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Sri Lanka: Moving From Tamil Eelam To Eelam Tamil - Analysis

The DMK would do well to listen to Ram Vilas Paswan, president of Lok Janshakti Party, suggestion at the conference to make people in the rest of India aware of the sufferings of Lankan Tamils to mobilise mass support for their cause.

(CHENNAI, India) - Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) leader M Karunanidhi seems to have quietly acquiesced to New Delhi’s pressure.

Now the focus is shifting to his widely publicized “Eelam Tamils’ Rights Protection Conference” on August 12 from ‘Tamil Eelam’ to ‘Eelam Tamil.’ The exercise was more than semantics...

Site of Muslim Prayer Service Desecrated with Bacon

Muslim civil rights group asks for hate crime investigation; urges elected officials to denounce growing Islamophobia

(NEW YORK) - The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate uncooked bacon scattered at the site of a planned prayer in Staten Island.

CAIR-NY also asked political candidates seeking office in the November elections to stop promoting and exploiting anti-Muslim prejudice and urged all elected officials to repudiate growing anti-Muslim hate.

Albany Educator Works on STEM Integration at Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education

Sylvia Harvey was one of 50 educators from across the country selected to spend a week in Washington, D.C., at the Siemens STEM Institute learning how to integrate innovative STEM techniques into her classroom.

(ALBANY, OR) - This fall, Sylvia Harvey, a high school chemistry teacher from West Albany High School in Albany, Ore., will return to her classroom with a deeper understanding of how to integrate real world science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts into classroom instruction.

This understanding comes as a result of her participation this summer in a highly-exclusive professional development opportunity offered by the Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education and the College Board.

Ocean Power Technologies Awarded FERC License For Oregon Wave Power Station

License is the first to be issued ever in the U.S.

(PENNINGTON, NJ) - The Reedsport OPT Wave Park has received approval from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build its planned 1.5 megawatt, grid-connected wave power station off Reedsport, Oregon.

This is the first FERC license for a wave power station issued in the U.S. It provides an important regulatory approval to develop ten OPT devices generating enough electricity for approximately 1,000 homes.

The GOP and the John Galt Factor

With the addition of Ryan, the GOP presidential candidates now celebrate the virtue of selfish capitalism.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Vice President candidate Paul Ryan once remarked, "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand."

Ryan invoked the central theme of Rand's writings, saying, "Almost every fight we are involved in here on Capitol Hill...  is a fight that usually comes down to one conflict - individualism versus collectivism."

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Pakistan Moves to Protect Girl over Alleged Qur`an Burning

Shortly after William Gomes reported a heated case involving the religious persecution of a little girl, Pakistan's President moved in and ended it.

(SALEM) - A government intervention for the sake of Human Rights has taken place in another extraordinary turn of events involving the writings of our Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes.

In a letter to Mr. Asif Ali Zardari; President of Pakistan, Mr. Gomes called attention to a serious situation involving the religious persecution of a child, and a government intervention has taken place.

Perpetual Violence: Israel`s Real `Price Tag` for Terrorism

'Price tag campaign' - Israel is encountering serious internal issues over the actions of deadly settlers.

(SALEM) - The term 'Price Tag' is becoming synonymous with Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian civilians. They've also targeted Israel's military officers and Israeli peace activists.

The extremist settler gangs which Defense Minister Ehud Barak called 'terrorists' months ago, are a symbol of rising anti-Palestinian radicalism among Israeli youth.

`NASA`s Unexplained Files`

Mysterious objects tracking NASA spacecraft make impossible direction changes and traveling at phenomenal speeds.

(SAN DIEGO) - The Science Channel's 'NASA’s Unexplained Files' examines sightings reported by astronauts from several space launchings.

One happened in 1966 during Mission Gemini. The astronauts reported “seeing something they could not identify; a bright object that seems to change shape before their eyes coming towards them.”

The Scum, Once Again, Rises to the Top: The United Church of Canada Picks New `Moderator`, as Fraud Goes On

Gary Paterson will have the chance to indulge his smugness, now that his child killing church is posing as the savior of those little kids...

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - The angry clergyman stormed out of his United Church to confront me and the aboriginal man who were leafletting his parishioners.

"F*cking assholes!" he screamed at us. "Why don't you get a life?"