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Tamils for Obama to PM Cameron: Acknowledge Britain`s Colonial Error

Tamils for Obama hopes that Cameron will admit Great Britain erred in making a single Ceylonese country.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Tamils for Obama wrote a letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron. The letter says "We believe that the British made a serious error in leaving one (rather than two) former colonies behind in Ceylon.

"We would be grateful if a prominent and significant Brit--such as yourself--were to publicly and for the record acknowledge that it would have been more proper, wise, and foresightful to have restored an independent Tamil state in the northeast of Ceylon. We think this will help to frame the future debate about a Tamil homeland."

`Let us never negotiate out of fear
But let us never fear to negotiate`

Recently Rwanda has come under much scrutiny by its neighbors who are asking President Kagame to negotiate with the FDLR.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Foreign Policy is a complex labyrinth of balancing local needs with international interests. This act requires awareness of one’s population, needs of the community, financial and peaceful stability as well as serving the interests of the greater good.

These are all signs of a mature and aware politician. The key here is being able to look beyond the individual interest to the needs and to focus and serve the needs of the great good.

Nightmare for Muslims in Bangladesh Continues

"I highly condemn the abuse and torture by the law enforcement agencies demand a judicial investigation of the incident" - William Nicholas Gomes, Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - "So many people killed at large, the streets were flooded with blood." This was the 5^th May, as the narrator in the video below explains, just a month and a half ago.

The Bangladesh government has been murdering Muslims for speaking out and assembling in public. Is this the effort of a government trying to be secular, trying to avoid Sharia law, or genocide?

Why Does the Boston Lanka Ignore Kidnapping, Hijacking and Arms Supply?

The Boston Lanka is now targeting Mrs Adele Balasingham, widow of Mr. Anton Balasingham, political advisor to the LTTE for more than two decades

(PARIS, France) - A few days ago, I saw the documentary entitled, “Story of Adele Balasingham” produced by Boston Lanka - BL.

It is obvious that BL is trying to rescue Sri Lanka from well-substantiated allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the last days of the war - May 2009.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Christian Saviors & the Adoptions Industry in Congo

Exploiting Africa's most precious resource: children.

(WASHINGTON DC) - La Procure Saint Anne is a Catholic Monastery built in 1920 in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Abutting Kinshasa's first cathedral church, La Centre d'aceuil Saint Anne (in the local French) sits just off Kinshasa's main thoroughfare, the Boulevard 30 Juin, named for the date of the Congo's supposed independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960.

Unhappy 90th to Israeli President Shimon Peres

Let me say, I'm glad there is faith, but sometimes it should be mixed with objective logic.

(ST. AUGUSTINE, FL) - The next world war is being hatched just as planned and the top of American foreign diplomacy.

Kerry, Rice and Powers are all proud members of the 4200 member muckraking organization, the Council On Foreign Relations (CFR).

Pakistani Christians

Christian community in particular has been targeted and internationally ostracized in the past.

(ISLAMABAD) - The peace intervention ratio in Pakistan is always disproportional in terms of supply and demand. Pakistani society is gradually dipping into disharmony and going awry as demand increases and supply is less than its required level.

Pakistan is unable to achieve its desired status in the comity of nations despite having good natural and human resources; the reason is that there is injustice at the heart of all its systems and levels.

Imagine If We Were Number One

No, not number one in military spending (which we are). Not number one in incarceration rates (which we are as well). What if, instead of these things, the U.S. became hyper-focused on becoming the most peaceful nation on earth?

(PORTLAND, OR) - The recently released 2013 Global Peace Index (GPI) placed the U.S.100th out of 162 countries. That’s not so spectacular.

The GPI, which is endorsed by a number of Nobel Peace laureates, eminent individuals, and renowned academics, considers factors related to both negative peace, that is, the absence of violent conflict, and positive peace, or characteristics of just and humane societies, like ample housing, access to education, lack of poverty, healthcare, and gender equality.

Zimbabwe: Raid on the Offices of LGBTI Rights Organisation GALZ

The latest incident comes in the context of a very difficult climate for LGBTI rights defenders in Zimbabwe.

(YORK, UK) - On 6 June 2013, at approximately 11:00 a.m., five unknown assailants wielding hammers forced entry into the Harare offices of human rights organisation Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)

GALZ is an association founded in 1990 that advocates social tolerance for sexual minorities and the repeal of homophobic legislation in Zimbabwe.

FDLR: Why President Kagame Will Not Negotiate

President Kikwete will not apologise because his statement was based on facts. We ask Rwanda to take this advice. Our President cannot apologise for the truth

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) remain a topic of much debate among those who research and spend time in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

There are a few schools of thought as to who this group is and what their motives are.