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Drama in Room XIII, No One to Defend Sri Lanka

There was no one to espouse the Government’s cause.

(GENEVA Sunday Times) - Room XIII at the Palais de Naciones in Geneva, home for the UN Human Rights Council, was half packed last Tuesday. It was perhaps the final informal consultation convened by the United States to discuss the improved text of its draft resolution on Sri Lanka. The deadline for amendments was 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

Taking the chair was the United States together with Macedonia, Montenegro, Mauritius and the United Kingdom. As the meeting got under way, a delegate from Singapore rose to a point of order.

Incredible but True: Rich Countries Use Digital Media Less than Poor Countries

The richest countries occupy lower positions because its population is not predisposed to using digital media. In contrast, poorer countries use digital communication above average, because they are more motivated to use the four variables when compared with the quality of its infrastructure.

(MADRID) - The agency Mindshare has conducted a study on the digital behaviors of people in 33 countries around the world.

The objective of this research is to know what really pushes humans to approach a digital communication environment and what motivations they have when in front of the screen.

529 Morsi Supporters Receive Death Sentences in Egypt Court

The court in Minya, south of the capital, Cairo, issued its ruling after only two sessions in which the defendants' lawyers complained they had no chance to present their case, the Associated Press news agency reports.

(CAIRO) - A court in Egypt has sentenced to death 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. They were convicted of charges including murdering a policeman and attacking police.

The group, members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, are part of a larger trial involving more than 1,200 Morsi supporters. Egyptian authorities have cracked down harshly on Islamists since Mr Morsi was removed in July.

Is the BDS Democratic? Open letter to Omar Barghouti, Co-founder, PACBI by Paul Larudee

Is this a coincidence or is BDS headed in a different direction than its origins would indicate? Is it no longer a Palestinian movement, but rather a “soft” Zionist movement?

(LONDON) - Let me start by saying that you have done a lot for BDS and that BDS has done a lot for the Palestinian cause.

It is perhaps for this reason that we should all be concerned with potential corruption of the movement, and you most of all. I refer to changes of wording, changes of direction and changes of priority within the movement.

Caregiver Confessions...Conundrum Uncovered

I'm told that my blood pressure is somewhat on the rise for the first time ever. My wife is rather confused on what she does want and need, and does not clearly convey needed information.

(SALEM) - One might assume that after serving 33 years as a Gerontologist that I would be fully prepared for taking on the tasks of being caregiver to my spouse. Well, guess again. Life is chock full of unpredictabilities, I have discovered.

There is no clear-cut day when it first began, but rather a zigzag pattern of seemingly innocent pitfalls she encountered. They reflected errors in judgment.

(VIDEO) Motor Vehicle Accident at Sunrise Market

Fortunately, no one was walking between the car and ice machine when the crash took place.

(SALEM) - Late Sunday afternoon, deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's Office arrested Daniel Alik for a number of charges after his car reportedly jumped the sidewalk and crashed into the ice machine outside of the Sunrise Market in the 3500 block of Silverton Road.

He was charged with DUII, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Unauthorized Entry into a Motor Vehicle and Possession of a Stolen Vehicle.

Police Investigate Serious Injury Motorcycle Crash - Highway 99W South of Dundee

The motorcycle was southbound on Highway 99W near milepost 28 when the rider failed to negotiate a curve.

(DUNDEE, OR) - Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation into Saturday evening's critical injury motorcycle crash that occurred on Highway 99W about one mile south of Dundee in Yamhill County.

The operator, 24-year old Curtis M. Peterson of Newberg, is still in critical condition.

On The Israeli Eugenic Project and the Radiation of Arab Jews in the 1950`s (must watch)

The documentary alleges that 100,000 children were irradiated, and that 6,000 of them died shortly after receiving treatment. Many of the 'ringworm children' later developed cancer.

(LONDON) - Directed by David Belhassen and Asher Hemias. The documentary won the award for "Best Documentary" at the Haifa International Film Festival and was featured as a documentary at the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles in 2007.

It is claimed in the documentary that the X-ray radiation used on the children was thousands of times beyond the maximum recommended dose...

The Frustration of Media Power

Our crews often report straight from the source of the action, in places like Egypt, Sri Lanka, Palestine, Israel, the open expanses of the US and ancient cities of Europe and Asia.

(SALEM) - Who ever would have imagined that the power of media would fall to the people in the new millennium? The Internet has allowed this.

Sadly, Americans are so well ingrained at this point that it is hard to bring them back. This nation, the United States of America, has moved from being a world liberator, to a world threat. The dollars all flow to the media groups that nod their head accordingly; cash fills the coffers of those who don't ruffle the bed, and that is a proper descriptive because the corporations are only whores in this world of over control.

Free Vanunu: 3rd Annual Global Call for Public Actions

"Nixon stopped the inspections and agreed to ignore the situation. As a result, Israel increased production. In 1986, there were over two hundred bombs. Today, they may have enough plutonium for ten bombs a year." - Mordechai Vanunu, Israel's nuclear Whistleblower

(CLEARWATER, FL) - The Third Annual Global Call for Public Actions in support of a Free Vanunu , [Israel's Nuclear Whistle Blower] began last week with the reminder to recall what Mordechai Vanunu said:

"The French were responsible for the actual building of the Dimona. The Germans gave the money; they were feeling guilty for the Holocaust, and tried to pay their way out.