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Who Is Simon Bolivar?

Only time will tell whether Chávez's "Bolivarian Revolution" will succeed.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Recently Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias, the current president of Venezuela, opened the coffin of his idol Simón Bolivar so Venezuela can investigate the president's suspicions of foul play in Bolivar's death in 1830.

Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua News: Violence, Tensions Boil

Approximately 6,000 people have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez alone since January 2008.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Around-the-clock executions, routine kidnappings, burnings of rural homes, hangings of murder victims from overpasses, scatterings of body parts on public streets, a car bomb, and threats of more violence have all put Ciudad Juarez and the state of Chihuahua on extreme edge.

The violence boils as Chihuahua's Governor, state legislature and municipal governments enter their last months in office and prepare to hand over political leadership to others from the same Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Legislative Analyst`s Office Issues Report on Prop 19

Non-Partisan Report Finds Cannabis Initiative Would Put Police Priorities Where they Belong, Generate Hundreds of Millions in Revenue, Protect the Public.

(SACRAMENTO) - The California Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), which provides non-partisan fiscal and policy advice, yesterday released a report on Proposition 19, the initiative to control and tax cannabis in California. The report found that Proposition 19.

Prop 19 would enable California to steer police resources toward more pressing matters, generate hundreds of millions in revenue to fund vital services, and protect children, roadways, and workplaces.

Women in their 50s More Prone to PTSD than Men

The researchers found that the total prevalence PTSD was twice as common in women as in men.

(LONDON) - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates peak in women later than they do in men. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Annals of General Psychiatry found that men are most vulnerable to PTSD between the ages of 41 and 45 years, while women are most vulnerable at 51 to 55.

Ask Elklit and Daniel N Ditlevsen, from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital, Denmark, collected data from 6,548 participants in previous Danish or Nordic PTSD studies in order to investigate the gender difference in the lifespan distribution of PTSD.

Exiled Sudanese General Continues to Work for Peace and Democracy

Although stripped of physical property and monetary value, this Major General is teaching and leading through patience, peace and honor.

(PORTLAND / RICHMOND) - Although Gen. Dau Aturjong Nyuol was born in the bush in Gokmachar Village in Aweil North County, in the state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Southern Sudan, he is educated, eloquent and mandates one priority.

The Freedom Charter or the Second Nakba?

With humility, and the utmost respect to all my Palestinian brothers and sisters and to all people of conscience, I present the Freedom Charter, amended for Palestine.

(LONDON) - Imagine this, imagine that Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress negotiated a deal with the South African Apartheid regime and settled for a “two-state solution.”

Imagine Mandela negotiating with the Apartheid regime a land deal in which less than 15% of current day South Africa went to the black South Africans, the remaining 85% to the inherently racist Apartheid government and its people.

Foreskin Man Comic Book Takes on Male Circumcision

A new comic book from MGMbill.org pits Foreskin Man against the obsessed circumciser Dr. Mutilator.

(SAN DIEGO) - As comic book fans from around the world descend on this sun-drenched city to attend the 41st annual Comic-Con, San Diego's own MGMbill.org has launched a new 8-page comic book entitled Foreskin Man.

The comic spins the fictional tale of an intactivist superhero who attempts to rescue a young boy from being circumcised by his arch enemy Dr. Mutilator.

Continued Drug Raids: Obama Asked to Withdraw Nomination of Michele Leonhart for DEA Chief

Obama’s DEA Head Must Follow Stated Medical Marijuana Policy, End Obstruction of Marijuana Research, and Base Marijuana Rescheduling on Science Rather Than Ideology.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today, a coalition of organizations supportive of medical marijuana patients and providers is calling on President Obama to withdraw his nomination of Michele Leonhart to serve as administrator of the DEA.

Leonhart, who is currently the DEA’s acting-administrator, has not demonstrated that she is capable of leading the agency in a thoughtful manner at a time when 14 states have enacted medical marijuana laws and science is increasingly confirming the therapeutic benefits of the substance.

Maritime Traffic Control Ban Lifted as Oil Spill Cleanup Continues in East China

40 monitoring stations are watching over a 1,500-square-kilometer area off the Chinese coast.

(DALIAN, China Xinhua) - Authorities lifted a partial ban on maritime traffic at a major northeast China port Tuesday, four days after explosions hit crude oil pipelines here and caused a lingering oil spill.

The Maritime Affairs Administration of Liaoning Province reported that the ports in Dalian City have fully re-opened to traffic as of 5:00 p.m. Tuesday as waterways affected by the oil slick have been basically cleared for the resumption of shipping.

Eyes on the Oregon State Prison: Voicing Concern for an Inmate`s Life

"Look at him squirming, trying to defend himself, asking for our help. He needs our help now." - conversation between guards watching tape of prison stabbing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Would the state of Oregon orchestrate, encourage, and even pay for the murder of an inmate? If so, who would that inmate be? Would it be a sex offender, child killer or cop killer?