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Easter Resurrection of Palestine

Jesus was a Palestinian martyr; he was born in Palestine and spoke the language of my ancestors Aramaic, the precursor of the Arabic language.

(BETHLEHEM) - Today in Bethlehem, sunny and warmer than usual by 10 degrees (global warming?), is Easter Sunday.

It is a Sunday where Christians following the Western calendar celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

Trading of Women Rife in East Afghanistan, Report Claims

"... women that have been sold three to five times and in some cases sold along with their daughters..."

(KABUL) - The sale and exchange of women as goods is rampant in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province with as many as two women traded per day, according to the findings of a sociology researcher.

Assadullah Ahmadi stated that he found some women had been traded up to five times in three Nangarhar districts...

US to Keep Vilifying Caracas Even With Chavez Dead

Moros says his government believes foul play was involved in President Chávez’s death.

(TORONTO) - On the day that it was announced Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez had died from an unidentified cancer, two US diplomats were expelled as persona non grata from Caracas for trying to organize some type of coup and conspiracy against Venezuela.

The Obama Administration would calmly wait until March 9, a day after Chávez’s state funeral, to retaliate by expelling two Venezuelan diplomats.

A Dissenting View on Wars With False Causes

For those of us that believe our country went down the wrong path, we have to stand up and not march behind those that are willing to fool themselves.

(WEST DENNIS, MA) - Looking back on the ten year anniversary of the Iraq war, many of us can remember the silence in the media before this war started.

This was a disservice to those Americans who were willing to stand up and say that they wanted their sons and daughters that are taught to fight to be put in the right fights and the right causes.

And the Land Cried Tears of Blood

And the mournful stones cry out in great desperation...

(LONDON) - Heaving with revulsion, the defiled and mutilated land suppurates
Bloodied tears borne out of grief inconceivable only inaudible sighs each pang separates

And the mournful stones cry out in great desperation...

Our Government Appears to be in Disarray, But Democracy May be Working as Intended

If we regret today's politics, we should take a careful look at the values or non-values which prevail in the society at large.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In many ways, our government appears to be in disarray. Congress and the President cannot agree on a budget.

The policy of sequestration----originally embraced because it was so extreme that no one would permit it to actually come into existence---is now in place.

Nausea of Pregnancy: Marijuana Vs. Antiemetics: It Affects Ten Million Patients

Marijuana wins hands down.

(PORTLAND, OR) - First we must agree on what we're talking about. Nausea and vomiting are caused by maybe a thousand or more diseases and/or conditions.

The most prominent cause is nausea and vomiting from pregnancy. About 90 percent of women are victims of this, experiencing minor to severe problems.

The Monsanto Rider Is Much, Much Worse Than GMOs

This rider actually goes further than what Monsanto and Dow did in Vietnam.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Monsanto already got DHS to define organics as a biosecurity threat.

So it is no leap of the imagination that Vilsack who has been an aggressive servant of the biotech industry, is set to declare organic products plant pests or noxious weeds.

Obama Signs `Monsanto Protection Act` Written by Monsanto-Sponsored Senator

According to an article published Monday in the New York Daily News, US Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) “worked with Monsanto to craft the language in the bill.”

(WASHINGTON DC RT) - On Tuesday, Pres. Obama inked his name to H.R. 933, a continuing resolution spending bill approved in Congress days earlier.

Buried 78 pages within the bill exists a provision that grossly protects biotech corporations such as the Missouri-based Monsanto Company from litigation.

Bosco Ntaganda`s Surrender In Rwanda: What Must Be Different This Time In The Congo

Ntaganda's arrest will test the global community’s political will to help dismantle destabilizing networks in the eastern provinces of the DRC

(NEW YORK, NY) - War crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda is the third member of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, fled Rwanda after charges of heinous crimes in the Congo.

He before the International Criminal Court this week, and goes to trial in September.