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Will Americans Ever Get to See Al Jazeera?

Will any champions of press freedom emerge to speak out against this dangerous precedent in contemporary pre-emptive censorship, limiting what the American public can and can’t see?

(WASHINGTON DC Sabbah Report) - Why does our media system attract so many uninformed and unbrave people who are locked into such predictable and parochial attitudes? Do they have an agenda that the public is unaware of?

Take Time Warner. Remember how it initially would not run the then new red white and blue Fox News on its platform in New York City, forcing it to cough up a high “per-subscriber fee” to get on the air?

From the 42nd Floor of Tower 2 - 9/11 Testimonial from a Survivor, Hero, and Marine Inside the Occupy Marines Ranks

David A. (Batman) Batan USMC is an Occupy Marine and Salem-News.com writer.

(NEW YORK) - Eleven years ago, this past September 11th, I was on the 42nd floor of Tower 2.

I did temp work as an "office bitch" for some insurance company. I only started a few months earlier.

India: Largest Democracy in the World, Today is the Worst Democracy in the World

The rape and brutal wounding of a young pair of citizens, a woman who had her life planned out and ahead of her, has just shaken India to the core.

(YORK, UK) - One of the most harrowing stories to come out of India in recent months was the Delhi gang rape of a 23-year old medical student that left her with mortal injuries.

She and a companion were thrown from a moving bus after being savagely attacked and raped.

This is Not an Invitation to RAPE Me

The myth persists that only rape by a stranger counts as ‘real rape’, in spite of the fact that the vast majority of attacks are carried out by someone known to the victim (often her husband or partner), and are every bit as damaging.

(GLASGOW) - With This Is Not An Invitation To Rape Me, Rape Crisis Scotland wants to confront attitudes blaming women for rape in a very direct way.

The group is inviting members of the public in Scotland to join them in putting an end to these attitudes.

Texas Registered Interior Design Law Remains Intact

Interesting facts were brought to attention during these last few months of debate, one being the loss in money the state would earn allowing Interior Designers to be Registered.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In 1977, the Texas Legislature created the Sunset Advisory Commission to identify and eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency in government agencies.

Some months ago, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission suggested removing the Texas’ Interior Design Registered Program.

Family Farmers Travel to Washington D.C. to Take on Monsanto

They will attend a US Court of Appeals Oral Argument in Appeal of Dismissal OSGATA et al v. Monsanto.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Dozens of family farmers will visit Washington, D.C. next week to take on Monsanto and demand the right to farm.

The case is the landmark lawsuit.

Sri Lanka Appoints Military to Teach Sinhala in Vanni Schools

The language policy in practice, just like ‘reconciliation’ upheld by Colombo’s abetters, is a policy of naked genocide, Tamil education circles commented.

(JAFFNA, Srl Lanka TamilNet) - Sri Lanka has appointed occupying military to teach Sinhala as second language to Tamil school children in Vanni.

The Sinhala military personnel went in uniform to schools to report as Sinhala teachers and they claimed that they had permission from the SL education authorities...

The Gritty Truth About Israel`s `Jewish-Only` Highways

The road to apartheid is paved with racist intentions.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Israel has roads that only Jewish people can use. There may be fewer today, but they still exist.

Marijuana: Foolish Fallacious Dangers

7-year old girl defies the dangers.

(PORTLAND, OR) - This review is based upon The Oregonian article, 'A Seven-Year Old Uses Medical Marijuana', which reports that a child was using very strong, high dose marijuana extract.

The child is doing well.

SC Interpretation, Parliament and Wickramasinghe`s `Arrogant` Supremacy

Wickramasinghe should know best that the vote his party received at the 2010 parliamentary elections is not reflected in this parliament any more.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Colombo Telegraph) - Who ever who drafted this statement for Tissa Attanayake, needs to at least have some sense of ‘logic’ in arguing a case.

Why go with the SC determination to have “Latimer House Principles” adopted for the conduct of judges, IF you don’t accept the judiciary has a right to interpret what is legal and what is not, about the impeachment?