Anger After Indonesia Executed 6 People for Drug Trafficking
VOA News | “…a form of assertiveness of Indonesia’s government that we will never be in compromise with the perpetrators, dealers and drug syndicates,” attorney general said.
‘Anti-racism’ protests to continue in Oakland
USA TODAY | Protests expected to continue around San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday.
Prince Andrew considering public statement about sex allegations
The Guardian | Duke of York understood to be deciding on whether to make speech at Davos forum over alleged ‘sexual relations’ with 17-year-old linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Middle class decline looms over final years of Obama presidency
Reuters | For the middle class the scars of the recession still run deep…
Seeking Death Penalty Appears Set in Boston Bombing Trial
AP | Justice Department has given no indication it is open to any proposal from the defense to spare Tsarnaev’s life.
Update: Three New Earth-Size Planets Found “Nearby”
Forbes | Earth-sized planet in habitable zone circling star just 150 light years from Earth.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap around 80 in Cameroon
Reuters | “…around 30 adults, most of them herders, and 50 young girls and boys aged between 10 and 15 years were abducted.”
Delaware shooting occurs near unoccupied Biden home
CNN | VP planned to spend weekend in Delaware.
ISIS Gaining Ground in Syria, Despite U.S. Strikes
The Daily Beast | ISIS “has not any lost any key terrain,” according to analysts
John McAfee: ‘I know who hacked Sony Pictures – and it wasn’t North Korea’
International Business Times | “It has to do with a group of hackers – I will not name them – who are civil libertarians…”
There Are More Slaves Today Than Ever Before In Human History
Zero Hedge | You may have assumed that slavery was a thing of the past. But sadly, it’s worse than ever before.
The Mysterious Sponsor Behind The Ferguson Protests And Media Campaign: George Soros
Zero Hedge | Soros-funded group helped make ubiquitous the “hands up, don’t shoot” slogan.
Special Report: American Muslims Condemn Radical Islam
Prison Planet.com | Demonstrators gathered in Garland, Texas to protest an Islamic event.
Charlie Hebdo: Report from Europe
Paul Craig Roberts | The culpability of the Western media in lies, death, and destruction is extreme.
Gas Crash: How Low Can Oil Go?
David Knight | What’s really behind the steep drop in oil prices?