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America is Not Broke

The truth is, there's lots of money to go around. LOTS.

(MADISON, Wisc) - Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke.

Portland Police Bureau Statement On Officer-Involved Shooting

A 13-year-veteran police officer at Emanuel Hospital remains in critical condition but is expected to make a full recovery. The 9-year-veteran officer that also received gunfire was treated at the scene and is home with family.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Monday evening, Portland Police detectives booked 61-year old Ralph Clyde Turner into the Multnomah County Jail on five counts of Attempted Murder related to the shooting of two Portland Police officers

The situation began Sunday morning at approximately 9:15 a.m., Portland Police officers responded to a residence in the 3300 block of Southeast 10th Avenue on the report of a distraught, suicidal 61-year old man.

Clinton Admits No `Real News` in US Media

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admits...

(TEHRAN Press TV) - Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, Clinton said Washington is losing the "information war" in the world.

Egypt: A Virtual Smoking Gun?

Let’s hope that the Egyptian activists who put their faith in Glassman’s “public diplomacy” haven’t a similar rude awakening in store.

(OSAKA, Japan) - In January 2009, US Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman joined a group of Egyptian political bloggers from the Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo.

Is this the “virtual” smoking gun that indicates American collusion in the subsequent ouster of Hosni Mubarak?

U.S. Human Rights Policy is Self-Serving and Duplicitous: George Katsiaficas

In my view, the synchronicity of revolts and occupation of public space that began in 1968 is continually widening its circles. - George Katsiaficas

(TEHRAN / GWANGJU) - George Katsiaficas is a renowned university professor, sociologist, author and activist. He is a visiting American Professor of Humanities and Sociology at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea where he teaches and does research on the 1980s and 1990s East Asian uprisings.

He specializes in social movements, Asian politics, the U.S. foreign policy, comparative and historical studies and has written numerous books in these fields.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Britain Cherry-Picks Which War Criminals to Prosecute and Where to Impose No-Fly Zones

What sort of buffoon is Cameron?

(LONDON) - Stuart Littlewood highlights the incredible, blatant hypocrisy of the British government, foremost Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague, who are applying one standard to the criminal Libyan regime of Mu’ammar Gaddafi while going out of their way to protect and justify the crimes of another criminal regime, that of Israel.

”Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs that he had asked the head of Britain's armed forces to work with allies to see if a military no-fly zone was possible.

Church v. Military Funerals, U.S. Supreme Court Rules 8-1

This week the Daily's Show's Jon Stewart took the Westboro Baptist Church to task, comparing their religious position's actual position as a church with 'Church's Chicken'.

(CLEVELAND) - Last week a Veteran wrote to Salem-News.com deploring the acts of these people who offend everyone from the most patriotic redneck, to the gay militant, equally.

This week the Daily's Show's Jon Stewart took the Westboro Baptist Church to task; comparing their religious position as a church with 'Church's Chicken'.

Did `Mummy`s Curse` Kill Egyptian Looters?

Archaeologist Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, reported on his website that looters broke into several of the museums.

(CHICAGO) - Thugs smashed their way into Cairo's Royal Egyptian Museum, the sanctuary of Egypt's priceless past. They sought to smash and grab their way to millions by plundering the royal gold of ancient Pharaohs including the artifacts of the god-king Tut.

Inside the museum they took a turn—a turn for the worse—and came upon the silent sarcophagus's of two fragile mummies.

Bibi Is On `The Wrong Side of History` When He Opposes Arab Uprisings

In the last few weeks Arab nations jumped from the wrong to the right side of history. And what a jump it was!

(CHICAGO) - Professor Fawaz A. Gerges explained why Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu tried to use his considerable political muscle in a failed effort to keep Hosni Mubarak in power.

Gerges, who teaches Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, described the Arab uprising for BBC New Middle East.