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European Circumcision Debate to be Broadcast Live

In October the Council of Europe, an organization of 47 member States, overwhelmingly passed a non-binding resolution that called circumcision, among other procedures, a violation of the physical integrity of children according to established human rights standards.

(BOSTON) - The Council of Europe will host an interdisciplinary dialogue about circumcision at a meeting in Strasbourg, France on January 28. The hearing will bring together experts and will be streamed live on the Internet, starting at 8 am eastern time.

A recording of the event will be available for two weeks at the Council of Europe website. Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Circumcision Resource Center, a nonprofit educational organization in Boston, has been invited to participate.

Change.org: `I told a lie that put my dad in prison... `

Petitioning The Governor of NY "Free my innocent father, Daryl Kelly Sr."

(BALTIMORE) - My father, Daryl Kelly Sr., has been in prison since 1998 for a crime he never committed - based on a lie I told. When I was just 8 years old, my drug addicted mother forced me to make an accusation of sexual abuse against him. But the truth is that my father had never laid a finger on me.

Even my mother has admitted she forced me to lie about this during one of her drug binges. But my father is still in prison, 15 years after being wrongfully convicted.

Here is Tom Brokaw`s `Greatest Generation` in 2014

"I don't know why I have to fight so hard for him to be treated with respect and what I feel he should be entitled to..." - Linda Young, daughter of WWII Vet

(SALEM) - Linda Young describes herself as a proud daughter of a wonderful man, Carl Dealis Beam of Carthage, Texas, who served his country twice in his lifetime, both in World War Two and Korean War.

She says the pride she feels in her father makes the treatment he is receiving all the more difficult. In fact she says she is, "...also ashamed of the way his government and his country has repaid him for that service."

Human Rights Ambassador Congratulates Parties in Philippines on Negotiation of Peace Agreement

"I congratulate President Aquino and the courage and sincerity of the Leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front" - William Nicholas Gomes

(WASHINGTON, DC) - A comprehensive peace agreement between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has been reached.

Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes, said, "This is a significant step towards lasting peace and development for Mindanao. This peace process ending the long-running conflict will not just benefit the region, but is vital for the security and economic development of the Philippines as a whole."

Legal Experts Reject Food Industry Claims that GMO Labeling Laws Are Unconstitutional

According to GMA propaganda, state GMO labeling laws violate the First Amendment, which protects commercial speech by prohibiting the government from compelling “certain statements.”

(WASHINGTON, DC) - The food industry is playing every conceivable angle in its quest to keep labels off foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs)—including, according to a leaked document, threatening to sue the first state that passes a GMO labeling law.

Maine and Connecticut passed GMO labeling laws in 2013, but both have “trigger” clauses that prevent the laws from taking effect until at least four neighboring states.

Sexual Groper in Salem Strikes More Than Two Dozen Times

"Please report any and all suspicious activity to the police department," said public information officer Lt. Dave Okada, "and pass along these tips to your family, friends, and co-workers."

(SALEM) - Since late October, a string of incidents have occurred in the Salem area involving a suspect grabbing women in a sexual manner.

So far, 14 incidents have been reported to area law enforcement and the Salem Police Department would like to remind residents of the personal actions they can take to keep themselves safe.

Human Skulls Found At Marion Recycling Center (PHOTOS)

As it turns out, the skulls were reportedly found by Frank Shriver, of North Bend, Oregon who passed away in 1991, while prospecting for gold in the Philippines, just prior to the Japanese invasion of World War II.

(SALEM) - When workers at the Mari on Recycling Center Incorporated, located in the 3600 block of Brooklake Road NE, dumped out a cardboard box and prepared it to be recycled, the last thing they expected to fall out were two human skulls.

But when they did, it brought plant operations to a halt and generated a response from the Marion County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office.

NY Mayor Tells AIPAC: `Part of my job description is to be a defender of Israel`

The mayor says he feels a “special obligation” to support Israel.

(CHICAGO Mondoweiss) - My goodness. Here’s a tape of NY Mayor Bill de Blasio praising Israel at a closed-door function for the Israel lobby group AIPAC in Manhattan last night, reported by Sally Goldenberg of Capital NY.

De Blasio said that the U.S. should boycott Saudi Airlines, and that the Israeli-Cornell campus that his predecessor Michael Bloomberg set in motion in NY is “an extraordinary transcendent development” that will go forward under his administration.

17,000 Being Starved to Death in Damascus and No One Cares

17,000 Palestinian Refugees in the Yarmouk Camp in Damascus are being starved to death by Al Qaeda Terrorists who will not let them leave to buy food.

(DAMASCUS ) - This has been going on for months now and the world is turning a blind eye to their plight. Instead the west are supporting the very terrorists who are using these people as human shields.

There are babies in the camp who have already died. One mother managed to escape to get some food so that she could make milk to breastfeed her baby. The terrorists prevented her returning and the baby died.

Tim King on Freedomizer Radio

The program begins at 7:30 p.m. Pacific, Tim King joins author and radio host James Talmage Stevens / Doctor Prepper.

(SALEM) - Tim King, news editor of Salem-News.com, joins James Talmage, one of BlogTalkRadio's longest running station operators. His book, Making the Best of Basics—Family Preparedness Handbook, has sold more than 800 copies.

Tim is a former U.S. Marine who has more than 25 years of experience in news, ranging from newspaper and radio, to years in network affiliate television stations and ten years as the news editor of Salem-News.com.