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New Yorkers Concerned with Palestine/Israel Peace: Plan to Visit Author Frank Romano January 14

LOVE AND TERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 3rd Ed., by Frank Romano: author event. Monday, Jan. 14th, 7 pm, Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. New York, NY

(NEW YORK CITY) - Dr. Frank Romano has gone to more effort than most human beings to share an unwavering message of peace.

Even when his interfaith peace marches meet resistance and are attacked, which happened again in 2012, their efforts still make a difference.

Syria: The Descent Into Holy War

An execution video is the most graphic illustration of deepening religious bigotry on the part of the rebels.

(LONDON) - It is one of the most horrifying videos of the war in Syria.

It shows two men being beheaded by Syrian rebels, one of them by a child. He hacks with a machete at the neck of a middle-aged man who has been forced to lie in the street with his head on a concrete block.

Petition Demands Immediate Action from Prime Minister Over Delhi Gang Rape

WE THE CITIZENS OF INDIA WILL NOT ALLOW THIS FROM OUR LEADER ANYMORE!

(DELHI, India) - On Dec 16, 2012, a 23 year old woman was gangraped and brutalized with an iron rod in the capital city of the country that you are leader of! She's still battling for her life!

Breaking the Spell of `Dualism`?

In the real Spirit of these times on Earth, Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to everyone who is listening. . .

(EUREKA, Calif.) - What will it take to break the spell of "dualism" particularly in America, which frames our lives in the divisiveness as...  (subject) "me"  and (object) ...my world ... in fear and or attempting to possess and control?

What of seeing the challenges ...and how all life's paradoxes hold  the whole truth of our existence rather than being separated out and fragmenting our lives?

Russell Crowe Helps Preserve `Gladiator` Tomb

A team of archaeologists unearthed fragments of the tomb near the Via Flaminia in Rome in 2008.

(MOSCOW RT) - The recently unearthed tomb of the inspiration for the ‘Gladiator’ movie Roman general Marcus Nonius Macrinus has been saved by actor Russell Crowe.

Italian authorities said they couldn’t afford to preserve the mausoleum and had to rebury it.

Rhinoceros is Unique

When The Almighty creates a uniqueness found only in you, no army in the world can defeat that mighty number of two.

(CLEVELAND) - The Rhino is unique from other animals you’ve seen or heard, And that unique characteristic is, they cannot move backward,

Furthermore, their peripheral vision is as good as being blind, So, Rhino’s always move forward with only one thing in mind.

Political Grinchs Stealing Christmas from Palestinian and Syrian Refugees?

This holiday season many in Yarmouk campl, people are thinking of and praying for their countrymen in Lebanon, who are also waiting to return to Palestine.

(CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME, Damascus) - Church officials in Damascus advanced the hour of last night’s traditional Christmas Eve midnight service to 6:00 p.m.

Reasons include ubiquitous checkpoints, security fears, few taxis and no buses around.

From Bethlehem

Jesus was the first martyr for non-violent resistance in Palestine.

(BETHLEHEM) - Bethlehem (Aramaic for House of Laham, the Canaanitic God of Sustenance) area is decked in colors and the best and most beautiful lights are the smiles on the faces of our children.

On Saturday evening, we attended a christian service that was a joint service with the National Cathedral in Washington DC. The Palestinian children bell choir was uplifting.

The Burial of Bethlehem

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2)

(LAVERNE, CA) - Dependent on tourism for much of its economy -- the city of Bethlehem is STRUGGLING AGAINST ALL ODDS.

ISRAEL HAS DECIDED TO close most of the city to even Holy Clergy who have churches within. Most businesses are closed down. Jesus' birthplace is a ghetto.

When Will Justice be Done for 6-Year old Hindu Girl Raped in Karachi?

Journalists attempting to report the story of Vijanti have been threatened.

(KARACHI, Pakistan) - On 4th December 2012 six year old Vijanti Meghwar was brutally raped in Ghulam Nabi Shah village, district Taluka Pithoro Umerkot, in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Vijanti belongs to the Meghwar community of the country’s minority Hindu population. She was found unconscious and lying in the street.