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Drugs: A Path of No Return

The Foundation against Drug Addiction (FDA) launched a campaign under the slogan "Drugs not only harm those who consume them”.

(MADRID, Spain) - Everything has a price. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the dangers of drugs.

It also launched another ad campaign targeted to young people of school age, with aims of warning about the dangers of drugs under the slogan: "Drugs. Are you going to play?".

`Work is Worship`: The Work Ethic Success of the Sri Lankan Tamils

Today, the only way to curb the Tamil aspiration for a separate state is to remove from them the many fears they would entertain in coming to Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO, The Island) - I have often wondered why we, as a nation, cannot progress as rapidly as our neighbour – India.

Any political analyst would of course heap the blame on the politicians and the political authority. I have pondered whether in fact this was true.

From London to Urbino via Sri Lanka

"It's all in the text" - Jon Snow, Channel-4 News

(LONDON) - In the packed auditorium of the National Gallery in London people I did not know were taking their seats.

Gilad Atzmon and Lauren Booth Discuss BDS & Integrity

Lauren Booth and Gilad are both London-based Salem-News.com writers.

(SALEM / LONDON) - Gilad Atzmon appeared on Lauren Booth's Remembering Palestine program on Press TV, talking about BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) & Integrity.

The Banks Always Win and You Always Lose

Why couldn't the 12 trillion dollars that was given banks to “save” them, instead have been given to consumers who were underwater in their home loans?

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - When banks make foolish and risky investments causing the loss of billions, they need not worry, for you will be forced to cover their losses.

Princess Maha Al-Sudairi Attempted To Avoid Paying Shangri-La Hotel In Paris $7.4 Million

Her global over-spending has been well-documented in the past.

(DUBLIN) - As moonlight flits go it was one of the more brazen. If you were trying to dodge paying a hotel bill of £5million you might just slip out of a side door and walk away quietly with some hand luggage.

However, when a Saudi princess tried it from a five-star establishment in Paris she was just a little bit too noticeable – what with her retinue of 60 servants in tow and a mountain of suitcases.

Arizona Medical Marijuana Program: Reefer Madness, Crazy cannabis and Ganja goofiness

Nonsensical legislation is a confusing strategy for Arizona's awkward plan.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The NY times printed a poignant critique of the Arizona plan on Friday June 8, 2012. I was shocked into uncontrolled bewilderment about their regulations.

If the Arizona officials were morally against marijuana, why didn’t they just say so?

UNHCR report Shows a Record 800,000 People Forced to Flee Across Borders in 2011

Overall, Afghanistan remains the biggest producer of refugees followed by Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

(NEW YORK ) - A report released today by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees shows 2011 to have been a record year for forced displacement across borders, with more people becoming refugees than at any time since 2000.

UNHCR’s 2011 Global Trends report details for the first time the extent of forced displacement from a string of major humanitarian crises that began in late 2010 in Côte d’Ivoire...

OCTA 2012 Moves Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

The deadline is drawing nearer for the final signatures to be received by the State.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA) committee has released a combination of both good news and bad news.

The Sun of Dharma Will Rise (Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya)

The life-enhancing teachings of Sanatana Dharma are God's free and precious gift for all sentient beings in existence, regardless of their nationality, gender, or parentage.

(CHENNAI, India) - A new Vedic movement is being born today that is unlike any movement ever seen before in world history. This Sanatana Dharma movement is empowered by God Himself.

It is a movement that is destined to thoroughly change the face of the entire Earth as it is presently constituted.