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Canada: Rebels With No End of Causes

The Americans assumed that the French Canadians would help them if they invaded Canada, but it didn't work out that way...

(SASKATCHEWAN) - By the end of the 18th Century, the French and the English had done so many wars that they had run out of names. So for a change, the War of 1812 wasn't given one.

That didn't matter because it only lasted two years and it ended in a draw. Toronto was burned to the ground and, in a return engagement, Detroit was seized by the Canadians.

Soetoro and Maino

Barry is a lawyer-liar; Maino is a semi-literate liar who must read Hindi notes written in uppercase in English. She does not know Hindi; perhaps Barry does not know Kenyan local lingo either.

(CHENNAI, India) - Barry Soetoro rules the world’s most powerful democracy; Antonia Maino rules the world’s largest.

Mullivaikaal - The Time For Mourning Is Over

What happened three years back at this place called Mullivaikaal?

(LONDON Countercurrents) - Some called it a climax of a long story. It is a turning point. Some called it a full-stop. It is a comma. Many call it a tragedy. Of Epic proportions in the history of the Tamils.

Tragedies are often best expressed in verse. I found the best description of what happened in Mullivaikaal in the verses of Pablo Neruda.

Your Hard-Earned US Tax Dollars and Church Pension Funds at Work for Israel

On American Mothers’ Day weekend, Palestinian teenagers and mothers offer support to prisoners on lengthy and dangerous hunger strikes.

(CHICAGO) - Mass demonstrations in support of 2500 Palestinian hunger strikers swept through the West Bank this weekend.

Marchers moved through the streets of Hebron, Kafr Qaddoum, Nablus, Nabi Saleh, Ni’lin, Ramallah, al-Walaja and outside of Ofer prison. The picture at right was taken in Hebron.

OxyContin Manufacturer Purdue Pharma Subject of Senate Investigation

"About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation." Will Rogers

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - A Senate investigation is being conducted against the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma and their funded pain foundations as well as against individuals including doctors affiliated with Purdue Pharma and their pain foundations.

The investigation by the Senate was announced this past week.

Arise, Then, Women of this Day!

Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession...

(WASHINGTON DC) - Here again, lest we forget, is the original call spelling out the intent for what is now known as "Mothers Day"! Let us once again see through the lies and propaganda to the TRUTH - of Mothers Day this time.

Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!

The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2012

Includes an overview of Afghanistan’s system of government.

(KABUL, Afghanistan) - Ten editions and still going strong. The 2012 version of AREU’s flagship “A to Z Guide” is now available.

Aiming to enhance understanding of the actors, structures and government processes related to aid and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, the new edition offers...

Goodbye Mother`s Day: Bill Gates Wants to Stop Kids William Davies

Genetically engineered organisms might wreck the cycle of existence but they provide a synthetic cycle, not of life but of profit.

(NEW YORK ) - The destruction of our earth is coming from the massive industries behind fossil fuels, deforestation, industrial agriculture, extraction of natural resources, and the synthetic drug industry.

Should Republicans be Arrested and Jailed?

The short answer is "Yes". The long answer is "Of course."

(Calgary, Alberta) - One of the most famous sentences in the English language is the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Kosovo: Uphold Freedom of Expression and of the Media in Criminal Code

Our Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes, Contacts Kosovo's National Assembly with grave concerns over eroding media freedom.

(HONG KONG) - Kosovo's National Assembly should strike articles that stand in direct conflict with existing international standards on media freedom.

Article 28 of the 2003 criminal code would subject journalists to criminal prosecution for defamatory remarks in newspapers, periodicals, radio and TV, is already out of compliance and raises many questions.