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`Israel owns 300 nuclear missiles` - President Ahmadinjad

Meanwhile, Russia warned of what it has described as “destructive consequences” that could result should Iran be attacked.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - On Monday November 07, 2011 journalist Alaa Ashkar for IMEMC & Agencies wrote: “Even though Israel owns 300 nuclear missiles, the fact wouldn’t benefit it; Israel is going to be wiped off the map,” Ahmadinejad to the Egyptian Al-Akhbar Newspaper.

He added that the US and the West are concerned about Iran because it is more sophisticated and developed than they are, denying Iran’s claimed intention of developing weapons of mass destruction, and confirming that Israel is ongoing with developing nuclear heads.

A World United for Human Rights

“ … disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind …”
- (United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

(LAVERNE, Calif.) - Citizens no longer control their government; they are slaves to it.

Representatives no longer serve the citizen seeking their consent to govern, they are servants of the corporations and lobbies that control the economic system to which the citizen is enslaved. Presidents no longer lead, they are the obedient lackeys of their corporate overseers.

Obama OKs Piracy and Brutality

"As a Palestinian, I was not surprised at how the IDF treated us" - Majd Kayal

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - Barack Obama failed to criticize the killing of 9 unarmed activists in International waters in 2010. This told Israel that it’s OK to attack unarmed boats in international waters and to kill peace activists – even including an American citizen, Furkan Dogan. (Had the attackers been Somalis they would have been labeled pirates and hunted down by U.S. forces.)

So on Nov. 4, 2011 Israel again violently attacked unarmed boats trying to get to Gaza.

Cele Castillo- American DEA Hero- Scapegoat for `Fast and Furious`?

America's habit of making enemies out of former allies turns inward with the conviction of a decorated DEA Agent in a crime the U.S. ATF itself committed.

(SALEM) - The conduct the U.S. is willing to commit to quiet its opponents is shocking. Retired DEA Agent Celerino "Cele" Castillo III was a front line agent for 12 years in the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Today he's serving a 37-month prison sentence, and the feds would not mind if Americans believed they convicted someone in connection with a crime the ATF is presently accused of.

`Have Rabbis Forgotten The Experiments on Jewish Women at Auschwitz?`

Auschwitz was the largest and one of the most infamous of the camps and the site of numerous ‘medical’ experiments.

(LOS ANGELES) - Today, rabbis across the US are silent as the Nuremberg Code is being dismantled. From Nurses and the sterilization experiments of Auschwitz: a postmodernist perspective

Taliban Steps Up Attacks Ahead of Afghan Loya Jirga

Taliban says they will disrupt coming Loya Jirga.

(KABUL Xinhua) - Amid the Afghan government's efforts to convene Loya Jirga or traditional grand assembly, to get national endorsement for inking the possible strategic partnership with the U.S., Taliban militants have intensified attacks to spoil the step.

The armed outfit fighting the Afghan government and some 130,000 strong-NATO-led troops with nearly 100,000 of them Americans, in the latest attacks, targeted a logistic company in Herat province.

Dreams of Democracy

"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven." --H. L. Mencken

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Leno asks questions that anyone with a rudimentary knowledge should be able to answer. The extent of the ignorance of the average public is perfect for a comedian, but disastrous for a democracy.

Returning to the voices for democracy, Arab protesters often don't know what it entails other than a constitution, a vote and representative voices in a parliament or congress.

`A Brutal Crackdown` - Sri Lanka Cranks Up Pressure on Journalists

A survey conducted by the media ministry, says the ministry statement, has revealed that certain websites violate the country’s laws in terms of defamation and character assassination.

(COLOMBO BBC) - Media watchdogs in Sri Lanka have raised serious concerns over the latest move by the government to block certain websites seem to be critical of the government.

The Free Media Movement said the government is now targeting the new media despite facing international outcry over threats and intimidation.

36 Million Deaths in the World Due to Noncommunicable Diseases

A life full of exercise, a balanced nutrition, and social familiar gatherings, is the perfect cure for noncommunicable diseases.

(MADRID) - "Noncommunicable diseases are the number one cause of death in the world", declared Dr. Douglas Bettcher, Director of the WHO’s Tobacco Free Initiative, during the presentation of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Moratlity Report in 2008.

Dennis Kucinich: Al Qaeda flying its Flag over Libya

We manufacture our enemies these days; contrived or not, Al Qaeda is the ultimate manifestation of our sheepish ignorance.

(SALEM) - Dennis Kucinich delivers a chilling revelation; that according to reports, the flag of Al Qaeda is flying over Benghazi, Libya.