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BBC Campaign on 911 Truth Shifts into Second Gear

Send an email to the UK Parliament Media Committee

(SAN FRANCISCO) - You can help motivate the members of the UK Parliament's Media Committee to hold the BBC accountable for its biased coverage of the real 9/11 evidence.

More than 250 of our newsletter subscribers wrote to the BBC Trust and UK Parliament Member Tom Watson in response to the article 'Hold the BBC Accountable' in our June 5 Blueprint newsletter and a follow-up Action Alert.

India Resident Rooma Mehra Featured on The Wrighter

“Her style is fluid and colors vibrant echoing her positive attitude. She is not restricted by styles or palette each work reflects her individuality and her perception of the subject.”

(TUSTIN, CA) - This week, Rooma Mehra is featured on The Wrighter as the blog, created by Kobina Wright, continues to explore the work of contemporary artists and discuss the auctioning of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” The features will continue through the end of August 2012.

Why Are Buddhists Committing Genocide Again?

Before it was Sri Lanka; now bloody Buddhist hands are robbing life on an epic scale in Burma.

(SALEM) - Buddhist militants are committing genocide again; the second time in 3 years.

Rohingya Muslims are being slaughtered in a spate of religious ethnic cleansing.

Media Accused of Biased Coverage of Unrest in Arakan State

The civilian government had announced changes to the legislation governing the media but they have yet to see the light of day.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A threat by Rangoon chief minister Myint Swe to prosecute news media that cover the current sectarian violence in the western state of Arakan in an irresponsible manner has highlighted the fragility of recent improvements in media freedom.

World Silent as Muslim Massacre Goes on in Myanmar

As reported by Associated Press, 1,336 homes belonging to the Rohingya Muslims were burnt during the unrest.

(TEHRAN) - Mohammad Hossein Nikzad, a close personal friend and a senior student of political science just called me a few hours ago, worriedly talking about the dire situation of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and the atrocities the Buddhist Rakhines are committing in the East Asian nation.

Mending Fences in Laos

More than 20,000 people have been killed by the bomblets and more than 98 percent of known cluster bomb victims are civilians with 40 percent of these children.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Earlier this month U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton became the first high level U.S. official to visit Laos since the Vietnam War.

Although not touted as such, the visit was an effort to mend fences with Laos, the most heavily bombed nation per capita in history.

The Circle of Madness is Closing

Twenty-four year old Jessica Ghawhi narrowly missed death by gunshot in Toronto on June 2. She was gunned down forty-eight days later, in the early minutes of July 20 near Denver, in a movie theatre.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - On June 2, 2012, 24 year old Jessica Ghawi, a neophyte sports reporter from Denver, was visiting Toronto, Canada.

She went to the Eaton Centre mall for sushi, but changed her mind at the last moment, later writing about it in her blog...

Assassination Attempt on Hillary Clinton in Israel?

Israel Radio broke the story earlier in the week, which was confirmed by sources inside Israel, but never mentioned again.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Was there an assassination attempt on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while she was on an official visit to Israel.

According to Israel Radio and Reuters, there was.

Marijuana Dependents Lose Marijuana Cost Deductions

So says The Oregonian... and patients can get a legal Marinol prescription

(MOLALLA, OR) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Social Security Department, U.S.D.A. Food and Nutrition Service, with the connivance of many government anti-marijuana offices, has decided to kick disabled, destitute medical marijuana patients in the guts AGAIN with totally egregious erroneous statements that, "Marijuana has no currently accepted medical use and can not be prescribed for any medicinal use." Ridiculous.

Camp Lejeune Health Care Huge Step Forward

Congressional compromise recognizes Marine Corps’ responsibility for contaminated water wells and health effects of toxic exposure.

(SALEM) - The Senate passed Honoring America’s Veteran’s and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012. It’s a huge step forward but hold off on breaking out the champagne.