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Seeking Daylight Between US and Israel

"If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates."-Jay Leno

(CLERMONT, FL) - Mitt Romney addressed a crowd of approximately 400 Monday in what was billed as a major foreign policy address.

Referencing Obama’s early statement to "put some daylight" between the US and Israel, Romney said he "will reaffirm our historic ties to Israel and our abiding commitment to its security. The world must never see any daylight between our two nations."

The Maimed: On Eleven Years of War in Afghanistan

Chris Hedges gave this talk Sunday night in New York City at a protest denouncing the 11th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. The event, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, was led by Veterans for Peace.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Many of us who are here carry within us death. The smell of decayed and bloated corpses. The cries of the wounded. The shrieks of children.

The sound of gunfire. The deafening blasts. The fear. The stench of cordite. The humiliation that comes when you surrender to terror and beg for life. The loss of comrades and friends.

Every Four Seconds Someone in the World Dies of Hunger

There are about a billion people that suffer from hunger worldwide

(MADRID) - The nudity of the indigent world could be dressed up in the leftover decorations of those who are vain, affirms Goldsmith.

Camp Lejeune Marines Get the Shaft

The latest statistics from the VA’s Louisville office on Camp Lejeune’s disability compensation claims show an 84% denial rate for medical conditions claimed by veterans for Camp Lejeune’s contaminated water wells.

(LOUISVILLE, KY) - Outside of the military, no corporation could avoid the huge liability for deaths and injuries from poisoned water wells. Camp Lejeune Marines who were injured by the base’s contaminated water wells are getting the shaft.

Pakistan`s Crimes Against Humanity in Balochistan Tantamount to Genocide: Hyrbyair Marri

We want to make it clear to the world that Hindus, Christians and other minorities have lived in Balochistan for hundreds of years...

(LONDON) - Mr. Marri further said that Pakistan army and Frontier Corps are directly involved in enforced-disappearances, extra judicially killings of Baloch political activists.

They have also committed crimes in Balochistan that are tantamount to genocide but the Supreme Court instead of punishing them is advising them to decommission their anti Baloch death squads.

Burmese Rohingya Group Issues Strong Condemnation Letter

Advocates say Burma's government is not taking any action intentionally.

(MILWAUKEE, WI) - Those responsible are a group of Rakhine Buddhist extremists in the collaboration with the Burmese security forces- Hluntin and police.

Besides burning the central mosque in Akyab, about 3,000 Buddhist Rakhine extremist surrounded remaining the Rohingya villages Aung Mingala and Maueik to attack, killing and to destroy whole villages, sources report.

Abunimah Did It Again

One would expect that after his recent failed attack on myself and my work, Kosher Commissar Ali Abuminah, would think twice before he allies himself with the darkest Zionist and Israeli Hasbara forces around.

(LONDON) - Is it really possible that not a single Palestinian or Palestinian solidarity activist would stand for Greta Berlin, one of the founders of the Free Gaza Movement and its spokesperson for the last several years?

Syria: Arrest of Prominent Human Rights Defender Mr Khalil Matouk

William Gomes asks President Bashar al-Assad to release human rights attorney from custody.

(SALEM) - The Syrian government has jailed a prominent human rights lawyer, Khalil Matouk, who provides legal assistance to victims of human rights abuses in Syria.

If any single government in the world today needs to set an example with regard to human rights, it is Syria.

Newport, Oregon to Hold Tsunami Evacuation Drill Oct. 11

The challenge of safely escorting several hundred people across the Oregon Coast’s busiest highway has become a community-wide effort.

(NEWPORT, OR) - Growing awareness of the potential dangers of a major earthquake and tsunami has prompted Oregon State University and community leaders in the coastal town of Newport to expand the scope of their annual tsunami evacuation drill.