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Warming Shelters in the Salem Area

Includes a number of other facilities in the Salem area that people can utilize to stay safe and out of the cold.

(SALEM) - The City of Salem has announced two locations available as warming centers until 9 p.m. Thursday, December 5, 2013.

America Caught Unaware: Behind the Bombings at Pearl Harbor

We were caught taking a disastrous nap, and the enemy exploited that gap.

(SALEM) - We were caught taking a disastrous nap, and the enemy exploited that gap.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7th, 1941 as "a day that will live on in the infamy of man", refering to the massive sneak attack that day that nearly wiped out America's entire Pacific fleet. Many were killed and injured. Most young people today know little of how that came about.

What Didn`t Kill Mandela Made Him Stronger

Mandela the man who negotiated a peaceful change, who forgave, who apologized, who sympathized, who showed a way for nations to live up to the standards of our children...

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Nelson Mandela's story, if told as a novel, would not be deemed possible in real life. Worse, we don't tell such stories in many of our novels.

Tamils for Obama Thank and Congratulate US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal

Group seeks support of international inquiry and UN-backed referendum in NE Sri Lanka.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - In a letter to newly sworn US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal, Tamils for Obama congratulated her and reminded her of the widows and orphans left from the Sri Lankan civil war.

The Legacy of Nelson Mandela

“Apartheid corroded the very essence of life in South Africa,” Mandela wrote. “This is why the country’s emerging political leaders are challenged to build a nation in which all people—irrespective of race, color, creed, religion, or sex—can assert fully their human worth...”

(NEW YORK) - Today the world mourns the death of Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

More than twenty years ago, Mandela laid out his vision for the democratic future of his country in the pages of Foreign Affairs.

Nelson Mandela`s Death Stings

We need more leaders like Mandela in this world...

(SACRAMENTO) - I should not be shocked over my own personal reaction to this news I suppose, but it hurts and it makes me very sad. It isn't the loss specifically; this great man more than did his part while living on this earth. It is quite honestly, the lack of men like him that makes me shudder.

There are no rivals for this courageous leader who took up arms and led a revolution against an apartheid government that treated Black Africans with no dignity, instead relegating them to a second class lifestyle below the whites.

World Says Goodbye to Nelson Mandela

We give thanks for his life, his leadership, his devotion to humanity and humanitarian causes. We salute our friend, colleague and comrade and thank him for his sacrifices for our freedom.

(JOHANNESBURG) - It is with the deepest regret that we have learned of the passing of our founder, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela – Madiba. The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa will shortly make further official announcements.

We want to express our sadness at this time. No words can adequately describe this enormous loss to our nation and to the world.

Just in Time for the Semi-Centennial Kennedy Debate...
Perfect Argument and Another Grassy Knoll: The Rape of Nanking

It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. -William Carlos Williams
DISTURBING GRAPHIC PHOTOS

(DAYTONA BEACH) - Some time ago, citing the Pebble Mine controversy in Alaska, we suggested that it constituted a perfect argument because on both sides of the debate there is a reasoned, plausible case to be made.

Christian-Buddhist-Jewish Leaders Support Hindus Upset Over Lord Shiva Beer

The beer, named as “Shiva”, displays the image of Hindu Lord Shiva in Nataraja form.

(RENO) - In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Christian-Buddhist-Jewish leaders have backed Hindus upset over Indian Pale Ale beer brewed in Asheville (North Carolina, USA) carrying the name-image of Hindu deity Lord Shiva.

UPDATE Oregon De-activates AMBER Alert for Kennewick, Washington Abducted Child‏

Washington State first issued the AMBER Alert on December 5th at approximately 1:30 p.m.

(KENNEWICK WA) - Oregon is ending its participation in the AMBER ALERT for the child abducted from Kennewick, Washington.