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US Hypocrisy in Ukraine and Syria

May 30, 2014, New Eastern Outlook The violence being unleashed on civilians and self-defense forces in the east of Ukraine by the authorities in Kiev constitutes a laundry list of war crimes. However, the West seems intent on employing double standards with regard to human rights and war crimes, applying or ignoring these principles as…

The Syrian government has been unable to set up overseas polling stations in Australia because the country’s embassy shut in June 2012. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Bashar al-Assad supporters stage rallies in Australia ahead of Syrian poll

Hundreds are expected to sign petitions backing al-Assad at rallies in major cities, in absence of polling stations May 30, 2014, the Guardian Australians backing Bashar al-Assad in the upcoming Syrian presidential elections are staging rallies across the country to help expats register their support. Hundreds are expected to sign petitions backing al-Assad at rallies…