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Tehelka Images Show Cop Brutality in Bihar, India

The particular incident in Bhajanpura was triggered by a protest by the villagers against the blockage of their only access road by a factory. They have been using this road for the past 60 years.

(BHAJANPURA, India Tehelka) - An obscure village of Forbesganj town in Araria, one of the most backward districts of Bihar, has unwittingly become the epicentre of communal politics.

On 3 June, police bullets and atrocities took four lives, including an seven-month-old baby, a pregnant woman and an injured man, who was heinously stomped to death.

Pilger`s Documentary The Wars You Don`t See

His latest documentary, "THE WARS YOU DON'T SEE." is meant perhaps for the western audience, revealing deeply disturbing truth that affects us all.

(NEW DELHI ) - "John Pilger is a world-renowned investigative journalist, author and documentary filmmaker, who began his career in his homeland, Australia, before moving to London in the 1960s.

He has been a foreign correspondent and writes for The New Statesman and the U.K. Guardian. He has twice won Britain’s Journalist of the Year Award...

NRC Website Defines Media Blackout Over Nebraska Nuclear Plant Flooding

Americans are getting more information about the drowning nuclear plant from civilians on YouTube than government agencies or media.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As the U.S. populace idles along in relative ignorance over the looming nuclear disaster in Nebraska.

The NRC doesn't seem to know about Nebraska. Of course I say this in jest, but sadly, this reported informational blackout that keeps coming up, seems to be patently true

Rosalie Bertell - `Right Livelihood` Award Winner

"For raising public awareness about the destruction of the biosphere and human gene pool, especially by low-level radiation." Rosalie Bertell (Canada) Joint Award with Alice Stewart (1986)

(ARCATA, Calif.) - "NUCLEAR FIGHTER"... Dr. Rosalie Bertell maintains the nuclear industry and military policy makers are the world's main polluters.

Anti-nuclear nun an environmental epidemiologist Dr. Rosalie Bertell, a Grey Nun for half a century, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of radiation. neither a recluse nor a denizen of the Ivory Tower. She is an activist and whistle blower.

Horrors of Israel`s Brutality Not Lost on Mideast Anchors

"Every time I hear that Israel is America's only friend in the Middle East, I remember that before Israel, America had no enemies in the Middle East." - Comment from a Jesuit

(SALEM, Ore.) - Perhaps we shouldn't all sit around crying about it, but the effects of Israel's murder of civilians during Operation Cast Lead; the murderous attack on Gaza two years ago that left almost 1500 dead and thousand upon thousand injured and maimed... it was like dropping a bomb on humanity.

One place where the sympathies weren't clouded by the influence of the pro-Israeli lobby, were the news desks of our brother and sister journalists in the Middle east.

Jewish Circumcision Opponents Grow More Vocal

“Our essential message is that all Jews do have a choice; we can be fully identified and affiliated as Jews, and fully engaged spiritually in a Jewish context, without circumcising our infants,”

(MIAMI) - As the legal maneuvering begins in San Francisco over a ballot initiative that seeks to prohibit the non-medically necessary circumcision of minors there, a number of Jewish people opposed to the practice are stepping forward to weigh in on the circumcision question.

Earlier this week, JCRC, released a Message to Jewish Americans that addressed questioning circumcision from a Jewish point of view.

Looming Nuclear Disaster in Nebraska?
Berm Protecting Calhoun Facility Collapses

The NRC was actually on the scene when it happened.

(FORT CALHOUN, Neb.) - We first told our readers about the periolous floodwaters surrounding the Calhoun nuclear plane in Nebraska reported through Russian sources on 17 June.

Marijuana in Oregon: 300,000 Users, New Restrictions will Increase Use

In Oregon we will approach 100,000 legal cardholders within about two years.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - My text comes partially from the Oregonian editorial June 11, 2011 Re Marijuana: “Seeing Through the Smoke” which again impugns or questions the efficacy of Medical Marijuana.

Japanese Food Researcher Creates World`s First Sh*t Sandwich... seriously

Poop burger uses artificial meat From human feces.

(TOKYO Inhabitat) - Some hardcore carnivores have a hard time finding meat alternatives such as soy protein or tofu burgers to be palatable.

But non-meat eaters may lose their appetite along with their carnivorous friends over this one – a meat alternative made from HUMAN EXCREMENT.

Greek Officials Attempt to Block U.S. Boat to Gaza from Leaving Port

Passengers suspect Israel/U.S. economic pressure on beleaguered Greek government.

(ATHENS) - Passengers on the U.S. Boat to Gaza, The Audacity of Hope, are asking if a political decision has been made by the Greek government in response to U.S. and Israeli government pressure.

Two days ago, the American passengers learned that a "private complaint" had been filed against the U.S. Boat to Gaza, which is part of an international flotilla scheduled to sail to Gaza in the next few days.