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Tamil Nadu Students Burn US Draft Resolution

Student protests and hunger strikes have begun in several towns and cities that are historically and geographically significant in setting trends in Tamil Nadu.

(CHENNAL TamilNet) - Protest have been started by the Loyola College students in Chennai against an empty US resolution on Sri Lanka at Geneva and the Tamil Nadu State Government action against the protest.

They have triggered spontaneous statewide student uprising that is not depending on any political party, news sources in Tamil Nadu said.

Hugo Chávez

When Vice President Nicolas Maduro suggested possible American involvement in Chávez’s death, the US State Department called the allegation absurd.

(WASHINGTON DC) - I once wrote about Chilean president Salvador Allende:

Washington knows no heresy in the Third World but genuine independence. In the case of Salvador Allende independence came clothed in an especially provocative costume – a Marxist constitutionally elected who continued to honor the constitution. This would not do. It shook the very foundation stones upon which the anti-communist tower is built:...

Tibetan Uprising Day Reminds Us

I wish the Tibetan movement finds new champions among the youth of all countries.

(PRINCETON, NJ) - More than a half century ago, on March 10th, 1959, Tibetans revolted against the Chinese military occupation of Tibet that began in 1951.

The revolt ended badly for the Tibetans who suffered from a brutal Chinese crackdown. This caused the Dalai Lama, with the help of the CIA, to flee with his supporters to India.

Is Salem in Denial of Bias?

Let us learn how to extricate such warped attitudes and truly practice universal love. Short of that, we are indulging in self-folly.

(SALEM) - Did all of us see The Statesman's front page story for Saturday?

It focuses on an ugly case of racial prejudice of a Black woman named Ms. Dau Tucker employed at Salem Hospital. Clear and simple. I find this a wake-up call not for mere words but actions.

Is it Justice or is it Revenge?

The death penalty was made legal by statute in 1864. Oregon has a rich history of killing death-row inmates.

(PORTLAND, OR) - BANG BANG, You’re Dead!

And so at 12:01 a.m. on January 17, 1977 the state of Utah exacted what it called “justice,” when Gary Gilmore was shot to death by a “volunteer” firing squad of 5 police officers.

Study: Sludge-Based Fertilizer May be Causing Human Illnesses

“Study participants told us that the onset of the symptoms occurred while the sludge was being applied or soon after” - Amy Lowman, MPH

(CHAPEL HILL, NC) - Treated municipal sewage sludge—the solids from sewage treatment—may be causing illness in people up to a mile from where it is spread on land.

Those are the findings from researchers at the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.

VMMA: USA Cannabis Policy Discussed at United Nations

Tuesday at the United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs Meetings...

(NEW YORK) - Dave Bewley Taylor says over the years, there have been soft and hard defections on cannabis control.

He says it is now time to discuss alternatives that are based on facts and evidence.

Israel`s American Propagandists

According to Kristol, Saddam Hussein posed a grave threat to the United States and its allies.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Israeli-first American pundits wield too much power. The leader of these journalist war hawks is William Kristol.

American neoconservative political analyst and commentator, Kristol is the founder and editor of the political magazine the Weekly Standard and a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel.

How the Mighty have Fallen: The Next Steps in Reclaiming our World and Ourselves A Special Communique from ITCCS Central

The mask has finally slipped, for those who can see and understand.

(BRUSSELS ITCCS Central) - In just over one month, history has been made.

One Pope has fallen, the Vatican is in disarray, and heads of state are evading arrest warrants after being publicly tried and sentenced for Crimes against Humanity.

New Budget, Old Tricks: Congressman Walden’s Tea Party Budget Ends Medicare Guarantee

Instead, it protects millionaires.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Congressman Greg Walden and his Tea Party Republicans are up to their same old tricks, releasing a new Ryan budget today that ends the Medicare guarantee, raising costs for seniors, while protecting tax breaks for millionaires and Big Oil companies.

Congressman Walden supported this radical Tea Party budget in the past and now is set to do it again.