Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with history www.salem-news.com 2010 Since the end of the conflict in 2009, a new phenomena has emerged. That of Buddha statues being erected along the A9 route that leads to Jaffna. Over 28 Buddha statues have been counted along this route since the war concluded in May 2009. The comedy of this charade (what else can one call it?) is that these statues are placed in areas where little or no Buddhists reside. http://salem-news.com/articles/february102012/buddhist-zealots-im.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february102012/buddhist-zealots-im.php Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:24:00 PST They pitch the battle as environment vs. jobs, it is a phony argument using economic recovery through ecological laxity as the key to our nation’s fiscal woes. This type of “Zero Sum Game,” is a winner-take-all scenario that will create more jobs---More jobs in the remediation and restoration career sectors after we’ve destroyed our country’s ecologies. http://salem-news.com/articles/february102012/environmental-siege-rb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february102012/environmental-siege-rb.php Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:00 PST These essays chronicle the growing militarization of US policy in North Africa and the Gulf and the historic confrontation between the Arab democratic revolts and the imperial backed satraps. Bearing witness to the ragtag rebel victory enabled by NATO in Libya and ongoing chaos throughout the region, Petras disassembles America’s collapsing Middle East policy. http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/petras-book-honors.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/petras-book-honors.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:07:00 PST The volatile situation in Syria generated by the Saudi-Qatar-funded Wahhabi armed group known as the Free Syrian Army and backed by the West is now an accident waiting to happen. There is certainly one ulterior motive behind the US-friendly Syrian crisis extravagantly fuelled by the presstitute media which keep distorting the facts on the grounds. http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/western-shenanigans-is.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/western-shenanigans-is.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:06:00 PST When examining the recent Genocide in Sri Lanka committed against the minority Tamil population by the country's Sinhalese Buddhist government, many disturbing facts surface. The thousand excuses offered by Sri Lanka' politicians mean little, when the facts reveal that the government 'practiced' Genocide in the years preceding it. http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/genocide-colombo.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/genocide-colombo.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:11:00 PST On 19 May 2009, an accountant named Sivarajan ran to the winding lunch queue in the Anandakumaraswami Zone 3 refugee camp to serve food. Swarna, a former militant, yelled at her mom for revealing to the army that their family was from a region where the war between the Sri Lankan Army and the separatists—“Tigers,” she called them—was still raging. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/lanka-hell.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/lanka-hell.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:21:00 PST The West Bank and Gaza are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. Restrictions on movement, home destruction and widespread violence against Palestinians, have created an ongoing emergency. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/unrwa-gaza.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/unrwa-gaza.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:00 PST Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney says revenue is down a little, but it will fit within the co-chairs’ budget proposal. That means we can move forward with a budget rebalance that will keep our schools open and criminals behind bars. It means we will take care of our seniors and provide services for people with disabilities and our children. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/revenue-reax-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/revenue-reax-tk.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:00 PST Pfc. Bradley Manning was just nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize!1 Last week, Major General Linnington gave the final recommendation for Manning to face court martial on all 22 charges, including the vindictive aiding the enemy charge. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/manning-nobel-bs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/manning-nobel-bs.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:00 PST Homs is now the physical and political frontline of the unrest engulfing Syria. Heavy fighting continues for the fifth straight day in the rebel stronghold city. The rebel opposition is imploring the international community to intervene and displace President Assad, despite his commitment to engage the opposition in talks to resolve the conflict. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/hons-conflict-rt.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/hons-conflict-rt.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:05:00 PST I believe there should be a new police investigation into the kung fu martial artist Bruce Lee’s mysterious and inexplicable sudden death at the young age of only thirty two. Echoing an immortal line from Bruce Lee’s film Fist of Fury, "How could a Fit Man Die?" Why would the Fittest Man in the World, take to carrying a gun about with him in his last few months on Earth? http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/bruce-lee.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/bruce-lee.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:56:00 PST This is the Executive Summary for the March 2012 Oregon Economic Forecast. Salem-News.com brings you the complete document, and also reactions to the news of Oregon falling more than $35 million this year. This information contains recent trends, demographics, risks and forecasts, General Fund revenues and information on Extended General Fund revenue outlook. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/oregon-2012-revenue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/oregon-2012-revenue.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:35:00 PST Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north could take more than a decade, experts say. "It is expected to take [in] excess of 10 years to fully mitigate all remaining contamination in Sri Lanka," the Mine Action Project of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka told IRIN, citing a lack of resources coupled with the difficult nature of the work. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/landmines-sri_lanka.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/landmines-sri_lanka.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:51:00 PST Democrats in the House of Representatives condemned Republican inaction on a series of bills designed to address the housing crisis in Oregon. After the deadline passed to schedule a hearing on Monday, and Democrats were unable to convince a Republican committee chair to discuss the measures, it appeared certain that the legislation would not move forward... http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/foreclosures-oregon.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/foreclosures-oregon.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:46:00 PST Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger was a devoted marine for nearly 25 years. As a drill instructor in the Marine Corps, he was responsible for training thousands of new recruits. But when Jerry’s nine-year-old daughter Janey passed away from a rare type of leukemia, his structured world began to collapse around him. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/semper-fi.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/semper-fi.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:37:00 PST Knowing that in Sri Lanka, a genocide of epic proportions hung in the delicate balance, it leaves the burning question... Why didn't a world-scale revolution kick into gear when a 26-year old journalist self immolated in Chennai, India on behalf of the Sri Lankan Tamils? http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/tamil-immolation-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/tamil-immolation-tk.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 PST Truck drivers at the Port of Seattle have walked off the job by the hundred, leaving lawmakers in a quandary. Drivers at several trucking companies that haul containers between the port and intermodal rail yards say the companies they contract with are paying them at less than the market rate. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/truckers-seattle.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/truckers-seattle.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:00 PST To the end of his life, Albert Einstein's best friend at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton was the mathematician and logician Kurt Godel. In 1947, when Godel was about to go through his citizenship hearing, he revealed to Einstein and economist Oskar Morgenstern, that he had discovered flaws in the Constitution that would make it possible for the U.S. to become a dictatorship. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/constitution_dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/constitution_dj.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:06:00 PST Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley wrote to President Barack Obama to express his strong support of the announcement of an accelerated transition in Afghanistan. The letter came on the heels of comments by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that the United States will complete its transition from major combat operations in Afghanistan to a “training, advice and assist role” by mid-to-late 2013. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/merkley-afghanistan.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/merkley-afghanistan.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:42:00 PST The Global March to Jerusalem/GMJ commences on 30 March and coincides with the 36th anniversary of LAND DAY. As “reality leaves much to the imagination” [John Lennon] I imagine the third intifada could finally erupt if those two events were joined into from every city, town and village throughout Israel by contingents of nonviolent residents. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/global-revolution-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/global-revolution-ef.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:00 PST A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization is calling on the DOJ's Civil Rights Division to investigate acts of “coercion and intimidation” in the FBI’s Portland Field Office. The agency is accused of pressuring Muslims into giving up constitutional rights if they wish to return to the U.S. from overseas. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/muslim-coercion.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/muslim-coercion.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:58:00 PST Can a roommate-seeker be sued for housing discrimination? Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first court in the nation to say, “no.” The case involved a lawsuit against Roommates.com, a roommate-locator service that asked users to fill out a form stating the sexual orientation of their preferred roommate and whether they wanted to live with children. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/discrimination-roommates-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/discrimination-roommates-ro.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:09:00 PST Monsanto, the U.S. corporation controlling an estimated 90 percent of the world’s seed genetics, is gearing up for a return to Vietnam. Monsanto isn’t a household name in Vietnam. But one of it’s former products, the killer Vietnam War-era military defoliant Agent Orange, remains infamous. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/monsanto-vietnam-pw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/monsanto-vietnam-pw.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:32:00 PST Arising out the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite, the Nobel Prize is universally recognized as the most prestigious award in the fields of peace-making, economics, chemistry, physics, medicine and literature. How about an international award - without the gold medal, the diploma and the money - for hypocrisy? http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/hypocrisy-award-ah.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/hypocrisy-award-ah.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:18:00 PST Ronnie Scott’s is privileged to welcome Israeli-born Gilad Atzmon performing the music of arguably the greatest alto sax player in jazz history, Charlie Parker. On the night, Gilad will be accompanied by a full string section adding depth to bird's classic compositions. This is a must-see show that has been earning rave reviews around the country! http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/ronnie-scotts-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/ronnie-scotts-ga.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:50:00 PST Mahinda Rajapaksa appears to be walking away from promises he had made to seek out a political solution based on devolution of powers to autonomous provincial councils. The modern history of Sri Lanka, centered around the politics of its Tamil minority population and its umbilically bound relationship with India, is one of broken promises... http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/captive-lanka-vv.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/captive-lanka-vv.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:47:00 PST There is nothing in the Constitution that requires the government to bow to the wishes of a particular religion. It simply requires that reputable religions be respected by all people. For Republicans in general or its candidates in particular to say otherwise is to play upon Catholic and Evangelical emotions to defeat and replace a sitting President. It is deceitful and a disgrace to all who subscribe to such nonsense. http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/being-honest-kr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/being-honest-kr.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:54:00 PST Tim King and his tireless band of peaceful warriors deserve an encomium for their efforts to spread truth, justice, and peace throughout the world instead of hate, oppression and imperialism, and Agron Belica has given it to the them in Beautiful Hope. Now supplied with an accompanying video, the pop & rock hit is set to make its rounds again. http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/beautiful-hope-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/beautiful-hope-jc.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:00 PST Two senior men with the LTTE, V Balakumar and Yogaratnam Yogi, are reportedly are held in detention with other senior men of the LTTE south of Sri Lanka, under strict military supervision. This news rings contrary to the government's claim of that both were dead in the battle front. http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/ltte-leaders.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/ltte-leaders.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:51:00 PST During a workshop at the American University of Beirut last year on the subject of the right to work and to purchase a home for Palestinian refugees, a young business major from the Christian village of Bikerki posed a question that surprised some in the audience: “Why if Palestinian don’t like it in Lebanon do they not go home? Why did they even bother coming here in the first place?” http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/palestine-lebanon-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/palestine-lebanon-fl.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:21:00 PST