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Sri Lanka: New Video Evidence of Grotesque Violations

The video was independently authenticated by a respected digital image analyst who often works for the British courts.

(LONDON) - There has been no shortage of distressing images emerging from the final two or three years of Sri Lanka's awful civil war. But this footage is amongst the worst I have seen, writes Callum Macrae.

Warning: viewers may find footage in the below report extremely disturbing. Not because of the scale of the deaths it depicts – five deaths is a small incident in a war which saw upwards of 40,000 civilians massacred in the last few months alone, mostly by government shelling.

Outrageous Oregon Contract Disasters

These sound like jokes, but they are what actually happens when public agencies must contract their projects out to for-profit contractors in the capitalist economy.

(PORTLAND) - Don’t Oregon public agencies need sharper lawyers and better due diligence to negotiate with private contractors? During the past few days, we’ve heard that

(1) Portland can’t collect more than $600,000 in penalties from screwups by the builder of its new streetcars...

Riddles of the Universe

The problem is that the theorists have defined a photon as a particle instead of a wave length of electromagnetic energy.

(SAN DIEGO) - On Feb. 12, 2014 the Science Channel broadcast a program titled “Riddles of the Universe.” The program addresses the failure of scientists to understand the relationship between quantum physics and relativity as well as dark energy and dark matter. So they have added to the confusion by resorting to the invention of a chameleon representing dark energy in an attempt to explain dark energy.

Their depiction of the chameleon and that of the other 4 forces shown on the program is very bizarre.

Sri Lanka: Remedial Justice for Tamils - Justice Delayed; Justice Denied International Investigation Now: TGTE`s Booklet

UN Human Rights Council 2014: Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam's (TGTE) Publication

(LONDON) - This Booklet“Remedial Justice for Tamils: Justice Delayed; Justice Denied - International Investigation Now”is issued by the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) to coincide with the opening of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Session in Geneva this month.

This Booklet was produced by the TGTE’s Center for the Prosecution and Prevention of Genocide. It is a transnational collaborative work of academics and activists.

Still No Word on Missing Passenger Plane

Sunday, March 09, 02:43 PM MYT +0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - 8th Media Statement

(SEPANG) - Statement by MAS GCEO, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya

Together with all those affected by the MH370 incident, we understand the need to provide regular updates on the progress of the search and rescue operations. As the hours turn into days, we at Malaysia Airlines are similarly anxious and we appreciate the patience, support and prayers from everyone.

High-Handed Leadership

The Islamists are prevailing in the battle of ideas. Secular voices have been either physically eliminated or removed from the mainstream by judicial means.

(ISLAMABAD) - Religious minorities are widely viewed as beleaguered or under attack since Z. A. Bhutto’s regime. Even then, Pakistani Christians followed his ideology.

At the time of partition in 1947, around 23 percent of the population was comprised of non-Muslims citizens. Today, the proportion of non-Muslims has declined to approximately 3-4 percent. Religious minorities such as Christians, Hindus, and Ahmadis, have been the targets of suicide bomb attacks; several incidents of violence and intimidation were reported including abduction and subsequent forced conversion of girls.

Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident - 7th Media Statement

Passenger plane remains missing, officials are doing what they can to comfort and aid families.

(SEPANG) - More than 24 hours after the lost of contact with Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the search and rescue teams are still unable to detect the whereabouts of the missing aircraft.

The airline is doing its utmost to provide support to the affected family members, this includes immediate financial aid. The airline has deployed a team of 94 caregivers consisting of well-trained staff and also Tzu Chi Foundation members to provide emotional support to the families.

Israel: A Significant Shift in U.S. Public Opinion...? And What if the Answer is ``Yes``?

If AIPAC wanted to show true friendship for Israel, it would have stopped cheering long ago and started whispering.

(LONDON) - A recent public opinion poll asked Americans which of two options they would favour if a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict was no longer on the table. (It is in the rhetoric of leaders and diplomats but not in reality). The two options were:

“The continuation of Israel’s Jewish majority (presumably this assumes permanent Israeli occupation of the West Bank and continuing ethnic cleansing of it by stealth) even if it means that Palestinians will not have citizenship and full rights.”

Liz Wahl is a Wet Dream for Corporate American Mainstream News

Russian Television allows national dissent on the air, American TV doesn't... what gives?

(SALEM) - It takes all of 90 seconds watching Russia Television (RT) to know that this Russian government funded news agency is pro-Putin. There is no question, no revelation to be had, yet their former anchor, Liz Wahl, made a spectacle out of herself this week by resigning on the air, stating that this news outlet "whitewashes" the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Liz Wahl is wrong, not about the station's leanings toward Putin; that is a no brainer, but for taking advantage of her position and putting on a show that must have made the US mainstream news outlets salivate.

Just What the Spin Doctor Ordered: an Arms Shipment from Iran`s Government

Israel’s clandestine battle with weapons smugglers

(LONDON) - An ‘explainer’ from the BBC is followed by Richard Silverstein’s interpretation. A Reuters report gives the basic facts as known at the time.

The announcement by Israel that it has seized a major shipment of weaponry heading to the Gaza Strip from Iran throws a spotlight on alleged ongoing attempts to arm militants there, and Israel’s aim to thwart them.