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Salem-News.com (Dec-24-2012 02:15:00)

Help the Homeless Aids Salem Residents Facing a Tough Winter

In its third year, event sees highest attendance yet.

(SALEM) - John Olivera of Steeles Karate The Help the Homeless event in Salem this weekend was a huge success, thanks to the efforts of John and Marci Olivera of Steeles Karate. In its third year, the event fed and provided helpful items to a large number of attendees who enjoyed good cheer and even live music.

After covering the event, some people who had made the trip to attend Help the Homeless from West Salem, asked if it was possible to get a ride back to the homeless camp they reside in.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-24-2012 01:17:00)

Complaint Alleges Sinaloa Cartel Members are Framed for Murder

It is alleged that the leaders of Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquin Guzman Loera, Ismael Zambada Garcia and 22 others are indicted in Texas for murders they didn't commit.

(DETROIT, MI) - Joaquin Guzman Loera and Ismael Zambada Garcia, leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel An email from a group apparently representing the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, declares the innocence of particular individuals arrested during a wedding in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

We are choosing to publish the letter in its complete form. We have received contact from Mexican cartels in the past, but the information contained here is unusual.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-24-2012 00:28:00)

So Much for Mayan Calendar Predictions

It's all a big bowl of prophesy soup.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Mayan Calendar - another false alarm The latest doomsday has come and gone and most of us are all still here, fooled again.

However two horrible shootings took place in the United States as we approached this latest day of fear, as people mumbled words about the end of the world happening on 21 December 2012.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-23-2012 22:28:00)

Rohingya Trapped Inside Burma`s Refugee Camps

Authorities continue to act without warrants and Rohingya detainees have been held without bail or access to lawyers.

(SITTWE, Myanmar) - Burma Rohingya living as prisoners The helicopter cuts a sharp arc away from the sea and sweeps over pagoda-topped hills and dusty farmland until a mass of dirty white tents comes into view.

Soon throngs of people can be seen coming out of their makeshift homes and rushing towards the airfield, until they resemble a human fence, snaking five-deep around the camp.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-23-2012 22:19:00)

Boxing Day Protest Outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground

The group wants to boycott the Sri Lankan cricket team and raise awareness of human rights violations.

(MELBOURNE) - Sri Lanka cricket protest in Melbourne Police will closely monitor a planned Boxing Day protest outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground, but are not anticipating any major disruptions.

The Tamil Refugee Council is organising a 9am (AEDT) demonstration outside the MCG on the first day of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and Sri Lanka.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-23-2012 18:27:00)

Kerry Enters Cabinet: Opportunity for Bipartisan Coalition Awaits

When Inauguration Day greets us come Jan. 20th, let us inaugurate a collaborative Cabinet as well.

(SALEM) - John Kerry "Stalemate" and "deadlock" are the two ominous words that refer to DC doings between President and the Congress these past four years. Instead of the Constitution, we have Constipation.

If we truly want to get things moving again, Mr. Obama needs to strive to create a bipartisan-style Cabinet that consists of pragmatic peacemakers.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-23-2012 18:14:00)

Dabangg 2 Promotes Torture and Ill Treatment

India is a signer of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT).

(YORK, UK) - Dbangg 2 In India most police officers and other law enforcement officers consider torture as an essential investigative tool, rather than an unscientific and crude method of investigation.

Now one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema, Salman Khan, plays the role of a police officer who encourages the practise of police torture.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-23-2012 17:30:00)

Palestinian Hunger Striking Steadfastness

Palestinians are denied justice. Thousands are lawlessly arrested. They’re brutalized in Israel’s gulag. Prisoners committed no crimes.

(WASHINGTON DC Sabbah Report) - Palestine oppression Israel persecutes them for not being Jews. Praying to the wrong God is criminalized. Hunger strikers defy Israeli lawlessness. Abstinence is their only weapon.

Widespread actions persisted for weeks last spring. Some lasted over two months. Miraculously no one died. Victories remain elusive.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-23-2012 15:03:00)

Feminine and Masculine Sexual Mutilation, the Greatest Crime Against Humanity

"Every man who has chosen lie as means must inexorably choose violence for rule." Alexander Soljenitsyne

(PARIS, France) - male and female genital mutilation Doctors were the first to denounce the monstrous havocs of excision. But the latter is only the tip of the iceberg of sexual mutilation.

For if the damage of circumcision is the most often less serious, its planetary consequences are thousand times more serious.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-23-2012 14:38:00)

A Land of Bootstraps

The International Labor Organization has now classified Mexico as having the highest rate of informal employment in Latin America.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Mexico But a new analysis by the Mexican Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (Inegi) reports that six out of ten Mexican workers are employed in precarious circumstances.

This means they lack contracts, benefits or retirement plans.

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The NAACP of the Willamette Valley

Tribute to Palestine and to the incredible courage, determination and struggle of the Palestinian People. ~Dom Martin


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