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Angels, Parents and Proverbs... Double Shot of Sunday Poetry

An Angel Is In The Midst 'Exodus 23' Angels and As Parents Remember Proverbs 22: 6 & Ecclesiastes 7: 1.

(CLEVELAND) - It is a good time for human beings to be on alert and paying attention to the world around them... the one that they can see is damaged, hurting and increasingly frail.

While alive, in the physical realm, we exist in a place that we simultaenously destroy with war and profit ventures; we do it knowing that most of us are helpless and those in power don't care about the right things, they care about stuffing their wallets often at the expense of the poor and little else.

THE POPE, THE PRIESTHOOD, AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN: The Untold Story

Many offenders abused multiple victims, so children at risk is likely in the tens, or even hundreds, of thousands.

(NEW YORK) - Ten years after first reports of priestly sex abuse in Boston, human rights lawyers filed an 84 page complaint and over 20,000 pages of supporting documents with the International Criminal Court in The Hague, urging it to investigate and prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and three top Vatican officials for crimes against humanity.

All are accused of knowingly abetting and covering up rape and sexual assault of women and children by celibate priests.

Once Again, War is Prime Time and Journalism`s Role is Taboo

The role of respectable journalism in western state crimes — from Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan to Libya — remains taboo.

(MELBOURNE, Aust.) - On 22 May 2007, the Guardian’s Iran’s secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq." The writer, Simon Tisdall, claimed that Iran had secret plans to defeat American troops in Iraq, which included "forging ties with al-Qaeda elements."

Panetta: Israel & Palestine must `Get to the Damn Bed`

There is not much left of Palestine, except memories.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - In remarks made at the Brookings Institution Friday, Panetta said:

“The problem right now is we can’t get them [Israel's leaders] to the damn table to at least sit down and begin to discuss their differences...”

Tamaulipas News: Border Governor on PR Offensive

“Security has improved with the arrival of the military…” - Michael Barkin, US counsel general, Matamoros

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - It is unusual in the U.S., for state government to take to national airwaves to pitch perceived accomplishments in costly ads.

But in Mexico, as federal power diffuses to state level, more states are aiming for national audiences in publicizing their purported achievements.

An America That`s Never Wrong

“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” --Arthur Schopenhauer

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Americans won't like this. Practically everyone else will...

Rupture and Reconciliation: Fix-It for a Mangled Marriage

They poised their Cupid's arrows to celebrate Valentine's Week on a warm weather vacation as an incentive.

(SALEM) - A good friend of mine almost had their long-term marriage in shambles. The issue was neither economic woes nor marital infidelity. It was a communications gap largely caused by very different personal and social values.

Africa `Let Down` by Busan aid agreement says ActionAid

" ...What happens in the next six months is crucial..." - Lucia Fry, ActionAid

(BUSAN, South Korea) - Africa’s priorities were sidelined in a ‘global partnership’ at the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, in Busan, an anti-poverty group says.

Actionaid, which operates in over 20 African countries, called for a global agreement on aid to put poor country governments in the driving seat of development- what ActionAid calls ‘Real Aid’.

Netanyahu Ends Ad Campaign Encouraging Return of Israeli expats from the U.S.

ADL has called campaign demeaning to American Jewry; Israel's ambassador to the U.S.: PM had no knowledge of initiative

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to discontinue a controversial Immigration and Absorption Ministry campaign in the United States aimed at convincing expatriate Israelis to return, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported on Friday.

The campaign, which warns Israelis that if they continue to live in the United States, they or their children are likely to become assimilated, has raised the ire of American Jewish groups.

The Second Bush Plan for a Fascist Coup of the US

News from US Citizens Against Fascism.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In 1933 Prescott Bush, who made the Bush fortune in Nazi Germany, attempted a Fascist coup in the United States on behalf of himself and various corporations.

He wanted a system like Hitler's and Mussolini's here. He was not executed or imprisoned. The House Un-American Acttivies committee did nothing. The Justice Department did nothing.