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Lobbying for Border Military Base

The sequester cuts come at a time when Ft. Bliss’ big spurt of growth is winding down.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - As budget cuts stare down from the so-called sequester agreement in Congress, El Paso officials are lobbying Washington for continued support of Fort Bliss.

The campaign unfolded as a new University of Texas at El Paso study analyzing the local economic impact of Ft. Bliss and William Beaumont Army Medical Center was released to the media.

Local Comment on Today`s SBET

Slight bump in national economic optimism masks deeper worries in Oregon.

(SALEM) - Keep the corks firmly in those champagne bottles, especially here in Oregon, where you can also keep the foil wrapped tightly around them.

So was the reaction today by the state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, whose monthly Small Business Economic Trends (SBET) report showed a slight uptick in optimism from the people who generate almost every new job.

TGTE to Japanese Prime Minister: Raise War Crimes with Visiting Sri Lankan President

146,679 Tamils went missing when Sri Lankan forces attacked Tamil people.

(TOKYO) - As Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse begins his State visit to Japan, the Prime Minister of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, urged Japan's Prime Minister to raise war crimes and genocide committed by the visiting Sri Lankan President.

Rajapakse begins his State visit to Japan on March 12, 2013.

Cardinal Mahony: The Catholic Church`s Cross to Bear

No one can say for sure how many Catholics have left the church over this crisis, but many of those that have done so have said they left more because of the cover ups than because of the actual crimes.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Pope Benedict XVI has fled the Vatican and left the Catholic Church still deeply mired in a pedophilia crisis he could have alleviated, but didn't.

The horrific cases of priests sexually abusing young boys (mostly) in their care are well known and don't need to be recounted here.

Iran Spectrum: Sanctions Imposed against Iran and Their Incompatibility with International Norms of Human Rights

One of the main features of the new sanctions are their negative impact on the Iranian society and citizens who are directly bearing the brunt.

(TEHRAN Iran Review) - Sanctions have been an important feature of the US foreign policy toward Iran since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

However, the evolution of international unilateral sanctions is a relatively new development (which has taken place since 2006).

Consumer and Privacy Organizations Issue Statement on Do-Not-Track Mechanisms

Privacy and consumer organizations issued a statement on DNT.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) "seeks to support the wide adoption of Web technologies in digital publishing contexts. . . to reinforce cooperation around well defined technical issues."

In this regard, the W3C conducts workshops around a number of technical issues. A workshop will be held in Berlin on March 11 and 12 to discuss how Do-­Not-­Track (DNT) mechanisms should work.

Does Hugo Chavez`s Death Mean The End Of His Bolivarian Revolution?

I personally like the idea of a Latin American union similar to the European Union largely free from U.S. control.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On March 5, 2013, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias, the president of Venezuela, died of a massive heart attack and his cancer was very advanced when he died.

Was his dream of a "Bolivarian Revolution" buried with him?

Rakhines Kill Rohingya University Student in Buthidaung

Twelve Rakhines with long swords and knives cruelly attacked both father and son.

(RANGOON Mayu Press) - A group of Rakhine terrorists brutally killed a second year Rohingya University student in Thayet Pyin village, Buthidaung today at about 1:00 p.m.

U Ali is one of the employees of department of forestry. He accompanied his beloved son, Elias Maung Than Lynn, was a second year University student carrying on his duty in the sentry box of the forestry dept.

Mountain View CA: TCE Plume Remediation Will Take 100 Years

Irvine Great Park TCE Cleanup: What doesn’t USEPA know and when didn’t they know it?

(LAGUNA BEACH) - Mountain View and Irvine might be 400 miles apart here in California but they are populated by the same regulatory oversight players and exhibit similar remediation dynamics.

These include, but certainly not limited to nebulous timelines, indeterminate environmental and human health impacts plus vague eventual cost projections.

State Secrets Defense in Oregon

Several of those cases occurred in Oregon. One was related to illegal spying on attorneys for the Ashland defendant and other misconduct in a “financial support for terrorism” case.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Big O recently ran a Mcclatchy report, “Obama still secretive despite transparency vow” that mentions his use of “state secrets” to quash court cases and other proceedings that would embarrass his or previous regimes.

It did not note that several of those cases occurred in Oregon.