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US Caught Off-guard by Iran Sanctions

According to the Iranian lawmakers who have put forward the proposal, the dossier of these 26 officials will be referred to international courts after they are tried in Iran in absentia.

(TEHRAN) - Iran's Parliament has imposed sanctions on and indicted 26 US officials for perpetrating war crimes and violating human rights.

`Reactor Reax` - Roundup uf Nuclear Weapons and Evegy Stories

This is a good roundup of information put together by Physicians for Social Responsibility and delivered to our viewers on a weekly basis.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - There are big questions over the escalating cost of a nuclear facility under construction in the state of Virginia.

It isn't to say there aren't answers; the developers are simply going to pass the cost along to the taxpayer once the reactors are completed.

Gaddafi Can Stay `In Another Room of the Palace`

France Says NATO Bombing Has Failed.

(TRIPOLI) - The world is increasingly examining the role of NATO in Libya with critical eyes.

Could it be that this is one more money and oil sham? The people of Tripoli believe that as they bury their dead.

The Willamette Humane Society Spay and Neuter Clinic is Purrrrr-fect

Getting fixed makes for a long and happy life

(SALEM, Ore.) - The most important reason to spay or neuter your pet is that it will literally save lives. That is the message heard loud and clear when one enters the Willamette Humane Society's Spay and Neuter clinic in Salem.

A little known fact to most Americans is that pet overpopulation is a serious problem, reaching a crisis point in our country.

Military Suicides and Condolence Letters- What Gives?

The Army drives us crazy, then wonders what happened.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The New York Times printed an article on July 7 2011 entitled "US to Send Condolences after Suicides in WarZones".

For the first time ever, a US President will extend condolences after an active-duty suicide.

Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists and the Disappearing Middle Class

What is the war in Afghanistan about?

(NEW YORK) - The US government spends $10 billion dollars a month, or $120 billion a year, to fight an estimated “50 -75 ‘Al Qaeda types’ in Afghanistan”, according to the CIA and quoted in the Financial Times of London.

Welcome to the State of the Police

Special thanks to Adam Keller's blog, for Israeli citizen Hagai Matar's eyewitness account of events yesterday at Ben Gurion airport.

(TEL AVIV) - Hundreds of police and other security personnel, dozens of Interior Ministry employees, a careful intelligence work, a massive PR campaign. What for?

In order to prevent a few hundred peace activists from touring the country and seeing its reality that, to arrest five Israelis, and drive away from the airport three journalists - including yours truly.

Flotilla, Flytilla and the prospect of `Civil Society Action`

Israel's fate is doomed. It is just a question of time. It is not a matter of ‘if’ but a question of ‘when’.

(LONDON) - It might be argued that the passing week was not very easy on the Palestinian solidarity movement: firstly, an international peaceful flotilla aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza did not manage to leave Greek ports.

The Greek government had surrendered submissively to Israeli pressure and American Jewish organisations, and blocked the naval enterprise.

A letter from a Palestinian woman to the supporters of Palestine

I hope one day to share a coffee with you in my home or in yours, for when this day comes we will have reached our freedom.

(RAMALLAH) - I would like to talk to you as the voice of the thousands of Palestinians who appreciate what you are doing. You who have a great commitment to human rights and who actually act upon your beliefs.

You risk your life to both witness and tell the truth of what you see. You are a group of people who understand what is happening in the holy land and have decided to dedicate your time, money and energy to the issue.

Israel Accused of Mistreating Elderly Western National Prisoners

'Welcome to Palestine' partipants who simply told Israeli authorities they were there to visit Palestine were arrested in droves for simply trying...

(BETHLEHEM / JERUSALEM) - Israeli authorities set stringent conditions for release of "Welcome to Palestine" prisoners.

The large majority of international visitors are still incarcerated under brutal conditions, begin a hunger strike in Israeli jail Bethlehem, today.