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Idle speculation to be kept from the devil

As the saying goes in my country...

(UGANDA) - I came to know recently Imran Khan, a Pakistani opposition political figure courtesy of Hard Talk, BBC.

Again according to BBC, Khan has managed to attract tremendous support from ordinary Pakistanis by reading the current mood revolving round a sentiment described as “anti-Americanism.”

100 Years of No Workers` Comp

For some, a century of poverty.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - For the nearly one hundred years New Mexico has been a US state, farm and ranch workers have been excluded from the state workers’ compensation system.

The labor force was systematically left out of legislation passed in 1917, 1937, 1973 and 1990. Despite the exclusion, contributions to the state administrative system are deducted from workers’ paychecks.

Doors of Perception

Obama was elected by voters who have no power other than the power to vote.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - A few years ago, I was fascinated by this very short story: One day a man opened the garage door, which startled a large butterfly. It flew immediately to its perceived escape, the circle-topped window where it frantically tried to exit through the invisible wall of closed glass.

President Ali Saleh: A Yemenie War Criminal in Obama`s Court

"Liberty, Oh Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name." - Madame Roland, French Revolution, on her way to the Guillotine

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Much like Gandhi’s Salt March in India in 1930 the “March of Life” in Yemen began in the besieged bombed southern city of Taiz with tens of thousands of men, women, and children, walking for five days to the northern capitol city of Sana to protest the illegal immunity given the blood and money thirsty tyrant, President Ali Abdullah Saleh by the U.S. – Saudi Plan.

The plan calls for a transfer of power from Saleh to his vice president while he remains in power for three months.

Israeli Army Radio instructed to call West Bank by biblical `Judea and Samaria`

Army Radio instructed to call West Bank by biblical ‘Judea and Samaria’

(TEL AVIV +972 Mag) - According to a report in Israel National News, the commander of Israel Army Radio, the national radio station in Israel operated by the Israel Defense Forces, has determined that all the station’s reporters should refer to the West Bank as “Judea and Samaria.”

The report states the decision was made as a result of complaints made by Israel Media Watch that the radio station’s referral to the area as the “West Bank” gives the impression to listeners that the territory does not in fact belong to Israel.

An atheist at Christmas: Oh come all ye faithless

For an atheist, one of the most interesting functions of Christmas is its fostering of a spirit of community.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Christmas is inevitably a rather problematic time for atheists.

Does one sour the mood, somewhere between the turkey and the pudding, and overtly declare the entire festivity is built on the naivety and, if one’s feeling particularly spiky, the blatant stupidity of one’s ancestors?

Montanans Launch Recall of Senators Who Approved NDAA Military Detention. Merry Christmas, US Senate

Montana would be the first recall drive to be launched as a result of the vote for the NDAA military detentions provisions.

(HELENA) - Activists in one state made an unexpected move against US senators who passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011- which allows for the indefinite military detention of Americans without charge or trial.

Montanans have announced the launch of recall campaigns to give senators who voted for the bill the boot.

Prominent Egyptian activist and blogger released from prison...

Egyptian Blogger and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah released from prison, pending further ‎investigations into the Maspero clashes. Is it a cause for rejoicing, or is it too late to resuscitate a dying revolution?

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Prominent Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been released from custody.

Vittorio Arrigoni: Gifts that are Given, and Those Taken From Us

This Christmas remember our warrior for humanity, Vittorio 'Vik' Arrigoni.

(SALEM) - When we first reported the death of Vittorio Arrigoni last April, we knew we were faced with the passing of a spirit larger than those that can be contained inside of any man, or activist.

His death represented something far worse than the loss of any single person.

The `gift` that continues to cause destruction - Christmas in Vietnam, 2011

Friends, I would like to ask you on reading this letter that perhaps you may wish to add your comments and write a letter to the office of Monsanto

(LONDON) - While in Ho Chi Minh City on 12th December I decided to deliver by hand a letter to the office of Monsanto. On arrival was told that the director was away on business out of the country, this was the same excuse given a few years earlier.

However I explained to the young Vietnamese lady my disappointment and asked that I would like to have a reply.