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A Syrian Girl Reveals Truth Behind Syria Crisis

At present Syria has no debt from the IMF. It only has loans from friends such as Russia. It is therefore becoming a target for American and NATO aggression.

(DAMASCUS Syrian Free Press) - Syria's Biological Weapons were not included in the Chemical Weapons treaty. So a biological weapons False Flag Attack in Syria is possible as occurred with chemical weapons to disarm Syria.

Will our children be once again sacrificed for Zionist designs? I believe this is unlikely but we should be aware.

Economy News; Black Friday: The Perfect NAFTA Holiday?

If the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were to have its own holiday, it might very well be Black Friday Week.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Mimicking their counterparts in the U.S., Mexican merchants this month rolled out a version of the U.S. shopping frenzy for the third year in a row, while more and more Canadians planned to turn out for their country’s Black Friday edition, according to the Bank of Montreal.

Almost 20 years into NAFTA, many of the same retailers, food processors, bankers, advertisers, and media moguls have a preeminent presence in all three member nations of the trade and investment pact.

New, Unpublished Facts Around the 1985 Death of American Primatologist Dian Fossey in Rwanda

Bernard De WETTER had regular contacts with Dian Fossey up until the brutal murder of the famous American primatologist.

(BRUSSELS) - Was the famous American primatologist actually killed by poachers in the Virunga Forest in 1985? The author of the book, a Belgian naturalist who was working in Rwanda at the time, reveals unpublished facts and gives his own, different version about the murder.

Bernard De WETTER was in charge of anti-poaching operations in world-famous Volcanoes National Park during several years as from 1984. From 2009 to 2011, he lived again in the Volcanoes area of Rwanda, this time as the manager of a high-end mountain lodge.

India: Sick from Distorted Development

The inequities in health care provision represent the extreme levels of inequality and social injustice pervading the country, as the Lancet makes clear, “mainly because of insufficient government funding for health”.

(LONDON) - India has recorded two decades of around 9 per cent growth, which has produced umpteen rupee billionaires who live in decadent luxury in the cities.

Along with the government, which is seduced by all things corporate, they turn a comfortable blind eye to the hundreds of millions living in rural poverty and those in slums on the other side of town, where children play beside open sewage, where there are no functioning toilets or latrines, where child malnutrition is rife and where there are no health care facilities worthy of the name.

No Escaping An Investigation

It is important to remember LTTE combatants who surrendered and therefore were prisoners of war, were murdered. They are protected by international humanitarian law - killing these prisoners of war was a war crime.

(LONDON) - An article titled The Illegality of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki  Moon’s approach to Sri Lanka written by Mr. Dharshan Weerasekera, former member of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence and current attorney has brought up every nearly argument from a legal standpoint to defend Sri Lanka from a war crimes investigation.

The main focus of the article is to question if U.N. Security-General (UNSG) reports can be indirectly submitted to the U.N. organs and the answer is yes...

Israel Found Guilty of War Crimes by Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission

"The Tribunal deplores the failure of international institutions to punish the State of Israel for its crimes and its total lack of respect of International Law and the institutions of the United Nations."

(KUALA LAMPUR) - A new age is dawning on the state of Israel, which for years has relied on U.S. "Super Veto" power in the United Nations to block Israel from being charged with war crimes.

Those days will soon fall into the background, as the Kuala Lampur War Crimes Tribunal "Guilty" verdict has been registered in world court against Israel. Charged with a long list of deadly violations, Israel is reacting with threats toward the Palestinian population and military posturing.

Hot Off The Press: Nakba II -Israel is Testing The Water

Lieberman, didn’t leave much room for a doubt. Once again, it is the Jewish state that is evicting Palestinians from their land in favor of the Jewish People and their Jewish interests.

(LONDON) - Simultaneous protests took place on Saturday in Hifa, Tayibe and Jerusalem over Praver Bill -a plan to evict Bedouin communities in the Negev. The Bill has provoked a storm not only amid the Arab MKs who voted against it, but mainly among those it is aimed against, the Bedouin residents of southern Israel.

It seems as if Israel is testing the water examining the reaction to another mass expulsion of Palestinians.

Marion County Firefighters Celebrate 15 Years of Fund Raising for Special Cause‏

'Fill the Boot' Also Involves Our Family Members and Close Friends All Coming Together

(SALEM OR) - For over 15 years, Marion County Fire District #1 Professional Firefighters Local 2557 has been raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) to fight neuromuscular disease with 'Fill the Boot' fundraisers.

On November 29, 2013, MCFD#1 firefighters donated time and resources to lay the foundation for another successful 'Fill the Boot' fundraiser.

Global Civil Society Calls for Permanent Solution to G 33 Food Security Proposal in WTO

Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes, joined Global civil society calling for a Permanent Solution to G 33 Food Security Proposal in WTO.

(Washington, D.C) - Today, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes, has joined a group of over 270 civil society organizations, along with a broad range of civil society groups urging Roberto Azevedo, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation and WTO member states, to take the issue of food security in developing countries as a matter of serious and immediate concern.

They are the groups not to render the G-33 proposal on public food stockholding a travesty by asking developing countries to agree to the current text on the peace clause.

Evergreen Aviation Confirms Financial Troubles

Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. CEO Del Smith confirms in a press release, that Evergreen's business, "has been adversely impacted over the past several years by decreased demand in military spending and weakness in global economic markets."

(MCMINNVILLE) - Oregon's longtime aviation pioneer, Delford M. Smith, confirms rumors that his facility, Evergreen International Aviation, Inc., headquartered in McMinnville, is financially impacted by a rollback in federal defense spending.

With reported ties to groups like the Central Intelligence Agency, Smith built a fortune supplying civilian aircraft and crews for military roles in what many describe as the clandestine air force, "Air America."