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(PORTLAND, Ore,) - Of all the remarkable stories told about the U.S. Army’s all-Black cavalries known as the Buffalo Soldiers, the most remarkable of all is surely that of the 25th Infantry Brigade Bicycle Corps soldiers who rode bicycles cross-country to see if they could be used instead of horses...

A judge says allegations of rape and sexual molestation by two women are extraditable offenses and a Swedish warrant was issued for Julian Assange; he has seven days to appeal the ruling to the High Court.

ICTV Presents: Face to Face with Kevin Neish

Kevin talks about the big issues of what is going on in the Middle East.

(VICTORIA, B.C.) - Victoria Community TV Presents: Face to Face with Israeli Commandos on the high seas this weekend on Channel 11 in Victoria and Saltspring Island.

Kevin Neish of Victoria was aboard the Mavi Marmara last May when it was attacked by Israeli forces. The ship was on a humanitarian mission to bring relief supplies to the people of Gaza.

Message Of Peace From Pakistan

This is my message for peace and harmony.

(PAKISTAN) - Dear Brothers & Sisters: We all need to pray for one another, and to love one another. We should always pray for the safety, peace, love and brotherhood for people all over the world.

Too bad we can't have an independence day for the entire world. A day of freedom from ignorance, hatred, war, illusions, power and control. A day where we can all love each other as human beings and toss away the weapons of war, and cast out our fears and hatreds from our hearts into the graves.

Salem-News.com Writers on Press TV:
`Gaddafi using mercs to attack people`

Press TV interview with Dr. William Cook of the University of La Verne in California and Tim King, a journalist from Salem-News in Salem, Oregon.

(TEHRAN / SALEM / LAVERNE PRESS TV) - Cook made the remarks in an interview with Press TV in which he discussed Gaddafi's weakening hold on power and his decision to massacre the citizens of his own country.

Tim King, a journalist with the media outlet Salem News, which is based in Salem Oregon, also participated in the interview, which touched on a number of issues, such as the prospects for a rough transition to democracy in Libya after years of despotic rule.

Côte d`Ivoire: Burned Homes, Rapes, Disappearances & Executions

Amnesty International is calling on all parties to quell the human abuse.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), António Guterres, today is appealing for urgent help for civilians caught in the fighting in the Abobo district of Cote d’Ivoire’s Abidjan.

For two days, fighting has been under way, with thousands of people having fled the area. Fleeing residents told UNHCR staff, “many people are still trapped inside, including pregnant women, elderly people, and handicapped people.”

Julian Assange and Raymond A. Davis America Wants them Both -Who Should be Released?

Christopher King considers the cases of two men the USA wants to extradite, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and CIA spy “Raymond A. David”, on remand in Pakistan for murder. He argues that the murky case of “Davis” underlines the need for whistleblowers like Assange.

(LONDON) - The US desperately wants to extradite both Julian Assange and Raymond A. Davis but for different reasons.

Julian Assange has not broken any laws. He has assisted democratic debate by transmitting material showing how the US terrorizes other countries and routinely murders people in course of its illegal wars.

27th Annua` `Give Peace a Dance` Happens this March at the Grand Ballroom

This is an evening that has something for everyone and benefits a great cause – the peace efforts of Oregon PeaceWorks.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon PeaceWorks is proud to announce that for the 27th year running, it will again sponsor Oregon’s foremost peace party. Give Peace a Dance will take place March 12th at the Grand Ballroom in Salem (700 Marion St. NE) from 6-11 p.m.

This year’s event boasts of an incredible auction with offerings you will not want to miss such as vacations, gift baskets, collectibles & unique Salem-based getaways.

Gaddafi Raved and Cursed, but he Faces Forces he Cannot Control

“I will die as a martyr,” - Gaddafi said last night. Almost certainly true.

(BEIRUT) - So let’s erase all the YouTubes and Facebooks and the shooting and blood and gouged corpses from Benghazi, and pretend it didn’t happen.

Let’s pretend that the refusal to give visas to foreign correspondents has actually prevented us from hearing the truth. Gaddafi’s claim that the protesters in Libya – the millions of demonstrators – “want to turn Libya into an Islamic state” is exactly the same nonsense that Mubarak peddled before the end in Egypt, the very same nonsense that Obama and La Clinton have suggested.

NRC/Major New Legal Challenges on Nuclear Waste

Agency's Lack of Long-Term Disposal Solution Requires New Environmental Review Process; NRC’s Assumptions About the Impacts of Waste Disposal are Obsolete.

( WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission faces two major new legal challenges to the agency’s 2010 findings that used nuclear reactor fuel and high-level radioactive waste (HLW) can be disposed of safely on a long-term basis.

New petitioners are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to overturn two NRC rules that conclude that storage and disposal of spent (or used) nuclear reactor fuel and HLW generated by spent fuel reprocessing pose no significant safety or environmental concerns.

`Gaddafi`s Son Joins Libyan Protesters`

The youngest son of the embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi has joined the pro-democracy protesters in eastern Libya as the outpouring of rage against Gaddafi remains unabated, reports say.

(TEHRAN PRESS TV) - Reports indicate that Saif al-Arab, Gaddafi's youngest son, joined forces with the demonstrators Thursday, while hinting that his father would commit suicide or flee to Latin America.