegal since January 1, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday, citing figures from the Senegalese government. “ The next few days will be critical and more people may leave the country if the current situation is not resolved peacefully soon, ” UNHCR said in a statement. Senegalese authorities had prepared aid for 100,000 arrivals, it said. https://www.rt.com/news/line/ The Gambia or Islamic Republic of The Gambia and often referred to as just Gambia, is a country in West Africa mostly surrounded by Senegal with a short strip of its coastline on the Atlantic Ocean at its western end. It is the smallest country in mainland Africa. Following the 1 December 2016 elections, the elections commission declared Adama Barrow the winner of the presidential election. Jammeh, who had ruled for 22 years, first announced he would step down after losing the 2016 el

globinfo freexchange The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has made recently some impressive statements, through which, he could be easily considered one of the most zealous supporters of neoliberal fundamentalism. As china.org.cn reports: President Xi Jinping and his Swiss counterpart, Doris Leuthard, have both expressed strong political will to advocate an open economy and oppose protectionism, shortly before Xi's arrival in Switzerland. Xi published a signed article on Friday in Neue Zuercher Zeitung, a leading Swiss daily newspaper, in which he spoke highly of Switzerland's support for internationalization of the renminbi , its participation in the founding of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and mutual visa exemption for diplomatic passport holders. " We may actively explore the possibility of upgrading the Free Trade Agreement and set a good example of promoting a free and open international trade and investment system, " Xi said in

Ultimately, the reality shows, the entertainment news, the surveillance society, the militarized police, and the political spectacles have one common objective: to keep us divided, distracted, imprisoned, and incapable of taking an active role in the business of self-government. by John W. Whitehead Donald Trump no longer needs to launch Trump TV. He’s already the star of his own political reality show. Americans have a voracious appetite for TV entertainment, and the Trump reality show—guest starring outraged Democrats with a newly awakened conscience for immigrants and the poor, power-hungry Republicans eager to take advantage of their return to power, and a hodgepodge of other special interest groups with dubious motives—feeds that appetite for titillating, soap opera drama. After all, who needs the insults, narcissism and power plays that are hallmarks of reality shows such as Celebrity Apprentice or Keeping Up with the Kardashians when yo