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On Indiscriminate Personal Harm in Lebanon

One more reason not to issue an “overarching, worldwide, universal definition” of the word terrorism.

(ISTANBUL) - Judges and lawyers at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, ostensibly established to prosecute the perpetrators of the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik HaririL

“have begun discussions on how to define the crime of ‘terrorism’ as listed in a draft indictment”.

Rallies Throughout Palestine in Solidarity with the Egyptian and Tunisian Popular Uprisings

Thursday, plain-cloth security personnel disrupted a peaceful gathering in Ramallah confiscating video...

(BETHLEHEM) - I blog regularly about what is happening here especially what is not seen in mainstream media. I want to take this message to expose some things I have alluded to only marginally before and then issue a call to Palestinains (including the "Palestinian authority" or PA).

First a description of what happened that prompts this emotional email.

A Cut Above Average; Rising Above Your Limitations

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go - James Baldwin

(CHARLESTON S.C.) - A story is told that after physicist Richard Feynman won a Nobel Prize for his work, he visited his old high school. While there, he decided to look up his records.

How We Got Where We Are (Video)

There's a world comin' even worse than this one...

(CINCINNATI) - Political dialog in America is a sick joke. Only Ron Paul ever talks about issues and can’t move in Washington without continual snickering behind his back.

He is seen as a joke, a caricature, a anachronism, part of the “lunatic fringe” of “conspiracy theory” folks. Paul, of course, totally charisma free and with the leadership ability of a cantaloupe, is the only one talking about the issues, albeit in a waffling “left handed” manner.

Evaluating Valentines Expectations: Beware of Passion-Prone Predator

When we cue in on Cupid, we need to observe the many clues lurking in the background.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Despite our best intentions, that cute sprite called Cupid does sometimes manage to fire arrows astray. His unwitting victims quiver after they wake up from Love's magic potion. Alas, it has missed the mark.

In the ideal world, every solitary single would acquire the perfect "soulmate", but reality intervenes.

Behind Every Great Revolution... is a GREAT WOMAN!

Her calm, spirited and powerful words helped inspire fellow Egyptians to participate in protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

(LONDON) - Her name is Asmaa Mahfouz, a 26-year-old Egyptian, a breath of fresh air, a balm to the heart of the oppressed, an inspiration to men and women alike!

Asma recorded her video on January 18th, uploaded it to YouTube, and shared it with the world. Within days, the video went viral within Egypt and beyond.

Re-envisioning Mexico Tourism

Part two in a special series on Mexican tourism.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Santos Santana takes in a breath and gives a long gaze at the man pounding away with his jackhammer on the pier, as a frogman dips in and out of the water splashing around the structure gradually being taken apart.

For the lanky, 30-year veteran of Puerto Vallarta's tourist trade, the project scheduled for completion sometime this year can't come soon enough.

Power to The People of Historic Egypt

Ancient Egyptians established a lingering centralized government with the king dominating and ruling like God over a highly organized society.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Whenever Egypt is mentioned the great pyramids are likely to be referred to in the discourse.

The pyramids stand witness to the power and splendor of the ancient Egypt, but people miss the fact that the fall of this once mighty kingdom stemmed from a relentless political turmoil during which ancient Egyptians protested over social and economic grievances...

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.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

Magnetic Fields

Natural Selection: Dead crabs and fish wash up on shores; dead birds drop from the skies, dead cows and water buffalo drop in the fields, bats felled by a fungus, if not a pellet gun.

(BURLINGTON, Vermont) - One hundred and fifty one years ago, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace knew that birds dropping from the skies, dead fish and crabs washing up from the sea, and cows flopping in the fields, are nature’s spectacular staging of what Darwin termed natural selection.

“As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life...