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Salem-News.com Goes Online in Russia

Increasingly going global...

(MOSCOW / SALEM) - It isn't every day that you have the pleasure of discovering that your product is reaching a whole new culture.

Salem-News.com was notified this week that the site is now being translated for a Russian audience, which is very convenient to learn, since Oregon has a sizable Russian and Ukrainian immigrant community.

Ethiopian Jews Imperil Israel Yet Again by Potentially Resembling Al Qaeda Operatives

Lack of harmony among terrorists does not of course mean that drones cannot eliminate women and children in Gaza and Yemen with equal success.

(ISTANBUL) - An April Haaretz article entitled ‘Al-Qaida terrorists may pose as Ethiopians to sneak into Israel’ bears the sub-headline: “In letter to Haaretz, Yemen Islamists say they may send terrorists to Israel disguised as Ethiopian Jews.”

Why Al Qaeda is not dressing up like other demographic threats to Israel is hinted at in a quote from its letter to the Salafist group about the failure to infiltrate Palestinian territory:

Land Grabs

According to a local farmer’s movement, this purchase will displace an estimated 25,000 villagers in a single province.

(LOME, Togo) - Over the last few years, China, India, and the Middle East have invested heavily in African land, spurred on by the global food and economic crises—as well as the threats of climate change, population growth, and water scarcity.

By controlling agricultural land in Kenya, Ethiopia, and elsewhere on the continent, these nations hope to secure future food supplies for their populations, even as sub-Saharan Africa faces increasing hunger.

Let a Thousand Border Gardens Blossom

Youth are involved in a growing number of community initiatives in the borderland and Southwest.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Arturo Esparza brought the visitor to the small patch of chile, tomato, eggplant and sunflower rising from the desert earth of Vado, New Mexico. As a summer wind lashed at the garden, scattered thunderstorms punctured the sky. Off to the east, a rainbow broke through the mist blanketing the craggy peaks of the Organ Mountains.

Obama Warned Israel May Bomb Iran

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity issue memo over possible War With Iran.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - We write to alert you to the likelihood that Israel will attack Iran as early as this month. This would likely lead to a wider war.

Israel’s leaders would calculate that once the battle is joined, it will be politically untenable for you to give anything less than unstinting support to Israel, no matter how the war started, and that U.S. troops and weaponry would flow freely. Wider war could eventually result in destruction of the state of Israel.

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.

Experienced Sport Parachutist Falls to his Death in Molalla

The parachutist who died earlier today has been identified as an extremely competent and expert parachutist from Casa Grande, Arizona.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - An experienced skydiving instructor fell to his death while performing a high-performance maneuver at the Skydive Oregon parachuting facility in Molalla, Oregon.

The 36-year old skydiving instructor is reported to have been attempting a high-performance parachuting maneuver – utilizing the declared jumping zone for experts – when he fell to his death.

International Petition for Full Freedom for Mordechai Vanunu

All Vanunu has wanted since he emerged from 18 years in a tomb sized windowless cell on April 21, 2004, has been the right to leave Israel and fade into the world, to have a job, a home and family.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - During my first of seven trips to Israel Palestine in 2005, I was in the midst of writing my first book, KEEP HOPE ALIVE.

If all goes as planned I will be in Iran this November researching for my fourth book, What YOU were doing when my gods were Beatles and Dylan.

How Brilliant Computer Scientists Solved the Bermuda Triangle Mystery

Oceanographic surveyors of the sea floor in the area of the Bermuda Triangle and the North Sea region between continental Europe and Great Britain have discovered significant quantities of methane hydrates and older eruption sites.

(CHICAGO) - According to two research scientists the mystery of vanished ships and airplanes in the region dubbed "The Bermuda Triangle" has been solved.

Step aside outer space aliens, time anomalies, submerged giant Atlantean pyramids and bizarre meteorological phenomena ... the "Triangle" simply suffers from an acute case of gas.

On Real American Life

There must be an economic floor for social existence, beyond mere subsistence.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - There was a time, only a few centuries ago, when the adolescents of North America—not the palefaces—were taught about the world they were about to enter as men.

Although they had been observing the adult world since infancy, in early adolescence they were initiated into adulthood and taught how to track, hunt and fish; how to make weapons (primarily for hunting, seldom for aggression) and tools; how to read the sky for predicting the weather; and many other subtle skills.