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Ignore the Intelligence Reports, let`s Make War on Iran

Let’s shred and vapourize a few million more innocents... But first we’ll strangle them with sanctions, say our elected leaders.

(LONDON) - Is this what we voted for? Is this what Western diplomacy has come to in the 21stt century?

Thank heaven for Dr David Morrison’s very timely briefing document entitled “Iran hasn’t got an active nuclear weapons programme, says US intelligence”. Morrison is the noted political researcher from Northern Ireland. He sets out the position in easy-reading form so that even our dimmest politicians can understand.

Tamils Demonstrate in Geneva

The Sri Lankan government has strongly denied that its forces committed war crimes, and has resisted any international investigation.

(GENEVA) - About 2,000 Tamils demonstrated in Geneva on Monday, calling for the establishment of a tribunal to judge alleged “war crimes” committed by the Sri Lankan authorities in 2009.

The Tamils, who had come from all over Europe, marched from the station to the United Nations headquarters, carrying the flags of Tamil Eelam, Britain and France. They also had placards calling for self-determination.

Sudan: Follow UN Guidance Specifically in Relation to President al-Bashir

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(DHAKA- Bangladesh) - Ibrahim Gambari, special representative for the joint African Union-UN, recently attended the wedding ceremony with very questionable guests.

It was attended by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who the International Criminal Court seeks to arrest over two warrants relating to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Everything We Wish Wasn`t True About Israel

How Can Hamas Remain Peaceful and Defensive Against Israeli Violence?

(SALEM) - Regardless of its endless western support, Israel by all accounts is no different than any other Mideast religious government guilty of years of state terrorism.

Changing the present paradigm would, as much as anything, work in favor of the Israeli people; peace for everyone, not just one culture, at the expense of another...

Chicago Pump Room Photo Treasure Trove is a Time Capsule Revealed

The historical photo collection by Fred Krueger is a unique find.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Chicago's 285-room Ambassador East Hotel, was built in 1926. Over a dozen years later, 'The Pump Room' was launched, one of the first high class restaurants to open after the Prohibition era.

Victory for the Israel Lobby Bullies

Craven Liberal Democrats dump human rights champion Jenny Tonge.

(LONDON) - It was no surprise to read in The Guardian on 29 February, that Baroness Jenny Tonge, a Liberal Democrat peer who has given unstinting support to the Palestinian struggle for freedom, had been sacked after declaring that Israel would not last for ever.

She rejected an ultimatum from Nick Clegg to apologise and said she stood by her remarks.

Samba Fogo & SambaDa to Headline 15th Anniversary World Beat Festival June 30 - July 1

Cultural Legacy Theme Featured Through Youth Performances.

(SALEM) - The Salem Multicultural Institute today announced that Samba Fogo of Salt Lake City will headline the 15th Anniversary World Beat Festival, which takes place June 30 – July 1.

Samba Fogo Music and Dance Company draws on Afro-Brazilian traditions and mythology and fuses Brazilian dance and fire dance.

The Haunting of Daniel Pipes by Poe`s `Tell Tale Heart`

Graphics by Alex

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - Daniel Pipes, the anti-Arab Islamophobe is reportedly spooked these days. “Actually he has become an almost terrified man”, so says a colleagues at Pipes Islamophobic Middle East Forum and the MaCartyesque Campus Watch Organization.

MEF was founded by Pipes in 1986 and the witch hunting anti-Arab McCartyesque Campus Watch in 2001.

Women`s Day of Solidarity with Administrative Detainee Hana Al-Shalabi

Let's announce the eighth of March, a day of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, to unite frameworks and women's movements behind this cause.

(LONDON) - A call for women's and feminist organizations to announce Women's Day to be a day of solidarity with the administrative detainee Hana Al-Shalabi and all female prisoners and women in the families of Palestinian prisoners .

Women's Day, which marks the eighth of March, is a symbolic day to remind us of the struggle that women of the world go through to break the chains of sexism because they are women.

Chad: Bring Former Chadian Dictator Hissène Habré to Justice

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(DHAKA- Bangladesh) - The voice of the victims of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, grows more silent by the day, as more of his victims continue to die, while he lives abroad as a wanted war criminal.

He stands accused in thousands of political killings, and of committing systematic torture from 1982 through 1990.