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While UN Claims Zero Tolerance, No Discipline of Sri Lankan Abusers in Haiti

"... despite the promises to investigate and prosecute the crimes in Sri Lanka, no information is readily available..." - UN report

(GENEVA) - The UN praises its own response to the earthquake in Haiti two years ago, but the Secretary General's spokesman could not say if even one Sri Lanka soldiers repatriated for pedophilia had been disciplined.

111 soldiers and 3 officers from MINUSTAH’s Sri Lankan battalion are charged with sexual exploitation and abuse of Haitian minors.

Human Rights and the UN: Progress and Challenges

Nonetheless, significant problems and challenges remain...

(GENEVA) - Enduring structural improvements in human rights are very difficult to achieve. Global indices suggest that the world is little different today from a decade ago.

In 2002, Freedom House, a non-governmental organization in the United States, recorded that 85 states were “free”, 59 were “partly free” and 48 were “not free”.

Eric Akiskalian awarded `Journalist of the Year` by Surfers Village

Salem-News resident big wave rider and writer honored for journalism.

(VENTURA) - Eric Akiskalian has made a name for himself over the past two decades as a dedicated big-wave surfer, promoter, photographer, the owner of Towsurfer.com, Founder of the Association of Professional Towsurfers, 2X Billabong XXL Global Big-Wave Award Nominee, Producer of Big-Wave Addicts, and now an award winning journalist.

Akiskalian recently received the high honors and recognition as the Journalist of the Year for his interview with big-wave surfer, Marcio Freire from Maui, Hawaii.

Doctor of Nursing Practice:
are they Physicians?

I was a Pharmacology Professor for 25 years during which time I also taught 16 classes of Nurse Pharmacology.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The Nursing Profession continues to advance in several directions beyond the R.N. degree which itself seems to have several modifications such as the original 4 year B.S.R.N. degree and the 2 year R.N. degree (?).

It also has the L.P.N. – Licensed Practical Nurse with some modifications.

Agent Orange victims still living in pain, says US envoy

“The US Government should provide direct assistance to victims apart from cleaning up contamination hot-spots” - Nguyen Van Rinh, chairman of the Vietnamese association,

(HANOI) - National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan yesterday thanked Bob Filner, a member of the US House of Representatives, for his valuable support for Viet Nam, particularly in connection with the spraying of Agent Orange during the American War.

Ngan said that since Viet Nam and the US normalized relations 16 years ago, there had been great achievements in politics, security and defense, economics, trade, education and training, science and technology, and humanitarian co-operation.

It`s ALL a God Thing

Dorothy Day and Rachel Corrie told the stories of the oppressed. They both are dead, but as long as I can do something and have breath, I too will tell the stories I heard and try to be a peacemaker...

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Over the last few days, Dorothy Day has come up in many conversations with local people as well as Internet connections.

Coming soon is my book review of ALL IS GRACE, A Biography of Dorothy Day, by Jim Forest who knew her as a friend and mentor.

America on Israel`s Altar

“We don't even have a treaty with Israel. Why do we have this automatic commitment that we're going to send our kids and send our money endlessly to Israel?” - Ron Paul

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - The Boston Globe called U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul a “Republican maverick”.

The label has been attached to Paul primarily because he differs from the other Republican presidential candidates on foreign policy.

Sri Lanka`s No-Win Situation

The government-appointed commission recognises the importance of a political solution, but there seems to be no breakthrough.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - SRI LANKAN President Mahinda Rajapaksa has a choice to make. Before him is the voluminous “Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report”. The question on many lips is “What will he do with it?”

His decision on the report – or procrastination over it – will decide the direction his country takes and what happens to it in international fora.

Private Equity`s Investment in Congress

Includes an analysis conducted by MapLight of contributions from Private Equity and Investment Firms to members of Congress.

(BERKELEY) - Mitt Romney's success at the Iowa caucus has carried over to New Hampshire, where he currently enjoys a comfortable lead in the polls over his opponents in that state's presidential primary.

Looking to chip away at Romney's lead, his rivals are highlighting the former Massachusetts governor's time at Bain Capital, a private equity and investment firm, where they say Romney enjoyed profits at the expense of others' employment.

What an Attack in Iran Could Mean for America

An attack on Iran will be the real and true launch for World War Three, which Americans seem to actually want.

(SALEM) - Americans are slow at the draw, really painfully slow, and our inability to remember is a central theme when politicians decide which move to make next; especially when determining which country and people will be the next to "deserve" one of America's mighty military attacks.

There was a time when people were a little less fat and sassy; they used to have a better fix on the impact of what it means to be poor, sick, and for God's sake to wage war on another country...