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INDIA: Anti-Nuke Protesters Urge Church Leaders to Support Them

They said the Church is letting them down when they desperately need its support and solidarity.

(KERALA, Tamil Nadu) - Anti-nuke protesters have urged Church leaders not to abandon them in their struggle against the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu.

Some 20 representative from coastal villages of Koodankulam and Nellai in the state met Cardinal Telesphore Toppo at the Velankanni shrine, where all the Church heads had gathered to celebrate the silver jubilee of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India.

Human Trafficking In The U.S.

Human trafficking is estimated to be a $9.5 billion dollar annual business. 80 percent of victims are women and up to 50 percent of them are children.

(TEHRAN) - Human trafficking or modern day slavery is the second and the fastest growing crime in the U.S. Based on official statistics, approximately 15000-18000 people including men, women, boys and girls are trafficked into the U.S. from 50 countries annually, while non-official statistics shows that at least 50000 women and children trafficked into the U.S. each year.

Report of UN High Commissioner Navi Pillai on Sri Lanka

Pillai calls for a truth-seeking mechanism

(NEW YORK) - The UN High Commissioner Human Rights report on reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka, has been released.

A number of conclusions and recommendations were issued...

Agent Orange Campaign --- Experiences from Vietnam and Australia

Meet delegation from Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) - Hear from campaigns in Tasmania, Victoria & New South Wales.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - Dear friends of AOJ, you are warmly invited to a meeting on Monday March 4 to meet with a high level delegation from the Hanoi-based non-government organisation Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) that will be headed by its president Nguyen Van Rinh, and director of external relations Nguyen Minh Y.

The delegation is visiting Australia March 3-10 to help raise awareness on the plight of the millions of victims/survivors of Agent Orange in Vietnam...

Stand up for Love to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

The battlefields have replaced the school and their futures mortgaged.

(WASHINGTON DC) - February 12, 2013, the world recognizes the International Day on child soldiers.

#Shahbag: Social Revolution

#Shahbag is a stereotype of a movement for a select few...

(YORK, UK) - Bangladesh badly needs industrial, societal and economic reorganization.

Bangladesh has root and reasons for a bottom-up, social revolution, which will reorganize all of society.

Can Leak Detection End the Pipeline Impasse? Interview with Adrian Banica

Remote-sensing technology can detect dangerous leaks in pipelines.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - Pipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking.

It is said that there are enough pipelines now in the US to encircle the Earth 25 times with enough left over to also tie a bow around it.

Pope Benedict Resigned to Avoid Arrest, Seizure of Church Wealth by Easter

Diplomatic Note was issued to Vatican just prior to his resignation.

(BRUSSELS ITCCS ) - The historically unprecedented resignation of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope this week was compelled by an upcoming action by a European government.

This involved the issue an arrest warrant against Ratzinger and a public lien against Vatican property.

US Officials Confess to Targeting Iran`s Civilian Population

Condemned by every syllable they utter...

(TEHRAN Al Manar) - Azadeh, a graduate law student from Tehran University attending Iran’s Third Annual Hollywoodis reminded her interlocutors, of the damming admissions last week by two US politicians:

It would be a defense lawyer’s worst nightmare to have one's clients, in this case the Vice-President of the United States and the outgoing Secretary of state confess so publicly to serial international crimes against a civilian population?

Jackson County Mississippi Cover-up

This story is the epitome of what is wrong with our drug laws and justice system.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Dr. David Allen is a cardiovascular surgeon who had spent his entire career saving lives.