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Again, Rohingya Hamlets are Ablaze in Maungdaw, Western Burma

The international community is eerily quiet over the state-backed violence by Rakhine extremists against Rohingya in western Myanmar.

(MAUNGDAW, Arakan) - On 15^th March today, it is reported that again those remained houses in  Du Chee Ra Tan and its nearby hamlets after the arson on 10^th March are ablaze now. People could not approach to the flaming houses due to excessive heat.

A Rohingya witness who saw the sudden fire after explosion of balloons told Burma Times that the state-backed Rakhine extremists use chemical powder, remote controlled— balloons, airplane and butterflies— and they go away after putting them in Rohingya villages at night.

Sri Lanka: Draft resolution HRC 25 14 March 2014

25/1. Promoting reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka

(GENEVA) - The following is draft resolution 25 regarding Sri Lanka, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Sri Lanka was convicted of Genocide late last year in the Permanent People's Tribunal, for crimes against the Tamil people.

Sri Lanka ditched every effort geared toward accountability and now is in the process of answering to the crime of Genocide.

``The So-Called Hearing/Investigation of Extortion 17``

"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood". John Adams

(SALEM) - After 2+1/2 long years, the families of 22 SEAL TEAM members, 8 Army Special Ops and National Guard soldiers and 1 loyal dog, finally got the congressional hearing they had been pleading for.

Their son’s Chinook helicopter was shot down in the Tangi Valley in Afghanistan under very suspicious circumstances in Aug 2011. It was the biggest one time loss ever in the history of SEAL Special Operations, and during the entire Middle East war on terror.

NRA-PVF Endorses Walden in Oregon Republican Primary for 2^nd Congressional District

Walden voted for H.R. 3590, “The Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act,” a bill to promote America’s hunting heritage and positively impact sportsmen in Oregon and throughout the country.

(FAIRFAX, Va.) - The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) today announced it is endorsing Representative Greg Walden in the Republican primary in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District.

“Throughout his career, Greg has consistently opposed all attempts to ban lawfully-owned firearms and magazines,” noted Chris W. Cox, chairman of the NRA-PVF.

World Has No Idea How U.S. Decides on Wars

The world's largest-ever killing machine turns its eyes away from the machine's work and, if pushed, debates the care of the machine itself.

(WASHINGTON DC) - People from Yemen and Pakistan and elsewhere have told me, and have testified in the U.S. Congress, that they have a hard time convincing their neighbors that everyone in the United States doesn't hate them.

There are buzzing killer robots flying over their houses night and day and every now and then blowing a bunch of people up with a missile with very little rhyme or reason that anyone nearby can decipher.

Environmental Cause of Autism Decoded

The rate of Autism in the military has consistently doubled the general population rate of 1 in 50. But the military is only one source of deadly TCE contamination in the United States.

(MINNEAPOLIS) - A new study finds high rate of Autism among Minneapolis Somali community. The investigation grew from parent concerns; it also found a high rate of associated intellectual disability.

“This study validates the concerns of the Somali community in Minneapolis,”

Reactor Reax Top Stories - U.S. Nuclear Agency Hid Concerns, Hailed Safety Record as Fukushima Melted

"Reactor Reax" is brought to you by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today on Reactor Reax, NBC reveals that the U.S. Nuclear Agency Hid Concerns, Hailed Safety Record as Fukushima Melted; the NY Times writes that Fukushima's tragedy is continuing.

Also, Public Radio International reports One lesson of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown is that Japan's culture needs to change. Center for Public Integrity asks, A world awash in a nuclear explosive?

Anger as Cameron Tries to Superglue Britain to Israel

Prime Minister is asking to be targeted by BDS

(LONDON) - The other day I signed a 'Get Well' petition for Palestinian youngsters Adam and Johar who were viciously maimed and crippled by the British Government's 'friends' in Israel http://www.petitions24.com/adam_and_johar.

The two cousins, 17 and 20 years old, were returning home from football training when they were attacked by Israeli soldiers who shot them in the legs then set their dogs on them. They were taken to an Israeli military camp and again badly beaten, and Johar’s knees were broken.

SRI LANKA: Mother & Daughter of a Family of the Disappeared Abducted by Security Forces

Trans National Government of Tamil Eelam urges UN to act.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A Tamil Mother and a daughter of a family of the disappered have been abducted by the Sri Lankan Security Forces.

The Daughter Ms Vibushika who is 13 years old and her mother Mrs Jeyakumari who were abducted, were very active in peacefully holding rallies to find the whereabouts of her two disappeared brothers during UN High Commissioner Pillai's and British Prime Minister Camaroon's visit to Sri Lanka.

Take This Action Now to Prevent War with Syria

We have seen how in Libya the "no fly zone" and "humanitarian support" turned into unending violence and an attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission. Let us express our strong opposition to this.

(WASHINGTON DC) - As we approach the March 15 end of the third year of deadly conflict in Syria, some organizations are pushing for greater US intervention and escalation of the conflict.

They have organized a concerted lobbying campaign in the halls of Congress along with public demonstrations and publicity.