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Resolution Presented After Talks: US

Time is slipping by for the people of Sri Lanka...

(GENEVA The Sunday Leader) - The US says the draft resolution on Sri Lanka which was presented to the UN Human Rights Council this week, was done so after consulting other countries including those who will co-sponsor the resolution.

Should the US Go to War for Israel?

It was President George Washington who first warned the new American nation to beware of “foreign entanglements”.

(CHICAGO) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the annual AIPAC conference earlier this week. He also held a private meeting with US President Barack Obama.

Afghanistan: De-Pashtunization of Pashtuns by Taliban & Pakistan

Enough! It is time for this game to end. Pashtuns in Afghanistan, in the U.S. and around the world must now blow the whistle on false Pashtun from Pakistan.

(SEATTLE) - For more than a thousand years the Afghan nation, and Pashtun tribes in particular, have resisted all foreign efforts of domination.

Efforts by great empires have failed to suppress rich Pashtun culture and traditions, created during ancient Silk Road trading, the Jirga, language, art, music, song, poetry, dance, sports, food, humor, hospitality, etc...

INDIA: Sri Lankan Refugees Set to Graduate from Unique Training Program

Program developed by Salesian Missions, is funded by U.S. Department of State.

(NEW ROCHELLE, NY & TAMIL NADU, India) - This April, 450 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees are set to graduate from a unique vocational training program in southern India designed especially for them.

The class of 2012 will be only the second to graduate from the “New Beginnings” program developed by Salesian Missions and funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.

Texas and Mexico Spar over Spring Break

“The situation in Mexico today is significantly different than it was just a decade ago,” - TDPS Director Steven C. McCraw

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - The latest Mexico travel warning from Texas has set off a wave of criticism south of the border.

Government officials and tourism industry lashed out against a Texas Department of Public Safety advisory that urged young springbreakers not to visit Mexico this vacation season.

Should England`s Cricket Team Tour Sri Lanka?

The England tour comes at a hugely controversial time.

(LONDON ) - As England's cricket team sets off for Sri Lanka, Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben De Pear asks whether the tour should be going ahead given the country's human rights record?

Andy Flower has departed for Sri Lanka today as manager of an England team reeling after a test whitewash in the UAE to Pakistan and nervous about playing on yet more slow and turning pitches

Control your Kids in Front of the T.V.

It is not a problem spending hours in front the television. However, the problem surges when this habit brings about social passivity, that is, not spending one’s leisure time by doing more active activities.

(MADRID) - This tells us that something is wrong. It seems as if reading, discussions, family time, friend reunions, and studies are things of another world.

This issue becomes somewhat critical when the ones to be affected are children that spend too much time in front of the television.

WATCH: Army Disperses International Women`s Day Demonstration in West Bank

At about the same time, several hundred Jewish and Palestinian women with Israeli citizenship demonstrated for Women’s Day in the streets of Tel Aviv, demanding civil rights, equality, and fair employment.

(TEL AVIV +972 MAG) - The demonstration started Thursday at noon, with some 200 Palestinian women marching from Ramallah towards Qalandia – the main checkpoint on the way to Jerusalem.

Demonstrators chanted slogans and held tri-lingual signs linking the feminist struggle with the struggle against the occupation.

Between a Wall and a Green Line: Palestinian life in `Seam Zone`

Mahmoud A’buqbeita, 45, is speaking out about the routine hardships he and his family face, in the hopes that something will change. His problems are numerous.

(TEL AVIV +972 MAG) - Al’Seefer lies uphill from the settlement of Beit Yatir, just beyond the South Hebron Hills, but the tiny Palestinian village feels worlds apart from the 33-year-old settlement.

Indeed, the daily lives of Al’Seefer’s residents, some 60 in number, are mired in extraordinary logistical challenges on account of the village’s physical location...

All the News from All Angles

Why do Western media lie repeating the slogan "Reporting all the news from all angles” when they know they don’t?

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - This morning burning tires on the highway filled the air with black smoke and blocked traffic. Yesterday, Molotov cocktails killed a policeman trying to keep order.

The day before saw oil spread on the roads so that cars would slip and slide and collide with each other.