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Intactivist Outcry Imposes Withdrawal of the AAP`s Clitoral `Nick`; the Turn of the `Snip` Now!

The AAP recommends substituting an allegedly symbolic threat for castration of the clitoris.

(PARIS, France) - Were Dr Judith Palfrey, the President of the AAP, and Dr Errol Alden, its executive director, part of the Committee who decided the appalling contents of their last policy statement, we do not know.

Prayer and Silence

Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. [Hebrews 13:3]

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Prayer is best understood as being in the moment, sharing love and opening to transcendence and not petitioning a big daddy in the sky to be our errand boy and fulfill our desires; but that we will DO SOMETHING to honor The Divine.

"Prayer is also the struggle for human justice. It is the fight to remove killing stereotypes, to hurl back ignorance of prejudice, and to protect the holiness of creation. Prayer is the corporate, political act that serves to equalize opportunity so that privileged and underprivileged might have the same chance."

Innovation of the Week: Reducing the Things They Carry

Creative solutions to some tough problems for women on the African continent.

(SUB-SAHARA, Africa) - The majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa— in some areas up to 80 percent— are women. The average female farmer in the region is responsible not only for growing food but also for collecting water and firewood—putting in a 16-hour workday.

Deforestation and drought brought on by climate change have further increased women’s time spent doing activities like gathering firewood and collecting water for bathing, cooking, and cleaning.

`Mad Dog` Diplomacy: a Cornered Israel is Baring its Teeth

These trends are likely only to deepen in the coming months and years, making Israel an ever greater pariah in the eyes of much of the world.

(NAZARETH) - Jonathan Cook argues that Israel is responding to growing domestic scrutiny of its human rights abuses and increasing international isolation, and to the erosion of its deterrence, by introducing new repressive laws and by branding its critics as supporters of terrorism.

Sabotage on the High Sea

Media reports indicate that Israel gave strong indications today that its forces had secretly sabotaged some of the ships bound for Gaza as part of the freedom flotilla.

(CYPRUS) - On Tuesday, Colonel Itzik Tourgeman told the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that two more ships are on their way to try and break the naval blockade of Gaza.

San Francisco Green Party: Boycott Israel

The San Francisco Green Party speaks up over the Gaza Flotilla Massacre.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - This statement was released today by the SF Green Party, in response to Israel's cold blooded murder of 16 peace activists on the high seas, in international waters, attempting to break the illegal siege of Gaza.

They say because all other nonviolent and diplomatic means of resolving the crisis in Palestine/Israel have failed, the SF Green Party sees a worldwide boycott and divestment of Israel as the only remaining viable option to bringing an end to the crisis.

ADD, ADHD and Autism Causation: Could it be Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Pesticides

I feel that it is time for the pediatric researchers of ADD/ADHD and Autism to investigate the chlorinated hydrocarbons.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I believe the above title has driven many physicians and psychologists to end up with a similar problem.

ADD is classified in The Merck Manual as a developmental disorder but Autism is classified as a psychiatric disorder. I’m not going to get caught up in the semantics of this and it may be simplistic of me to lump them together but I’m doing it anyhow, you’ll find out why later.

Israel is Already Singled Out

Nobody has taken serious steps to prevent this apartheid regime from trampling the international laws underfoot.

(TEHRAN) - The U.S. government once again demonstrated its indifference and unresponsiveness towards the international community and the bloc of 188 nations that demanded Israel to join the NPT and put its nuclear facilities under the comprehensive safeguards of the IAEA.

One simple implication of the remarks made by the U.S. officials might be that Israel's fragile security is intertwined with its possession of nuclear weapons and thus Tel Aviv should not be pressured to move towards annihilating its atomic arsenal.

How and Why I got `on-board` with The FREEDOM FLOTILLA to Gaza

When will Obama learn that it is in America's best interests to: End the Siege on Gaza?

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - I am an American without a drop of Arab blood within me and my org has been an endorsing org of the FREEDOM FLOTILLA, since I learned about it, in June 2007.

On the first day of the conference, I learned that among the invited speakers who did NOT show or send a representative were Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the Republican National Committee.

Istanbul Subway Employees Demonstrate Ties to Global Jihad

Last night’s distribution may have merely been a precautionary measure in the event that IDF commandos decided Taksim Square did not qualify as international territory.

(ISTANBUL) - At last night’s protest in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, slogans such as “Israeli Pirates” and “You know how to kill people” were inspired by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s evolving discourse vis-à-vis the state of Israel.