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For Those Who Don`t Believe Israel Shoots Innocent Farmers

Activists have repeatedly witnessed Palestinian farmers being shot at by Israeli forces as they attempt to work on agricultural land situated within 700m of the Green Line.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It was late February in 2009, when Israeli forces shot a 20-year old Palestinian farmer as he was working in a field near Al-Faraheen.

Weeks earliern, Israeli forces shot at several farmers, killing a 27-year old farmer.

Palestinian Leaders Will Re-Enter Peace Talks With Israel

"We understand that there are many difficulties, that there are many obstacles. But we are determined and committed to continue our efforts until that objective is reached." - U.S. envoy George Mitchell

(JERUSALEM) - Leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization have approved indirect peace talks with Israel VOA news reports today. The talks with the PLO's Executive Committee, will be the first negotiations in 18 months.

PLO Secretary-General Yasser Abed Rabb, said, "The Palestinian leadership today has declared its acceptance to participate in the proximity talks."

Life: The Project (1)

First part of a continuing series.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - "Life is your project; there is nothing to tell you what it's all about, which of course leaves you feeling existential anxiety and dread,” says Jungian analyst James Hillman in his best-selling book The Soul’s Code:

“It's all up to you, each individual alone, since there is no cosmic guarantee that anything makes sense. There is neither God nor Godot to wait for. You make a life out of the deepest feelings of meaninglessness."

Greece is Spent, Rioting Leads to Two Deaths, Bank Set Ablaze

Greece is nearly broke.

(ATHENS / SALEM) - At least three people in Greece have have been killed during riotous protests, as rioters set fire to a bank building, perhaps the most alarming news yet.

Russia TV reports that thousands have taken to the streets in Athens in opposition to the harsh spending cuts, which are part of a new austerity package that is designed to save Greece from bankruptcy.

Environment News: Mexico Goes for Gulf Oil

The Mexican navy has announced it is on alert and ready to participate in any actions needed to counter the oil slick.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - A Delaware-sized oil slick contaminating the Gulf of Mexico hasn’t stopped Mexican plans to extract more of the black gold from ocean waters.

Even as the U.S. grapples with the environmental disaster spawned from last month’s oil spill, Mexico's Pemex announces plans to outsource as many as 14 new oil exploitation contracts in the Gulf of Mexico.

Liberty Radio Hour Features Interview with Salem-News.com`s Tim King

A program about one of America's darkest stories.

(COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho) - One of the most disturbing stories in contemporary military history is the 1967 Israeli attack on the U.S.S. Liberty.

This is one of several subjects discussed by our Tim King, in the latest edition of the The Liberty Hour Radio Program.

U.S. Consulate Worker in Juarez was Targeted for Assassination

Hit ordered because she refused to commit a fraud, law enforcement sources claim.

(JUAREZ) - The U.S. consulate worker murdered in Juarez in mid-March was approached in the days prior to her death by a man seeking to get her to sign off on an official document absent the proper paperwork.

Her refusal to cooperate with the man led to an order for her assassination from the top level of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organization.

Climate Change Smoke and Mirrors

Sustainability and our current society are incompatible.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - The climate surely is changing, and records do indicate we are having warmer years.

The real area of debate is about cause, more specifically about whether or how much the change is the result of human activity.

In Praise of `Salem News`

I want to praise Salem News, which I trust represents the values of a "salem" news outlet.

(TEHRAN) - It was an unanticipated incident, becoming acquainted with Salem-News.

I simply figured out one day that one of my articles has been published on a Website whose name sounds strangely unfamiliar yet significantly meaningful to me.

Poetry: On the Death of a Camel

Story of a young soldier in the days of old, and his reliance on a beast that saves his life, giving its own in the process.

(KHARTOUM, Sudan) - Our decision to begin running poetry in a news context at Salem-News.com is already being met by surprising success.

This piece takes us back to another time when western forces were doing things very similar to what they are doing today; in terms of occupying far-off foreign lands in places like the MidEast and Africa.