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Our Af-Pak Strategy for Peace

General Mizra Aslam Beg is a former Chief of Staff, Army of Pakistan.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Afpak region is in a state of flux, yet it presents tremendous opportunities for diplomacy to operate and establish peace in the region.

The real change has occurred in Afghanistan, after the invasion by the Soviets, and the follow up events which disturbed the peace of the world and now has reached a boiling point, where the “bubble must burst,” giving way to new realities and a new paradigm of peace in the region, and beyond.

Apartheid Government Panicking: Time to Increase Actions

The vote and potential downstream events have dominated interest.

(NEW HAVEN, Ct.) - On 16 October 1935, a barrel marked “cement” fell as it was being unloaded from ships at the port in Jaffa.

The broken barrel contained guns, grenades, and ammunition and was one of many secret shipments to the underground Zionist terrorist militias in Palestine.

Group Asks Americans to Hold Cheney/Bush Accountable For 9/11 Attacks

They say appropriate action to bring Cheney/Bush to justice is overdue.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - President George W. Bush put Vice-President Dick Cheney in charge on 9/11 by Executive Order months in advance of the tragic event that claimed thousands of American lives.

Cheney put our NORAD air defenses on stand down over the target areas at the Pentagon and the World Trade Center Towers resulting in the orchestrated 9/11 attacks-conspiracy treason and murder.

Deputies Arrest Man after Reported Crime Spree

The suspect is in jail on $250,000 bail.

(ALOHA, Ore.) - Deputies say a man ran through an Aloha neighborhood last night attempting to steal cars and enter people's houses. The suspect was arrested by deputies after an hour-long manhunt.

26-year-old Billy Gean Ryan for multiple crimes stemming from two attempted car jackings and several burglaries.

Fox Program Framed Attack on World Trade Towers as Inside Job

FOX TV's pilot for "The Lone Gunman", on March 4, 2001, concerned an inside plot to fly a hijacked airliner into the World Trade Centers.

(SALEM, Ore.) - We have been carefully voicing our suspicions about the "official story" behind the attacks on September 11th 2001 for years now.

It is not an easy subject to broach, but it is becoming easier over time.

Obama: Reenact the Afghan Children`s Fund

Come on President Obama, please do this for Afghan kids

(SALEM, Ore.) - When then President George W. Bush enacted the Afghan Children's Fund, most Americans were still trying to get their minds around what was actually going on there.

The fund was a good idea, but Bush apparently decided that the kids of Afghanistan had received enough help, and the program was abandoned by the White House on April 1, 2005. We need it to revive it.

California Truck Driver Seriously Injured in Crash North of Madras

The driver had to be extricated by fire personnel.

(MADRAS, Ore.) - Oregon State Police say a California commercial truck driver was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when the truck and trailer loaded with apples drove off Highway 97 about 3 miles north of Madras and crashed.

So Much Anger, Energy and Feelings of Helplessness

Time for common sense to help us pick the real enemy.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - We are in the middle of a war and nobody is really mad. I have yet to see a single Taliban member hanged in effigy and none of us even know who their leaders are.

Most people in the world are sure Osama bin Laden has been dead for years.

Israeli`s Jail Palestinian Advocating for Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions

Mohammad Othman was detained on September 22 by Israeli authorities when returning to the West Bank after a trip to Norway.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - How wide is the space for Palestinian non-violent activism? Two by two meters (seven by seven feet). That is the size of the windowless cell where Mohammad Othman is being held in solitary confinement in an Israeli jail.

Sydney Levy with Jewish Voice for Peace in Oakland, California, says a growing number of concerned people have already sent over 4,500 emails to President Obama, asking him to press Israel for Mohammad's release.

Report Finds `Alarming` Rise in Global Hunger

Financial crisis and gender inequality worsen malnutrition.

(NEW YORK) - Underscoring the warning issued by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program that hunger is worsening around the world, the 2009 Global Hunger Index (GHI) records “alarming” levels of hunger and malnutrition in 29 countries.