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US to Pressure Sri Lanka on Reconciliation Process

Robert Blake said last year that Sri Lanka could be hauled before an international war crimes tribunal if their own internal investigation did not meet international standards.

(COLOMBO RNW) - The U.S. is set to table a resolution against Sri Lanka at the next sitting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva later this month.

The Americans have voiced their concerns over human rights violations in Sri Lanka before, but so far had not taken the step of bringing it forward at the HRC.

Iran`s Secret weapon: Oil for Gold

Peaceful blitzkrieg and Israeli counterattacks - news from The Intrepid Report.

(NEW YORK) - So who’s got the last laugh now? Iran’s reputed nuclear bomb, even if proved in the making today, would take a year to build.

Yet, the more potent bomb, and less lethal to humans, is paying in gold for Iran’s oil, as India, China, Russia, and even Europe plan to do.

Dear Yoko: GIMME SOME TRUTH Vanunu Update

"All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth. I've had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians. All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth."-John Lennon, 1971.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - When I received my postcard invitation to this years Yoko Ono presentation of John Lennon’s drawings, sketches and words to benefit a charity titled "GIMME SOME TRUTH"

I immediately recalled the first Ono-Lennon Art Show I attended on 7 March 2004.

Bizarre, Unexplained Marine Colonel `Suicides`
What the Hell`s Going on?

A highly decorated Vietnam War pilot and one of the highest ranking officers to be killed in the Iraq War...

(SALEM) - What explains the tendency of 'full-bird' colonels in the Marine Corps to commit suicide when they are at the pinnacle of a spotless career?

Vietnam War Veterans: Burden of Proof

The reality is, we were there and we were poisoned.

(MEDIA, Pa.) - Vietnam veterans who never had boots-on-ground Vietnam, who are sick from presumptive exposure to agent orange dioxin poisoning are tied up in paperwork.

The burden of proof is placed solely upon the veteran. Burden of proof is mainly directed to those service members who never had boots-on-ground.

President Obama`s Plan to Put Veterans Back to Work

Obama says he has taken steps to support veterans in developing skills and finding work.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - President Obama called for a new Veterans Job Corps initiative to help returning veterans find civilian employment.

He says the Administration’s new veteran employment initiatives will help put veterans back to work.

OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto
Will Farmers Receive Justice?

Monsanto would not give up its option to sue contaminated family farmers...

(NEW YORK) - It was standing room only as family farmers from around North America filled a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Tuesday.

The topic was the landmark organic community lawsuit OSGATA et al v. Monsanto.

GMO Foods and the Damage to Human Babies, Placentas & Umbilical Cords

Short umbilical cords causing strife.

(JAKARTA) - I am writing from Indonesia, the country who got GMO soy first... I'm curious to share what I am seeing.

In 2008 Bumi Sehat Bali's 573 babies saw an increase in retained placentas, and an increase in velamentous cord insertion.

148 Out of 337 Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs as Spending Increases 4.3% Year After Year

“Construction employment should increase once Congress finally acts on long-overdue infrastructure measures” - Stephen E. Sandherr, CIO for AGC

(ARLINGTON, Va.) - Construction employment increased in 148 out of 337 metropolitan areas between December 2010 and December 2011, decreased in 128 and stayed level in 61, according to a new analysis.

“Many communities are benefiting from growing demand from the private sector for new construction activity,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist.

In Zambia, 1 in 4 Circumcised Men Resume Sex Before Wounds are Healed

Zambian Study reveals how circumcision could in fact drive the AIDS rate rather than reverse it.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - New research shows one in four newly circumcised men resuming sexual activity before their wounds have healed.