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Message from an Egyptian

"You all saw what happened in Tunisia. The people stayed in the streets and did not leave until the Tunisian dictator and his full regime fled the country. And I am telling you that will also happen in Egypt..."

(CAIRO) - "Dear fellow human,

I write this email about the *real* situation on the ground in my country, Egypt. As you may know, there have been protests across all the cities in Egypt asking for the resignation and dismissal of the 30-year-old Mubarak regime. By the time you read this email, things may have changed dramatically...

The Riddle of the Neanderthal Within

Even with modern genetic analysis, the enigma of the Neanderthal is yielding different interpretations.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Neanderthals are the nearest species preceding modern man. Recent research from different teams has converged on the finding that most of us have at least 1% to 4% Neanderthal DNA, and probably more, according to anthropologist Eric Trinkhaus.

The results of genetic testing reveal that Neanderthal DNA is 99.7 % similar to modern humans.

Benevolent US Father Exposed; Favors Prodigal Son Over Elder Brother

The Palestine Papers, however, not easily refuted, provide facts that verify what observers of the peace process, including many Palestinians, assumed all along to be true.

(CHICAGO) - The Al Jazeera collection of secret documents from US, Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators, paints a highly negative picture of the three participants.

Saudi Prince`s Apocalyptic Warning Was Issued Last Summer

"If we are wise, we must leave this country to its people, whose dislike for us is increasing" - Saudi Prince Turki

(TEHRAN Press TV) - Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has warned the country's royal family to step down and flee before a military coup or a popular uprising overthrows the kingdom.

Unified Command Works to Contain Sheen from Derelict Vessel Near Camas

Diving operations are on-going and dependent on the stability of the vessel.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Federal, state and local agencies, as well as industry, continue to work closely together to recover oil and monitor a 431-foot derelict vessel, Davy Crockett, near Camas, Wash., on the Columbia River, Sunday.

A Unified Command was established Thursday after Ecology received reports of a light, non-recoverable sheen.

Defending Mexico Tourism in Tough Times

Part one in a special series on Mexican tourism.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Violeta Serrano takes a break from haggling with a couple from Seattle over the price of a beach towel.

Part of the wave of people that's gradually drifted from Acapulco to other vacation destinations in Mexico, Serrano runs a curio shop just off Puerto Vallarta's popular Los Muertos Beach. The small business owner has seen better days.

Gilad Atzmon Discusses American Foreign Policy on Press TV

"There is a lot of love for Americans, but definitely very little respect for American expansionist imperialism that is driven by Zionist ideology" -

(TEHRAN / LONDON Press TV) - The American foreign policy is at cross-roads. For decades, Washington has advertised equality and human rights in international circles.

But, at times, the U.S. has contradicted its own alleged values, philosophy and democratic approach.

Revolutions and Manipulations

(GAZA) - If there is one thing we must do in order to understand the way in which our world functions, it is to look at it through the eyes of pure evil and insanity. Looking at the world as a human with a conscience will only make things very confusing.

You need to think like a tyrant, drunk on power, and totally insane.

Potentially Fatal Superbug Hits England

“Much of modern medicine depends on the ability to treat infection. If that ability is lost, medicine will take a great step backwards” - Dr. David Livermore, Director, HPA’s resistance monitoring lab

(CHICAGO) - Back in 1987 Dr. Robin Cook wrote the medical thriller "Outbreak."

Tucson: Memories and the Impact of Unspeakable Tragedies on our Hearts and Minds

My purpose in documenting this is to follow up on the many unanswered questions about the tragedy that occurred that day.

(TUCSON) - This week the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster passed. I will never forget where I was that tragic afternoon.

It is a remarkable human trait that we benchmark tragic events and remember precisely where we were and what we were doing. Who can forget where they were when JFK was murdered? Who can forget where they were when the WTC can down.