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Oregon Researchers Show how Building Design Impacts Indoor Bacteria

Research center aims to understand the 'indoor microbiome' and improve it through architectural design

(EUGENE) - The Lillis Business Complex set the bar for sustainable buildings 10 years ago when it opened at the University of Oregon.

Now microbes drawn from the dust in 155 of its rooms have provided clues that could inspire future architectural designers to encourage a healthy indoor environment.

Human Rights Ambassador Strongly Condemns the Attempt on Raed Fares` Life

Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes, calls it a clear effort to prevent the human rights defender and his colleagues from carrying out their peaceful and legitimate activities in defence of human rights in Syria.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - On 29 January 2014 leading media activist and human rights defender Mr Raed Fares was shot at close range in front of his home in Kafranbel in the North-west Syrian province of Idlib.

The human rights defender is in a stable condition at Al-Aqra' hospital, despite having sustained serious injuries in the attack.

Breaking News: Torching Rohingya Houses, Police Use Historic Mosque as Camp

A team of foreign Ambassadors from Yangon are now on their way to Maungdaw; the team may visit the violent village, Kiladong, tomorrow.

(MAUNGDAW ROHANG News) - It is confirmed from a reliable source from Maungdaw that fire suddenly broke out last night in west Du-Chi-Ra-Don (Kiladong village). No villagers were present when the houses were torched, except police and Lun Htin forces.

However the military from Maungdaw did rush to the spot with a fire brigade. They stopped the fire from engulfing the entire village. At least ten houses were burnt to ashes.

Rwandan Diplomat in Great Turmoil

Olivier Nduhungirehe’s true nature has been exposed.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Hostile exchanges erupted earlier this week between the Rwandan Permanent Representative to the United Nations and his former friends as compromising confidences appeared in the social media networks.

A series of Olivier Nduhungirehe’s emails that were written between the 2003 and 2005 reveal how the newly hired Hutu official was in a very awkward positionamong Tutsi fellows of whom he said « They hate me ».

Press TV: Salem-News.com`s Tim King Comments on Israel PM`s Latest Iran Nuclear Warning

Netanyahu's claim that Iran is "six weeks away" from building nuclear weapon, comes ahead of the next round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P-five-plus-one group.

(TEHRAN/SALEM) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to protest against the Geneva deal, making allegations about Iran's nuclear program.

Speaking at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, the Israeli prime minister said that according to their assessment, under the Geneva agreement, Iran is just six weeks away from building a nuclear weapon.

Order Readies 37 of Bagram 88 for Release, U.S. Outraged

U.S. officials say 17 of the 37 released prisoners are linked to the production of IEDs and the killing of 11 Afghan soldiers.

(KABUL Tolo News) - The U.S. government has condemned an ordered release of the first wave of 88 prisoners from Bagram prison, saying that more than 40 percent of the prisoners who are set to go were involved in direct attacks against U.S. and Afghan forces.

The Afghan Review Board (ARB) overseeing Bagram prisoner releases, led by Abdul Shakoor Dadras, ordered the first 37 of 88 prisoners from Bagram to be released on Monday, despite the U.S. military categorizing them as "dangerous".

Shameful: US Vets Have to Sue to Get Benefits... Going to Court in SoCal

VA determinations are not made by mental health professionals or adjudicated in a Court of law, but rather by a benefit administrator- a policy that is quite different than the rest of the population whose cases must be adjudicated in a Court of law.

(LOS ANGELES CityWatch) - RUSS REPORT - The United States Justice Foundation (USJF) has filed the first lawsuit of what promises to be a string of lawsuits in the US District Court for the Southern District of California against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) and the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA).

USJF sought records via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding "Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) rules, regulations, and criteria for making determinations of incompetency..."

National Grange President Says Obama Touts Willingness to `Overstep` Presidential Authority

Maybe Mr. Obama should walk across Pennsylvania Avenue, through Lafayette Square and to our Grange Headquarters to learn what the role of a president is rather than tell lawmakers that he alone will attempt to solve problems without their consent.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - National Grange President Edward L. Luttrell, on Tuesday evening, reacted to President Barack Obama's fifth State of the Union Address.

"This President has overstepped the authority provided to the office by the Constitution, and tonight he presented a platform that runs in many ways in direct opposition to fundamental principles of our democratic republic."

Remarks by the President in the State of the Union Address

"The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by, let alone to get ahead. And too many still aren’t working at all" - Pres. Barack Obama

(WASHINGTON, DC) - "...I believe this can be a breakthrough year for America. After five years of grit and determined effort, the United States is better positioned for the 21st century than any other nation on Earth."

President Barack Hussein Obama addressed the United States tonight, offering his State of the Union address. Below is the entire speech from the White House Press Office.

Pakistani Army is Using Poison Gas in Panjgur Balochistan

Panjgur is completely manifesting a scene of an occupying military garrison. So far six innocent villagers including women and children have been killed.

(PANJGUR, Balochistan) - Pakistan's Army used poison gas in an attack on the Baloch population in Panjgur district on Friday.

There are several fatalities. Dead bodies of innocent women, children, young and old, all lay scattered in the front compound of the houses. No medical team, no press, hydro is cut off, telephone lines are cut off and the Army is jamming mobile phones.