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What was portrayed as an Egyptian fight for democracy back in February, has turned into disillusionment. And as RT’s Gayane Chichakayan reports, it’s become something of a trend for countries caught up in the Arab Spring.

 

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A NATO air strike on an army checkpoint in northwest Pakistan has killed up to 25 soldiers, according to the country’s military officials. Islamabad has now blocked the alliance’s vital supply lines into Afghanistan in response. The incident threatens to put more pressure on relations between Pakistan and the military alliance, already strained by continued U.S. drone attacks. Ahmed Quraishi, President of Pakistan’s biggest lobbying group – the PakNationalists forum, thinks this accident was a deliberate act of punishment.

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Keith Singleton, an American who studied abroad in Japan, breaks down why studying abroad might be the cheapest option for some college students. Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson break it down on TYT University.

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What’s the biggest impediment to Western economies, is it debt? Growth? Political leadership? We see the leaders of Germany, France and Italy pushing for a fiscal crackdown to solve the Eurozone crisis. As they push for fiscal union, is more Europe the problem or the solution? And in the US we see GOP hopefuls taking the stage in debate after debate to vie for the top spot in this country against current President Barack Obama. Could any of them steer the US economy in right the direction? Former Reagan assistant secretary of the Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts, says not a chance.

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We’ll share with you some staggering statistics compiled by ThinkProgress that show how deep hunger runs in America. Last year, 17.2 million households in the United States were food insecure. That’s the highest level on record, and a 30% rise during this Great Recession. That also makes up 14.5% of all households. Nearly 40% had to choose between paying rent or a mortgage and food. Don’t forget, food prices increased by 3.6 percent last year alone.

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Super Committee failed to come to an agreement over how to find 1.2 trillion dollars in deficit savings and that failure means, unless Congressional war hawks get their way and somehow overturn the rules they themselves created, there will be another 600 billion coming in cuts to defense. But what they haven’t mentioned is that it will most likely be service members and their retirement plans that really take the hit, especially if the Defense Business Board get’s their way. Mother Jones’ Adam Weinstein discusses.

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In Malaysia a mock tribunal has found former President George W Bush and Former Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes. Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal which was formed at the request of former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, says the two leaders are guilty of crimes against peace, referring to their invasion of Iraq back in 2003.

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RT’s Lauren Lyster and Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal join happy hour tonight to discuss everything from a porn film that was shot at Occupy Oakland to malls tracking your cell phones during the holiday season.

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Facebook doesn’t just serve its users; it also serves law enforcement agencies like the FBI, ICE, and the DEA. Police can obtain warrants, or create fake profiles to spy on a suspicious person, using your Facebook information to draw conclusions about you. Talking Points Memo points out that the site can give cops a user’s IP logs, which includes their address, their Facebook user name, and even how often that user has logged on to Facebook.

 

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Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber announced that he would impose of moratorium on executions in the state for the remainder of his term. In his statement he made clear that while this was not about compassion of sympathy for those on death row, but rather because of the failures of the Oregonian justice system to execute the death penalty fairly. Oregon is just the most recent state in a growing list which includes New Mexico, New Jersey and Illinois to abolish the use of the death penalty since 2007.

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