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Spread the word about `Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields`

The recent Channel 4 documentary tells a harrowing story of government terrorism and Genocide...

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - It has been a few weeks since Channel 4 screened "Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields."

This documentary examined the last few weeks of the war in Sri Lanka, and showed videos illustrating the horrific war crimes that were committed on both sides.

AIRFLOTILLA ----Welcome in Palestine - Willkommen in Palästina

On July 8th we are flying for Palestinian freedom -- and for our own...

(BERLIN, Germany) - Hundreds of internationals on their way to visit Palestinians in Gaza have been prevented from departing from the ports in Greece.

However, we hope that on July 8th, 2011, hundreds of others of us from many countries will succeed in reaching Palestine by flying to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv.

Flotilla update: Silvia Cattori interviews Dimitri Plionis (Greek Boat)

"I believe that it is because Israel became a military colonialist State. They are like the apartheid regime in South Africa. Israel should try to become a normal nation" - Dimitri Plionis

(ROME / ATHENS) - Under pressure from Israel and the United States, the Greek government has prohibited the Freedom Flotilla from sailing to Gaza from its ports.

Willamina Elementary Takes School Lunch to the White House

Lynne Duda, Nutrition Services Director for Willamina School District, to be honored by First Lady Obama at HealthierUS Schools Challenge White House Reception

(WILLAMINA, Ore.) - Willamina School Nutrition Director Lynne Duda is headed to the White House to attend a reception hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama in honor of the school's accomplishments in serving healthy school meals.

Mrs. Obama invited the Willamina School District official to a July 29 reception on the White House South Lawn honoring participants in the HealthierUS Schools Challenge Program.

`Welcome to Palestine` Organizers decry Israeli propaganda and threats

We will have a press conference Friday July 8 at 10:00 a.m. at the Bethlehem Peace Center in Bethlehem.

(BETHLEHEM) - The organizers of the "Welcome to Palestine" initiative decry the numerous attempts by Israeli and other media to distort our message and planned activities.

There were messages claiming that we are attempting to reach Gaza by going to Lod Airport (aka Ben Gurion airport) on July 8. Some claimed that this initiative came after the flotilla was blocked.

Jobless Combat Veterans: Another Horrible Betrayal

There are very few military skills which are transferable to civilian life.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - An Associated Press article in The Oregonian June 30, 2011 prompts this article.

Several newspapers have published that homeless veterans in the U.S. number about 300,000.

Survey: Government Physicians Practice Less Defensive Medicine Than Private Sector Peers

One government physician respondent wrote that there was “less fear of malpractice in the federal system.”

(ATLANTA, Ga.) - Physicians working under contract with the federal government practice less defensive medicine than their private sector peers.

A Brilliant and Courageous Statement

Thoughts on Venezuela's president from one of Latin America's longest running political figure.

(HAVANA, Cuba ) - Attending to other matters that are now top priority, I momentarily strayed from the frequency with which I had been writing reflections in the year 2010; however, Hugo Chávez Frías’ proclamation last Thursday the 30th, obliges me to write these lines.

The president of Venezuela is one of the men who has done the most for the health and education of his people...

For the Record... Declaration of Cultural Revolutionaries

The unofficial rules that guide brave minds in action for the betterment of mankind.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The world is ever evolving, but the highly unnatural militant direction man has chosen is wrong so often that there are few examples of it being right.

The greed of man that has led to so much contamination and desecration of Mother Earth is not always monetary; sometimes it is based on jealousy, sometimes it is racism, sometimes it is religion, sometimes it is a combination of all of these and more.

Islamophobia Erupting

Reports of a number of incidents in the past year or so strongly reveal a spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes.

(BAHRAIN) - In an earlier article I noted that evangelic preacher Pat Robertson, David Gaubatz, Paul Sperry and Daniel Pipes are Islamophobic cult leaders who take every opportunity they can to vilify Islam and Muslims.

They were all particularly vindictive following the shooting at Fort Hood by the psychopath Nidal Malik Hassan who also happened to be Muslim.