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on November 19, 2015 in World News

Russian Constitutional Court gets priority over international courts in new bill

Russian Constitutional Court gets priority over international courts in new bill Lawmakers of all four Russian parliamentary parties have jointly drafted the bill that once passed into law would give more powers to the Constitutional Court, allowing Russia to legally ignore the decisions of foreign justice bodies. The sponsors of the bill wrote in explanations accompanying the document that it seeks to secure the “legal sovereignty” of the Russian Federation and to “oppose the prejudiced rulings” that demand huge monetary compensation from Russia’s budget. In particular, the new act would allow Russia’s Constitutional Court to decide whether the country should… View Article

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on November 19, 2015 in World News

Obama threatens to veto GOP halt on Syrian refugees

Obama threatens to veto GOP halt on Syrian refugees Tensions rose between the Republican lawmakers and US President Barack Obama when the White House threatened to veto a GOP-proposed bill requiring additional background checks for 10,000 Syrian refugees that Obama intends to settle in the US. Sponsored by Representatives Mike McCaul (R-Texas) and Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina), the bill would require top US security officials to certify that every refugee admitted to the US “does not represent a security threat,” according to McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The bill, which is up for a vote Thursday, is… View Article

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on November 19, 2015 in World News

Take no prisoners: Head of Russian region urges tougher stance in war against terror

Take no prisoners: Head of Russian region urges tougher stance in war against terror The head of the Russian republic of Ingushetia told reporters a public debate would be unnecessary if special services were simply allowed to kill terrorists on the spot. “Upper house MPs propose canceling the moratorium on the death penalty for terrorists. I think we won’t have to do this once we give special services the right to search and neutralize terrorists, who threaten the lives and safety of our citizens, the property and infrastructure of our country, wherever these terrorists are found,” Yunus-Bek Yevkurov wrote on… View Article

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on November 19, 2015 in World News

NATO is actively inventing enemies, Russia is not – Lavrov

NATO is actively inventing enemies, Russia is not – Lavrov Russia has never invented enemies and never will, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told reporters, adding that it was “only natural” for nations to disagree, despite NATO’s attempts to impose uniform opinions all over the world. “Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that we are not trying to look for enemies, we have never looked for them, and we never will,” Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Radio Russia. “Most nations that have their own positions on various issues…because uniform thinking on all issues is impossible. A harsh… View Article

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on November 19, 2015 in World News

Texas AG Wades into Court Battle over Feds’ Red River ‘Land Grab’

Texas AG Wades into Court Battle over Feds’ Red River ‘Land Grab’ by Bob Price The Texas Attorney General announced on Wednesday that their office has intervened in a federal lawsuit about the “Red River Land Grab.” The State will challenge federal encroachment onto privately-owned land and seeks to establish a more accurate recognition of the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma. “The borders of any state are a fundamental expression of its sovereignty, and are established through extensive surveys and legal precedent,” Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement obtained by Breitbart Texas. “We will not allow the federal… View Article

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on November 19, 2015 in World News

Russian Bomb-Video Shows ISIS Oil Sector Undamaged by Obama’s ‘Air War’

Russian Bomb-Video Shows ISIS Oil Sector Undamaged by Obama’s ‘Air War’ by Neil Munro The weakness of President Barack Obama’s tentative air-offensive against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in northern Syria was exposed November 18 by Russian video that showed hundreds of intact ISIS-run oil tankers parked nose-to-tail near a lightly damaged oil refinery. The trucks were unprotected and parked without any fear of a U.S. Air Force attack. The neat rows of trucks mirrored the peacetime deployment of U.S. aircraft at Pearl Harbor before the Japanese sneak attack on December 7, or the Soviet aircraft that were parked together before the… View Article

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on November 18, 2015 in World News

REPORT: 8 Syrians Caught at Texas Border in Laredo

REPORT: 8 Syrians Caught at Texas Border in Laredo by Brandon Darby & Ildefonso Ortiz18 Nov 2015436 Two federal agents operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are claiming that eight Syrian illegal aliens attempted to enter Texas from Mexico in the Laredo Sector. The federal agents spoke with Breitbart Texas on the condition of anonymity, however, a local president of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) confirmed that Laredo Border Patrol agents have been officially contacting the organization with concerns over reports from other federal agents about Syrians illegally entering the country in the Laredo… View Article

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on November 18, 2015 in World News

Honduras Arrests US-bound Syrian “Refugees” With Stolen Passports

Honduras Arrests US-bound Syrian “Refugees” With Stolen Passports Arrests prove that ISIS militants can easily enter U.S. disguised as “migrants” Kit Daniels | Infowars.com Five Syrian nationals heading to the U.S. with stolen passports were arrested in Honduras on Wednesday. The arrests validate concerns that ISIS-linked terrorists could easily slip into the U.S. disguised as migrants. “The group of Syrian men was held late on Tuesday in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on arrival from Costa Rica and they were planning to head to the border with neighboring Guatemala,” Reuters reported. “The passports had been doctored to replace the photographs… View Article

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