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`The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis` - Bruce Gagnon speaks in Washington state

“The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis” will be the subject of Bruce Bagnon's six-city tour of Washington State.

(SEATTLE) - International peace activist and organizer Bruce Gagnon comes to Washington State April 24 to April 30, 2012 to engage local communities around the theme “The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis.”

Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and long-time member of Veterans For Peace.

Israel`s Occupation: Who is Most `Out of Touch with Reality`?

Contrary to what Netanyahu seems to think, the Palestinians are human and do have rights.

(LONDON) - If more proof was needed that Israeli PM Netanyahu lives in a fantasy world that exists only in his own deluded mind, his latest verbal assault on the UN Human Rights Council should do.

US: Represent an Important Effort Toward Fulfilling Human Rights Commitments

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - Home care workers provide essential services to people with disabilities and a growing population of aging individuals who require assistance with their basic needs.

Christian Palestinians: Israel `Manipulating Facts` by Claiming we are Welcome

Israel's envoy to U.S. writes that Christians are morethan elsewhere in Mideast. Too bad the Christians disagree.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - Here's some information that Interior Minister Eli Yishai might want to consider: Since the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel, its Christian communities have expanded 1,000 percent.

Lies Taking us to War

Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it. --Mark Twain

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - A January 12th headline in the Wall Street Journal: "Humanitarian gestures and covert actions won't stop Iran's bomb."

They lie and they know it! Show them the wisdom of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: "The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted."

The World Needs Public Trial of Political Leaders for War Crimes and Genocide

Nice and juicy ‘Depleted Uranium’ has nothing depleted about it.

(CHENNAI, India) - Yes, public trial for treason, war crimes, and the genocide going on right now.

This is part of a very long essay on Depleted Uranium weapons, nuclear reactors and their environmental health impacts. In this article the long term consequences of radiation contamination from unilateral aggression of the US and NATO countries on South and West Asia are discussed.

Whitney Houston: What Killed Her?
Not Cocaine, Nor Heart Disease

Marijuana never killed anybody at any dose.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Like everyone else, I've been waiting nervously for the Los Angeles Coroner's Office, for their report. Now that it is here, I am embarrassed for whomever released the report and their amateurish lack of evaluations of the results.

Results, for example, cocaine and heart disease did not kill Whitney Houston.

India Votes for UNHRC Resolution Against Sri Lanka

India had initially shown reluctance to vote on a nation-specific resolution.

(GENEVA Indian Express) - Overcoming its dithering, India on Thursday voted for a US-sponsored resolution at the UN’s top human rights body censuring Sri Lanka for alleged rights violations during the war against LTTE.

India had initially shown reluctance to vote on a nation-specific resolution but had to change its stand under severe pressure from political parties in Tamil Nadu.

Oregon Judge: State `Stuck their neck out` for Son of DA Who Raped 13-Year Old

Judge warns rapist, don't "stub your toe again" -also states, "You've been a good person," describing sex crime of Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier's son as "an isolated incident". If only judges were so kind to everyone.

(SALEM) - State's System of Political Inequity Strikes Again.

Black inmates rot on false convictions in Oregon; son of DA and right-wing politicians walk after rape. What the hell's going on?

PAKISTAN: Taliban Threaten Associated Press Journalist

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - A death threat has been issued against journalist Ashraf Khan with The Associated Press in Pakistan, by the Taliban.

His family has also been threatened in this shocking incident that is not being adequately addressed by the management of AP.