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Milk Truck Fire on Oregon Highway 99E

The fire was brought under control and there were no injuries.

(TANGENT, OR) - Firefighters with Tangent Fire Department responded to a milk tanker trailer fire early this morning at 2:35 a.m. at Jim Aartman Inc., at 33923 Hwy 99E in Tangent.

Israel: One Beating Is Front Page, Another Goes Unnoticed

Why Israeli Focuses on Some Anti-Arab Attacks and Not Others.

(JERUSALEM Jewish Daily Forward) - As Jamal Julani recovered in a hospital after being beaten unconscious in an attack that monopolized Israeli headlines, another Palestinian man was beaten unconscious.

The first attack dominated not only the media, but also the political discussion, with figures throughout the Israeli political establishment condemning the act.

Portland Fire & Rescue Battles a 5-Alarm Blaze on Hayden Island

The fire was declared under control at 7:02 AM.

(PORTLAND, OR) - At 2:53 this morning, Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a commercial fire at 1401 N Hayden Island Drive. Engine 17 (Hayden Island) arrived to find that heavy fire had already vented through the roof. The fire grew to 5 alarms by 4:23 AM.

This building has been vacant and secure for a number of years, but has been used for storage, which created a heavy fire load.

A New Chapter in Publishing

Digital books save rain forests.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Flip-flop is a term applied to describe what politicians do when they change their minds about a political issue.

Rarely do academics flip-flop about the issues they teach or the material they use. I'm an academic about to do just that.

Sri Lanka: Torture, Rape Against Women

Tamil Canadian Elders for Human Rights Letter to UN officials illustrates continuing sexual violence toward Tamil Hindu and Christian women and girls.

(TORONTO) - Rape and sex abuse continue to rank among the worst problems facing the Tamil population in the north of Sri Lanka, where people live in the aftermath of a bloody three-decade long civil war.

This ethnic conflict ended when the Sri Lankan Army launched a series war crimes that left 160,000 Tamils dead and missing.

Flashback to 12 March 2009: Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army`s Weapon of War

Article by Tamiya; written during the peak of war crimes and ethnic cleansing of Sri Lanka Tamils.

(COLOMBO NowPublic) - The Sri Lankan Army has been using rape as a weapon of war in the Tamil regions over 30 years. Currently, most of North East Tamil regions are under Sri Lankan Army’s control.

Forced disappearance of Tamils for torture and rape is the norm in these regions. Most of these Tamils are killed eventually.

The John Diefenbaker Award for Canadian Humor...

And The Winner Is: Duncan's Doughnuts

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Watching Clint Eastwood make a complete jackass of himself at the Republican Convention recently, such that I almost (but not quite) had sympathy for the Republicans, it suddenly dawned on me that Canadian humor is not as bad as I thought.

As one political commentator mentioned over Joe Dirt's disruption at the Romney love-in...

Pakistan United Christian Movement Demands Urgent Release of 14-Year Old Rimsha Arrested in Fabricated Case

Protestors are demanding equal citizenship for Christians and the ending of discriminatory practices.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Pakistan United Christian Movement organized a Demonstration on Sunday, from St. John’s School, Murree Road to Rawalpindi Press, Rawalpindi.

The news release highlighted the historical role of Christians in Pakistan.

Study Links Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka`s Farm Belt to Agrochemicals

Researchers involved in each study acknowledged that the issues raised by the other were significant.

(COLOMBO IPS) - A new report links the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka’s main agricultural production regions with the presence of heavy metals in the water, caused by fertiliser and pesticide use.

Over the past two decades, dozens of studies have been conducted on the large number of kidney patients in Sri Lanka’s agro-rich north-central region.

Pakistan Police Arrest Cleric who Accused Christian Girl Rimsha of Blasphemy

Today Qari Mohammad Khalid Chishti was sent to Jail on 14 days remand.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Pakistani police arrested a Muslim cleric Sunday night for planting evidence on a Christian girl accused of burning a Koran, purportedly to frame her.

Witnesses say the cleric tore pages from the Koran and planted them in the girl’s bag.