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Japanese Nuclear Reactor Crisis `Very Serious,` - UN Atomic Chief

The Security Council began its meeting today with a minute’s silence for the victims of the quake and tsunami.

(NEW YORK) - Repeatedly calling the nuclear reactor crisis in Japan “very serious,” the head of the UN agency that coordinates global nuclear safety announced today that he'll fly to the country to see what further help he can offer.

IAEA Director Gen. Yukiya Amano said he would spend one night in the country and then report back to the Board of Governors.

Agent Orange - Sprayed & Betrayed/Heroes Destined To Die Petition

Please sign this crucial petition and forward to everyone in your address book.

(LOS ANGELES) - I am writing for a very important reason. I hope you will support and help all those of us who suffer from exposure to Agent Orange. I know — more than most — nobody wants to talk about this. Agent Orange. “Uh, oh, here comes Lesli, again.”

Agent Orange is not a partisan issue, it is not a blue state or red state issue or even a “which side of the aisle” issue…it is an American issue. This is of great and personal importance to me. And, I hope to all Americans.

Flowers of Arab Spring Will Bloom in the Desert

Saudi Arabia should focus on improving the lot of its own people instead of invading other countries.

(TEHRAN) - Saudi Arabia’s decision to send troops to Bahrain to put down an uprising in the neighboring country is not going to prevent the Arab spring of 2011 from blooming in the dessert kingdom.

The Saudi invasion, made on the “invitation” of Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and after the visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, will most probably backfire.

Roland Joffé Shows us Love, Hate, and Forgiveness in his New Movie

Joffé and this team have created a masterpiece that is moving and passionate.

(MADRID) - The director of “The Mission” returns with “There Be Dragons”, to be premiered this month.

Roland Joffé states: “Josemaria’s statement shocked me: one finds God in everyday life, and his everyday life is that of the Spanish Civil War”. Regardless of violent scenes, like all wars in fact, the final message of this upcoming movie is that of “forgiveness”: “it’s a message of forgiveness; forgiveness melts that which has been left frozen”.

Magnetic Monster: Geomagnetic Field Reveals Increasing Danger of `Continent Killing` Quakes

The earth's history is one of violence.

(CHICAGO) - Russian geophysicist Pogrebnikov concurs with his colleagues at Harvard and Stanford: the earth may be in for a hell of a time. Imagine events just short of doomsday and you'll have a small glimpse of the global catastrophes that may lie just ahead.

How Madiba Brought Change to South Africa, Same for Israel & Palestine

(SEOULE, South Korea) - Nelson Mandela was determined to do what is right, despite the wrongs that were done to him.

He didn't want go from inequality to black people to inequality to white people, he wanted what is right, fair and equitable for everybody, he wanted equality for everybody in South Africa, despite what the whites had done to the blacks, he understood "TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT".

Quakes Shake up Globe, Impacting Ethnic Terrain

There is only one winner: Nature. And so the world turns.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Shattered dreams touching a wide diversity of ethnic groups have turned the world upside down over the last decade, and this upheaval continues its cruel thrust.

Over the last five years the power of earthquakes has made dents in the landscape of at least three continents. It has crushed vast populations in both the poorer and richer nations on this planet. Destruction has girded the globe.

What Does It Profit a Congressman to Retain His Office but Suffer the Loss of His Soul?

The question is not does Israel own our Congress, the question is WHY?

(OXFORD, U.K.) - Two months from now Americans will be subjected to the humiliating spectacle of their Representatives and Senators crawling down AIPAC’s plush red carpet to the podium at its annual conference where they will obsequiously laud this bloody organization with words of praise, outdoing each other in pitiful patronizing phrases, in unquestioning obedience to their masters.

The question is not does AIPAC control our Congress, one need only check their record of support...

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Tragedy beyond imagination is now unfolding in Japan.

(IWAKI, Japan) - CNN’s Anderson Cooper reported on AC 360 Tuesday night that 50 Japanese workers suspended operations at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Northeastern Honshu.

At the risks of their lives, workers had been attempting to control fires and flood the site with seawater and boric acid in an effort to prevent a meltdown of the nuclear rods.

Hamas Says Israel is Overlooking Prime Suspect in Itamar Settlement Murder

Press report: Itamar culprit an Asian worker

(NABLUS, Occupied Palestine) - An Asian worker is suspected of the murder of the Fogel family, a settler family from Itamar settlement near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to Palestinian press sources.

Quds Net news quoted local residents fro at infuriated with an Israeli settler for not paying him his wages carried out the killing of the settler's family in Itamar, Palestinian press sources reported.