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Fox’s Stuart Varney hid the fact that the relative tax burden of the richest Americans has decreased as their wealth has skyrocketed to label AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka a “turkey” for saying the wealthy need to start paying their fair share in taxes. In recent remarks regarding the 2012 presidential election, Trumka said that the election showed that voters sent a message that “we should start making the wealthy” pay their fair share in taxes. Varney responded by saying Trumka deserved to be called a turkey because the union leader supposedly ignored the fact that “the top 1 percent pays 40 percent of all income taxes.” In fact, the wealthiest Americans have seen their wealth skyrocket in recent years while their tax burden has declined

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– Despite widespread support in Israel for Mitt Romney’s candidacy for president, Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz announced that it endorses President Obama . “The outcome of the elections will be determined by the voters’ decision as to which of the two candidates is good for America.

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Syrian refugees in the Oncupinar refugee camp.

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Following a three-day visit to the London 2012 Games, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged in a televised national address to redouble the National Government’s backing of Istanbul’s 2020 Summer …

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Readout of the President’s Call with Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey. President Obama and Prime Minister Erdogan spoke by telephone today to coordinate efforts to accelerate a political transition in Syria, which would ..

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After the bloodiest month yet of the Syrian civili war, the opposition may be divided , but so, too, is the regime. The New York Times confirmed reports that Brig. Gen.

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From: Robert Dreyfuss Robert Dreyfuss Obama needs to put an end to NATO’s warmongering on Syria, or this will get a lot uglier, fast.

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– NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance considers Syria’s shooting down of a Turkish warplane “unacceptable” and that NATO countries had “expressed their strong support and solidarity with Turkey.” – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Syria : “Every military element that approaches the Turkish border from Syria in a manner that constitutes a security risk or danger would be considered as a threat and would be treated as a military target.” – The Syrian opposition is developing into a more effective fighting force with the help of an increasingly sophisticated network of activists in southern Turkey , while at the same time, military defectors “reaching Syria’s neighbors are more likely than ever to have stars on their epaulets .” – The AP reports : “The U.S.

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After a Syrian air force pilot went AWOL and turned up in Turkey with his fighter plane last week, this weekend brought a spate of reported new defections from the forces of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. According to Turkish government officials , a Syrian general defected in recent days, followed by an overnight escape to Turkey by 33 Syrian soldiers. Another Turkish official, however, said the group included three colonels and no general.

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