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Are Tornadoes Attracted to Mobile Homes?

If a mobile home is not tied down, it can tip with winds as low as 55 miles per hour...

(STATE COLLEGE, PA) - AccuWeather.com reports in the wake of a tornado, it's not uncommon to see images of devastating damage in mobile home communities while surrounding site-built homes appear relatively unscathed.

Paul Kagame`s Endless Diplomatic Gambles

Kagame is on the way out, and has become a disruption to progress in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The saga between Kagame and France continues. It is a familiar story that sometimes sounds like a children's fairy tale. The latest is France recalling its Ambassador to Kigali, whom many have referred to as a French RPF cadre. But what is the reason behind this decision?

Kagame does not want the new French nominee to the diplomatic post in Kigali because "she is too close to the French Foreign Minister", Alain Juppe, whom Kagame considers "hostile to Rwanda's interests!"

Corporate Tax Reform Shouldn`t Be Revenue-Neutral, Greenlining Says

Fair Tax System Could Cut Deficit Without Hurting Poor, Working Class.

(BERKLEY, CA) - While President Obama deserves credit for proposing corporate tax reform, such reforms should not be revenue-neutral, policy experts at The Greenlining Institute said today.

2012 Ancil Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism is Open for Nominations

Nominations are due by February 27, 2012.

(EUGENE) - The U of O School of Journalism and Communication has announced that nominations are being accepted for the 2012 Ancil Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism for outstanding ethical decisions or work published in 2011.

The Ancil Payne Awards accepts entries from news organizations and professional and student journalists in broadcasting, print, or digital media. Journalists and outlets can nominate themselves or be nominated by a third party.

Dioxin on the Carriers

Thousands who served offshore Vietnam on all types of ships display the exact symptoms of diseases exhibited by veterans who had their "boots-on-ground."

(WASHINGTON DC) - Individual Exposure to Dioxin When the United States began using Chemical Warfare in Vietnam, its stated goals were to defoliate jungle coverage to better see the enemy and to limit the enemy’s food supply.

G.L. Peiris Dropped from UNHRC Speakers` List

Sri Lanka Daily Mirror's Asoka Jayawardena, reports from Geneva.

(GENEVA) - Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Prof. Gamini Lakshman Peiris, who arrived in Geneva two days ago, has been dropped from the speakers' list at the high level segment of 19th session of the UNHRC.

A week ago UNHRC extranet published Mr. Peiris as the speaker from Sri Lanka at the high level segment. By yesterday (Feb. 21), however, Minister of Plantation Industries, Mahinda Samarasinghe has replaced Minister G.L. Peiris.

Why Peace?: Biology of Peace

I believe the main reason this world functions (and the main reason we remain optimistic) is that good people are everywhere, endeavoring toward inner peace and extending it by deeds to achieve peace in our societies

(BETHLEHEM) - My chapter in the Book "Why Peace", edited by Mark Guttman, is titled Biology of Peace

This book is an exploration of aggression, and of the evolutionary (and revolutionary) process to peace.

In Sri Lanka, Marie Colvin Mediating Role in White Flag Killings Recalled as Suspects Surge at UN

The outrage of Silva's nomination, which Sri Lanka got through the Asia Group not by election but by getting Nepal and Saudi Arabia to withdraw, has spread to other regional groups and major member states.

(UNITED NATIONS) - The death of journalist Marie Colvin in Homs in Syria calls to mind her work in another war zone: Sri Lanka.

Based on her reporting in 2001 forward, she became an well meaning humanitarian intermediary in attempted surrenders that ended in the murder of those surrendering.

What`s The Truth Behind the `Occupy` Eureka`s Story?

It takes so much to unravel the consequences of misinformation, once it's made public.

(EUREKA, CA) - It is seeming easy to fall into vilifying another, especially if one appears to be homeless and unkempt and we haven't bothered to get close enough to understand and appreciate them for who they are (or may even suffer from) before making up our minds.

Smoking, Drinking & Drugs

What killed Whitney Houston?

(CLEVELAND) - This deadly combination, that's what. Doctors, lawyers, clergy, cops, elected officials, rich & poor. No one is immune. So, why does it still reign supreme? What will it take to put out the fire?

God didn't create mankind to smoke, get drunk and be high- these are mere tools or traits of the devil, here’s why...