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Tawtin or Return: Divergent Views from Lebanon, But One Common Goal

The oft-expressed view that Palestinians secretly want to stay in Lebanon and abandon their right to return has been consistently refuted.

(SHATILA REFUGEE CAMP, Beirut) - Lebanese opponents of civil rights for Palestinian Refugees often use less objective and more crude wording to define "tawtin" ("settlement").

:ast summer parliament failed to enact laws that would allow the world's oldest and largest refugee community the basic civil right to work and to own a home, the "tawtin or return"

PTSD, Grief/Anguish, Therapy/Catharsis: Time Magazine Prints Good News About Grief

The VA shrinkologists call PTSD depression which it usually is not. Anguish or maybe profound grief from the loss of close buddies or direct damage to the soul.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The most common injury of combat of those still alive is PTSD.

It is probably most certain that many Purple Heart veterans had/have PTSD also.

Persian Gulf`s name is an Eternal Reality: Prof. Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh

(TEHRAN) - Prof. Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, a prominent Iranologist, geopolitics researcher, historian and political scientist, teaches geopolitics at the Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran.

He has been the advisor of the United Nations University, and has published more than 20 books in Persian, English and Arabic on the geopolitics of Persian Gulf region and modern discourses in international relations.

VA Links Brain Cancer to Agent Orange Exposure in Recent Court Decision

According to Court documents, Mrs. Sheree Evans had fought for service connection for the cause of her husband’s death for almost eight years, based on a promise that she had made to him before his death.

(OZARK, Mo.) - It is notoriously difficult for veterans to get their disabilities connected to their military service
- even when the connection is apparent.

In this unique case, the Department of Veterans Affairs was made to concede a very important connection and gave justice to a struggling widow.

A Viable Solution for the Afghan Problem

The people of Afghanistan are experienced enough and willing to choose a government that suits them best and elect the leaders who can serve them best.

(SEATTLE) - The success of scientific methodology is due primarily to its objectivity. In politics, unfortunately, there is little objectivity and a lot of emotion that makes visibility of reality on-the-ground very difficult.

The unprecedented terrorist act of 9/11 by al-Qaeda, Fascist Islamic Fundamentalists under the auspices of the Taliban, against the United States, miscalculated the Western response.

Public vs. Private: The winner is...

For those who doubt this thesis, a real world experiment is about to take place; AOL recently bought the Huffington Post for $315 million.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - The battle between public and private is the most destructive theme running through our society.

Now, in the centenary of Ronald Reagan’s birth, the mythology is being goosed by the manufactured mythology of Reagan himself.

Tourist Town at a Crossroads

Today's story is a general update on the situation in the town of Zihuatanejo on Mexico's Pacific Coast.

(ZIHUATANEJO Guerrero, Mexico) - Flanked by multi-colored palm trees sparkling in lights of psychedelia, a group of top-hatted singers entertains a crowd of locals and tourists with a rendition of Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York."

Later, backed by a bass-thumping band, 17-year old high school student Elida Salbasa belts out her version of Tejana legend Selena's "Like a Flower."

OxyContin and Purdue: Dancing with the Devil in Ohio

"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists"- J. Edgar Hoover

(AKRON) - State of Ohio - If you think the "Cavalry" is riding into Ohio to cure your OxyContin epidemic, think again.

Akron Mom Incarcerated? Kids To A Better School?

The new American criminal: a mom who dared to challenge the law in to free her children from what she believed to be a failing environment.

(CLEVELAND) - A felony charge against a poor mother because she tried to enroll her daughter in a better-performing school?

Currently residing in a housing project, unable to move or pay tuition, Kelly Williams-Bolar, of Akron, Ohio used her dad's address to get her children in a school she felt would best benefit them.

Echos of History, Paths to the Future

A new intifada/uprising is due here in Palestine against Israeli colonialism.

(BETHLEHEM) - Who wrote this and when:

"I have been keeping up with the situation in Egypt, and as you know this is one of the most important issues in world today. It will determine whether we live in peace or whether we will die in war. Naturally my sympathies are with Egypt, rather than with the Western Colonial and imperial powers."