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Date Sent: 2014-04-21
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Monday, April 21, 2014 |
Antisemitic flyer 'by Donetsk People's Republic' in Ukraine a hoax
Creepy autonomous AI CCTV surveillance network watches all of Boston -- Arkansas ex-cop killed while trying to set anti-corruption blogger’s hot dog cart on fire -- The Next Shoe Just Dropped: Court Denies Attorney-Client Privilege -- Louisville officers fired/demoted for exposing a wrongful conviction -- Nevada rancher whose land was taken by BLM over water rights tells
it all -- White House highlights Obama’s (horrible) immigration plan -- Canada Targets Russia -- The Case Against the European Union (Part II) -- Badass Ant Skydives, Uses Own Head as a
Shield -- Shootout shatters Easter truce in
Ukraine -- Russia Bashing Continues -- Koch Brothers-Style Free Society
AZ: Tempe General Plan 2040: Smart Growth in Your Town
with Patrick Wood, Thursday, April 24, 6PM, Tempe (Agenda
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Antisemitic flyer 'by Donetsk People's Republic' in Ukraine a hoax
04-20-2014
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The Guardian
"I think it's someone trying to use the Jewish community in Donetsk as an instrument in this conflict. That's why we're upset," the chief rabbi, Pinchas Vishedski, told journalists on Friday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Creepy autonomous AI CCTV surveillance network watches all of Boston
04-20-2014
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The Daily Caller
Following the Boston Marathon bombings Boston Police started looking toward high-tech means of securing the city. They found an artificially intelligent, self-learning surveillance network that watches the entire city, and all of its inhabitants.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Is Three A Start, A Finish, or Just Three?
04-20-2014
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Simple Justice
A continuing issue with the police is that they take care of their own, meaning that the rules they apply to the rest of us, often with far more force than can possibly be justified, don’t apply to them.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Arkansas ex-cop killed while trying to set anti-corruption blogger’s hot dog cart on fire
04-20-2014
A former police officer died while trying to set ablaze a food cart belonging to a blogger who exposed crooked cops and other corrupt city officials. ArkansasMatters.com reported former Little Rock Police Officer Todd Payne died when blogger
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
The Next Shoe Just Dropped: Court Denies Attorney-Client Privilege
04-20-2014
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Furthermore, the ruling states that if the individuals do not submit attorney-client documentation as required, then the court would prohibit them from introducing any evidence to demonstrate their innocence.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Louisville officers fired/demoted for exposing a wrongful conviction
04-20-2014
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When an esteemed police detective discovered that an innocent woman had spent years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit, he notified his supervisors and tried to make the tragic error known. Instead of seeing that the new evidence came to light
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Property Rights
Nevada rancher whose land was taken by BLM over water rights tells it all
04-20-2014
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Farm Wars
Sheds light on who is buying up the water rights in the western states, and how the BLM and Forest service use dirty tactics to take water rights and the land from lawful owners.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Immigration
White House highlights Obama’s (horrible) immigration plan
04-20-2014
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Free Press Publications
There have been several somewhat strange petitions on the White House petition website, some have even received enough digital signatures to warrant an official response, even if that response is “we can’t comment.” One of the most recent petitions t
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • European Union
The Case Against the European Union (Part II)
04-20-2014
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therawreport.org
For all the talk about cooperation in the context of this grand European experiment, the system as it has been set up clearly was not designed to serve as a means for collaboration. It is, however, a perfect instrument for top-down decision making. A
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Mart Leer
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News Link • Transportation
This Is Speed Lab
04-20-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Matthew de Paula
Welcome to the Speed Lab, where Popular Science explores the most important disruptive technology in the world of cars and transportation.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Taxes and War Profiteers
04-18-2014
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The International Libertarian
It comes as no surprise to libertarians that when governments use aggression at home to finance their operations they use much of that loot to aggress abroad. To really advocate peace pacifists need to apply their principles consistently. The use of
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
...Badass Ant Skydives, Uses Own Head as a Shield
04-20-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Matt Simon
“Where were you born, in a barn?” my dad used to ask when I left doors wide open. Forget about that being a silly question, on account of him being there when I was born in a hospital. Really, we could have avoided all that heartache in the first pla
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News Link • 3D Printing
Cool Idea: Using Tiny 3-D Printed Parts to Hack Other Products
04-20-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Joseph Flaherty
Thanks to advances in technology and drops in price, it’s become possible to imagine a 3-D printer in every home. What’s less clear is what we’ll do with these wondrous machines.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • World News
Shootout shatters Easter truce in Ukraine
04-20-2014
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http://www.usatoday.com, Jacob Resneck
An Easter truce was shattered early Sunday after a shootout at a militia checkpoint in eastern Ukraine left at least one dead.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Social Security, Treasury target Americans for their parents' old debts
04-11-2014
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RT.com
the federal government is seizing nearly $2 billion from hundreds of thousands of taxpayers this year in order to settle debts, some incurred by their parents, some dating back to more than a decade.
This process has been ongoing since 2011, when
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Ronald Bogner
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Reference Link • Treason and Sedition
The Coming Chinese Attack Upon America
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The Chinese control of American solar energy is more than disturbing. This is an act of war which is being facilitated by Senator Reid's act of treason. The Chinese now have every motive to launch an EMP attack upon our power grid.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, April 20, 2014 Edition
04-18-2014
John Semmens
Dems Advised to Avoid Talking about the Economy
Top Democratic strategist, James Carville, advised Democrats seeking reelection to avoid discussing the economy.
“The whole notion of an economic recovery is pure poison to any Democrat hoping to
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News Link • United Nations
Gunmen kill 20 in attack on South Sudan UN base
04-18-2014
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By AFP
At least 20 people were killed and another 70 injured by gunmen posing as peaceful protestors who
stormed a UN base in South Sudan, the US ambassador to the world body said.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • World News
Pro-Russian militants continue occupation of government buildings in eastern Ukraine
04-18-2014
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By William Booth and Anthony Faiola
Pro-Russian activists continued their defiant occupation of government buildings across eastern Ukraine on Friday, though some of their leaders said they would surrender weapons and pull back if the Ukrainian security forces also withdrew.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Conspiracies
Malaysia Flight MH370: Conspiracy Scenario
04-18-2014
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arclein
I have also been informed by the same aeronautical expert that the possible flight track(s) for these 7 hours are over areas which would allow the plane to possibly land and refuel...then take off again. Given the extra fuel burn due to flying at low
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robert klein
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News Link • Gun Rights
Alan Korwin: “Prohibited person” is now “Prohibited household”
04-18-2014
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The Daily Caller
This creates “Prohibited Households” " entire private homes where you cannot have a readily available gun [or ammo] for emergencies. Everyone in the house is (technically) disarmed by the presence of one person on the NICS Index.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Bloomberg's Latest High-Dollar Gun-Grab Group
04-17-2014
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Bradlee Dean
“It isn’t gun control.” " Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City
Recently, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg promoted his new $50 million gun control campaign on NBC’s “Today” show, in an aggressive financial push to combat th
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Kevin Banet
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News Link • Surveillance
SNOWDEN: Vladimir Putin must be called to account on surveillance just like Obama
04-18-2014
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The Guardian
I regret that my question could be misinterpreted, and that it enabled many to ignore the substance of the question " and Putin's evasive response " in order to speculate, wildly and incorrectly, about my motives for asking it.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
The market isn’t free if the elites hijack it
04-18-2014
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http://www.bostonglobe.com, By Farah Stockman
Despite controversy, Ecuador’s president has been successful targeting inequality
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Opportunity selfie: Martian winds have given the spunky ol' rover a spring cleaning
04-18-2014
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http://www.theregister.co.uk, By Iain Thomson
Power levels up 70 per cent as the rover keeps on truckin'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Death From Above: How American Drone Strikes Are Devastating Yemen
04-17-2014
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Rolling Stone
The people of Yemen can hear destruction before it arrives. In cities, towns and villages across this country, which hangs off the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, the air buzzes with the sound of American drones flying overhead.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
86M Full-Time Private-Sector Workers Sustain 148M Benefit Takers
04-17-2014
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CNS News
86,429,000.
That is the number of Americans who in 2012 got up every morning and went to work " in the private sector " and did it week after week after week.
These are the people who built America,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
ACLU Demands Border Patrol Respect Citizens’ Right to Record Checkpoints
04-17-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
It started with what the Border Patrol called a “temporary checkpoint” in a small border town in southern Arizona. Then came the surveillance towers that began monitoring the activities of the residents of Arivaca, a town of less than 1,000 people
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Death
John Judge, RIP
04-17-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The great John Judge has died. John was one of the most dedicated and tenacious researchers of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and of the fascistic implications of the coup d’état by Lyndon Baines Johnson and the top tier of th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Canadians' mental-health info routinely shared with FBI, U.S. customs
04-17-2014
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Ontario police services routinely uploaded attempted suicide calls to the Canadian Police Information Center, to which US border guards and the FBI have access. Cavoukian began investigating how US law enforcement had access to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Merck’s Former Doctor Predicts that Gardasil will Become the Greatest Medical Scandal of All Time
04-17-2014
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Gardasil will become the greatest medical scandal of all times because the evidence will add up to prove this vaccine, technical and scientific feat it may be, has absolutely no effect on cervical cancer and that all of the very many adverse effects
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Homeless Lose a Longtime Last Resort: Living in a Car
04-17-2014
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Wall Street Journal
For months now, Mr. Smith has feared he might lose his current "home", which is parked on a street near a quiet Palo Alto park. An ordinance would punish people cited for living in a vehicle with as much as a $1,000 fine or six months in jail.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
FBI Visiting SC Gun Shops to Investigate “People Talking About Big Government”
04-17-2014
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The agent was quite forthcoming with the worker and told him he was tasked with visiting firearms outlets in the local area to check on “suspicious purchases” for “counter-terrorism purposes.” The agent then began discussing what is
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judicial Incentives: Why Judges Won’t Condemn Cops (Update)
04-17-2014
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Simple Justice
But in a “Perry Mason” moment rarely seen inside an actual courtroom, the inquiry took a surprising turn when the suspect’s lawyer played a police video that contradicted the sworn testimony of the five officers a furious judge found.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Free Speech
Twitter parody account holder sought in police raid
04-17-2014
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ars technica
Don't mock the Mayor Jim Ardis of Peoria as you just might be jailed and fined. Illinois police seized computers and mobile phones while raiding a house whose owner was suspected of parodying the town mayor on Twitter. In all, 5 people were seized
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News Link • Police State
Bundy Ranch: Stewart Rhodes and the Statesman Vigil
04/17/14
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Next News Network
In this story from the Bundy Ranch Standoff Stewart Rhodes is joined by Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore discussing the Statesman Round the Clock Vigil.
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Police State
Bundy Ranch: The Nevada Constitution and Neo-Slavery
04/17/14
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Next News Network
Former Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee Michael Badnarik joins Gary Franchi to discuss the Bundy Ranch Federal Standoff and analyze the Nevada Constitution's wording that may surprise you.
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Police State
#OccupyTheRanch: Rotating Shifts Have Commenced at Bundy Ranch
04/17/14
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Next News Network
Ranch update from Michael Doyle: We need 30-50 men to man posts for guard duty and rotate shifts. We have a Field Kitchen and 3 meals a day if homeless Vets want to help We are occupying the Ranch for 3+ months.
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Police State
Bundy Ranch: The Land and its Masters Revealed
04/17/14
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Next News Network
Since the Bundy Ranch story broke last week and culminated in a tense standoff with Federal agents on Saturday resulting in the release of the Bundy Ranch cattle we have been following the money. On the 10th we reported the Militia arrived in the are
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Police State
BLM Whistleblower: Reid Bunkerville and the Military Industrial Complex at Bundy Ranch
04/17/14
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Next News Network
BUNDY RANCH | You saw his proof. Now meet BLM Whistleblower Rusty Hill who uncovered the corporations and shady land deals connected to Reid Bunkerville LLC, Zion Bank Corp, and BLM lands surrounding the Bundy properties.
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News Link • World News
In Devious Diplomatic Counterattack, Russia Wants The WTO To Punish America
04-17-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Reuters
Russia is looking at the possibility of filing a lawsuit against the United States in the World Trade Organisation over sanctions hitting Russian banks, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Wednesday, according to Russian news agencies.
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