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Israel in Violation of Property Rights

The Mavi Marmara report produced by the UN Fact-finding Mission documents the crimes perpetrated in the Israeli raid.

(ISTANBUL IHH) - Details of the pirate-like Israeli raid in international waters on the humanitarian aid flotilla in May 2010 emerged form the report of the UN Fact-finding Mission.

The UN Report concludes that Israel violated passengers’ right to property by confiscating their personal property.

Students Protest 40th Anniversary of Nixon`s War on Drugs

Advocacy Groups Hold Candlelight Vigils Across the Country to Honor Lives Lost to Prohibitionist Drug Policies.

(EUGENE) - An international group of students and community members working to end the war on drugs will gather Friday at 8 p.m. at Wayne Morris Freedom Plaza as part of a global protest to the escalating negative consequences of the failed war on drugs.

This Friday marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of the “war on drugs.” His decision catapulted the U.S. into a wasteful, decade-long failed effort that has had zero impact on drug consumption in the U.S.

Reclaimed Water In South Orange County: Exclusive Column Coming Soon!

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Israel Is Going to the Dogs

Attack dogs from Israel's Oketz Unit are trained to immobilize enemies by biting. "The dogs are weapons in every sense -- like snipers or tank shells -- but they are biological weapons." Yehida, online military magazine

(SAN FRANCISCIO) - There's an iconic photo from the 2003 US invasion of Iraq of a man at Abu Ghraib cowering in fear as a dog with bared fangs menaces him.

US servicemen had decided that getting confessions -- whether real or imagined -- would be easier if they used dogs to coerce the prisoners.

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

Countering the federal nonsense about cannabis/marijuana.

(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. It also seems to hail a U.S. Attorney in Portland for his “knowledge” of Marijuana as medicine in Oregon.

He is funny/strange in his lack of knowledge. Both he and the Oregonian made many errors of fact and innuendo.

Tamil Genocide Explored in Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields

Jon Snow and the Channel 4 team in London are carrying the role of all world journalists; exposing the Genocide of Tamils in Sr Lanka.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Increasing numbers of people are aware of the terrible Genocide in Sri Lanka that culminated two years ago in the deaths of as many as 40,000 or more Tamil Hindu and Christians at the hands of government forces.

Sri Lanka is formulated under the political/religious lines established by the Sinhalese Buddhist majority. With regard to the mass killings of Tamil Hindus and Christians, they admit nothing.

Will the Gaza Flotilla be Safe from Israel`s Murderous Threats?

The British government failed to take measures to protect UK nationals...

(LONDON) - It was a simple question.

On 27 March I wrote to my Member of Parliament asking: "What is the British government planning to do...

The `Very pro-Arabic` IDF Veteran who liked `Hanging Out` in Tahrir Square

One judiciary source said the man had been active in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the revolt against Mubarak, after the former president stepped down.

(TEL AVIV) - Ilan Grapel, alleged Mossad spy who was arrested in Egypt fought in 2nd Lebanon War; Egypt claims Grapel incited youth to sectarian strife.

Ilan Grapel, the alleged Mossad agent arrested on Sunday in Egypt, is an American citizen who served in the IDF Paratrooper’s Brigade during the Second Lebanon War and interned last summer at the Israeli Supreme Court.

Finding Justice for Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange

On 10th August 1961 an event began that was to last for ten-years, and would leave a tragedy that has yet to find an end. Fifty years on, the Vietnamese people and their many friends around the world will be commemorating this special anniversary.

(SAIGON) - Let’s recall and reflect on what happened on that day of 10th August 1961, and the consequences, so horrific, it is difficult to grasp, to understand. It raises in the minds of many the questions: WHY?

And what can be done to overcome the criminal legacy of Agent Orange?