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Renewable Energy Revisited

The debate over the relative merits of the nuclear industry will soon focus on alternative energy with renewed vigor.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The nuclear emergency in Japan continues to unfold, with six reactors in an unstable state due to cooling problems brought about by the earthquake and tsunami events last weekend.

The specter of a nuclear meltdown, with the possibility of nuclear contamination over a wide area of Japan at the very least, has re-ignited the debate about the safety of nuclear power.

Hot Flashes: Marijuana Treatment

For those who want to nit pick, I know all about Estrogen, Progesterone, Soybean products and Tamoxiphen-- so adjust your girdles and keep reading.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Several years ago I wrote an article Endometriosis: Marijuana Treatment for Salem-News.com. One of the comments/responses was that it was also effective for HOT FLASHES.

I have been expecting for 3 years now other ladies to write in their comments, positive or negative. No responses!

Hamas Denies Responsibility for Itamar

Hamas, Fatah and Abbas himself all condemn murder of Israeli settler family, but few listen to that.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It took Israeli media sources no time to indict "Palestinians" in the recent murder of an Israeli settler family, even though not a shred of proof existed. However "proof" is a concept that has little bearing on statements made by Israel.

Those just awakening to this concept simply need to ask themselves this question; if you lived surrounded by walls and barbed wire and were made to live like a second class citizen knowing that raising a hand against Israel is a death sentence, would you go stab a family to death, including a baby?

Israeli Curfew Over Settler Murders Means ISM Activists Face Arrest

Israeli soldiers are beating people, raiding houses, cutting off electricity, and polluting the drinking water by throwing mud in the water-tanks.

(AWARTA, Occupied Palestine) - Today the village of Awarta, near Nablus, is facing the second day of a severe curfew imposed by the Israeli military, following Friday morning’s murder of a settler family in the settlement Itamar.

Three International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activists–Cinda, 23, Chad, 25, from Sweden, and Cissy, 53, from Norway–are currently trapped in the village. Anyone caught stepping outside of their house is arrested.

Murder of Israeli Family Sparks Hasty Conclusions

This killing has furnished Israel's leaders with an opportunity to further vilify the Palestinian population.

(TEL AVIV) - The murder of a father, mother, and 3 of their 6 children in a settlement this week is horrid. Of this there is no argument.

And it is horrid even though it occurs in a colony, and not only a colony, but one of the worst insofar as it is a fervent religious idealist colony, or, in other words, one of our Jewish fundamentalist colonies.

The March is On! Palestinian Youth Movement Protests Go Global

March 15th March in Palestine: End Of Division (الشعب يريد انهاء الانقسام)

(SALEM / GAZA) - The Palestinian Youth Movement has planned a mass protest on March 15th for Gaza, for all Palestinians and to give hope to all occupied peoples. Organizers believe this youth initiative marks a turning point in the Middle East because it is a united effort to rise above all divisions in hopes of long overdue justice.

The mass protests are gaining momentum. Groups are congregating around the globe, in support of Palestine's right to be free.

Death Sentence for a Medical Cannabis User

Don't let New Zealand kill Peter Davy.

(AUCKLAND / SALEM) - A 51-year old cancer patient in New Zealand is facing his end days over his country's legal (in)justice system. Peter Davy, a Medical Cannabis user, has had cancer for 10 years.

Anarchy In The Streets of Mexico

Here in Mexico, people have a natural distrust of "authority". They are a step ahead of their American counterparts in realizing that those who seek and obtain power over others more often than not, do it for the wrong reasons.

(SAN BLAS, Mexico) - The last time I got a traffic ticket in the US, it was because my driver's license was expired by three days. This was in Silverton, Oregon.

When the officer handed me my ticket, I asked him why he could not let something so trivial go with just a warning, and he replied that "It is for your own good... We are here to protect you" with emphasis added on "you".

Secret Plan Exposed to Use Surplus Weapons Plutonium in Washington State Nuclear Reactor

FOIA Documents Reveal Energy Northwest Plans Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Experiments While Seeking to Control Information Leaks to the Media.

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Department of Energy (DOE) documents released to Friends of the Earth reveal that the public utility Energy Northwest hopes to bring experimental radioactive plutonium fuel into Washington State for use in risky tests in a nuclear reactor not originally designed for that purpose.

The documents also reveal that the utility has sought to keep information secret the about the controversial and risky pursuit of use of surplus weapons plutonium as nuclear reactor fuel.

Gonzoga University Presents 2nd International Conference on Hate Studies

Attempted Bombing of Spokane’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March Underscores Need for World’s First Hate Studies Curriculum Being Planned by Gonzaga U. Institute

(SPOKANE, Wash) - The arrest Wednesday of a known white supremacist in the attempted bombing of Spokane’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March on Jan. 17 underscores the need for the world’s first academic program focused on hate studies, said John Shuford, director of the Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies.