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Parent Or Child, Who Runs The Show?

Who is running this show?

(CLEVELAND) - In Luke Easter's latest poem, we see how problems our children experience are often our own problems that we hand down to them. It is hard to face, but parents need to raise their level of awareness for the benefit of all.

It truly is hard to hold a child to blame when they are not who buys the family groceries, or establishes the rules that regulate what the do and do not eat and drink. They depend on parents to do the right thing,

MIA Tweets in Support of London Rioters

MIA upsets fans with tongue-in-cheek tweet about London riots

(SALEM, Ore.) - MIA has angered some of her fans after a Twitter message suggested she was going to help out the rioters in the UK who are causing major problems. The unrest has now spread to four cities. It all began in Tottenham over the weekend, after a man named Mark Duggan was shot by police.

The riots are now taking place in London boroughs of Clapham, Enfield, Ealing, Peckham, Lewisham and Croydon. Looters have attacked and robbed stores, and there is panic.

NATO Planning Military Attack on Iran

Last month, former CIA agent Robert Baer said he is almost certain that such an attack has been scheduled for September ahead of a UN vote on recognizing a Palestinian state".

(SEOUL, Korea) - "Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin says the NATO is planning a military strike against the Islamic Republic to overthrow the Iranian government.

Rogozin said in an interview with Russia's Izvestia daily newspaper published on Friday that the NATO was pursuing a long-reaching goal of preparing an attack on Iran, adding that the alliance intends to change governments whose views do not coincide with those of the West.

Thousands of People Walk for Agent Orange Victims

(HANOI VietNamNet Bridge) - Thousands of people walked around Hanoi’s Thien Quang Lake in the morning of August 7 to raise fund for Agent Orange victims.

Held by the Vietnam Red Cross Society to commemorate 50 years of the ‘Agent Orange’ tragedy in Vietnam; the theme of the peace walk is “Take care of health and improve lives of Agent Orange victims”.

Beating the Drum to Keep Salem-News Alive and Well

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(SALEM, Ore.) - Today I am beating the drum. It is becoming louder and will soon reverberate throughout each page of our news site.

We need support to keep Salem-News "on the air". If you can, PLEASE donate ASAP.

Protests Grow in Israel, With 250,000 Marching

Thousands of Israelis march during a protest in Tel Aviv against the rising cost of living.

(JERUSALEM ) - At least 250,000 Israelis took to the streets on Saturday night to demonstrate against the high cost of living and lack of affordable housing, the largest in three weeks of protests aimed at forcing social and economic issues onto the government’s agenda.

The popular protest movement, which crosses the traditional Israeli political lines of left and right, began with a Facebook call to pitch tents along a stylish Tel Aviv boulevard.

Agent Orange: U.S. Veterans Asked To Help Korean Government Investigation

Uncovering the reality of Monsanto and Agent Orange in South Korea.

(SEOUL, Korea) - Former U.S. Army Captain Phil Steward provided testimony to the Korean National Assembly on Monday, August 1st, on the U.S. Army’s use of herbicdes in Korea during 1968-1969, according to a news story in The Chosunilbo and confirmed in an email from Steward to me today.

The Chairman of the Korean National Sub-Committee asked Steward to help in obtaining statements from Korean veterans about their probably exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides.

Phone call and Email to Secretary of State Clinton RE: Israel, WMD, Mordechai Vanunu and Human Rights

Mordechai Vanunu dared to articulate a brighter vision for humanity.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - On Monday morning around 9 AM, I left a message with the person answering the phone for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeking a statement regarding Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Mordechai Vanunu and Human Rights.

I told her I was a columnist for Veterans Today, Salem-News, others and I have been following the saga of Mordechai Vanunu since 2005.

They Want Us to Stop Advocating for Palestine

Sumud - be steadfast, trust your instincts and follow your heart when attacks from within take place^[1] .

(SALEM, Ore.) - No required amount of brain energy is needed to reach this conclusion; that Israel wants all of us who write about their apartheid politics to go away, dry up, disappear.

They fear our gritty reports about Palestine that slice right up the middle and expose the guts of the Israeli operation to ethnically cleanse land they have taken and claimed as their own for 63 years.

The Future of the Internet: Pierre Gauthier and the G-Wan Web Server

G-Wan is a revolutionary piece of software for the internet industry.

(SALT LAKE CITY) - The Internet has grown by leaps and bounds in the past decade. It has gradually taken the place of older communications technologies such as Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Radios, and Television.

As an interactive communications medium, the Internet is qualitatively different than passive “broadcast” media, and consequently it is playing an even larger role in society.