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An Open Letter to Soldiers with `Mental Health` Issues

You stand at the fork of two paths...

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - Are you a soldier or veteran who is supposed to have a 'mental health' issue such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia or PTSD? If you are, then I have some suggestions for you to consider.

My first suggestion is that you ignore any label that you have been given. For example, the term 'post-traumatic stress disorder' (PTSD) is an inaccurate and unhelpful way of labelling the appropriate, diverse and complex emotional responses that a normal human being will have to emotionally disturbing events of the type that are experienced during war.

PRESS TV: Blast at Haret Hreik Claims Promising Young Lives

Teen in Dahieh who escaped three bombings dies in blast. Salem-News.com writer Franklin Lamb knew two of the victims.

(SALEM / BEIRUT) - Naharnet News began their article about the death of Maria Jawhari, a teen girl in Beirut, with her quote, "This is the third bombing that I escape, I don't know if the fourth will kill me – feeling sad."

18-year-old Maria Hussein al-Jawhari wrote those words on her Facebook page on 02 January 2014, in the wake of the deadly blast that rocked al-Arid Street in Haret Hreik.

Battling Racism in the South Hebron Hills

Umm al-Ara’is, Khushiyya and Twaneh by David Shulman

(UMM AL-KHAIR, Occupied Palestine) - It’s not a good time to walk through the fields. The first, tentative green shoots are pushing up from soft soil irrigated by last month’s fierce snowfall.

At Umm al-Khair, the huge field we cleared of rocks and thorns last summer is now a miracle of Irish green, wildly at odds with the browns and purples of the desert. The light is wintry, crisp, more than sufficient to highlight the gap between good and evil.

So When Will International Justice Save Palestine?

“If you commit war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide you will not be able to rest easily in your bed: the reach of international justice is long and patient.... There is no expiry date for these crimes...." (William Hague, British foreign secretary)

(LONDON) - Eighteen months ago UK foreign secretary William Hague delivered an important speech at the Hague, home of the International Criminal Court.

He spoke of a growing reliance on a rules ­based international system. "We depend more and more on other countries abiding by international laws.... We need to strengthen the international awareness and observance of laws and rules....”

Outreaching The Doctrine of Discovery

And even madmen manage to convey
Unwelcome truths in lonely gibberish.
- W. H. Auden

(DAYTONA BEACH) - The Government, the United Nations, the academic community and a growing number of repentant churches seem to have the following in common:

Occasionally, they bestir themselves out of their “interests,” their disciplines, their congressional deadlock mode and their compensation fixation, and get all twitterpated over what they see as great advances in the simple process of recognizing that indigenous people the world over are actually real people...

Do Members Of Congress Read The Bills They Pass---Often Over A Thousand Pages Long?

Complexity in legislation has created an industry of lobbyists and consultants...

(WASHINGTON, DC) - In mid-January, Congress rushed through a massive spending bill, just 44 hours after it was posted. The bill was 1,582 pages and accompanying explanatory statements added 1,278 additional pages.

It was voted on just 44 hours after it was posted-----which would have given members of Congress less than a minute to read each page----if they gave up a night's sleep.

Los Angeles: Nation`s Largest Metropolis With a Plastic Bag Ban

LA takes big steps to curb plastic bag use, includes brand new cartoon by Los Angeles artist, Shelli Pruett.

(LOS ANGELES) - A new law banning single-use plastic bags in Los Angeles, passed with a 9-1 city council vote, went into effect on the first of January. Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. to enact an ordinance ending this business practice which is called highly wasteful by environmental groups.

It will take some getting used to, but the ban does closely mirror the ordinance adopted by unincorporated L.A. County in 2011, reports Laist.com

Keep Ken O`Keefe`s Middle East Show Going

Many people are familiar with Ken O'Keefe, he served his country as a US Marine and then became a high profile activist for peace.

(LONDON) - Here is your chance to help Ken O'Keefe's very real and sincere effort to continue broadcasting a blatantly honest television program, Ken O'Keefe's Middle East Show.

Please read the information below, watch the video, and visit this extremely important project. Ken represents the philosophy of total truth at Salem-News.com.

Reported Burglar Dies While Breaking Into Oregon Business

Death investigation is taking place in the 2200 Block of Harbeck Road South of Grants Pass.

(GRANTS PASS) - Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers and Criminal Investigations Division detectives are investigating the death Tuesday morning of an adult male during a reported burglary in progress at a business south of Grants Pass.

Preliminary information indicates on January 21, 2014 at 7:07 a.m., OSP Southern Command Center dispatch received a transferred 9-1-1 call of an interrupted burglary in progress of a business at 2245 Harbeck Road south of Grants Pass.

Ukraine: Amendments Curtailing Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Passed Into Law

Immediately and unconditionally repeal Law no. 3879, as it curtails fundamental human rights and freedoms in the Ukraine- William Nicholas Gomes

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Human Right Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes, is concerned that, aside from the flagrant violations of the procedural rules of the Ukrainian Parliament, the amendments also violate Article 22 of the Ukrainian Constitution.

The document stipulates that the “content and scope of existing rights and freedoms shall not be diminished by the adoption of new laws or by introducing amendments to effective laws”.