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Wide Spectrum of Tamil Nadu Leaders Condemn Balachandran`s Murder

The people in Tamil Nadu are in a state of mourning.

(CHENNAI) - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram today blasted the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Government over the "inhuman act" of alleged cold-blooded killing of slain LTTE Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son Balachandran.

Balachandran’s killing is a "war crime of grave nature and unforgivable," she told reporters in Chennai.

Are Rohingyas and Kamans Less (Than) Human Beings?

If the vulnerable situation of Rohingyas and Kamans continue, it will not take long for the humanity to see exterminations of more ethnic communities in the modern time, why?

(KUALA LAMPUR) - The world has been witnessing the well-planned Genocide of Rohingyas and Kamans in Arakan, Burma for more than eight months now.

Consequently, Rohingyas and Kamans are now without foods, any access to medical treatments and their other ways to livelihoods are blocked. They are being arbitrary arrested, tortured and killed.

Agent Orange & Tongue Cancer

The lack of a general association between exposure and disease does not rule out that there may be direct proof of causation.

(WASHINGTON DC) - We run into this problem with base of the tongue cancer cases. The VA always takes the position that because general causation can't be shown, direct evidence can never exist.

The Loggerhead Which is Killing People Exposed to Agent Orange Herbicides on Guam

Veterans: Please Write to Diane Zumatto National Legislative Director.

(WASHINGTON DC) - It is not hard to see in reports from the Guam Cancer Registry that there is something bad going on on Guam.

Are we going to allow this terrible injustice to continue to be swept under the rug? These results do not include veterans, they are for Guam residents only.

EFI: Persecution in Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh

About 500 Christians participated in the sit-in protest against the incident organized by the local dstrict Christian community.

(CHHATTISGARH, India ICAN) - On 8 February in Rajnandgoan, Raipur, police registered an First Information Report (FIR) against two pastors after a mob of Hindu extremists barged into the special meeting of Indian Christian Assembly of God Church and beat up Christians, injuring four.

The extremists forcefully entered into the meeting attended by about 300 Christians...

Interview: History Shows You Invade Afghanistan At Your Peril

"One thing to state clearly is that Afghanistan is a difficult place to rule -- for anyone to rule." - Author William Dalrymple

(Kabul Radio Free Europe/Radio Libert) - A new book, "Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan 1839-1842," draws on Afghanistan's violent history to provide lessons for its future.

"The Return of a King" is about the first British assault on Afghanistan. In 1839, 18,000 East India Company and British troops marched through the Bolan and Khojak passes and conquered Afghanistan...

Afghan `Buzkashi Boys` Makes It To Hollywood

Donations allowed the Afghan actors to attend the Academy Awards.

(LOS ANGELES) - An Internet campaign paid for Afghan actors Fawad Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz to visit the Oscars.

The teenage stars of the Oscar-nominated short film "Buzkashi Boys" are here to attend the 85th annual Academy Awards.

Showdown over Education Reform

This month, thousands of teachers in the southern state of Guerrero joined colleagues across Mexio in repeated street protests.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Recently approved by the Mexican Congress and ratified by a majority of state legislatures, the country’s new education law is touted as a centerpiece of the Pact for Mexico agreed to by the nation’s major political parties.

Currently, an intense media campaign is underway to promote a law that reforms articles 3 and 73 of the Mexican Constitution.

Photographing Tragedy: What the Victims Actually Want

It is disturbing that these painful conflicts are reduced to photos, footage and sound bites

(LONDON Palestine Chronicle) - There are eerie similarities between the experiences of refugees from Syria, in their squalid camps, and those of Palestinians, Lebanese, Iraqis.

The worse part is when it is so prolonged, by whichever factor, to the extent that the video footage, the photo and the personal accounts, become the ever-present state of affairs, a painful and humiliating status quo.

What a `Period of Calm` Looks Like in the Occupied Territories

Three months after the last major Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, the "period of calm" is only "calm" for Israel.

(BETHLEHEM Al Jazeera) - Three months have passed since the ceasefire that brought an end to Israel's eight-day attack on the Gaza Strip known as Operation "Pillar of Defence".

This infographic depicts the number of attacks on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military during this three-month period, as well as the number of Palestinian attacks emanating from Gaza.