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Balochistan & Bangladesh - Enduring Pakistan`s Selective Genocide

"It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland." - U.S. official at time of Bangladesh Genocide

(SALEM) - In southwest Pakistan's rugged mountains, exists a land of great violence and tremendous strife... Balochistan, a nation swallowed up in a post-WWII land grab.

PAKISTAN: Housewife Prevented from Leaving Country to Meet Her Husband

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(DHAKA- Bangladesh) - The illegal and uncalled misuse of the Exit Control List in Pakistan, is being used to stop ordinary citizens, even housewives, from travelling abroad for family unification.

Ms. Zaibul Nigar was stopped by officials at Islamabad Airport and banned from flight without any justifiable reason, because her husband chairs the Balawaristan National Front.

Rwanda People`s Party Congratulates Vladimir Putin

"You are truly deserving of the victory you have received from the people of the Russia..."

(VAXJO, Sweden) - In this letter, John V Karuranga, President of the Rwanda People’s Party, contacts Russian President-Elect Vladimir Putin, offering congratulations on his new term.

Karuranga expresses hope that Putin's govt and the RPP can expand collaboration, build on our common goals and promote freedom and democracy in our sister countries.

Sexual Exploited Girls and Child Soldiers Around the World

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child states that every child must enjoy the benefits of social security.

(MADRID) - Amnesty International has once again launched a campaign under the following slogan: “Child soldier. They will throw him into the front lines, and if he dies, they’ll go to a school and find another; and after that another”.

Jean-Charles, Guru missionary in Nord Uganda, has explained that children are kidnapped and turned into authentic killing machines.

AIPAC: Beautiful Jewish Voices of Peace Reject Israeli Policies

Never let anyone tell you that objecting to Israel's illegal acts of war amounts to 'antisemitism' or being a 'self-hating Jew'.

(SALEM) - I am rarely as impressed by any human act as I am by the one I see in this video, Liza Behrendt, a member of the youth wing of Jewish Voice for Peace.

She takes the Jewish lobbyist group AIPAC (American Israeli Public Action Committee) to task and received an overwhelming amount of applause, heck it was a standing ovation.

Why Romney`s Religion Matters

"Corporations are people, my friend." The Plastic Man Cometh.

(BANGOR) - When a Fox News reporter challenged his "evolution" on issues, Mitt Romney responded by trumpeting his religious and personal life: "I've been married to the same woman for 42 years. I've been in the same church my entire life."

Who Is the Real Enemy?

Israeli Internet surfers said a prayer of thanks - for the terrible death by fire of young children on a school field trip - and the responses were on the web pages of the prime minister and the Israel Police.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - A story appeared in Israel’s Ha'aretz newspaper last month about what happened after nine Palestinian children and one adult were killed in a school bus accident north of Jerusalem.

In “Enemies, a hate story”, Gideon Levy described the coverage of the story as "Workmanlike overall if faceless and depersonalized."

Another Newborn Dies from Orthodox Circumcision Ritual

It’s common sense that placing your mouth on a fresh, opened wound is unhealthy for any baby, on any body part, let alone a newborn’s penis...?

(BROOKLYN, NY Babble) - In a truly horrifying story, a two-week old baby boy died in Brooklyn after contracting herpes through an Orthodox religious circumcision ritual.

The official cause of death recently released from the boy’s death last year has been ruled as “disseminated herpes simplex virus Type 1, complicating ritual circumcision with oral suction.”

Priority Health Care, Early Learning Bills Approved in Senate

Health Insurance Exchange & Early Learning Council head to Governor’s desk .

(SALEM) - The Oregon Senate took action today on two major policy initiatives of the 2012 Session.

Global Tamil Forum on the 19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

GTF firmly believes that only an international, independent investigation can secure truth and accountability for what happened during the war...

(GENEVA) - A true international effort, with the backing of key regional Governments, will bring real accountability for war crimes and reconciliation between communities in the island of Sri Lanka.

The United Nations Human Rights Council which is in session in Geneva right now presents a great opportunity for the international community to address the issues of accountability, for the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity,