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Relief Group Signals U-turn on Gaza Plan

“We’ll make our decision by the end of this week” - Hüseyin Oruç, IHH

(ANKARA) - The aid ship Mavi Marmara has to wait a bit longer as a Turkish nongovernmental organization is considering canceling its relief mission to the Gaza Strip.

A Turkish civil-society group appears to be backing away from its previous resolve to send a new aid flotilla to Gaza, saying Tuesday that it may cancel its plans depending on developments, especially in Syria.

Facebookers Call for Bob Dylan to Boycott Israeli Concert

Human Rights Blowin' in the Wind While Bob Dylan Plays on in Tel-Aviv.

(CLERMONT, Fla,) - Tickets are currently unavailable online for Bob Dylan’s June 20^th concert at Ramat Gan Stadium but may still be available at the box office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

For months Facebook groups have been calling for Dylan to stand with the Palestinian call for BDS: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions until Israel abides by international law and ends its brutal occupation.

Freedom Flotilla Two: Another Massacre Looms?

Israel has repeatedly shown little to no regard for the lives of civilians, non-violent peace activists, or anyone else that gets in their way of “strangling” (Netanyahu’s word) the entire population of Gaza.

(NEW YORK) - On June 21, 2011 some 40 to 50 American peace activists will gather in Athens Greece to join up with the 2nd International Freedom Flotilla headed to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and essential building materials.

The Americans, have named their ship “The Audacity of Hope” after President Obama’s book with the same title.

EPA Improves Clean-Air Permitting in Indian Country

Action protects public health, allows for public participation and fosters economic development in Indian Country.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules to ensure that Clean Air Act permitting requirements are applied consistently to facilities in Indian country to better protect the health of people living near them.

This action will provide tribes with the tools they need to ensure that newly built or expanding facilities meet requirements.

For The Sake Of Jewish Sensitivities

Asking the hardest questions...

(LONDON) - It occurred to me recently that the Palestinian solidarity discourse is spiritually, ideologically and intellectually driven by some very misleading terminology: crucial notions such as Zionism, colonialism and apartheid.

I believe that they are there to actually block any attempt to grasp the true spirit and ideologies that drive the Jewish State rather than to clarify the situation.

Israel: an Impediment to a Nuclear-Free Midde East

Iran has always been at the forefront of combating the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

(TEHRAN) - You might have frequently heard of the Western mainstream media's claims that Iran is pursuing a military nuclear program which is aimed at developing atomic weapons.

Actually, spreading falsehood and untruth about the nature of Iran's peaceful nuclear program has been a constant, unchanging and recurring theme of the Western corporate media's coverage of Iran's events.

Congress Should Reject the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

How will non-agro Colombia businesses fare facing competition from multi-million dollar U.S. corporations?

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Last month, the Obama administration announced that it would not seek Congressional approval of the FTA with Colombia until Republicans agree to expand assistance to American workers who might lose jobs as a result.

The U.S.-Colombia FTA was negotiated under U.S. Trade Promotion Authority, which means that it can be approved or disapproved by Congress, but Congress cannot amend it. FTAs are nothing more than dollar imperialism.

Petition to Save Dogs From Being Eaten

Gaegogi (개고기) literally means "dog meat" in Korean.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - It's difficult to imagine dogs -- one of humans' most beloved companions -- abused, slaughtered and sold for people to eat.

But every year, about two million dogs suffer this fate in Korea. Most Koreans find this practice appalling, but because profit-driven industry forces aggressively promote the myth that eating severely mistreated dogs increases sexual potency, some still partake in this horrific cruelty.

Osama bin Laden: Closing the Case on an Innocent Man

A Bush Era Lie: they made the whole thing up.

(CINCINNATI ) - The real Osama bin Laden was someone few Americans knew anything about. He knew nothing of Al Qaeda, never planned 9/11, never advocated terrorism, not once, but he did make enemies.

INTERVIEW: The Leader of the Group Alleged to Have Kidnapped Vittorio Arrigoni

First-person interview with Sheikh Abu Musab, a leader of Tawhid wal Jihad

(GAZA CITY) - The kidnappers of Vittorio Arrigoni declare to be members of al Tawhid wal Jihad, a formation following al Qaeda that less than two years ago made itself known in Gaza, forming its own cells, often in competition if not actually in opposition to Hamas (accused of not applying “true Islam”).

They affirm to have carried out the kidnapping of Vittorio in order to obtain the release of the Egyptian Sheikh al-Saidani, known also as Abu Walid al-Maqdisi, arrested a month before.