Browse All News Articles on Salem-News Page 927

Has David Miliband Changed His Spots?

The threats Israel faces are caused by its racist expansion, land theft, general lawlessness and hateful attitude towards its neighbours, not to mention the nuclear menace...

(LONDON) - Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been providing vital help to vulnerable Palestinian communities ever since the Sabra and Shatila massacre 30 years ago.

Eyebrows therefore shot up when MAP announced that former foreign secretary David Miliband will be speaking at its Annual Gala Fundraising Dinner tomorrow (Thursday) held in the posh Sheraton Park Lane Hotel.

Nepal: Alleged Torture and Ill-Treatment Inflicted by the Police on Mr. Khimlal Rijal

William Gomes urges Nepali officials to follow international human rights laws.

(SALEM) - Mr. Khimlal Rijal was arrested on 9 September 2012 on charges of snatching a gold chain and taken to the litigation section at Kaksi District Police Office (DPO).

At the police station the man is said to have been beaten with plastic pipes on his thighs, back and soles for about five minutes by about six policemen. Needless to say, this is clearly, if true, a terrible act of state terrorism that was undeserved and highly illegal under international law.

HORROR: Grisly Cries of Pain and Torture Being Heard from Army Checkpoint in Makola

Locals terrified, Passersby could clearly hear screams of pain after midnight.

(PASNI, Occupied Balochistan) - According to details gleaned through locals in Makola, which is situated in between Pasni and Ormara, residents are continuously hearing cries of extreme pain and screams of torture from a close-by Pakistani occupying forces checkpoint right after midnight, every night.

Now an army facility, the base was built by FWO (Frontier Works Organization) during the Makran Coastal Highway project...

Police Search for Shooting Suspect in Woodburn

Anyone with any information regarding the incident is asked to call Detective Aaron Devoe at 503-982-2345.

(WOODBURN, OR) - A man was shot in a Woodburn, Oregon front yard on the afternoon of 18 September, police say it was not self-inflicted.

"We Don't know much at this time" says Cpl Shawn Hershberger of Woodburn Police. It Happened around 4:30 pm in a front yard located at Hardcastle Av and Gatch St in Woodburn OR. "The Marion County H.A.R.T. team is assisting in the investigation" says Heshberger.

Former Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury Endorses Measure 80

Regulating marijuana for adults would also remove baseless argument for hemp ban

(SALEM) - Former Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury has officially endorsed Measure 80.

Measure 80 would replace Oregon’s failed system of marijuana prohibition with an effective taxation-and-regulation model that would allow adults 21 and older to purchase cannabis at state-licensed stores only.

9/11 Doubts Seep into the Mainstream as Evidence Accumulates

The most significant expert may turn out to be Judge Ferdinando Imposimato, the widely respected honorary president of the Italian Supreme Court and legendary mafia hunter who lost his brother in a revenge attack.

(LONDON) - As the annual 9/11 remembrance draws to a close, the world is as split as ever. Not only on whether the Afghan and Iraq invasions were justified, but between those who accept Washington's official 9/11 story and those who do not.

Under the mainstream media radar, the number of those who do not is steadily increasing, forming substantial majorities in places like Pakistan and Egypt and significant minorities even in NATO's heartland countries, France, the UK and the US itself.

Possibly Drugged & Taken to Boulder Please Help Find Missing 16-Year Old Avery Workman

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Denver Police Department at 720-913-2000 or Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

(DENVER,CO) - Friends and family members of a missing Elbert County teenager handed out missing-child fliers in Boulder on Tuesday after a police investigation indicated the girl, last seen in downtown Denver, may have been taken to Boulder by an unknown man, searchers say.

Avery Dawn Workman, 16, last communicated with someone she knew at 2:45 p.m. Sunday...

One More Great Adventure to the Middle East

Media outlets looking for material are encouraged to contact me directly, my email is tim@salem-news.com.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - For several purposes, I will be heading back to Afghanistan to cover the final stags of the U.S. war there. I will be returning to the place, as I covered this conflict early on in 2006 and 2007.

Confirmed! Flu Vaccine INCREASES Risk of Serious Pandemic Flu Illness

While the media is sure to continue hyping potential pandemic influenzas, remember that a healthy immune system is your best and primary defense against any viral threat.

(HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill) - The Canadian press recently broke the story that new research confirms initial findings that the flu vaccine appeared to actually increase people's risk of getting sick with H1N1, and cause more serious bouts of illness to boot.

Only in Palestine

In Palestine, faith is ocean-deep; Patience knows no boundaries; Sincerity soft-tactile and hope... sky-wide...

(LONDON) - Again our writer and poet Nahida Izzat delivers a combination of words and images that defy our expectations, humble us in their reality, and motivate us in their meaning.

Children and women facing down heavily armed Israeli Defence Forces; fighting without weapons an enemy intent on killing them all with few exceptions; a cold hearted, poorly trained band of thugs who sickeningly call themselves 'the most moral army' and that alone makes me so committed to exposing their war crimes, that are all taking place by design...