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Salem-News.com (Jun-23-2012 00:30)

Anna-Team: Go to Jail or Agitate Against Pranab

Anna should either ask his Team to go to jail or should launch agitation for clearing Pranab from corruption Charges.

(BANGALURO, India) - Team Anna The credibility of Anna Hazare is at stake if he allows the matter concerning the alleged corruption against the likely President of India, to go unaddressed.

Unlike the US President, the President of India is not a real Chief Executive, rather only Head of State, hence ought to be above controversies.

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Salem-News.com (Jun-14-2012 16:25)

URGENT: Act Now for Mahmoud Sarsak on 88th Day of Hunger Strike

Israel's special laws that apply only to Palestinians, have shattered the life of an aspiring star athlete.

(MELBOURNE) - Poster for Mahmoud Sarsak by Hafez Omar As European soccer stars compete in the European Championship, the eyes of the world must turn to a soccer star at urgent risk of death:

Palestinian national team member Mahmoud Sarsak, 25, has been imprisoned under Israel’s “Unlawful Combatants Law” – the only prisoner so held – without charge or trial – for three years.

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Salem-News.com (Jun-10-2012 00:25)

Israel: Mahmoud Sarsak at Risk of Death: Free him Immediately

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes contacts the Israeli Prime Minister over the plight of hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak.

(SALEM) - Supporters of Mahmoud Sarsak 25-year old Mahmoud Sarsak is one of those hunger strikers who is becoming a focal point of world attention.

An aspiring football star jailed by Israel 3 years ago, is now at risk of death on Day 87 of his hunger strike.

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Salem-News.com (Jun-09-2012 18:04)

A Very Ugly Poem

Just three years ago, Mahmoud al-Sarsak was a star football player...

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - Mahmoud al-Sarsak How can any government lock people up without reason?

What the NDAA allows in the US, is old news in Israel; the detention of any person suspected of 'terrorism' can be detained without charges.

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Salem-News.com (Jun-07-2012 19:27)

Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Transfer of Hunger Strikers to Civilian Hospitals

Call is for immediate intervention to provide all hunger strikers with unrestricted access to independent doctors.

(FREIDBURG, Germany) - Israel is holding Palestinian men, women and children in prison under 'administrative administration' which requires no evidence, no charges... and indefinite detainment.  Two organisations dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights are calling for Israel to transfer hunger striking prisoners to civilian hospitals.

The 'Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organizations' and 'Physicians for Human Rights-Israel' are gravely concerned for the lives of three Palestinian prisoners who remain on hunger strike in Israeli prison.

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Salem-News.com (Jun-07-2012 02:42)

WFP Humanitarian Convoy Attacked in Parwan, Province

It's the first time a WFP-marked convoy was directly attacked in Afghanistan.

(KABUL, Afghanistan) - World Food Programme trucks A convoy of WFP trucks carrying humanitarian food supplies was attacked by unknown assailants, 4 June.

The drivers are safe, but three of the trucks and their contents were burned.

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Salem-News.com (May-29-2012 18:13)

Mahmoud Sarsak, Akram Rikhawi Still on Hunger Strike as Israel`s Violations Continue

From Addameer: Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association

(TEL AVIV) - Israel is violating its end of the deal once again, the Palestinian Hunger Strikes are continuing. Israel has already violated the terms of the agreement addressing the demands of approximately 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners just over one week since they ended their historic mass hunger strike.

Two prisoners remain on hunger strike and are in increasingly critical conditions, without access to independent medical care.

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Salem-News.com (May-27-2012 15:41)

Roundup of Latest News from Afghanistan

Violence, bloodshed, politics, war, ruby thieves, and efforts for peace.

(KABUL ANS) - Tattered national flag at an Afghan Army base in Pesh Valley, 2007 This is a critical time in the history of Afghanistan, the United States and so many other countries tied to the ongoing U.S.-led war effort.

Afghanistan News Center in Kabul provides an excellent roundup of stories and while we have carried individual articles sourced from their reports, this is for the first time, a collection of their entire dispatch.

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Salem-News.com (May-18-2012 04:06)

Never Forget That Bradley Manning, Not Gay Marriage, Is The Issue

Obama's historic achievement as president of the United States has been to silence the anti-war and social justice movement associated with the Democratic Party.

(SYDNEY ) - Barack Obama In the week Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he ordered bombing attacks on Yemen, killing a reported 63 people, 28 of them children.

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Salem-News.com (May-09-2012 18:07)

Government Cuts to Food Assistance Programs Would Escalate Food Insecurity, Researcher Says

Expert says cuts will affect approximately 50 million Americans struggling to meet their food needs.

(COLUMBIA, MO.) - Michelle Kaiser, a doctoral candidate in the MU School of Social Work Congress currently is considering the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, commonly known as the “farm bill,” which would cut billions of dollars to public food assistance programs.

Michelle Kaiser with the University of Missouri School of Social Work, says the cuts will affect approximately 50 million Americans struggling to meet their food needs.

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