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Salem-News.com (Oct-24-2009 22:10:00)

Examining Hard Facts: Last Winter`s Siege of Gaza (VIDEO)

"And we wonder why they hate us....God weeps." -Alan Sabrosky, Ph.D

(SALEM, Ore.) - A father cries over the loss of his three children, to the Israeli military attack on Gaza last winter. Ewa Jasiewicz was a witness to the horrors in Gaza before and after Israel's brutal massacres in December and January during Israel's Operation Cast Lead. This event led to the deaths of more than 1,400 people in Gaza, among them several hundred children.

The video below from Ewa's eloquent speech in Berlin, Germany, features video and still images taken by volunteers in Gaza during Israel's overwhelming military assault on the civilians here who Israel says were shielding members of the political group Hamas, which Israel and the U.S. have branded as a terrorist organization.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-24-2009 20:54:00)

Restless Spirits of Fairhaven: Don`t Disturb the Murdered Dead

Beware when you climb beneath the streets of haunted cities, like Seattle, San Francisco, New York. And Fairhaven.

(FAIRHAVEN, Wash.) - Salem-News.com As many areas of the USA which once were havens for the "Pioneer" culture, now commonly "Chinatown" or "Old Town" areas, Fairhaven, Washington has many restless ghosts, buried secrets and lost treasures.

This is a quick story of how my gallery was shut down by restless spirits.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-24-2009 20:38:00)

Ghost House in London

A seriously scary story about a child ghost and untraceable sounds.

(LONDON) - Photo of Ghost House on left side of London Street In London, south of the river in a place called Brixton (think of the bronx in New York then you will get a good idea about what this place is like... or better still Google “Brixton Riots”.

Apparently they are starting to clean this place up with expensive house conversions, especially in the big old houses that have plenty of space to rent out the rooms to what seems to be the new age of modern arty and media types.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-24-2009 19:43:00)

President of Argentina Under Fire For Breaking Up Fox-Like Media Group: Clarin

Clarin claims that the government has set out to gag the media, to shut them up on account of unwanted criticism. However, Sen. Nicolas Fernandez, a supporter of the bill (and no relation to the president) pointed out that nothing in the new bill regulates content.

(PATAGONIA, Argentina) - Pres. of Argentina Cristina Fernandez If you think Barack Obama has trouble with Fox News, President Cristina Fernandez of Argentina has more trouble with Clarin, the biggest media group in Argentina.

Like Fox in the US, Clarin has taken its role as watchdog very seriously.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-24-2009 03:02:00)

Irvine`s Great Park Corporation Overlooks El Toro`s Deadly Toxicity

Man, the stuff people are still trying to get away with in this country; it is more than amazing, but not the kind of daring I admire.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - Salem-News.com Poor environmental stewardship over more than half a century of use, left the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Irvine a toxic waste zone, seething with chemicals that have already killed and sickened more Marines that we will probably ever accurately know.

Irvine and the "Great Park Corporation" are pushing forward with plans to build a park on El Toro, even though it is clearly established that the place is the equivalent of an environmental disaster zone.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-24-2009 00:11:00)

A Few Good Men and Bladder Cancer

Veterans of EPA Superfund sites are at risk for bladder cancer from organic solvent exposure. A simple and non-evasive test is available to detect bladder cancer. This information has not been passed to veterans at risk for disease.

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - Robert O`Dowd and El Toro, Summer of 2009 Those that served and were exposed to toxic chemicals have a critical need to know what chemicals they were exposed to and access to medical screening to stay healthy.

No reasonable person would disagree with this.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-23-2009 22:05:00)

California Seabird Specialists Respond to Fatal Foaming

Oil Spill Experts from California Answer Call of Oregon Wildlife Groups Fighting to Save Hundreds of Seabirds from Deadly Ocean Foam.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Rehabilitated loons and grebes California-based seabird specialists International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) are rushing to the aid of seabirds threatened by an unusual algal bloom off the Oregon Coast.

The world-renown team from International Bird Rescue, who have saved thousands of seabirds from oil spills around the world, are in a race against time to transport red-throated loons, and other highly sensitive migratory birds, to a state-of-the-art rescue facility in San Francisco Bay.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-23-2009 21:50:00)

On Writing, Music and Creativity

In my teens, I knew I was going to be a writer.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Salem-News.com Most writers take years to become themselves; to transform their preconceived notions, idiosyncrasies, preoccupations, attitudes and mannerisms into a personal style. For Franz Kafka, who was an exception to so many rules of life and literature, it only took a single night.

On Sunday, Sept. 22, 1912, the day after Yom Kippur, the 29-year-old Kafka sat down at his desk and wrote “The Judgment,” his first masterpiece, in one all-night session.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-23-2009 19:41:00)

Police Investigate Serious Crash on Highway 99E north of Canby

In addition to reported injuries, approximately 200 gallons of diesel spilled from the ruptured fuel tanks.

(CANBY, Ore.) - Crash on 99E 10-23-09 Oregon State Police, assisted by Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, have completed the scene investigation into a serious injury crash involving a sport utility vehicle and commercial truck on Highway 99E north of South End Road between Canby and Oregon City.

Highway 99E was closed in both directions as ODOT remained on scene handling diesel spill, crash scene clean up, and traffic control duties.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-23-2009 10:43:00)

Union County Triple Homicide Defendant Pleads Guilty; Sentencing Scheduled

The guilty pleas were entered pursuant to a negotiated settlement.

(UNION COUNTY, Ore.) - Salem-News.com Union County District Attorney Timothy Thompson says this supersedes the previously filed Information after his capture in Thurston County, Washington on August 3rd.

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