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Hero of Gaza: Vittorio Arrigoni, Kidnapped and Murdered

"I have seen my brother Vik's body and his death certificate, but Vik is not dead." -Ken O'Keefe

(SALEM / GAZA) - Italian Journalist Vittorio Arrigoni's body has reportedly been found in Gaza.

Those on the ground in this embattled region of Palestine say they had held out hope that he would be returned alive...

Spring Chinook Season on Lower Columbia Extended

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - Last week’s high flows and poor water conditions continued to hamper spring chinook fishing success on the lower Columbia River, prompting fishery managers to extend the current season four more days.

Spring Chinook Fishery Opens on Snake River

(ENTERPRISE, Ore.) - The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will open the upper Snake River for spring chinook fishing on Saturday, April 23. The river will be open to sport fishing seven days a week from Dug Bar Boat Ramp to the deadline below Hells Canyon Dam.

The Dirty Secret of Clean Tech

If you are investing in a company -- green or not -- because of promises, and not a record of earnings, you are doing the same thing.

(OCEANSIDE, Calif.) - If you are thinking about investing in Green energy stocks, don’t. Not if you need the money for retirement, or college, or anything besides impressing your friends with good intentions.

Because green energy companies are creating a lot more press than profits. And that will get worse before -- if ever -- it gets better.

The Great 1918 Flu Pandemic Was Not Due to Flu ... or A Virus

"A Press Release, issued by NIAID contains a striking finding and conclusion: The 20 to 40 million deaths worldwide from the great 1918 Influenza (”Flu”) Pandemic were NOT due to “flu” or a virus, but to pneumonia caused by massive bacterial infection."

(LONDON) - The NIAID press release dovetails with first hand accounts - of many kinds of left over (potentially spoiled) vaccines the pharmaceutical industry wanted to offload after WWI.

The Arrogance of Authority

One from the Salem-News.com humor division.

(Texas) - A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas , and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs."

The rancher said, "Okay , but don't go in that field over there.....", as he pointed out the location. The DEA officer verbally exploded saying, "Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me !"

Famed Activist Vittorio Arrigoni Kidnapped in Gaza - Feared Dead

"Who benefits? This is the question we must ask first when something like Vik Arrigoni being kidnapped happens. The answer is, Israel; nobody benefits more than Israel" - Ken O'Keefe

(SALEM / GAZA) - Possibly the strongest voice in the struggle to free Palestine, Vittorio Arrigoni, a journalist and activist with the International Solidarity Movement, was kidnapped in Gaza.

A Salafi Group in Gaza claims responsibility for the kidnapping. Later in the day, a youtube video surfaced showing Vittotio blind folded and beaten up.

Human Rights: Optimism and Change

On the ground here in Palestine, our struggle is one person at a time, one village at a time.

(BETHLEHEM) - According the latest statistics, some 26.2% of families live in poverty and 14.1% live in deep poverty in the WB and Gaza. The situation in Gaza is worse than in the WB.

Laleh Bakhtiar Discusses Evolution of Islam

One of America's top scholars on Islam tackles the controversial subject of reformation; says no aspect of Quran endorses abuse of women.

(SALEM / CHICAGO) - Laleh Bakhtiar, Ph. D. recently completed the Concordance of the Sublime Quran, an English translation of the Arabic Mu’jim al-mufaris or Arabic Concordance, using verses from her English translation of the Sublime Quran, the first critical translation of the Quran by a woman.

Her translation became controversial in regard to the idea of some Muslim men that the Quran gives them a right to beat their wives in the Name of God.

Jewish American Power: Feed an Israeli---Starve an American

“For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men” Jeremiah 5:26-29,

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - When I became an American citizen I could have sworn I stood in front of an American judge and an American flag pledging my allegiance to the United States of America.

Little did I know that on the back of the American flag was Israel’s flag representing the true Shadow Government of the United States that represents the power and overwhelming presence of Israel’s lobby and Zionist Jewish Americans in every institution of America.