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Journalists Brave Hours of Gunfire and RPG`s to Live-Tweet Taliban Attack

Mustafa Kazemi and fellow journalists survived the firefight while the world watched via Twitter.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Kabul-based journalists Mustafa Kazemi, Martin Kuz, and Ahmad Mukhtar were nearby when armed Taliban insurgents rushed into a hotel and opened fire Thursday.

Nobody saw them coming- the assailants were dressed as women, in Burqas. Patrons were murdered, while some were held hostage.

Voice of America Complaint to Get ICP Out of UN Violates 1st Amendment

It is now apparent that the UNCA "Board of Examination" process has been a set-up.

(UNITED NATIONS) - As five Big Media members of the UN Correspondents Association started a board to investigate Inner City Press, they claimed getting ICP thrown out of the UN was not the goal.

But the executive editor of VOA, along with Reuters, Bloomberg, Al-Arabiya and Agence France Presse, asked the UN to "review Mr. Lee's status as an accredited U.N. correspondent."

Battle of Plassey June 1757

India's Perennial Disease - Disunity, Hatred, Exploitation and Self-interest - Part 11 B.

(CHENNAI, India) - Robert Clive was transferred to the military service of the Company and returned to England in 1753. When the Company required the services of an able commander, Clive was summoned to go to India.

He arrived in India in 1756 and at once was in charge of the British forces in Madras.

US Think Tank Provides Forum for the Syrian National Council and Cover for Israel

AIPAC team first from west to interview new head of SNC; as Israel’s media friends continue supporting Syrian opposition.

(OSAKA, Japan) - It’s very revealing that the newly elected head of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Abdulbaset Sieda, gave his first extended Western media interview since assuming the post on June 10 to Fikra Forum.

The group is a project of the AIPAC-created Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Occupy Activist and Former Mayoral Candidate Continues Protest on Housing Injustice

So far, only two members of City Council have visited Whitten; interactions are described as "not being very progressive".

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Hunger Strike at City Hall has lasted for 3 weeks. Whitten, who began his demonstration at 193.7 pounds, finds himself light on his feet after shedding a total of 14.

Media`s Deafening Silence on US Drone Wars

Our reporter in Pakistan reveals that the drone war isn’t just a political issue, it’s a media challenge.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - America’s drone war has countless silent victims since President Barack Obama massively expanded his reliance on the weapon from 2009.

The number of civilians killed in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen has sky-rocketed, but we rarely hear about these murders.

RTDNA Urges Pa. Court to Remove Reporting Restrictions in Sandusky Case

RTDNA urges court to amend order to remove the restrictions on reporting the jury’s verdict before adjournment of court.

(AUSTIN, TX) - The following letter was dispatched today by RTDNA, a group consisting of more than 3,000 news directors, news associates, educators and students.

The group is expressing the concerns of RTDNA’s members with regard to the June 21, 2012 Order in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Gerald A. Sandusky

American Hypocrisy on Iran`s Nuclear Program Can`t be Clearer: Noah Gimbel

Noah Gimbel is a freelance journalist based in Washington DC, currently working for the Real News Network.

(TEHRAN) - It's been almost a decade that the United States, Israel and their European allies have been pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear program.

Economic sanctions, threats of military strike, assassinations and cyber attacks were all the options which they have resorted to in order to ruin Iran's nuclear program.

From Raisin in the Sun to Clybourne Park

Clybourne Park, the 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner and 2012 Tony Award winner for best play.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in 1865.

Celebrated on June 19, Juneteenth is a combination of the words June and nineteenth.

Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World

Traditional shaman and healer, Brant Secunda, to lead ancient cultural teachings in Alaska

(JUNEAU, AL) - From high up in the sky a bald eagle glides down, over a frozen glacier, and swoops across the coastal waters.

A whale surfaces, so close that the participants who have gathered from around the world feel as though they could reach out and touch its smooth, rubbery skin.