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EXCLUSIVE: Bangladesh: Assassination of Begum Khaleda Zia Planned

India's foreign intelligence agency has trained a group of young men to kill Khaleda Zia.

(SALEM) - Intelligence sources learned that a group of Islamic terrorists who waged an assassinate attempt in 2004, are tied to same forces planning to kill Hasina again.

Begum Khaleda Zia is the longest-serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh Since the country's independence in 1971.

Remembering Mark Bosworth as Cycle Oregon Rolls, Anniversary of Disappearance Nears

Cycle Oregon has made buttons with Mark's photo on them available for volunteers and riders to wear during this year's ride.

(PORTLAND, OR) - With Cycle Oregon now underway in South Oregon, thoughts are turning to Mark Bosworth, the avid cyclist and longtime Cycle Oregon volunteer who disappeared during the event last year.

Mark, then 54 years old, went missing on the night of Friday, Sept. 16, near Riddle High School.

Rajan Zed to Deliver Inaugural Address at Sacramento `Hindu Sangam`

Hinduism is the oldest and third-largest religion in the world.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Various Hindu organizations are joining hands to showcase rich Hindu philosophy, heritage, traditions, way of life and culture in California’s capital Sacramento (USA) on Saturday, September 15.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, will deliver the inaugural address at this day-long event, titled “Hindu Sangam”.

`Shock and Awww!`

The wounds of Sri Lanka's war are not healed.

(CHENNAI, Outlook India ) - How do you efface memories of the fact that at least 40,000 civilians (Tamils) were killed in the final phase of a genocidal war in Sri Lanka, the majority of them by the Sri Lankan army’s shelling of hospitals and “safe zones”?

How do you move on when 3,000,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were internally displaced—and continue to be treated as suspects by a chauvinist Sinhala regime?

August, a Memorable Month for Tamils for All Wrong Reasons!

The counter propaganda campaign by the government of Sri lanka was a complete fabrication created to justify a war of aggression.

(LONDON) - August 2006 is a very significant and a memorable month for the Tamils in general and Eelam Tamils in particular, for all wrong reasons.

On 14 August 2006 around 7.30 am, Sri Lankan Air Force K fir jets. carried out extensive bombing and managed to kill 52 students, mostly orphans, and two staff.

Contagious Paranoia

As the U.S. and Israel move closer to a larger pre-emptive war with Iran, our only hope is that enough of the American public can resist those with paranoid delusions.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Five years ago I wrote an article on mass paranoia. At the time I argued that U.S. and Israeli paranoia threaten to lead the entire world to oblivion.

In that previous article, I defined paranoia as “a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution with or without grandeur, often strenuously defended with apparent logic and reason. It involves an extreme, irrational distrust of others.”

The WGED Should Directly Contact Victims` Families, the State Will Mislead Them: Hyrbyair Marri

The bodies of those who cannot survive their extremely brutal torture, are often dumped in desolated areas across Balochistan.

(LONDON) - We welcome the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to Balochistan.

But we are concerned that Pakistan's rulers will restrict the group’s free movement in an effort to stop them from observing the ground realities.

Victory for Human Rights: India and Pakistan Ease Visa Restrictions

The new agreement will replace the old and tardy visa regime that was signed in 1974.

(SALEM) - Just two days ago, Salem-News.com's William Nicholas Gomes wrote, INDIA/PAKISTAN: Remove the Abnormal Visa Restrictions to Ensure Right to Travel and Trade; calling attention to the difficult time people of Indian and Pakistani descent had with regard to visiting their home countries.

This weekend it was announced that this long hoped-for political change would indeed take place...

Breaking Communique from The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS)

One Week to go before Direct Actions commence against child-killing churches: An Update and Plan of Action from Kevin D. Annett, ITCCS fieldworker.

(DUBLIN, Ireland) - Vatican officials have one week to respond to ten requirements issued last May by survivors of church terror.

If they fail to do this, they will face permanent banishment, occupations and legal summonses. I'm writing this from Dublin, where the top Catholic prelate in that land, Cardinal Sean Brady, is implicated in protecting child rapists..

9/11: Eleven Years On And Still Many Questions Remain

Reinvestigate 911, along with many 9/11 families, first responders, firefighters, pilots, scientists, architects, military officers, CIA and FBI whistleblowers, are calling for an independent re-investigation into 9/11.

(LONDON) - Its eleven years since the world changing events of 11 Sept 2001, used to justify wars abroad and erosion of civil liberties at home.