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Freedom of the Press Foundation Now Accepts Five Cryptocurrencies

Devcoins 19 Jun 2018

On June 18 the non-profit organization the Freedom of the Press Foundation announced people can now donate five different cryptocurrencies to the organization that supports free speech, whistleblowers and the freedom of the press. The foundation details cryptocurrency donations in BCH, LTC, ZEC, ETH, and BTC will help fund the various projects that promote freedom including its whistleblower submission system....

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Israeli forces arrest Palestinian freelance photojournalist in the West Bank

CPJ 19 Jun 2018

Beirut, June 19, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Israeli authorities to release Palestinian freelance photojournalist Bilal Hamid al-Taweel or disclose charges against him. Israeli security forces arrested al-Taweel at his home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on June 11, according to news reports and the regional press freedom group Skeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom ... ....

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BJP quits Jammu and Kashmir government, ends alliance with PDP

The Times of India 19 Jun 2018

NEW DELHI ... "Keeping in mind the larger national interest of India's integrity and security... Vohra)," the BJP leader said ... Even press freedom and freedom of speech is at risk," Ram Madhav said. ....

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Halting S.Korea-US drills risks weakening N.Korea deterrence

This is Money 19 Jun 2018

It's a bold gamble that could trigger a serious security crisis if the talks falter and the allies are forced to resume the drills, infuriating North Korea, analysts say ... South Korea's Defense Ministry simultaneously confirmed the suspension of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercises, consisting largely of computer-simulated war games ... "Suspending drills once is dangerous because it causes a hole in our national security....

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US and South Korea suspend joint military exercise following Trump's pledge to end 'war games'

Business Insider 19 Jun 2018

South Korean policemen wearing protective clothing participate in an anti-terror and anti-chemical terror exercise as part of the 2016 Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) at Yeoui subway station on August 23, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea ... "South Korea and the United States have agreed to suspend all planning activities regarding the Freedom Guardian military drill scheduled for August," according to a South Korean defense ministry statement....

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BJP Lists 5 Reasons For Dumping The PDP in Jammu & Kashmir

Yahoo Daily News 19 Jun 2018

Attacking the PDP government over killing of senior journalist and Rising Kashmir Editor Shujaat Bukhari in broad daylight, the BJP blamed the threat to freedom of speech of citizens in the state for dumping PDP ... Press freedom and freedom of speech are under threat." ... To improve the security situation in the state, all help was provided to the state government by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and the home ministry....

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Russia welcomes suspension of US-South Korean military drills, news agency reports

Indian Express 19 Jun 2018

South Korea and the Pentagon announced they would halt the annual Freedom Guardian military drill scheduled for August ... and state as well as Trump’s national security adviser on the issue this week....

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Kim in Beijing to Brief Chinese President on Summit With Trump

This Day 19 Jun 2018

Trump agreed to work with Kim toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, committed to provide the North’s regime with security guarantees and pledged to end “war games”, which Pyongyang and Beijing have long seen as provocative. South Korea and the Pentagon announced they would halt the annual Freedom Guardian military drill scheduled for August....

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Letter: Best aid is ideas, not money

Aiken Standard 19 Jun 2018

Who Needs It." ... would be more secure if we bribed poor foreigners away from terrorism). The actual way to aid foreigners and Americans is to spread the ideas of freedom – i.e., capitalism ... Steven Pinker’s book "Enlightenment Now" documents the immense benefits of freedom and global trade ... Aiken .......

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S.Korea says it shares with China strategic goal of Peninsula denuclearization

Xinhua 19 Jun 2018

Kim and Trump agreed on complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in return for security guarantees for the DPRK. Earlier in the day, the military authorities of South Korea and the United States announced the suspension of all planned activities for the Ulchi Freedom Guardian war games scheduled for August....

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US, S. Korea confirm suspending military drills

This is Money 19 Jun 2018

Seoul, which has tens of thousands of US troops on its soil to help protect it from its hostile northern neighbour, said the suspension would affect the large-scale Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercises slated for August ... Some 17,500 US military personnel were due to take part in the Freedom Guardian drills....

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N.Korea's Kim in China; U.S., S.Korea suspend military drill

The Saigon Times 19 Jun 2018

Trump agreed to work with Kim toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, committed to provide the North's regime with security guarantees and pledged to end "war games", which Pyongyang and Beijing have long seen as provocative. South Korea and the Pentagon announced they would halt the annual Freedom Guardian military drill scheduled for August....

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Juneteenth: Freedom's promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail

Bozeman Daily Chronicle 19 Jun 2018

Juneteenth is a celebration of African-Americans’ triumph over slavery and access to freedom in the U.S., which occurred in Galveston, Texas, in June of 1865, over two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation ... On the other, their growth is another reminder that many of the freedoms celebrated on Juneteenth remain unrealized....

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