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Child Victims of Israeli Violence...

Besides killing our children in Gaza, a great number of Palestinian children in Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank get arrested by Israel each year.

(GAZA STRIP) - The scene of rain was very beautiful; the lands of Gaza covered with a white colour, the smell of the land fertilizing my soul.

Raindrops fell on my face and hair, my eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the sad music started because I remembered the martyrs, the injured and the orphans.

Steel Company POSCO Sends Thugs to Beat Indian Villagers

Update from India's POSCO opposition which continues to suffer unjust cruelty for refusing to give up private land.

(GOBINDPUR VILLAGE, Orissa) - POSCO's scholarship offer at India's most prestigious educational institutions is a sly move to gain sympathy and support of the academia.

They are funding goons to beat up villagers and bribing police to file false cases against villagers; they have been at it for at least four years.

The Empire Behind World`s Largest History Magazine Chain: How American History Magazine Censored Palestine

The investigation began when American History magazine refused to run our advertisement for the new book by CNI’s founder, former Congressman Paul Findley.

(VANCOUVER, WA) - Researching the ties between a particular group of magazines and their advertisers, we learn that the magazines are part of a massive and lucrative empire based on bodybuilding and related products.

Pledge to Defeat the Planet-Killing Trade Deal

We've taken on the Canadian government before, and won...

(WASHINGTON DC) - Right now, the tar sands, a toxic oil reserve almost the size of Saudi Arabia's but over 3 times as dangerous for climate change, sits landlocked in Northern Canada.

People power has twice blocked new pipelines into this poison, but now we have a bigger challenge.

Khaled Meshaal in Gaza

"As long as Palestine is ours and Palestine is the land of Arabism and Islam, we can never recognise the legitimacy of Israel's occupation of it," - Hamas' leader Khaled Meshaal

(LONDON) - If the Israelis expected the Hamas to become a Palestinian Judenrat, Hamas' leader Khaled Meshaal made it clear today that this is not going to happen anytime soon.

Meshaal told tens of thousands of people marking Hamas' 25th anniversary that his party will not recognise Israel.

Family Barely Escapes Home During Raging Fire

Estimated damages are $170,000.

(SALEM) - On December 8, at 2:12 a.m. Jefferson Fire District was dispatched to a house fire on 1891 Steiwer Rd SE Jefferson, Oregon 97352.

Marion, Stayton, Turner Fire District and Engine 9 from Salem were also dispatched to assist with the call. At 4:24 a.m. the fire was deemed under control.

As Court Martial Approaches, Support for Bradley Manning Grows

“We Nobel Peace Prize laureates condemn the persecution Bradley Manning has suffered" - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

(BOSTON) - In 2010, Bradley Manning was charged with leaking classified information to Wikileaks.

His revelations include the video of US soldiers in a helicopter gunship enjoying themselves murdering civilians walking along the street as if the soldiers were playing a video game.

Massive Object Nearing Earth

"This is way too close for comfort, Godspeed friends."

(LONDON) - Astronomers say a massive object is headed straight for the earth. Many observers say it gives weight the the Myan Calindar theory which sees major change impacting the earth in the year 2012.

English Astroastronomer John L. Walson, said, "now its 9 days until the truth... space objects... videos... its not what you think"

Rohingya Community Welcomes Initiatives of World Buddhist Leaders to End Violence Against Muslims in Burma

Rohingya Muslims applaud the responsibility...

(ALMERE, Netherlands) - We, European Rohingya Council (ERC), on behalf of the whole Rohingya Community, would like to extends heartfelt thanks to the World Buddhist Leaders.

Their initiative and suggestions for ending the decades-long persecutions and months-long violence against Rohingyas and other Muslim communities in Arakan State, Burma (Myanmar).