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WATCH LIVE RESPONSE - Occupy Denver Holds Their Ground

There are unconfirmed reports that 2 DPD officers have handed in their badges in objection to the raid of the Occupation.

(DENVER, Co.) - Occupy Denver reports that at 7:30 p.m. toniht, Denver Riot Police begin to move in and request the remaining protesters clear Civic Center Park. The protesters say they reminded officers that they have until 11:00 p.m. to be there and hold their ground.

Protesters chanted a reminder that they are non-violent and request that the DPD remain non-violent as well. They continued to hold their ground as garbage trucks rolled off with the remnants of the camp.

PHOTOS - Israeli Drone Attacks Killing 7 Gazans, Responding Resistance Rocket Kills Israeli

Israel's addiction to war gets a payback.

(SALEM) - Israeli aircraft struck at Palestinian militants in Gaza according to The Associated Press Saturday. Forces within Gaza responded with a volley of rockets aimed at southern Israeli towns, and one Israeli has died in the return attacks.

Israel never does stop attacking the mostly defenseless people of Gaza, sort of like a dog that bites at you every time you walk by, but occasionally goes for the throat.

Shalit Deal Reveals Israel`s Superiority Complex

Palestinian prisoners freed last week. The Shalit deal is a public display of Israel’s racist price index, designed to update the market values of the region’s various races.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - One Israeli soldier for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners. This equation has fostered more or less the following logic: The life of an Israeli is more valuable than that of a Palestinian. How much more valuable? Much more. In fact, 1,027 times more valuable.

Afghanistan Suicide Blast Targets ISAF Convoy - Kills 13 Americans

At least 17 people, including 13 NATO personnel, killed in capital Kabul in attack claimed by Taliban.

(KABUL / SALEM) - Taliban forces are claiming responsibility for a suicide attack in Kabul, that left at least 17 people dead, including 13 Americans. The weapon used in the attack was a VBID (Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device); the car packed with explosives rammed a convoy of military vehicles.

It happened Saturday, the personnel were attached to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

Ahlam and Nezar, A Palestinian Couple Released in The Prisoner Exchange

This is the personal story, the life in prison, and the courtship and marriage of Ahlam and Nezar, who now face an uncertain future.

(CHICAGO) - Two young Palestinians, Ahlam and Nezar Tammimi, were among the 477 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons, October 18.

They were in the first contingent of what is supposed to become more than one thousand Palestinians released in an exchange for Israeli Sergeant Gilad Shalit.

US Congress for black ops against Iran

"... we cannot take any reckless actions which may lead to opening another front in the 'War on Terror,' which the American people do not want and cannot afford" - Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)

(TEHRAN) - The US secret agenda for tightening its vice-like grip on the Islamic Republic of Iran has taken on an apparently new form after the anti-Iran alleged assassination plot against the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, raised many eyebrows among experts and analysts around the world.

Keizer, Police Investigate Shooting and Assault

Keizer Police Captain Jeff Kuhns says a gang fight involving 30 people was reported.

(KEIZER, Ore.) - Keizer Police responded to the Partridge Lane Apartments, in the 3900 block of Partridge Lane NE, at 8:52 p.m. Friday evening after receiving a report of a "gang fight" where a shooting had occurred.

Keizer Police Captain Jeff Kuhns, says officers on scene have confirmed at least one individual has sustained what appears to be a non-life threatening injury related to gunfire, however a second male victim was assaulted by other means and his condition remains unknown at this time.

Police Ask for Public`s Help Locating Missing Woman

Portland Police Seek Public's Help Locating Missing Person

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Portland Police Bureau is asking for the public's help in locating 27-year-old Jessica Elizabeth Owen of Southeast Portland. Jessica was last seen in the area of Southeast 87th Avenue and Tolman Street on Friday afternoon.

Jessica is described as a white female, 5'07", 130 pounds, shaved head with a pony tail, and green eyes. Jessica has a full sleeve tattoo of flowers on her right arm, a tattoo of a snake on her back, and several other tattoos on her ears, wrists, and ankles. Jessica also has multiple piercings in her ears, nose and lips.

Endorse the People`s Charter to Create a Nonviolent World

Once the Charter is launched on November 11th the organizers will launch a signature site where people can sign on in a commitment to act on the principles of the Charter.

(EUREKA, Calif.) - Some fellow students of nonviolence from Australia are preparing to launch an effort they call the People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World, and I am sending this out to all of you in the hope that you will endorse this worthy effort.

It is another link in the chain of nonviolence that can, when it gathers up enough people in its gentle arms, one day break the cycle of violence that threatens to destroy the very world in which we live.

Police Brutality in America and Worldwide

"Don't threaten me under color of authority" - standard reply for any police who object to videotape.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A rich person can buy their way out of most problems in America, after all this is a country where presidents launch unilateral wars that claim a million plus lives over bad information. But that aside, when it comes to push and shove, all of the money in the world won't necessarily get you out from under the jack boot of police brutality.

Of course the people who believe in this practice, generally redneck types in pick up trucks; they are almost never the victims of this practice.