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Who Holds Real Power in Myanmar?

No Buddhist leader except Dalai Lama condemned the violence of Rakhine Buddhists.

(SITTWE AKYAB, Myanmar) - It has been early four months after the bloodiest clashes between Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and stateless Rohingya Muslims.

Rakhine can move freely, can do their jobs as usual, nearly one million Rohingya have effectively been confined to a series of rural displaced camps and in detention.

The Assembly Line Culture

The calls by Americans for regime changes represent the most outrageous interference in other country's concerns and none of our business.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - My father managed a branch of a steel pipe making company in Pennsylvania. I was about ten or 11 the first time he took me on a tour of his company.

Seeing the molten steel being poured from the furnaces looked very impressive to me as a young boy.

Let`s Assert Our Individuality: Honoring Unique Traits

Adversity can summon up strengths. Survival can build fortitude of the backbone.

(SALEM) - This particular article is generated by post-breakfast chitchat with my wife of 77, Carmela, still feisty and high-spirited. She grew up in The Philippines and the predominant culture was conformity-prone.

Here in the US, we tend to respect diverse views and pay honor to the uniqueness of the individual.

Pink Floyd`s Roger Waters to Join Jury of Russell Tribunal on Palestine

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine was launched in 2009 following Israel’s bloody assault on Gaza.

(ROME) - Roger Waters, founding member of the British rock band Pink Floyd, has announced that he will join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, civil rights icon Angela Davis, and others, on the jury of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.

The fourth and final session will be held on October 6–7, 2012, at New York City’s historic Great Hall at Cooper Union (7 East 7th Street, Manhattan).

Scars of Torture No Match for Spirit of Intrepid Oregon Peace Activist

A struggle to survive torture in Sudan ends in a living reward for Rudwan and Nancy Dawod.

(EUGENE, OR) - Rudwan Dawod who left Oregon during midsummer to visit his native Sudan, only to be arrested for 'terrorism' while taking part in a peace demonstration.

It is our pleasure to bring you this exclusive interview with Nancy and Rudwan Dawod, who discuss his recent ordeal in Sudan that could have cost him his life.

Oil, Zionism and More

The world is changing and only justice to the native Palestinians can bring security and peace here.

(BETHLEHEM) - Recent discoveries show that the Eastern Mediterranean area has huge energy fields which together with water resources could provide the impetus for new conflicts/wars.

The initial estimates is that the area in the sea facing Palestine (present day Israel and the Gaza Strip), Lebanon, and Syria holds 1.7 billion barrels of oil, 5 billion barrels of natural gas liquids, and an astounding 122 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.

Why Romney Won`t Do

As the Mormon nominee of the Republican Party, Romney sings the evangelical song with lyrics provided by Karl Rove.

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - Dwight D Eisenhower, at the end of his presidency, warned us against the Military/Industrial Complex which was exhumed by the Geo. W. Bush Administration for use in the Iraq fiasco and is what Romney would reinstate to fulfill his promise of creating the most powerful military in the world to be staffed we may assume by many of the million + he says he will add to the employment rolls.

Talk about killing two birds with one stone; this is how it is done!

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder - Trailer

Vincent Bugliosi calls for the United States of America to return to the great nation it once was and can be again.

(LOS ANGELES) - Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi stars in this most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking documentary.

In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting the war in Iraq.

Fatal Traffic Crash - Highway 18B near Sheridan

The driver was not using safety restraints.

(MCMINNVILLE, OR) - Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into the cause of an early Saturday morning single vehicle fatal crash that resulted in the death of an adult female along Highway 18B near Sheridan.

The victim is 23-year old Candace M. Diaz of Sheridan.

Goodness is Life

Forces of darkness knows no way, to put off the light of one faint ray...

(LONDON) - We all have seen the crime scene
Broadcasted live on our TV screens
We have seen the blood flowing
We have heard the deafening screams

The murder-weapon is known to all
Signed "with love" by hearts of ice
It thundered down with a "gracious" fall