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TriMet Driver Assaulted at Jantzen Beach - Two Arrested

Problems erupted from a dispute over bringing a dog onto the bus.

(PORTLAND, OR) - This afternoon, Sunday March 10, 2013, at 1:40 p.m., Portland Police officers assigned to North Precinct responded to the Jantzen Beach shopping center on the report of an assault to a TriMet driver.

All Peace Activists: Dr. Romano, JERUSALEM Event: `Love & Terror in the Middle East`

Frank Romano: author event - 6:30 pm, March 28, Educational Bookshop, 19 Salah Eddin Street, Jerusalem.

(JERUSALEM) - “LOVE AND TERROR in the MIDDLE EAST,” is a true story about facing hostility and passing through a maze of walls and checkpoints in Israel and the West Bank to lead interfaith activities.

They are aimed at easing the region’s bloody path to peace.

Growing Religious Intolerance in Pakistan

Religious intolerance is defined as “The acceptance of a faith or belief different from one's own.”

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Humans are considered social animals, but have we ever been more human than social?

Lamenting growing intolerance in the society, it is painful that religious intolerance, bias, discrimination on ethnic background, terror and militancy and divisive thinking is alarmingly growing in Pakistani society.

14 Year Old Christian Girl Abducted, Forcibly Converted To Islam And Forcibly Married

Kidnapping, rape, forced conversions, land snatching, blasphemy laws and constant harassment are a routine burden for minorities who dare to remain in their homeland of Pakistan.

(PATTOKI, Pakistan) - Rafia Bibi, a 14-year old Christian girl, was abducted on December 5th 2012.

Three days later she was forced to convert to Islam and on the same day, under threats, she was forcibly married to a Muslim man named Muhammad Imran in Green Town, Lahore.

Lion Attacks Couple During Sex

Residents of the town are now living in fear since the lions are still roaming freely as there are yet to be caught.

(LONDON ANI) - A man from Kariba, Zimbabwe, narrowly escaped getting killed by a lion while having sex with his girlfriend in the bush. However, his girlfriend wasn't so lucky.

Sources said that the unidentified man and his alleged girlfriend, identified as Sharai Mawera, were having sex in a bushy area situated in Mahombekombe suburb when a lion pounced at them.

CSF General Secretary Calls For Department Action Against Senior Police Officials

Justice Michael Saldanha and Community Groups Slam Thane Rural Police For Registering False Complaints Against Joseph Dias

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka) - The following memo was presented to Chief Minister and Home Minister:

Praise and thank God for his mercy. You will recollect that we had asked you to pray for an end to the persecution that the CSF, myself and my family, our partners, collaborators and beneficiaries have been going through.

Nasaka Continue Harassment and Extortion of Rohingya Muslims in Northern Maungdaw, Arakan

Border security is being tightened, as the Burmese military forces deliver increasing quantities of arms and weapons primarily to Nasaka Sectors 1-4.

(DIYOLTOLI, Arakan Province Burma May) - The Nasaka, the Burmese border security force, arrested Sabet Ali, age 40 from Diyoltoli in the Maungdaw district of Arakan on March 3rd 2013.

The case the Nasaka filed against him claimed he was communicating to foreign countries using a Bangladeshi mobile phone.

Suspects with Reported Ties to Shanti Bahini, Busted Hauling Arms from Burma

A huge arms haul in Mizoram is reportedly tied to Rakhine terrorists in Burma.

(MIZORAM, Burma) - Police in India's northeastern state of Mizoram have seized a huge consignment of weapons from two hideouts.

Three tribal men arrested, are suspected to belong to the Shanti Bahini, the former military wing of the once-rebellious Parbattya Chattogram Jansanghati Samity (PCJSS) and ALP.

Powerful Tweet Against Pakistani Christian Killings

Please follow our Human Rights Ambassador, https://twitter.com/Wnicholasgomes

(YORK) - If today CHRIST comes down to Pakistan, they will also kill him. @SMunawarHasan

A unique message from our Human Rights Ambassador to Pakistani people who are spreading hatred against Christians. William Nicholas Gomes is advocating for justice and peace as Christians are being killed in Pakistan.

Vilified by a Member of the Planetary Society

Scientists are slowly catching up...

(SAN DIEGO) - Thirty one years ago I was vilified by a member of the Planetary Society for an article I wrote to the “Letters Editor” section of a small local newspaper.

Now I consider this attack on “a beautiful example of gross scientific illiteracy” as a compliment because history has proven that I was right and he and the scientists were the ones who were scientifically illiterate in this particular circumstance.