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India`s Diplomatic Stand on the Resolution Against Sri Lanka

Includes brief timeline of India and Sri Lanka's political history.

(LONDON) - India has tried to strike a balance between support for the Sri Lankan government and calls for Tamil rehabilitation - ultimately backing the UN resolution↑ urging Sri Lanka to investigate abuses of international law during the final phase of the civil war.

Behind this lie a number of external, internal and strategic factors.

Three Powerful Women Leaders who could bring about Justice and Peace for the Tamil People!

An Appeal to Hon. Hillary Clinton, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Smt Jayaram Jayalalitha.

(LONDON) - It is with much humbleness, I write this appeal expressing my sincere feelings on the stands taken by both India and America on the issues affecting the Tamil people of Sri Lanka.

Both are powerful nations on their own strengths.

VA to Increase Mental Health Staff by 1,900

“We ask that you urge Veterans in your communities to reach out and connect with VA services.” - Dr. Robert Petzel

(WASHINGTON DC) - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced that the department would add approximately 1,600 mental health clinicians.

This includes nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers as well as nearly 300 support staff to its existing workforce of 20,590 mental health staff.

USCIRF Statement on Escalating Tensions in Sudan and South Sudan

Statement on Escalating Tensions in Sudan and South Sudan from Leonard Leo, Chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

(GENEVA) - Leonard Leo, Chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), issued the following statement on Escalating Tensions in Sudan and South Sudan.

Making Monkey of Bird Flu

Industrial ag (Big Pharm) used the hoax of avian flu to slaughter the birds of poor farmers across Asia.

(CHICAGO) - Raising chickens in the city is a means to support local organic food systems and to provide food security to any family.

Increasing numbers of cities are changing laws to legalize raising chickens.

Survival Battle for Baby Boy Born with Six Legs in Pakistan

“Operating on such a baby is not an easy task as proper assessments need to be done first,” explained Dr Jamal Razza, from the National Institute of Child Health in Karachi.

(CHENNAI, India) - A newborn baby boy is fighting for his life in Pakistan, after being born with a rare condition that has left him with extra limbs.

The baby, who is thought to be one of parasitic twins, appears to have the extra limbs of his conjoined twin, who failed to develop properly.

Salem-News.com Joins Forces With Occupy Marines

There's nobody you would rather have on your side than the Marines.

(SALEM) - We've covered activities from Marines and former Marines in the Occupy Wall Street movement from day one.

Now we're taking a step forward in sync with this group whose motto: OCCUPY MARINES Fighting for our Country - Not the 1%.

Secret Service Agents Forced Out

Poetry examines the US legal justice system's strange choice of priorities.

(CLEVELAND) - Secret Service agents are resigning their positions over a recent scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia. Sex and officials always are a big news topic of course.

Too bad the same level of official intervention, 'justice', or even interest, failed to apply in the Murder of a young female soldier serving her country in Iraq, named Lavena Johnson.

INDONESIA: An Atheist on Trial for Religious Defamation

Salem-News Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts UN Special Rapporteur over Indonesia's criminality of religious freedom.

(HONG KONG) - It's no secret that police, prosecutors and parole officers use Facebook to learn what possible criminal connections a suspect or parolee may have.

World Nations Should Issue a Travel Warning to Israel

It is not the one who threatens but rather the one who doubts the existence of the threat who is the real danger.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - The skilled attack by Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner on a blond Danish peace activist in a kaffiyeh was spectacular.