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Can the UN Learn From Its Own Grave Failures?

The Sri Lankan Civil War is one of several notable failings of the UN and in order to maintain any form of legitimacy the incidence of such shortcomings must decrease.

(COLOMBO) - In early November a damning internal United Nations report into the organisation’s actions at the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War was leaked.

The document, in uncharacteristically unequivocal terms, stated that the UN had shown “a grave failure” in its mandate to protect the lives of civilians as the conflict trudged towards its appalling climax.

PETITION: Facebook Must Block Illicit Images and Videos of Children

A chance to help safeguard the most vulnerable children from online predators...

(WASHINGTON DC) - Facebook is a household name for millions of people around the world who use it to make friends, share pictures, and discuss common interests.

But increasingly, those people include pedophiles who are using Facebook to share images of child pornography and sell kids for sex.

Government of India = VOTE BANK POLITICS + CASH POINT

Purchase of 10% votes buys the Government of India [GoI] that now serves global elites.

(CHENNAI, India) - Surendra’s cartoon exposes the metamorphosis of current Government of United Progressive Alliance [UPA], headed by former IMF executive Man Mohan Singh and economic hit man par excellence, in redefining democracy as it actually is: a voter is a machine that converts cash into votes.

In other words, election is a democratic machine that converts cash into legitimate authority.

Genocide of Tamil Nation in Sri Lanka

Sign this petition... add your voice to the call for justice for the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, victims of Genocide by their own government!

(LONDON) - The most recent Charles Petrie UN report acknowledges the UN role of inaction and actual complicity with the SL government and military in the slaughter.

The number of dead: 146,000, has always been maintained by Bishop Rayappu on the ground based on actual government figures that were suppressed.

A People Betrayed: Democratic Republic of Congo

Experts report that Rwanda is unequivocally involved in the destabilization of the DRC.

(Washington, D.C.) - Another report... another investigation... more women raped... more horrific deaths... more displaced people…more children starving. Welcome to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It has been labeled the most dangerous place in the world to be a woman...

SPECIAL REPORT: Agent Orange Tragedy Haunts Vietnam War Veterans

Victims say the US should accept responsibility for the war and fully support Agent Orange victims

(DaNang, Viet Nam ANN) - The forest was as silent as the dead. Everywhere he turned, Doan Hong Chuong saw rot and decay. Trees were lifeless, jungle birds decayed on the ground, and fish floated in dead ponds.

He and other soldiers from his platoon would walk through defoliated zones in central Vietnam, drink water from ponds and bomb craters and ate bananas that littered the ground.

Jaffna University Tamil Students Boycott Classes

Students at Jaffna University in northern Sri Lanka have started a two-day boycott of classes after clashes with security forces on Wednesday.

(COLOMBO) - They say they do not feel safe after several were beaten and injured in the worst political disturbances since the civil war ended in 2009.

Security forces entered the university, disrupting students marking a commemoration of dead rebel fighters.

The End of Jewish Power

The united opposition to Israel is not in response the Israeli strength. On the contrary, it is actually a reaction to Israeli weakness.

(LONDON) - Israel suffered a humiliating defeat at The UN this week.

The nations of the world stood up and said NO to the Jewish state - NO to Israeli occupation, NO to Israeli human rights abuse, NO to Jewish racism.

Greens Reflect `Grief and Courage of Tamils`

Disturbing images tell the story of ethnic cleansing.

(SYDNEY) - Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon spoke in parliament on November 27 to mark the the Tamil day, “Maaveerar Naal”, and detail the ongoing struggles of Tamil people to achieve justice and equality.

Her full speech is published below...

Historic Victory for Palestine: Another Rejection of Occupation

Way too much did Israeli officials and their US lobby protest, thus drawing more international attention and curiosity as they kept dissing the “purely symbolic empty gesture and meaningless act.”

(BEIRUT) - The United Nations General Assembly vote is the latest of more than 400 UN resolutions on the question of Palestine.

It is a rare major victory for Palestinians after 65 years of resisting occupation.