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Harper Says He Will Champion Human Rights at Perth Summit

Sri Lanka's government has denied its forces committed war crimes and has refused any investigation.

(OTTAWA Edmonton Sun) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper jets to Perth, Australia, on Tuesday where he is expected to press Canada's commonwealth cousins to do more to champion human rights.

Harper will arrive in the western Australia city on Wednesday, where Queen Elizabeth II will preside over the biennial meeting of the 54 members of her commonwealth.

Palestinian Prisoners Behind Bars and Walls

From Eileen Fleming's “Memoirs of a Nice Irish American ‘Girl’s’ Life in Occupied Territory”.

(WEST BANK, Palestine) - Joharah Baker is Director of the Media and Information Department at the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH). She wrote:

It has been just under a week since the historic deal between Hamas and Israel saw the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit for 1,027 Palestinian political prisoners.

The US power grab in Africa

Washington couldn't care less about the "responsibility to protect" civilians; the only thing that matters is the excuse to "protect" Libya's and Africa's wealth for its own interests.

(SAO PAULO Asia Times) - Beware of strangers bearing gifts. Post-modern Amazon and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finally landed in Tripoli - on a military jet - to lavish praise on the dodgy Transitional National Council (TNC), those opportunists/defectors/Islamists formerly known as "North Atlantic Treaty Organization rebels".

Clinton was greeted on Tuesday "on the soil of free Libya" (her words) by what the New York Times quaintly described as an "irregular militia".

(UPDATE: Petition passes!) Petition to Allow Military Veterans Access to medical marijuana for PTSD

Only a Few Signatures Needed... Last Hours of Petition

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A petition to allow the use of medical marijuana for veterans suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is something readers can quickly sign and show their support for those who serve their country.

Reflections on the Life and Death of Muammar Gaddafi

The circumstances of his shameful death outside the rule of law bode ill for the humanity's chances of escaping the self-suicide of global warfare.

(LETHBRIDGE, Alberta) - I first learned of Gaddafi from friends in the American Indian Movement of North America. The scholarly and generous Gaddafi offered these folks and their justice struggle help, both in terms of resources and in terms of lending legitimacy to their cause.

Over the years Gaddafi often educated me when I heard his recorded speeches about Israel, decolonization, Dimona, Obama, pan-Africanism, the assassination of JFK and such.

Where Is There A Real Christian Church?

There are many reasons that trust is fleeting and faith is more misunderstood than ever.

(CLEVELAND) - Have Christians lost their way for the most part? It seems the message that the church exists to communicate is all too frequently forgotten, replaced by personal needs and desires, social quests and networking for the sake of business and prosperity.

It's supposed to be about love and fidelity, honesty, thoughtfulness and kindness; caring for the poor and underprivileged. Yet churches can become halls of judgment, and places of scorn and shame, and there is a long list of other things.

The Lion of Libya: Omar Mukhtar, Launched Resistance of Italy`s Colonial Invasion 100 Years Ago

Haliburton said that "Libyan operations are expected to make a positive contribution in 2112" - BBC

(SALEM, Ore.) - Problems associated with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were no big deal until recently; take a step back and look at Libya's past, examine the character of one of Gaddafi's heroes, then decide if western military forces belong there. It was reported tonight that Gaddafi's body is still being paraded around Libya by the rebels at this time.

We had video of the brutalizing of Col. Gaddafi published very early; gunshots are heard, and then the camera shows the national leader's lifeless body.

LA Vets Demand Housing at Giant VA Campus

It's one of the biggest insults to American Veterans in history.

(CLEVELAND) - Veterans, after the Civil War, were awarded land for parks, housing and medical facilities by private groups across America.

One such plot of land, now worth billions of dollars, is the Los Angeles Veterans Park, one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the United States. Across the country, political insiders and developers misuse veteran facilities, not owned by the federal government, but held in trust for veterans

FBI Releases 2010 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Of the 56 officers feloniously killed, 15 were ambushed; 14 of the slain officers were involved in arrest situations; eight were investigating suspicious persons/circumstances.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - According to information released today by the FBI, 56 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 72 officers died in accidents while performing their duties; and 53,469 officers were assaulted in the line of duty.

The 2010 edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted released today provides comprehensive tabular data about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal attacks.

Saving Sergeant Shalit

The Israeli Human Rights Organisation B'Tselem reports that as of October 2002, 85% of Palestinian detainees [had] been tortured during interrogation.

(LONDON) - As a boy soldier returns home to assuage the 'righteous indignation' of a nation state, no longer 'sensitive [even] to its image of democracy', one can only agonise on the return of other soldiers and civilians of no blame but to be under the yoke of Israel, who on release from Israeli prisons, there incarcerated for resisting a 'brutal occupation' find themselves in another prison, Gaza, many released into exile and an uncertain future.

Does Israel really care for its returned son? Or was he used as a political pawn? Was 'partial intelligence' soon after his capture enough to effect a rescue operation?