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Iran`s Nuclear Standoff: Who is the Loser?

The only losers of this power game are the ordinary Iranian people. There's no doubt about that.

(TEHRAN) - It's more than 8 years that the world's newspapers are filled with miscellaneous news, reports and commentaries concerning Iran's nuclear program. Controversy over Iran's nuclear program has spanned through two administrations in Iran: ex-President Mohammad Khatami's government and the incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration.

The term "Iran nuclear program" returns more than 6 million results in Google web search.

How to Create Supremacists? and How to Manufacture Consent to Genocide?

Selling hate online from the UK.

(LONDON) - Did you ever wonder how manipulation and brainwashing works? Did you ever wonder how could people take part (even by their silence) in acts of genocide? This is a collection of items below will give you an idea. These items are for sale, on a UK website, cafepress.co.uk.

The items include -in their own words- "Baby Bodysuits; Anti-Islam Baby Bodysuits, and "Anti Islam designs available on 1,760 products"

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.

Letter from Vietnam War Widow to Senator Jim Webb

As a Vietnam veteran, Webb is against legislation to help other veterans suffering from Agent Orange contamination.

(CYPRESS, Calif.) - During a five year period in the Vietnam War, between 1965 and 1970, approximately 12,000,000 US gallons (45,000,000 l; 10,000,000 imp gal) of Agent Orange were sprayed in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia.

Fear Drug Pushers? Add Purdue Pharma`s Pain Societies to the List

"How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!" - Mark Twain

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Last year the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma attempted to market for "the undertreatment of pain in newborns and pediatric patients" as well as for something they called "pregnancy pain."

I made a complaint to a government agency against Purdue Pharma and they were made to discontinue this frightening marketing tactic.

Energy and Water Appropriations Clear Committee Hurdle, Move to Full Senate for Consideration

Bill Includes Millions for Willamette Valley Region Rivers and Energy Programs.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved funding for energy and water projects in the Willamette Valley, including efforts to improve crop irrigation and restoration of the river’s floodplain to better control water flow.

These projects are included in the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which now goes to the full Senate for a vote.

Injured Climber Rescued from Mount Hood

The Oregon National Guard flew the climber out to safety with non life threatening injuries.

(MT. HOOD, Ore.) - The Clackamas County Sheriffs Office Search and Rescue Team along with Portland Mountain Rescue, Mountain Wave and Timberline lodge employees responded to a fallen climber on Mt. Hood just below the summit.

Spain Closes Mosque Amid Controversy

Mosque closure in Spain teaches Muslim immigrants the possibility of praying in one’s home.

(BARCELONA) - Earlier this week, the mosque on Nord Street in the Catalonian city of Lleida, an hour and a half from Barcelona, was closed by order of the city council, which cited a violation of the fire code due to the volume of prayer attendees.

According to an article in the July 23 edition of the Spanish daily El País, local imam Abdelwahab Houzi denounced the closure as political.

VA Does the Unthinkable, Relaxing Official Federal Position on Medical Marijuana

Possibly the biggest news in the modern history of marijuana decriminalization.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Veterans Administration (VA) is relaxing the rules for veterans who use medical marijuana in states where it is legal.

Experts and activists are calling the decision historic; it will certainly change the position of many vets currently receiving care, who until now have been restricted under VA rules, to dangerous morphine based drugs for treatment; pills that are both highly addictive, and deadly.

Salem Man in Critical Condition Following Shooting

Anyone with information about the shooting should contact the sheriff's office at 503-588-5032.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A report of a shooting in Salem at 3:45 a.m., Friday morning, led to response from sheriff's deputies, dispatched to a residence in the 4500 block of Juliana Loop, SE in Salem to investigate.

Don Thomson with the Marion County Sheriff's Office, says the initial report was that there had been a shooting at the residence.