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Anna O`Leary: `US Supporting Terrorism in Syria`

According to Reuters, US lawmakers voted behind closed doors in order to fund the arms deliveries through the end of the 2014 fiscal year. (Video is set to auto play)

(TEHRAN / DUBLIN) - The United States is “supporting terrorism” in Syria despite its claims that it is fighting terrorism in the world, a political commentator tells Press TV.

“America who’s supposed to be fighting terrorism, in Syria is supporting terrorism. At the same time what Israel does is not being addressed at all by America. Israel has all these nukes and they can destroy the world,” Anna O’Leary said in a phone interview on Thursday.

Rohingya MP U Shwe Maung to be Arrested for Speaking Truth to Media

"The government will sue him as he spoke to Democratic Voice of Burma Burmese service that the houses in Duchiradan west hamlet were torched by police" - Rohingya activist Nay San Lwin.

(NAYPYIDAW Rohingya Blogger) - After spreading rumors on social media since Friday morning, a reliable source from Naypyidaw confirmed that U Shwe Maung, Member of Parliament representing Buthidaung township constituency of Arakan state, will be arrested on Monday.

RB News learned that MP U Shwe Maung is in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar today. According to parliament schedule he will have to be in Naypyidaw on Monday.

Protests Against Kerry`s `Palestine Policy` Rock US Embassy in Jordan

The signs were provocative and antagonistic, yet protestors who reiterated their chants were against US foreign policy, not Americans.

(AMMAN, Jordan) - On Wednesday January 29th at 4:30 pm, the castle-sized US Embassy in Amman, Jordan (next door to the largest US Embassy of the world in Baghdad, Iraq) had a paltry amount of between 50 and 100 visitors.

The Jordanian police were lined up directly in front of the proliferating crowd, a police wagon was conveniently located to the left of the crowd prepared to take offenders away...

The Rohingya People: the Most Suffering People on Earth

Denied citizenship in Myanmar, a Buddhist majority country, the Rohingyas have simply become the most unwanted people in our planet.

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) - The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations 65 years ago in December of 1948.

The U.S. didn’t ratify the Genocide Convention for another 40 years. The late Sen. William Proxmire, a Democrat from Wisconsin, took up the task in the 1960s of getting the convention ratified.

Salem to be in National Spotlight

C-SPAN to reveal Salem history and highlight authors during week-long visit

(SALEM) - Mayor Anna Peterson, Comcast and the Willamette Heritage Center will welcome C-SPAN to Salem on Tuesday, February 4 at the Willamette Heritage Center Mill as they kick off a visit to record and feature the city’s history and literary life.

At Tuesday’s event, C-SPAN representatives will reveal the stories and segments that will be explored by the national network during their week-long stay. During their time in Salem, C-SPAN representatives will also conduct community and educational outreach.

Internet Contact Blackmailing Local Juvenile Females for Pornography Through Facebook

"We also want to remind parents to take a proactive role in making sure that their children are safe from these kinds of internet predators" - McMinnville Police

(MCMINNVILLE, OR) - Over the course of the last month or so, a local female juvenile was "friended" on Facebook by an unidentified person.

At some point the Facebook "friend" convinced the girl to provide some nude pictures of herself. After getting those pictures, the Facebook "friend" is now blackmailing this girl in an effort to obtain more pornographic pictures of her.

Reported Chemtrails Over California and Oregon Tough to Explain

We can only begin to imagine how much this untested theoretical practice is costing the U.S. taxpayer.

(SALEM) - Chemtrails are being delivered over Sacramento, California on most clear days and it is no conspiracy theory. Something is taking place that most Americans know very little about.

You know the feeling you get when you are flying above a city, you look down at people the size of ants? If you turn around and make yourself the ant, what can you see in the sky? Just an object flying along, far away.

Voice of OC: District Attorney Investigator Drops by Santa Ana City Hall

A Voice of OC reporter was in the lobby of the top-floor administrative office when investigator Paul Litchenberg walked in...

(SANTA ANA) - An investigator with the Orange County District Attorney's Office dropped by Santa Ana City Hall Monday to retrieve a bundle of documents from the city clerk.

These included meeting minutes and a contract with a towing company that has done business with Mayor Miguel Pulido and his family.

Uzbekistan: Human Rights Ambassador Share Concerns at the Charges Against Umida Akhmedova

Charges are solely related to the exercise of their legitimate right to freedom of assembly.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - On 30 January 2014, photographer and human rights defender Ms Umida Akhmedova was released after being held incommunicado for one day.

The human rights defender, together with her son and five other persons, stands accused of taking part in a demonstration...

Baja California News: Deportees and Refugees Crowd Migrant Shelters

“They come fleeing the violence that is being registered in their states” - Father Patricio Murphy, director of Casa del Migrante

(LAS CRUCES , NM) - Like 20 years ago, migrants still come to Tijuana in need of food, warmth and a place to rest their heads.

But in important respects, the circumstances of newcomers have changed at two Roman Catholic Church-supported shelters in the northern Mexican border city.