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Colombo`s Military Instructs Civil Officials Not to Voice Against Land Grab in Vanni

The British fort in question was attacked and the weapons there were seized by the last Tamil king of the Vanni, Pandara Vanniyan.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka TamilNet) - The occupying Sri Lanka Army's 59-1 Brigade took over one third of the five acre land that belonging to Mullaiththeevu District Secretariat during the war.

Now they are refusing to relocate their base from the land situated in the town.

Immigration Lawyers Welcome Deferred Action Announcement, Warn of Potential Fraud by So-Called `Notarios`

An immigrant’s case can be delayed by notarios acting in bad faith, resulting in penalties and even deportation.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Immigration lawyers around Oregon welcomed the Administration’s recent announcement that younger immigrants may be eligible for “Deferred Action” and work authorization.

The policy will grant qualified immigrants the opportunity to live free from fear of deportation and allow them to work legally.

`Decent, Honest and Truthful`?

How the pro-Israel lobby fails this simple test.

(LONDON) - Does anyone seriously expect Palestinians to recognise a state whose jackboot is on their throat? Israel has ethnically cleansed and confiscated Palestinian lands and water resources and obliterated Arab heritage.

It has deposited more than 500,000 Jewish “settlers” on the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies with the clear intention of making the occupation permanent.

Rare Sumatran Rhino Gives Birth at Indonesian Sanctuary

Birth of Baby Rhino Represents Hope for Species Survival.

(LAMPUNG, Indonesia) - The International Rhino Foundation is pleased to announce the birth of a bouncing baby male rhino born to Ratu, a 12-year-old Sumatran rhino living at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia’s Way Kambas National Park.

The calf was born on June 23 with no complications, attended by Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary veterinarians, Ratu’s keepers and advisors from the Cincinnati Zoo and Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

New Pakistani Prime Minister Elected

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was administered oath as the 23rd prime minister of the country at the Presidency on Friday.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - Raja Pervez Ashraf, former minister for water and power, has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan replacing Yousaf Raza Gilani.

Mr Ashraf is the Pakistan Peoples Party's second choice; the first candidate, Makhdoom Shahabuddin, had to stand down because the country's Anti Narcotics Force sought a warrant for his arrest.

Hindus Welcome Saudi Arabia Move of Women Participation in Olympics

Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Qatar were reportedly the only three countries left who never sent women athletes to Olympic Games.

(RENO, NV.) - Hindus have welcomed Saudi Arabia’s reported historic announcement of allowing its women to compete in the Olympics for the first time.

Support Surges for Agent Orange Fight

Thirty-seven years after the end of the Vietnam war, children are still being born with severe disabilities arising from US use of Agent Orange.

(WESTMINSTER, UK) - A broad campaign to aid severely suffering Vietnamese victims of US defoliant Agent Orange went into a higher gear today with surging support at Westminster.

Mother Receives Bill to Clean her Dead Son`s Blood After he was Killed by Drunk Driver

“I had to pay for the vehicle removed and to clean up the street from Justin’s blood on the ground.” - Loretta Robinson

(GREENVILLE, S.C. KultureKritic) - Loretta Robinson, a mother in South Carolina, was hit with tragedy when she found out that her son was killed by a drunken driver. Adding insult to injury, the state has sent her a bill for the cleanup of her son’s blood off the highway.

The incident took place in Greenville.

Vanunu Mordechai: Friend, Hero, Brother`s Latest Message

Vanunu pointed the way to Israel's clandestine weapons of mass destruction program underground in the Negev desert in 1986.

(CLERMONT, FLA) - On Flag Day in the USA, I received an email written in Jerusalem and disseminated by the National Catholic Worker/CW list-serve:


"Mordechai Vanunu needs the CW…Vanunu cannot eat Nobel Prize nominations, nor speak with them. He needs money and friends in order to survive his continued persecution...

Taliban Attacks Pakistan Military Posts Eight Soldiers Dead

Similar cross-border attacks by the Taliban killed dozens of Pakistani soldiers last year.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - Over 100 Taliban fighters crossed over from Afghanistan and attacked military posts in Upper Dir area of northwest Pakistan, triggering clashes that left eight soldiers and 15 militants dead, officials said today.

The Taliban launched the attack late last night and killed at least eight soldiers, Pakistani military officials.