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Voice for Voiceless Christians in Capital Living in Atrocious Conditions

There are numerous examples of Faisal Sakhi Butt's tireless efforts in the field of human rights with a rights based approach.

(ISLAMABAD) - When visited slum settlements of Islamabad, this scribe found that living in those colonies was similar to living in any far-flung areas of Sindh or Balochistan, where basic facilities do not exist.

The water supply is limited and technically not feasible to full fill the need of the whole vicinity.

Obama`s Hagel Test

What is it about Hagel’s views that put him today at the temporary top of the Zionist lobby’s verbal hit-list?

(LONDON) - By all accounts President Obama wants to nominate Chuck Hagel, the former two-term Republican senator from Nebraska to replace Leon Panetta at the Pentagon as Secretary of Defense.

But a coalition led by the Zionist lobby is mounting a smear campaign against Hagel. Why?

The Great Divide Between Religious Government and Human Rights

Those of us who support human rights can't play favorites; we must extend an even hand to all people and force the violators of laws that exist to protect our most precious rights in front of the harsh light of justice.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - I heard from a news contact this week who is in shock over learning that our longtime reporter, Gordon Duff, known for his role as an activist and writer in Middle east affairs, is writing for Press TV in Tehran.

They cited that Press TV is an Iranian government media organization, and I do not disagree. However PBS and The BBC are both government news agencies, so is Voice of America and a host of other media groups that operate with ranging degrees of credibility.

Universal Responsibility

“O that there were some virtue in my tears...” —Shakespeare

(PORTLAND, OR) - One of the Dalai Lama’s first principles is something he calls “universal responsibility.”

However quick we are to place His Holiness on a saintly pedestal, it is only because the threshold of our own responsibility sometimes seems so very low...

Peace Corps Announces Top Volunteer States and Metropolitan Areas

Fort Collins-Loveland, Colo., surpasses Missoula, Mont., to lead metro areas per capita... California leads list of top states.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In 2012, the metro area comprising Fort Collins and Loveland, Colo., is the leading producer of Peace Corps volunteers per capita with 14.7 per 100,000 residents, ousting the 2011 and 2010 per capita leader, Missoula, Mont.

For the second consecutive year, the District of Columbia, Vermont and Oregon top the list of volunteer-producing states per capita...

Responding Personally and Powerfully to the Climate Catastrophe

The Flame Tree Project asks deep questions about how we go about creating a new and higher phase of life on Earth.

(TASMANIA, Aust) - News articles report one environmental disaster after another, with dire consequences for the planet and all its species.

For example, 'Global Extinction within one Human Lifetime as a Result of a Spreading Atmospheric Arctic Methane Heat Wave and Surface Firestorm'

You Are God

Who... Me?

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - The statement "You are God" seems an absurd and presumptuous blasphemy, so it needs to be clarified. According to the Vedic tradition and panentheism, it's not just you who are God; all of us are God.

And it's not just all of us who are God; everything is God. God is the universe in synergy, the whole that is more than the sum of its parts.

Tim King, Live Tonight on Air Amarteifio Radio

7:00 p.m. West Coast... 10:00 p.m. EST.

(LOS ANGELES) - Tim King of Salem-News.com will be a guest tonight on Air Amarteifio Radio with Ruthann Amarteifio.

Tim will explain how he and his wife, Bonnie, started an on-line news source that has over 100 journalists from 22 countries. The joys and trials of juggling the people and the events----How their mission has expanded over the years.

A Visual Journey into the Heart and Soul of Ciudad Juarez

An old city sees new life...

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In recent pieces, FNS has mentioned the revitalization project that is underway in the historic downtown of Ciudad Juarez.

The state-city plan moves forward, with workmen now engaged in constructing a controversial train tunnel/underpass.

Beating of War Drums

Either war is obsolete or men are. --Buckminster Fuller

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - So often, news gets reported quickly and is then forgotten. The following, from CBS, provides an example of an under-reported event:

“A handful of soldiers gathered Thursday morning at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park on the Chicago River, to announce their opposition to NATO, and announce that they’re giving back their service medals on Sunday, at the start of the NATO summit.”