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Alleged War Criminal as an Advisor to UN Secretary General?

AFTA appeals to the media to initiate a campaign to prevent a bad precedent being set in the UN System.

(STANHOPE GARDENS, NSW Aust.) - The Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA), the umbrella body of the peak Tamil associations in Australia and New Zealand, is appalled by the news that Major General Shavendra Silva, Sri Lanka's deputy ambassador to the UN, will be part of a group advising Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

He is one of many military men given top diplomatic posts by Sri Lanka essentially to offer them Diplomatic Immunity.

The BBC Censors its own Report on Tunisia`s Jews Saying `No` to Israel!

Tunisia’s Jews have rejected the Israeli call...

(LONDON) - There was a moment in a report from Tunisia by the BBC’s Wyre Davies when I could not stop myself laughing. I was listening to it on the Corporation’s generally excellent World Service radio.

In my view this particular BBC service is generally excellent because unlike all other BBC news and current affairs outlets, radio and tv, it often reflects some of the truth about what is happening in and over Palestine that became Israel.

The State of Disunion Address

I'm sure Obama expects America will quickly forget the numbers anyway along with everything he promised in his wind bag of tricks.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - A friend asked me to comment on the President's State of the Union Speech so I thought I would reply here.

To those who take exception to how I refer to the President, I ask that you respect my lack of formal address as it is my conviction that this man is a con artist and a murderer deserving no respect.

New Checkpoint Method: Gassing Palestinian Cars with Unknown Chemical

Drivers and passengers feel nauseated after the Israeli checkpoints.

(OCCUPIED PALESTINE) - Yesterday, Amira Hass reported in Haaretz the Israeli military are now pumping “nausea-inducing chemicals,” into cars at a Bethlehem checkpoint, as a new search method. Hass describes the IDF first pulling over cars, then:

...once parked, the passengers are asked to roll up all windows, apart from that of the driver – and exit the vehicle. Two tubes are then connected to the vehicle...

Autism: Successful Marijuana Therapy
Beware of Fake Doctors

Whatever treatment is available and works should not be decreased on the basis of “penny wise and pound foolish”

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - When I read in the New York Times, January 20, about drastic trimming of autistic victims medical benefits I was astonished and enraged.

In saying that, I will admit that I know little about diagnosing Autism and its many ramifications but I do know that it is one of the cruelest mental diseases for both victims and the hapless parents and families.

Young Women Go Topless Protesting Sex Trade, Claim Torture by KGB

"This is the only way to be heard in this country. If we staged simple protests with banners, then our claims would not have been noticed" - FEMEN

(SALEM) - I just heard about the groups of topless women in the Ukraine, part of The Femen Movement, who are taking a stand by taking their shirts off in public protest at events that quite naturally, have garnered their share of attention.

China Merchants to raise stakes by 30pct in Sri Lankan port

No agreement has been inked.

(HONG KONG) - China Knowledge reported that China Merchants Holdings Co Ltd, the country second largest port operator plans to increase its stakes by 30% in a container port in Colombo, Sri Lankan for USD 5.5 million.

Upon completion of the acquisition, the Hong Kong-listed buyer will hold an 85% stake in the container port operator Colombo International Container Terminals Ltd or CICT from Sri Lankan conglomerate Aitken Spence PLC.

California Joins 11 States Filing Brief Urging U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Against Discriminatory Housing Practices

Oregon's Attorney General is also part of the effort.

(SACRAMENTO) - St. Paul, Minnesota's "problem property" remedy- targeting low-income renter-occupied properties for housing violations, condemnations and evictions, is earning the wrath of 12 state AG's.

`Time is nothing when there is determination`

Alice Muhirwa's determination and focus are admirable in a country where oppression of dissenting views is part of daily life.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In this interview, Alice Muhirwa, FDU-INKINGI Treasurer, describes the political climate in Rwanda from her experience in a political opposition group in Rwanda.

She's faced challenges in supporting Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, a jailed political prisoner, whose trial continues to be postponed.

Gilad Atzmon: The Wandering Hugh

In the last two years, the PSC EC has systematically expelled and marginalised leading Palestinian thinkers and solidarity activists in the UK...

(LONDON) - We’ve been sent a transcription of PSC Chair Hugh Lanning’s speech at the PSC AGM where he tries to justify, on the grounds of racism, anti-Semitism and prejudice, the expulsion of ex-PSC Chair, Dr. Francis Clark-Lowes.

To support the PSC EC decision Lanning quotes Dr. Clark-Lowes saying, "I said I was proud to call myself a Holocaust denier – it is the capital ‘H’ I believe we must question."