The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.14.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS As Riots In Ferguson Continue For Fourth Night, Police Respond With Tear Gas To Molotov Cocktails Protesters and reporters arrested at McDonald’s Officer’s name still being withheld Body of Michael Brown released to family Ferguson police chief defends his officers Two Journalists, Four Hamas EOD Men Killed In Bomb […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.13.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Ebola Death Toll Tops 1000 In West Africa WHO says use of experimental treatments, vaccines is ethical given the magnitude of the crisis Canada donates Ebola vaccine to WHO Nigeria races to halt Ebola spread in overcrowded Lagos No Progress In Gaza Talks Defense Minister Yaalon warns IDF to […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.12.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Lauds New Iraq Leaders Despite Maliki’s Protests President Fuad Massum picks Haider Al-Abadi as PM, replacing al-Maliki Air mission in Iraq still focused on refugee aid State Dept. spokesman Marie Harf says Administration has started arming the Kurds Supply Of Experimental Ebola Drug Exhausted After Shipments To Africa […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.11.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS US Airstrikes Bring Early Gains In Iraq Two towns retaken by peshmerga; Barzani asks for heavy weapons Iraqi special forces loyal to PM Maliki seal off Green Zone in Baghdad ISIS recruiting on the rise among Sunnis in Iraq Maliki accuses President of breaching constitution Israel, Hamas Agree To […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.08.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Jihadis Rout Kurds, Take Mosul Dam Intrigue continues in Baghdad as acting PM Maliki refuses to step aside Obama authorizes “possible” airstrikes in Iraq UN says Islamic State persecution of Yazidis is genocide Iraqi Christians flee as Islamic State takes Karakosh Liberia, Sierra Leone Take Drastic Steps Against Ebola […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.07.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Israel, Hamas Lay Out Demands On Gaza 72-hour truce holding up as indirect talks begin in Egypt Obama urges enduring ceasefire in the Gaza Strip Israel Backs Extension Of Ceasefire; No Reply From Hamas Liberia Declares State Of Emergency Over Ebola WHO estimates death toll in West Africa now […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.06.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Israel Pulls Out Of Gaza As Truce Takes Hold Same cease-fire plan Hamas rejected three weeks ago 44% of Americans polled say Israel’s actions in Gaza justified Whining Begins Over Treatment Of Infected Americans With Experimental Ebola Drug Liberian authorities pressured by patients’ relatives Ukraine Continues Offensive, Keeps Wary […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.05.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Israel Accepts 72-Hour Truce With Hamas IDF had been considering pulling troops out of Gaza without cease-fire deal IDF finishes destroying tunnels, kills Islamic Jihad commander Second American Ebola Patient En Route To US For Care NY man “unlikely to have Ebola”, Health Department says Toledo Water Ban Lifted […]

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