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Forest Prepares for Red Flag Weather Warning During Current Wildland Fire Activity this Weekend

Forest users are being advised of the several recommendations.

(SALEM) - The Willamette National Forest through the Middle Fork Ranger District has put into place a plan to notify and provide safe exit routes for the public.

This plan was created to address the Forest wide High fire danger and a Red Flag Warning issued by the National Weather Service beginning Friday Aug. 17 through Monday Aug. 20.

Diane Downs: Child Killer or Victim of Injustice?

Incarcerated for nearly 30 years, Downs maintains her innocence and a look at the case explains why.

(SALEM) - Can you imagine being accused and convicted of a crime you did not commit, and then realizing that the only way you will ever see freedom again is if you change your 30-year old story?

Welcome to the world of Oregon's most famous convicted child killer, Diane Downs.

History of Burma`s Rohingya Muslims

The Burmese government endorse the Burmese culture and the Buddhist faith for their national citizens; the Rohingyas fall outside of this criteria.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Rohingyas are one of the most persecuted communities in the world.

Although, they have been living in the state of Arakan since the 8th century (which is now part of Burma), the Rohingyas have been under extreme scrutiny by the Burmese government.

To Bomb or Not to Bomb

Realistic Israelis may provide the only hope for avoiding war with Iran.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Barak have been working hard to find sympathy for their craving to bomb Iran.

So far they haven’t been able to convince eight hesitant senior ministers; and according to Haaretz, have attempted to convince the Israeli public of the imagined danger to their security.

Soldiers Repulse Attack on Kamra Airbase Pakistan

Witnesses said the terrorists apparently sneaked into the airbase by scaling nine-foot boundary wall, reinforced with barbed wire, from the backside.

(KAMRA/ATTOCK, Islamabad) - Two soldiers, 6 militants & 8 terrorists, killed in Kamra airbase killed Pakistan.

The security officials successfully repulsed an attack at the PAF Minhas airbase in wee hours of Thursday, killing eight terrorists. A ninth militant, hiding outside the boundary wall, exploded his suicide vest in desperation when cornered.

Bahrain: Ongoing Arbitrary Detention and Judicial Harassment of Nabeel Rajab

Nabeel Rajab is head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and a member of Human Rights Watch.

(SALEM) - New information has emerged in the case in Bahrain against a prominent Human Rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, who was arrested for writing messages on Twitter.

Bahrain, which narrowly escaped a major revolution during the Arab Spring, is a strong ally of the U.S. noted for many Human Rights abuses and for arbitrary detention and worse.

Israel: Two administrative Detainees on Hunger Strike Severely Ill-Treated by the Israeli Prison Service

Salem-New.com's Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes asks Israel's Prime Minister to consider the humanity.

(SALEM) - Israel is facing increasing world pressure over holding hundreds of adults and children from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) in administrative detention.

This act is randomly carried out to silence activists and other opposition members and the practice is carried out by Israeli Defence Forces.

Buddhist Mob Backed by President`s Brother-In-Law Attacks Christian Pastor and Wife in Deniyaya

The pastor was accused of spreading Christianity.

(DENIYAYA, Sri Lanka TBC LONDON ) - A Leading Christian Pastor and his wife were brutally attacked by a mob of around 40 at Deniyaya on August 9th.

The attack on the senior AOG pastor and wife was followed by another incident in Deniyaya where a woman church worker of the Methodist Church was threatened and abused by a mob which wanted her to leave the area.

Justice Delayed is Just Denied

Tomorrow we will press charges against President Kagame in the ICC

(WASHINGTON DC) - This common saying means that justice is something meant to be handled at the present moment. This is so because, like Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

The Rwandan and Congolese people are suffering at the hands of the rebel group going by the name M23.

Rudwan Dawod Has Been Released!

Oregon activist freed after harrowing arrest, trial and threat of death penalty in Sudan!

(EUGENE, OR) - We have just received confirmation that Rudwan Dawod has just been released by the Government of Sudan! Rudwan is a leader of many of Sudan Sunrise's reconciliation and humanitarian initiatives.

Rudwan was just released approximately one-half hour ago, before midnight Khartoum time. He is now with his family. He is reported to be in good condition.