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NUS Landmark Decision: Condemns Israel`s Siege on Gaza

We must remember that Israels aggression against the Palestinians in Gaza continues as we speak.

(LONDON Refugee News Network) - On Tuesday 27th November The National Union of Students which represents 7 million students in Britain has made the landmark decision to condemn and call for an immediate end to the siege on Gaza by a unanimous vote of the NUS National Executive Council.

This huge breakthrough comes after years of campaigning within the NUS to shift its position.

Palestine Granted UN Observer State Status

It is a big day in the world for Palestine.

(CHICAGO) - History may well record what happened on November 29, 2012, as Mahmoud Abbas’ “finest hour”.

This was the day the Palestinian Authority president announced to the world that he would no longer bow to blackmail from the West.

Abbas: Time to Move Forward - That is Why We Are Here Today

Palestine wins its ‘birth certificate’ by 138 – 9 with 41 abstaining.

(LONDON) - The day before the United Nations vote on Palestine, UK foreign secretary William Hague was explaining his devious policy to Parliament.

"We support a negotiated settlement leading to a safe and secure Israel living alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state..."

THE CON: Medicine`s Obsessional Approach to Circumcision

If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.- W. C. Fields.

(MONTEREY, CA) - Over 100 children die annually from their Blood Sport. Yearly this is more than John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy and the Manson family’s combined totals. Circumcision is a Mock Death ritual of play killing.

Criminally and medically circumcision is a Genital Dismemberment. Circumcision is a sexual crime.

Suicide Bomb Blast in South Waziristan Pakistan

It is not clear who carried out the attack.

(JHUMRA CITY, Pakistan) - A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan has wounded a militant commander and killed at least six people.

Officials say Maulvi Nazir was one of at least 12 people wounded in the blast Thursday in Wana, the main town in the South Waziristan tribal region.

US and Israel Complain Over Historic UN Vote on Palestine

Congratulations to all Palestinians and their supporters...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - It seems almost impossible to put into words, the reaction this world is having to the large step achieved in the UN today.

The UN General Assembly votes by a wide margin, to award non-member observer status to Palestine.

The United States and Negotiations with Iran: From Delusion to Reality

Interview with Mohammad Farhad Koleini, former Iranian Ambassador to Armenia & Senior Expert on Strategic Issues

(TEHRAN Iran Review) - Frequent announcements of readiness to negotiate with Iran by the American officials in their latest interviews and stances have been followed by a host of analytical reports both inside and outside the United States.

Since Iran has not received any official request in this regard, the question is what are the main goals behind general and ambiguous positions taken on this issue by the American officials?

Palestinians Win Upgraded UN Status by Wide Margin

The Palestinians are seeking UN recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, the lands Israel captured in 1967.

(LONDON BBC) - The UN General Assembly has voted to grant the Palestinians non-member observer state status - a move opposed by Israel and the US.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the assembly the vote was the "last chance to save the two-state solution" with Israel.

Stop The Press: Stevie Wonder Is Not Blind After All!

If the report proves accurate, it may as well mean that Jewish Power is falling apart.

(LONDON) - Fearing he will look as though he's taking sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Stevie Wonder has withdrawn from his starring role in a Dec. 6 Los Angeles benefit for the murderous IDF.

The truth, really, then, is that Wonder is taking sides. He is clearly against Israeli militarism. He sides with Justice i.e. Palestine.

For Puliyoor Residents in Salem, LTTE is a Living Presence

"The (LTTE) cadres fought for the rights and died for the Sri Lankan Tamils. We salute them for their sacrifice" - S Kanagarathinam, resident of Mettur Dam

(COIMBATORE, Kerala) - Oover 400 people including 100 women and children, gathered at Puliyoor, a non-descript village in Salem district, and lit candles to remember the fallen heroes of a war fought across the seas.

The LTTE has been wiped out from Sri Lanka, but the Tigers are a living presence for the villagers here.