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APN Condemns Palestinian Mufti`s Offensive Comments

"People in positions of religious authority, on all sides, bear a heavy responsibility of avoiding incendiary rhetoric..." - Debra DeLee, APN’s President and CEO

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Americans for Peace Now (APN) strongly condemns the belligerent anti-Jewish comments made by the Palestinian Authority’s Mufti of Jerusalem at a public event in the West Bank earlier this month.

Mufti Muhammad Hussein cited a Muslim tradition, attributed to Prophet Muhammad, which says that the yearned-for “Day of Resurrection” would only come after Muslims kill all Jews.

Cops reject US atty`s Colorado medical marijuana threats

The original threat letter gives the medical marijuana centers 45 days to close down or face legal action.

(DENVER) - Today, Colorado-based and national representatives of LEAP sent a stern letter to U.S. Attorney John Walsh, pushing back against his recent threats to medical marijuana centers that operate legally under state and local law.

The letter, signed by a 26-year veteran Denver cop and a former Lafayette judge, says Walsh's actions are "a disservice to the state of Colorado..."

`Snowed in in Seattle`: A Plea for Peace to the White House

Most people know about being "Sleepless in Seattle." Well, I am "snowed in in Seattle!" But even six inches of snow in Seattle don't keep me from becoming steamed when I read the latest news reports on the activities of the U.S. war machine:

(SEATTLE) - At a time when U.S.-Iran tensions are the highest I have experienced in my lifetime, Danger Room of wired.com breaks a news story that a new US commando special operations team is operating near Iran.

Meanwhile, a columnist in Lebanon writes that Syria increasingly looks like Libya.

RETRACTION regarding `Act for America!`

Statements regarding Brigitte Gabriel have been retracted.

(SALEM, Ore.) - RETRACTION:
Our apologies. This article had certain statements that were not well substantiated and therefore it has been removed.

We hereby retract the statements, “Recently however, [Brigitte Gabriel] has attracted the attention of the FBI investigating her organization, “Act for America!” for possible hate crimes and financial irregularities, according to US Congressional Judiciary Committee sources[,]” and...

Top Obama envoy Stephen Rapp to visit Sri Lanka

Precursor to March UNHRC sessions – LLRC report top on agenda.

(NEW YORK) - Top US Ambassador, Stephen Rapp, will visit Colombo in the coming weeks to hold high-level discussions with the government, opposition and civil society groups over the current situation in Sri Lanka.

Rapp served as Prosecutor against former Liberian President Charles Taylor and others alleged to bear the greatest responsibility for the atrocities in Sierra Leone's civil war.

Flooded Turner, Oregon Seeks Donations and Assistance

Families affected are in need of basic home building supplies and cash.

(TURNER) - Historic Turner, Oregon has been flooded to the gills with recent rains.

Families there need assistance and their city administrator has issued a special plea for help to get this Oregon city back on track. The city will match the first $10,000 in cash donations.

Violent attacks on peaceful marches in W. Bank continue

The weekly anti-wall march of Bil'in village was attacked yesterday with tear gas grenades and chemical waste.

(RAMALLAH PIC) - The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued, in blatant violation of human rights, their violent attacks on peaceful weekly marches organized in West Bank villages against settlement activities and the segregation wall.

Two young Palestinian men and one paramedic were wounded Friday in a barrage of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the anti-wall march in Nabi Saleh; many others suffered suffocation.

Archaic Politics In A Modern World

Current events show us that we have a long way to go yet, to reach that point. The question is, what price we will pay before we get there.

(GOLD RIVER B.C.) - One has to wonder about the people who run the world, and those who hope to run it.

Not many of them seem too interested in running it for the benefit of most of the people on it, or for future generations. If they were, things would not be in such a mess today.

Francis Clark-Lowes` Appeal Speech to PSC

Read Francis Clark-Lowes beautiful words and judge for yourself.

(LONDON) - Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: Francis Clark-Lowes, an academic, former Chair of the National PSC and former chairman of the Brighton branch for Palestinian Solidarity, appealed today to the PSC AGM against his recent expulsion from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign.

Clark-Lowes has been maintaining, for a while. that the opposition to the Jewish State and Zionism, should attempt to grasp the true nature of the Jewish State and Jewish ideology.

RI primary Apr. 24 and a `drop-dead` deadline Wednesday, Jan. 25

I can’t believe my friends want four more years of Barack Obama.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - Barack Obama escalated the war against Afghanistan. He started or continued wars in Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Colombia and… without congressional approval. He has kept U.S. military forces and military bases in countries around the world.

Obama has established the “authority” of the President to order assassinations without trial – even of American citizens.