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Lethal Fire in Brazil Places Tragic Emphasis on the Importance of Nightclub Safety

Many of the most deadly fires in recent years have been at nightclubs.

(PORTLAND, OR) - At least 231 people were killed in a nightclub fire in Southern Brazil Saturday night.

When a Dress Becomes an Act of Resistance

The Vibrant Colours of Palestine..

(LONDON) - When I was young, I was fascinated by the beautiful dresses of my grandmothers, their intricate colourful embroidery, their comfort and modesty appealed to my taste.

It became a ritual for me to “borrow” such dresses from both my grandmothers, whenever we went to visit.

Sri Lankan Govt. Withdraws Funds from TNA Councils

“They do not want us to spend these funds for development work because they fear we will win votes at the Provincial Council elections...” - M. K. Sivajilingam

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The Government has withdrawn more than Rs 560 million allocated for development work to Northern Province local councils controlled by the Tamil National Alliance.

The move comes in a year during which Northern Provincial Council elections will be held as pledged by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Hindus Term Canada Billboards in Hungary Targeting Roma as Racist

It is unfortunate that Canada spends taxpayer’s money on a campaign also reportedly including newspapers, radio-spots, and bus-shelter notice.

(RENO) - Hindus have termed Canadian government billboards in Hungary targeting Roma (Gypsy) asylum-seekers as highly inappropriate and blatant racism.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, said that this unprecedented billboard, with such an unwelcoming tone was prejudiced, intolerant and racist.

Farming for Tough Times

Food and farming are issues of concern at this year’s session of the New Mexico State Legislature.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Tough growing conditions are confronting farmers and ranchers across the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico.

Irvine, MCAS El Toro and the Associated Bull

'America's Safest City' has a toxic, dirty secret that local press ignores.

(IRVINE, CA) - There has to be a term for people who write at length about a subject without addressing the core root of the matter.

I know money is important in Southern California, but if you're dead from cancer it means little. Irvine has a terribly contaminated closed Marine Corps base on its hands...

Verbal Defecation Buries Truth

How do you atone for the massacres of innocents as the Jewish armies raped, pillaged, slaughtered or drove out the residents of 418 towns and villages in Palestine while the British forces there had to stand by and watch?

(LAVERNE, CA) - My wife’s Mother, 88 years of age, was moved into Hospice care readying her for leaving this vale of tears.

Her life, as is true of my own, suffered the horrors of WWII and the Nazi devastation of prisoners...

Barring Medicines in Syria... US-led Sanctions Contribute to the Destruction of Syria`s Millenary History

Anger toward the US government is rife in Syria, over severe, illegal sanctions targeting civilians.

(DAMASCUS, Syria) - What a difference a week can make. The heaviest snow in Syria in a quarter-century, some claimed, last week’s storm even closed the main highway from Damascus to Beirut.

But that was then and now its spring in Damascus, or so it feels to those of us used to a New England January.

President Zillur Rahman Stop Being a `Political Slave`

William Nicholas Gomes asks the President of Bangladesh to lead his people.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes, has asked the president of Bangladesh to stop being a “political slave”.

Mr. William Nicholas Gomes says he is sending President Zillur Rahman an early warning, stop misusing the constitutional power and position for the benefits of your masters.

Thanks God For Holocaust Memorial Day

Can we transform the Holocaust into a universal message against racism, oppression and discrimination?

(LONDON) - So the Goyim can learn first hand about the vile impact of Jewish Power.

So the Goyim grasp once and for all that their democratically elected politicians better keep their thoughts to themselves.