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Does International Law Have a Future?

Lawrence Davidson considers how the application of international law has become “class based”.

(WEST CHESTER, UK) - Back on 23 August 2010 Israel’s most prestigious human rights organization, B’Tselem released a short report on the condition of water supplies in the Gaza Strip.

Referencing the United Nations Environment Programme as well as the Palestine Water Authority, B’Tselem reported that the Strip’s underground water system is in such bad repair that, even if rehabilitation was begun immediately, it would take 20 years for it to be restructured as a modern system.

Stay Connected: Help Paying Your Phone Bill

The Oregon Public Utility Commission currently serves about 45,000 Oregon residents.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Public Utility Commission wants you to know that you may be eligible for help paying your telephone bill.

Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger Urged to Abandon Israel Event

Both Carlos Santana and Elvis Costello have agreed not to play in Israel in response to human rights violations.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - There is a supreme test taking place each year for western entertainers. What do you do when asked to perform in Israel?

Many in the US and the UK live in a fog where they overlook the realities of what their tax dollars support when they fly overseas to Israel.

Eight Injured in Tillamook Tour Bus Fire - PHOTOS

Police say the fire appears to be accidental.

(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) - Police say eight people were transported to hospitals in Tillamook and Portland for injuries sustained in a Sunday afternoon fire on a Raz Transportation tour bus on Highway 101 north of Tillamook.

Police say a 71-year old female from Wisconsin was taken by LifeFlight to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland for burn and smoke inhalation injuries.

Crash Seriously Injures Forest Grove Motorcyclist

OSP troopers from the Tillamook work site are continuing the investigation.

(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) - Police say a Forest Grove man was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when he lost control of his motorcycle on Highway 6 about 22 miles east of Tillamook.

Oregon State Police say 61-year old Daniel Everett Shaw of Forest Grove, lost control negotiating a left curve, slid into an embankment and was thrown off the motorcycle into a ten foot ditch.

Portland Police Seek Public`s Help on Suspicious Death

Anyone with information that can assist in this investigation is encouraged to call Portland Police Detective Erik Kammerer at (503) 823-0762.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Multnomah County Sheriff's Office River Patrol responded to a report of a body floating in the Willamette River Friday at 8:00 a.m..

Deputies recovered the body of 62-year-old Adron Daniel Asher of SE Portland from the river, according to a news release issued Sunday.

Bicyclists Spot Crashed Car with Abandoned, Injured Passenger

Alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor of this resulting crash.

(WEST LYNN, Ore.) - A group of bicyclists are credited with saving a woman seriously injured in a car crash and then reportedly left trapped in the wreckage, by the driver and another passenger.

Thousands of Iraqi Detainees at Risk of Torture After US Handover

Several detainees are known to have died in custody, apparently as a result of torture or other ill-treatment by Iraqi interrogators and prison guards.

(BAGHDAD) - Amnesty International says tens of thousands of detainees were held without trial in Iraq.

Many were recently transferred from US custody, and a report issued today states that they remain at risk of torture and other forms of ill-treatment.

Taste the Revolution: Oktoberfest in Palestine

Come Taste the Revolution!

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - It has been written that 2,000 years ago, a Palestinian Jew named Jesus began a public social justice ministry which challenged the status quo of The Temple and Roman Occupying Forces, by turning water into wine to keep a party going.

In 21st century Palestine the beverage of choice is beer from Taybeh, the last remaining self-sufficient Christian West Bank village.

9/11 Reflections Part 2: Interview with Simon Shack of September Clues

Out of 2,970 9/11 victims listed, only 446 appear in the Social Security death index. Of those only 249 have a confirmed death certificate on file. Maybe Simon Shack is not as crazy as it would seem at first glance.

(EUGENE, ORE.) - Simon Shack is emphatic: “nobody died on September eleventh.” I am talking to him in Rome, via Skype.

He has recently asked me if I believe that the moon landing was real, laughing derisively.