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ICE Agents Beat 17-Year-Olds in Botched Raid- Now They`ll Be Deported

The "bad guys" were Julio and Adolfo -- two 17-year-old boys mistakenly caught up in a botched raid.

(MIAMI, FLA) - Julio Diaz Sales and Adolfo Garcia Diaz were 17 years old when immigration agents busted down the door of their Miami-area home. Julio and Adolfo say they were handcuffed, thrown on the floor, and beaten in the face and chest.

Only it was all a mistake -- Julio and Adolfo had not committed any crimes. Immigration agents later admitted they broke into the wrong house as part of a sting operation.

Vietnam, US Join Hands to Remove Dioxin at Da Nang Airport

After being decontaminated, the land will be returned to their original place to ensure integrity of the area.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - In a seminar yesterday, Vietnamese and US experts discussed the use of In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology in a US$43 million project to clean up dioxin contamination at Da Nang Airport.

USCIRF Alarmed By Blasphemy Amendments in Kuwait

Kuwait is moving forward penalties conidered alarming and contrary to international human rights standards.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today expressed grave concern over the Kuwaiti Parliament’s approval last week of severe new penalties for blasphemy.

The Emir of Kuwait has 30 days to approve these penalties before they would become law.

Sound Off! The Newsletter of VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, Inc.

“Veterans standing up for each other”

(WASHINGTON DC) - An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its decision in our case brought on behalf of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

In its decision, the Ninth Circuit held that a federal statute closes the courthouse door to constitutional claims by veterans.

Cascadia Forest Defender Climbs Flagpole at State Capitol

"Cascadia Forest Defenders want good schools for Oregon's children and vibrant, intact ecosystems."

(SALEM) - At 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 10th a member of the Cascadia Forest Defenders climbed the flagpole in front of the State Capitol, demanding that Governor Kitzhaber and the State Land Board decouple public school funding from state forest management.

The activist hung a large banner reading “Schools vs. Trees? We want both!”

Dignity

Updates from Occupied Palestine about continual peaceful resistance.

(BETHLEHEM) - *"We did not go into the battle [the hunger strike] because we love to be hungry or in pain, but for our dignity and the dignity of our nation,"* Thaer Halahlef, 33 years old from Hebron, 73 days on Hunger strike.

U of O Ducks Show Champion Spirit at 2012 Spring Football Game

Oregon returns to the field after a third-consecutive BCS Bowl appearance and a 45-38 Rose Bowl win.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - There is an excitement surrounding Autzen Stadium – it's something in the air. I am pretty sure you can feel this energy 24/7. For Oregon Duck fans, it is LOVE.

They love football, and most of all- Duck Football. For the majority of said fans, fall is a long way off. “We need to enjoy college football once again, albeit for a single spring day at the end of April!”

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FEATURE:The Cactus at the Crossroads

Huichol Indians in Mexico help our writer take a spiritual journey to the land of new perspectives...

(NAYARIT, Mexico) - From Wikipedia: Lophophora williamsii better known by its common name Peyote is a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline.

It is native to southwestern Texas and Mexico. It is found primarily in the Chihuahuan desert and in the states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi among scrub, especially where there is limestone.

Chiseled Features of a Clark Kent Are No Guarantee that a Superman Dwells Beneath

Being the straightforward and honest symbol of man’s goodness, Superman would never be caught dead in the skin of Mitt Romney.

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - Those of us who remember, know that Clark and Superman were one and the same.