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Israeli Friendly Movie Killed Chris Stevens

Last photos of Chris Stevens are viewed in the context of an attempt to save him.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens died in the invasion of thousands of protesters in Benghazi, Libya. It is a tragedy any time a person is violently killed, but in the case of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, it is a sharper, more painful tragedy.

All politics aside, this is a man who dedicated his life to understanding the Libyan people, language and culture.

India Tops the World in Under-5 Deaths

According to an estimate, about one third of world’s poor lived in India.

(RENO,NV) - India is top in the world for under-five deaths at 1.7 million, which is 24% of the share of total number of such deaths, according to a new UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) report.

Under-5 mortality rate of India was 61 in 2011, where neonatal causes, followed by pneumonia were the highest cause of such deaths.

Officer Involved Shooting in Salem

"The subject came out from a room saw one of the officers fired multiple rounds at him," - Lt. Jim Anglemeier, Salem Police

(SALEM) - Salem Police were reportedly involved in a shooting Thursday night near the intersection of 4th Street NE and Hickory, the details are not clear and a press release has not yet been issued.

The lack of available information didn't keep Salem's daily newspaper from committing a cardinal sin in journalism: something we call 'scanner reporting'.

Einstein`s Prescience

How to break the chain? War and many other forms of violence are generated by the underlying structural violence of capitalism, which is intrinsically unjust and inevitably produces conflict.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Albert Einstein wrote in 1939:

"There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has been done us, we must strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people.... Let us recall that in former times no people lived in greater friendship with us than the ancestors of these Arabs."

OSU, City of Newport Plan for Exhibit Featuring Piece of Tsunami Dock

“The exhibit will be a reminder that the tragedy in Japan could just as easily happen here” - Newport Mayor Mark McConnell

(NEWPORT, OR) - A section from a huge dock that ripped loose from its moorings in the northern Japanese city of Misawa during the massive earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011 will become part of an exhibit in Newport, Ore.

A piece of the huge structure has been saved and will be on display at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center by early next year.

US Federal District Court Defers to State Department Sri Lankan President`s Case

Judge Buchwald noted, however, that the plaintiff advanced several arguments to break new jurisprudential ground.

(NEW YORK) - A U.S. District Judge in New York deferred to the Suggestion of Immunity issued by the U.S. State Department and dismissed the lawsuit brought by Vathsala Devi, the wife of Col. Ramesh.

The Plaintiff asserts cause of action against President Rajapaksa for torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and international infliction of emotional distress in violation of the Alien Torts Claims Act, Torture Victim Protection Act and others.

Human Rights, LLRC and Visit of OHCHR Expert Team

During the period of the war the Police Force also became semi-militarized.

(COLOMBO) - The visit of a 3 member technical team from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva this week will be a follow up on the March 2012 Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka that called for the implementation of the recommendations of the LLRC.

The visit has led to apprehensions about the internationalization of the country’s internal problems.

Weight Loss Expert Calls Mayor Bloomberg Delusional Over Proposed Soda Ban

Questions if the Mayor will try to ban Halloween next?

(NEW YORK ) - An outspoken critic of the obesity epidemic is taking direct aim at New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his proposed ban on large-size soda drinks.

It is an issue that the Board or Health will vote on today – saying it’s a clear overreach of government intervention and will do absolutely nothing in the fight against obesity.

ISI Sponsored Group Threatens to Block UN Mission to Balochistan

Balochistan - the world capital of enforced disappearances

(OCCUPIED Balochistan) - The leader of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, Nasrulllah Baloch, expresses anguish over the Diffa-i-Pakistan Council threat of a long march against the arrival of U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances mission in Balochistan.

The D.P.C., widely suspected of being a front of the infamous Inter-Services Intelligence agency, had vowed that it would not allow the U.N. mission to visit Balochistan...

Surviving the Peace: Laos

Watch a Movie & Save a Life with MAG America.

(PORTLAND, OR) - View a screening of the new short documentary film Surviving the Peace. For many, the US's secret bombing campaign in Laos during the Vietnam W ar and legacy of unexploded ordnance (UXO) is, at best, a foggy bit of our history.

The film succinctly brings the times, the legacy, and a hopeful future into focus.