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A Veteran`s Address to the Congress and Senate

“I ask you to pass legislation to help those who are sick and may become sick, due to horror of war.”

(MEDIA, PA) - If I were somehow able to address our Congress and Senate in assembly, I would have a few words to say:

Underwear Bomber Story - One Big Brown Stain

Wipe the propaganda from your mind.

(SALEM) - I've been clenching my ears over the latest 'underwear scare'. I don't want to hear the dirty details of a saga like this at first.

I know that the story will unfold if I just hang on. Well, the underwear sprang a hole and something leaked out... The AP reports in Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant

Paramilitary Salasalappu Website Suspended / Shutdown

The website earned the name of 'Mala-Sala-Poo' for its degrading publications.

(LONDON) - The Tamil website Salasalappu.com that had first hand access to Sri Lanka government news and information, managed from Paris; has been suspended and shut down.

Cornell Students Cite Trayvon Martin, Throw Bottles at Black Students

“I feel like it was targeted and racially motivated … we felt very threatened.” - Beverly Fonko

(SYRACUSE, NY) - A group of students at Cornell University have been accused of racism, when it was reported that they were throwing bottles at black students while referencing the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Rehabilitation of Mangrove Forests Destroyed by Toxic Chemicals During War in South Vietnam

By Dr. Vo Quy, with the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES) Vietnam National University.

(HANOI, Viet Nam) - The war has ended for 38 years.

Congress Proposes Giving Israel an Extra $1 Billion for Firework Safety

Congressional Committee Proposal would raise US taxpayer support for Israel's military in 2013 to a record $4 billion.

(WASHINGTON DC) - As news about Israeli political parties merging dominates headlines, this one is being overlooked.

PHILIPPINES: Arbitrary Detention of Five People in Nueva Ecija

Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts officials in the Philippines over false detention.

(HONG KONG) - On the afternoon of 28 March 2012, two teams of soldiers entered the adjacent villages of Polilio and Sto Nino, Cabanatuan City, province of Nueva Ecija in military vehicles.

Before the ordeal was over one man was shot by the soldiers, and five people in the villages were taken under arrest.

Baloch & Sindhi Communities Hold Protest Rally in London

Group demonstrates against Pakistani state operation in Lyari.

(LONDON) - A protest rally against Pakistani state operation in Lyari was held in front of 10 Downing Street on Sunday May 6 2012.

Protest was organised by Baloch Human Rights Council (UK) and World Sindhi Congress. A large number of the Baloch and Sindhis from all over UK attended the rally.

FNS News: Bleak News for Rio Grande Irrigators

The May 2012 Water Supply Forecast for New Mexico cited unseasonal temperatures that could impact farmers later in the growing season.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Rio Grande irrigators in the Paso del Norte borderland are in for more bad news.

Experts have noted that spring runoff forecasts for the Rio Grande into New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Reservoir are only 21 percent of normal flows.

OWS Week - Police Tactics of Intimidation

Occupy Wall Street Week: new episode airs each week, now you can catch it here.

(SALEM / TEHRAN / EL PASO) - Since joining in solidarity with OCCUPY MARINES, we have been hearing and seeing amazing things.

One is a weekly TV show that is being produced from two points; El Paso and Tehran; yes you read that right. OWS Week is the professional weekly roundup of OCCUPY News and Marines and other Veterans and the graphics, the tempo, everything about it is interesting and highly informative.