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Jesus Christ, PIA`s and Nuclear Resistance

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Genius will not. Education will not. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." - Calvin Coolidge

(TENNESSEE) - Today, the third of The Y-12 Thirteen were sentenced. They were arrested on 5 July 2010 after crossing through the thin strands of barbed wire at the Y-12 Oak Ridge, nuclear weapons site in Tennessee and charged with trespassing.

Their motives were fueled by faith/conscience in protest of the continued and soon to be expanded production of Hydrogen Bomb materials at the Y-12 Complex.

Family Farmers and Ranchers: `Enough Is Enough` - of Obama Administration`s Agriculture Policies

“Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer”

(BILLINGS, Mont.) - R-CALF USA has scheduled a news conference for 1:00 p.m. CDT on Sept. 20, 2011, at the Callicrate Cattle Company feedlot located at 940 County Road 12, St. Francis, Kansas.

Prior to the news conference, beginning at noon, a free lunch consisting of Callicrate beef burgers will be served to the public and media.

Mexican Government Denied Information on ATF `Gun Walker` Operation

It's become a wild west world of Mexican mercenaries hired to save the populace from deadly cartels.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The United States govt. is continuing to frustrate Mexican officials, who have been battling extremely violent drug cartels in their country for the last three decades.

Mexico through diplomatic channels, has recently asked the United States to share with them all the available information and documentation concerning covert operations being conducted in their country by US military personal.

Dutch Court Will Decide if Tamil Tigers are Terrorists or Freedom Fighters

Five Sri Lankan men go on trial tomorrow in The Hague accused of supporting the separatist Tamil Tigers, or LTTE. But their possible convictions are the tip of the iceberg in a case which will be interpreted in Sri Lanka as a decision on who is right and wrong in the country’s 30 year civil war.

(THE HAGUE Radio Netherlands) - As a bloody 3-decade war raged in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, significant parts of the Tamil diaspora spread throughout the world kept themselves busy in supporting roles, one of the most important of which for the Tamil leadership was fund-raising.

Only with millions of dollars flowing in from such groups could the LTTE keep itself adequately armed to fight Sri Lanka’s state military.

Being in Time

(A talk given at the 'Palestine, Israel, Germany- The Boundaries of Open Discussion Conference’,  Freiburg 11^th September 2011)

(LONDON) - I will begin my talk with an unusual confession. Though I was born in Israel, in the first thirty years of my life I did not know much about the Nakba, the brutal and racially driven ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population in 1948 by the newly born Israeli State.

Lost Confederate Weapons and Uniforms in a Secret Attic

A story left by my grandfather before his death in 1968.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I've stumbled upon the most fascinating information about the discovery of Confederate weapons and uniforms in an abandoned Arkansas house in 1890, in a story left behind by my father's dad who we knew as 'Pop King'.

This Norman Rockwell-like experience from long ago, was a memory of my late grandfather, Francis Albert King, who made a reel to reel audio tape of his life's experiences shortly before his death, was transcribed into written form and this is the gem that my wife Bonnie recently located.

Stripped of Liberty for Avenging Drug Dealer`s Sex Crimes Against an 11-Year Old Girl

An update on Former Political Prisoner Ali Khalid Abdullah

(DETROIT, Mich.) - A most unique and distressing story has been under investigation by Civil Rights Advocate William Coleman, a former Oregon Prison Guard who blew the whistle on racism and hate crimes at the Oregon State Penitentiary and barely escaped the ordeal without a prison sentence of his own.

Remembering Lady Diana, Payne Stewart and Anna Nicole Smith

Triple shot of poetic tribute for three people who were loved by millions and lost too soon.

(CLEVELAND) - There is so much to say about the loss of entertainers, athletes and royalty, and it is clear that those who loved them often never stop, and people will adore these celebrities for most if not all of their lives.

White House Backs Chemical Industry Against Kids, Stalling EPA Hazard Reviews of Toxic Chemicals Like TCE, Indefinitely

Obama is playing with fire, placing millions of Americans at risk and harming efforts to curb current problems.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Corporate polluters won two big victories recently, but you only heard about one. That was president Obama's decision to block EPA from issuing cleaner smog standards.

Sri Lanka Recalls Diplomat Accused of War Crimes

Swissinfo, an enterprise of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that former General Jagath Dias, currently stationed in a diplomatic post in Europe is being recalled by Sri Lanka.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Sri Lankan government has recalled its second most senior diplomat to Switzerland and Germany in response to accusations he was involved in war crimes.

Former general Jagath Dias led the 57th division of the Sri Lankan army. He is accused of ordering his troops to fire upon civilian and hospital targets during the army’s final offensive against the rebel Tamil Tigers in 2009.