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Sea Shepherd Calls For the Removal of Dr Giam Choo-Hoo From the United Nations CITES Committee

An Investigative Report Claims He is a Lobbyist for the Shark Fin Trade.

(GIG HARBOR, WA) - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has called for and demanded the immediate removal of Dr Giam Choo-Hoo from the UN’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

Dr. Giam, a key member of the UN body that helps regulates trade in endangered animals has been accused of being a representative of the shark fin industry, which is driving some species of the fish towards extinction.

Help Polish Minister Ban MON810 in Poland

Strong Beekeepers Protest and motion for a ban of the GM maize MON810 in Poland!

(WARSAW) - A powerful symbolic drama was staged by members of The Coalition for a GMO Free Poland in which thousands of dead bees were laid out on the Ministry steps.

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Sawicki, never appeared. However he later saw a delegation in his office and, during a public broadcast, announced that he had set in motion a ban of the GM maize MON810.

Newly Disclosed Records Reveal Hundreds More Illegal Personality Disorder Discharges

VVA Finds Navy and Air Force Worst Offenders.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Since 2008, the DoD has illegally discharged hundreds of veterans on the alleged basis of personality disorder.

Veterans have been denied benefits, according to a Vietnam Veterans of America analysis of newly disclosed records released today. The VVA report is titled, Casting Troops Aside: The United States Military’s Illegal Personality Disorder Discharge Problem.

Ali Abunimah and Gilad Atzmon at the OK Corral

At the very least, we need to accommodate one another even if some people have some views that rub us the wrong way.

(MICHOACAN, Mexico) - The recent open letter Granting No Quarter: A Call for the Disavowal of the Racism and Antisemitism of Gilad Atzmon, apparently written by Ali Abunimah, has come as a shock to many people, including yours truly.

What Is Our Place ?

How could Sri Lanka have been taken seriously, if its delegation included a man, who had been adversely named in the LLRC report?

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Guardian) - The resolution has been passed. The numbers behind it or the manner it was re-worded to get India’s consent do not matter.

It is a charade as far as I am concerned, which would not make any difference to the war-affected people in Sri Lanka.

Will India`s Vote Drive Sri Lanka Closer to China?

A.S. Kalkat cautions that India needs to proactively engage Sri Lanka to ensure that the Chinese don’t gain an upper hand there.

(New Delhi IANS) - India has made it clear to Sri Lanka that its vote on the US-backed resolution was aimed at s
peeding up the reconciliation process in the island nation.

However the move has sparked speculation whether it was a strategic misstep that could drive Colombo closer to Beijing

Urgent Response to Racism: Police Screening Needed

Obviously screening of both neighborhood watch personnel and police in many cases, needs to be reexamined.

(SALEM) - There may or may not be parallels between the killing of an innocent Black teen recently in Sanford, FL and the massacre of 16 Muslim innocents in an Afghan village at the hands of a sergeant from Ft. Lewis, WA who apparently went berserk.

Legislative action could result in reducing similar tragedies.

Athenian Democracy and The Daily Show

Athenian Democracy ran roughly from 594 BC, to 322 BC.

(SALEM) - The longest-running democracy in history relied on the same satiric comedy that peace-loving Americans count on today for logic and balance.

Trayvon Martin`s Parents Speak Out Over Son`s Death

Our son Trayvon Martin was killed because he looked "suspicious." His confessed killer is still free. Join 900,000 people to call on Florida law enforcement officials to prosecute the man who took away our son.

(SANFORD, FL) - Our son didn't deserve to die. Trayvon Martin was just 17 years old when he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman.

Trayvon wasn't doing anything besides walking home with a bag of Skittles and some iced tea in his hands.

Ultrasound Halts Sperm Production

Zapping testicles with ultrasound appears to reduce sperm counts to low levels in rats.

(PUNJAB, India ) - Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are working on a project they hope will provide a simpler method for male contraception.

By exposing rat testicles to two 15-minute doses of ultrasound, they found that sperm counts dropped to levels that are usually associated with infertility in humans.