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Rwanda`s Incongruous Response to Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete`s Proposal for a Political Solution to the Congo Crisis

No country in contemporary history has politicized and legitimized horrific crimes, including genocide, like Rwanda - edited by Salem-News.com's Jennifer Fierberg.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Addis Ababa Peace Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC states that the UN intervention brigade meant to take on all armed groups in DRC must be backed by a politically sustainable strategy.

The 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity underscored the necessity of talks with the armed groups fighting these governments from Congolese territory.

Former Mexican President Proposes Worldwide Decriminalization of Marijuana

Mexico's former President Vicente Fox believes legalizing cannabis will bring great prospects for peace and prosperity south of the U.S. border and beyond.

(SACRAMENTO / BOSTON) - Former Mexican President Vicente Fox has a heck of a proposition, he wants to see medical marijuana legalized worldwide and he's starting with a chain of dispensaries in Washington state.

The former political leader is serious and believes it will bring peace and prosperity to his nation and beyond.

FACT SHEET: Furlough Notices Slice Oregon Defense Workers` Salaries, Damaging Hardworking Families and Economy

In Oregon, 2,498 defense workers will pay a heavy price for the House Republicans’ dysfunction.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Department of Defense will finish delivering furlough notices to civilian employees this week.

Hhundreds of thousands of hardworking Americans will pay the price because House Republicans refused to stop the painful cuts known as the sequester...

Oregon Lawmakers Move to Regulate Drones, Leave Hobbyists Out of It

Huffman’s bill attempts to make everyone happy — a feat rarely, if ever, accomplished in politics.

(SALEM) - Oregon lawmakers seem to be taking notice the difference between military and police drones that threaten privacy and the toys that hobbyists use to photograph parades and fireworks.

Legislation to curb privacy-invading drones is picking up steam in the Oregon Legislature.

ITCCS Breaking News Report: Top Vatican Official Set to Resign, to Avoid Arrest While in Office

Vatican Secretary of State Set to Resign: Insider

(BRUSSELS ITCCS) - A source within the Vatican announced today that Tarcisio Bertone, the most powerful official in the Roman Curia and one of five Cardinals convicted by a Common Law Court of Justice last February, has prepared his letter of resignation.

Cardinal Bertone has been the effective "king maker" at the papacy for many years, and helped force Pope Benedict, Joseph Ratzinger, from office on February 11 just days after an arrest warrant was to be issued against Ratzinger.

Rohingya of Myanmar: One Year On- Different. Discriminated. Displaced. Desperate.

To the shock and disgust of many, the International Crisis Group even presented Myanmar President, Thein Sein with the ‘In Pursuit of Peace Award’ in April of this year!

(LONDON) - One year ago today, the course of Rohingya history took a dramatic turn for the worse.

Years of deep seated hatred for the Rohingya community, having lived on the margins of Myanmarese society, unravelled from a civilian dispute and attack in Arakan, and has since spiralled into systematic ethnic cleansing of the community.

Can the U.S. Claim Victory in Iraq?

The Iraq war cost U.S. taxpayers $810 billion and counting. Imagine how much health care, social services, education, housing, fire and police this money could have purchased.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Following the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, can the U.S. claim victory or did the Obama administration adopt the face-saving solution of “Just declare victory and get out,” a position proposed by the late Senator George Akin of Vermont at the end of the Vietnam war?

What does victory mean and why did the U.S. invade and occupy Iraq in the first place?

Osama bin Laden`s Ghost

"As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children, and other human beings as an appreciable act." - bin Laden

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - How many Americans know Osama bin Laden denied being connected to the attacks on the United States, Sept. 11^th 2001?

Is it possible to imagine a terrorist going to that much effort, knowing full well that the one and only result would be an attack on an unprecedented scale against two Middle eastern countries... and failing to claim it?

The Syrian Conflict: Qaradawi`s Incitement to Violence

It is Qaradawi’s legitimisation of Western hegemony by invoking religious authority that makes his role so perfidious.

(KUALA LAMPUR) - Any human being who abhors violence and bloodshed would be shocked by remarks made by a leading religious personality, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, on the 1^st of June 2013.

At a rally in Doha, he urged Sunni Muslims in the region to go to Syria and fight the Bashar al-Assad government and its supporters, the Hezbollah and Iran. He regarded it as a “jihad.”

Leaders Fear More Violence Against Christians

"India opened their gates for Hindu fellows, why can’t Christian counties do the same for Christians"
- Joseph Francis

(LAHORE, Pakistan) - Joseph Francis, International Director of CLAAS (Centre for Legal Aid Assistance & Settlement), says Pakistani Christians are in great fear of facing more violence and torture under the government of PML-N.

In a press conference at Lahore Press Club, Joseph Francis said that "we are afraid that during the PML-N rule, Pakistani Christians will face more violence as they have faced similar situation in the past during PML-N government..."