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Competitiveness & Inauguration Day

A New Year's Resolution for President Obama.

(LAUSANNE, Switzerland) - Can President Obama change the course of U.S. Competitiveness?

With inauguration day around the corner, let’s look at what has happened in recent years.

Sinhala Military Opens `Holiday Resorts` in Occupied Jaffna with `Kiribath Pongkal`

The real culprits are those who want what is happening in the North and East not viewed as genocide and colonialism, but ‘development and reconciliation.’

(JAFFNA, Srl Lanka TamilNet) - Amidst the beat of Sinhala drums and blessings of Sinhala-Buddhist monks, the SL military occupying Jaffna opened two new ‘holiday resorts’ on Sunday along the northern coast of Jaffna.

While the housing and even shelters of the hundreds of thousands of Eezham Tamils affected by the genocidal onslaught of the Sinhala military is still a pressing question, the military opens and running ‘holiday resorts’ for its use...

Symbolic Share of Gaza`s Ark - A Share in Hope

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(NEW YORK) - Dear friends and supporters of Gaza’s Ark, thanks to all of you who have generously responded to our December appeal for donations. Through the generosity of hundreds of people like you around the world, since the beginning of our project, we have raised over $50,000. We feel confident now to set Gaza's Ark in motion.

Later this month we plan to make a down-payment and take delivery of the boat in order to start rebuilding it right away, as we raise the rest of the money to pay it in full.

Choice Between Extremists

EU citizens: Ask your governments and EMPs to suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement and stand up for human rights in 2013!

(BETHLEHEM) - Just got back to Palestine after a trip to Berlin for a workshop exchanging experiences on issues of popular resistance in different countries (Egypt, Nepal, Palestine etc.) and evolution of forms of resistance. I regretted being outside the country when the action happened called Gate of the Sun (the village was attacked again the day before I came back and emptied).

We did discuss this action in our workshop and offered ideas on better messaging, better media work, and better strategies.

Insensitivity of Pakistani Christian Politicians and Civil Society Leaders

Why can’t Pakistani Christians have equal rights?

(ISLAMABAD) - Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri a Muslim religious scholar from Lahore has mobilized about 50,000 devoted followers.

These lower middle class residents will take part in a sit-in, in Islamabad.

25, 35 or 45 Jumping Rope Kids Play or Serious Fitness Workout

Trust me, even if you were the 3rd grade jumping champion – start slow, start with short 30 or 60 second intervals, stretch and be prepared to be sore for the first few weeks.

(GUELPH, Ontario) - As I prepare for a new Guinness World Weightlifting Record attempt in 2013, I continue to push my limit for high intensity interval training and ways to increase lactic acid tolerance. A surprise finding on the road to new activities is jumping rope!

Gun Control v. Sexual Assault

Mr. Obama it’s the bad guys not the good guys you want to stifle.

(CLEVELAND) - Deaths in one year from rape victims, who commit suicide, Are more than there are from school shootings, worldwide, However, The U.S. Commander-In-Chief continues to hide, The growing number of attacks in the military w/a blind eye.

A photo-opt was more than he & Governor Cuomo could pass, But Oregon Sheriff Tim Mueller vows restrictions won’t last, He claims all future laws that in any way attempt to regulate, “Certain magazines and firearms” he will not dare to violate.

Rohingyas Visit Milwaukee Turkish Muslim Center to Discuss Human Rights Abuse in Burma

Long list includes demolishing, destroying, and burning of mosques, Muslim houses and villages, Islamic religious schools

(MILWAUKEE, WI) - Burmese Rohingya American Friendship Association (BRAFA) is struggling to create awareness among American Civil Societies and other partners of the world.

On 29 December the BRAFA Chairman, Mr. Shaukhat offered a well received presentation at the Milwaukee Turkish Muslin Center in which he has described valuable points including crimes against the Rohingya and their present situation.

First Nest Ever Discovered of One of the World`s Most Endangered Birds

Two Brazilian researchers credited with discovery.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The first known nest of one of the world's rarest birds - the Critically Endangered Stresemann's Bristlefront - has been discovered in Brazil. Of perhaps equal significance is that strong evidence of active nestlings was also found.

The Stresemann's Bristlefront is one of the world's most threatened bird species -- unrecorded for 50 years until it was rediscovered in 1995 near Una, Bahia, in Brazil's Atlantic Forest region.

Ha`aretz Editorial: Stop Killing Innocent Citizens

Consecutive killings give the feeling that Palestinian blood may be shed with impunity.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - Samir Ahmed Awad, 16, of the West Bank village of Budrus, was killed by IDF soldiers.

So was Uday Darwish, 21, of Dura and Anwar al-Mamluk, 21, of Gaza.