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Mother`s Day Victory for Ciudad Juarez Women

Among the latest victims was 18-year old Esmeralda Bretado Perez, 7 months pregnant, killed May 4 on a soccer field.

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - On the eve of Mother’s Day 2010, relatives of women murdered in Ciudad Juarez and their allies chalked up another victory on the international front.

By a vote of 359 to 235, with 17 abstentions, the European Parliament approved an amendment to its strategic plan for Latin American relationships that cites an international court verdict on the Ciudad Juarez femicides.

For Those Who Don`t Believe Israel Shoots Innocent Farmers

Activists have repeatedly witnessed Palestinian farmers being shot at by Israeli forces as they attempt to work on agricultural land situated within 700m of the Green Line.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It was late February in 2009, when Israeli forces shot a 20-year old Palestinian farmer as he was working in a field near Al-Faraheen.

Weeks earliern, Israeli forces shot at several farmers, killing a 27-year old farmer.

68 Senators Sign a Letter to President Obama Calling on the U.S. to Join the Mine Ban Treaty

There were 73,576 casualties between 1999 and 2008.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - 68 senators— a key two-thirds Senate majority—will deliver a letter to Obama asking the administration to accede to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.

Time to Repeal the Health Insurance Industry`s Antitrust Exemption

Any comparative analysis of health care systems indicates that the greater the role of private, for-profit health insurance companies in the delivery of health care, the higher the cost.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - What happened to the "Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009" (S.1681)?

It passed the House in February with a bipartisan vote of 406 to 19. Now it is up to the Senate.

Palestinian Leaders Will Re-Enter Peace Talks With Israel

"We understand that there are many difficulties, that there are many obstacles. But we are determined and committed to continue our efforts until that objective is reached." - U.S. envoy George Mitchell

(JERUSALEM) - Leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization have approved indirect peace talks with Israel VOA news reports today. The talks with the PLO's Executive Committee, will be the first negotiations in 18 months.

PLO Secretary-General Yasser Abed Rabb, said, "The Palestinian leadership today has declared its acceptance to participate in the proximity talks."

Here is What Marijuana Laws Mean for Americans

Cops shoot dogs and traumatize children over a few grams of marijuana in Missouri.

(COLUMBIA, Mo.) - Are you angry today? Well get ready, because here is another video showing what police are all about today, along with the country's outdated marijuana laws.

The video shows Colombia, Missouri police raiding a family's home, to serve a warrant. They are regular stormtroopers, working as a team with no chance of not succeeding.

Life: The Project (1)

First part of a continuing series.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - "Life is your project; there is nothing to tell you what it's all about, which of course leaves you feeling existential anxiety and dread,” says Jungian analyst James Hillman in his best-selling book The Soul’s Code:

“It's all up to you, each individual alone, since there is no cosmic guarantee that anything makes sense. There is neither God nor Godot to wait for. You make a life out of the deepest feelings of meaninglessness."

Juarez Chief Medical Examiner Gunned Down in Cold Blood Outside Home

The Medical Examiner Chief in Juarez is shot at nearly point blank range outside the door of his house

(CIUDAD / SALEM) - The Mexican news agency LaPolaka reports that a ministerial officer was shot dead Thursday night at his home.

It was learned that the victim is a crime scene expert, later identified as Angel Luis Gonzalez. Mr. Gonzalez was the head of the Forensic Medical Service.

Why I Appreciate Press TV

Press TV realistically has fulfilled its promise to serve as an outlet that exhibits the bitter realities that the mainstream media otherwise overlook.

(TEHRAN) - Press TV came under harsh criticism by British media outlets during the period of political unrest that followed the reelection of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009.

This seemed to be simply a retaliatory act against Iranian statesmen’s explicit condemnation of the UK’s BBC, which they alleged provoked riot and insurgence in a turbulent Tehran.

Getting to the Hart of the Matter with One of the World`s Most Experienced Reporters

Alan Hart will be speaking in the U.S. and Canada from Mid May to Mid June. He is starting off in Michigan; he arrives 13 May.

(SALEM / LONDON) - At the age of 7, Alan Hart knew he wanted to be a reporter for BBC. First in his working class family to have a secondary education he attended the best Grammar School in the country.