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Defined by her Humanity... Marie Colvin (1956-2012)

A journalist who will never be forgotten...

(BEIRUT) - Marie Colvin left Beirut on Valentine’s Day on a fateful mission to illegally enter Syria from Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley to Homs, Syria.

Her clear intention was to document the conditions of the civilian population in Homs who had been under heavy attack for the preceding two weeks.

Announcing the Guardianship Convention Against Torture Project

Determine if your guardianship situation qualifies under the terms of the Convention.

(PROGRESO, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico) - While in Geneva, Switzerland recently I met with a number of disability rights oriented groups.

It was suggested to me at that time that the guardianship victims bundle together our complaints and submit under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The U.S. has both signed and ratified this international treaty and thus is bound to its conditions.

Will Colbert Grow a Pair for The Secret Policeman`s Ball vis-a-vis Israel`s WMD?

Recently on The Colbert Report, Stephen balled out when it came to nailing where Nuclear Weapons are in the Middle East

(CLERMONT, FL) - Amnesty International is celebrating fifty years in support of free speech at a comedy show on March 4th in my homeland-New York City with the import of The Secret Policeman's Ball.

Among the acts that have signed on for the happening at Radio City Music Hall for the concert to benefit Amnesty International are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Asia Times- Russia Wises Up... Good News for Syria

Warmongers may be crying in their soup if Russia says, Нет - 'Nyet'.

(SALEM) - If present trends continue, Russia will bring a voice of reason to the countries rallying for military action against Syria.

That, according to a brand new article in Asia Times, which yanks the facade from the western version of the story, shining a light into the cracks and crevices hiding true motives of geo-positioning for war.

INDIA: Police Connive with Child Traffickers

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - A girl in India is kidnapped a second time by the child trafficking criminal syndicate in Munshipura.

The girl, who was once rescued by human rights activists from the clutches of child traffickers has been threatened, kidnapped, raped and forced to file false statements in the local court.

Former South African President`s Visit Should Not Be Celebrated

Mandela later connected members of de Klerk's ministry, at the very least contiguously, to attacks.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Wholistic Peace Institute is hosting a visit of the last apartheid president of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, to our city.

President de Klerk was presented the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and is thus deemed a spokesperson of world peace by the Institute.

Rajapaksa Secretly inaugurated China Project in Jaffna

As reported earlier by TamilNet, the genocidal Colombo not only seals off Eezham Tamils from Tamil Nadu, but also effectively checks Indian ambitions there with proxy Chinese projects.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa opened a renovated hospital and a swimming pool earlier this month.

Both projects were criticised by local media, over the diversion of funds intended to reconstruct schools in Vanni.

Israeli Forces Storm Al Aqsa Plaza in Violent Clashes with Worshippers

Tens of thousands in Palestine and around the world abhor the actions by the extremists.

(JERUSALEM / SALEM) - Violent clashes took place Friday between Palestinian worshippers, Jewish settlers and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) troops who stormed the ancient al Aqsa Mosque plazas just after the noon prayers.

The ongoing threat by extremist Jewish groups to "take" the al Aqsa Mosque has caused a reverberation around the globe.

Report: Nearly a Quarter of Working Households Spend More than Half of Income on Housing

Shrinking incomes outpace falling homeownership costs; renters face rising costs on tightening household budgets.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A new study by the Center for Housing Policy confirms that falling home prices have not solved the housing affordability problems of the nation’s working households.

In fact, the Center’s Housing Landscape 2012report found that the share of working households paying more than half their income for housing rose significantly between 2008 and 2010 for both renters and owners.

BANGLADESH: Protect Rights Activist and Inhabitants of Mayadip

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - An engineer dedicated to educating children of underprivileged communities that face socio-economic discrimination, has his life threatened over objections to an illegal sand extraction business.