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AMBER Alert Issued for 10 Year Old Georgia Girl

Anyone with information is asked to call the Fulton County School Police Department at 404-867-3468 or dial 911.

(COLLEGE PARK, Ga.) - The State of Georgia issued an Amber Alert Friday afternoon after a child was reportedly abducted in College Park earlier in the day. The child is believed to be in extreme danger.

Police believe they may be headed to Mississippi.

Kaylen Francis Johnson a 10 year old Black female, 3' 9", 70 pounds with brown eyes and sandy brown hair. She was last seen wearing a pink plaid skirt, pink shirt and gold sandals.

Police Serve Search Warrants & Arrest Members of Final Exit Network

Assisted Suicide investigation leads to several arrests and more may still be pending, police say.

(DECATUR, Georgia) - Police with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested two members of the Final Exit Network in North Georgia Thursday, for their suspected involvement in the June 19, 2008 assisted suicide of a 58-year-old Cumming man.

John Bankhead with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says two others have been charged in Maryland in connection with their involvement in this death.

Death with Dignity Must be Made Available in All 50 States

The Death with Dignity National Center works to change existing state laws through the ballot initiative process and legal action in state and federal courts.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Death with Dignity National Center, the original sponsor of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act and the lead author of the 2008 Washington Death with Dignity Act, makes the following statement about the arrest of four members of the Final Exit Network:

Yesterday’s arrests in Georgia and Maryland of four members of the Final Exit Network highlight the need for Oregon-style Death with Dignity laws for every state.

U.S. Role in Georgia Crisis: What We Should Know

Stephen Zunes offers analysis on the recent history of U.S. role in the Caucasus region and the militarization of Georgia which he argues helped provoke the tragic war.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The international condemnation of Russian aggression against Georgia – and the concomitant assaults by Abkhazians and South Ossetians against ethnic Georgians within their territories – is in large part appropriate.

It has been nearly impossible to even broach this subject of the U.S. role. Much of the mainstream media coverage and statements by American political leaders of both major parties has in many respects resembled the anti-Russian hysterics of the Cold War.

Black Pot and the Kettle

The game of International Politics is not that different from a Saturday night gathering for a friendly game of Poker, except the stakes are higher because the players are not always as clever or friendly.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - The war between Georgia and Russia was so precipitous as to take the world by surprise. As best I can determine, it began when Georgia attempted to recover by force the autonomous territory within its boundaries known as South Ossetia that has familiar ties to Russia and vice versa.

A Russian Peace-keeping force was stationed in Ossetia, after the separation a decade or more ago, to protect against what has now happened.

Oregon Average Drops Below $4 Per Gallon

The price of crude keeps falling despite Russia's military presence in Georgia. In fact, it's the first time in a decade that military action in an oil sensitive region hasn't resulted in an oil market rally.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon's statewide average for regular unleaded is less than $4 per gallon for the first time since the last week of May. The statewide average falls seven cents this week to $3.99, and only one measured metro area in Oregon, Medford/Ashland, has an average above $4.

The national average declines for the 26th day in a row, also dropping seven cents this week to $3.80 a gallon." AAA Oregon Public Affairs Director Marie Dodds says, "Oregon's average is down 28 cents in the past month, while the national average has lost 30 cents. The national average should easily dip below $3.75 a gallon as soon as this week, and could drop another 15 cents per gallon by Labor Day."

Understanding the Russian Invasion of Georgia

Both countries blame each other for genocide.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Accusations are flying as to who is responsible for the bloodshed in Georgia, a country that many Russians say has become a puppet government of the U.S. and other western nations.

Both the United States and Israel have been providing Georgia with military hardware under increasingly friendly political arrangements in recent years. We can only hope that this did not give the former Soviet Republic's leaders a false sense of courage against its neighbor to the north: Mother Russia. It may turn out to be a fatal mistake.

Despite its current alliances, the violence in Georgia undoubtedly evolves from tensions that have been simmering since the end of the Cold War in the 1980s.

Will Russia Repeat Horrors of Afghanistan in Georgia?

If the ghosts of Afghanistan were given voices, they would warn against the behavior of Russian military forces.

(KABUL, Afghanistan) - I will never forget the horror stories about the Russians in Afghanistan. People there harbor a hatred so fierce and venomous toward the former Soviets that it is hard to describe with words. The patterns of abuse carried out by Russian soldiers at war is well documented and it rings of some of the most primitive and cruel behavior ever recorded.

The Soviets invaded Afghanistan for a decade, beginning in 1979. It happened because the Afghans weren't towing the Communist line. I hate to wonder how many similarities there are between what is happening in Georgia today and what happened to Afghanistan.

UN Urges Immediate Russian Withdrawal From Georgia

The Secretary-General urged all sides to immediately enter negotiations to try to obtain a peaceful settlement of their conflict, and he welcomed international efforts to end the crisis.

(GENEVA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end to the fighting engulfing Georgia, voicing fears that the deadly violence has spread beyond the country's South Ossetia region and urging all sides to seek a peaceful solution to their conflict.

In a statement issued last night, Mr. Ban said he was alarmed by “the escalation of hostilities in Georgia which have resulted in large numbers of casualties and massive destruction in South Ossetia and other regions of Georgia.”

Amber Alert Issued for 3 Georgia Children Considered to be in Extreme Danger

Police say the suspect is 27-year old Eddie Harrington, a black male who stands five foot nine inches and weighs 195 pounds.

(COLUMBUS, Georgia) - An Amber Alert has been issued for three Georgia children who are considered to be in extreme danger. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued the Amber Alert on Wednesday morning after the children were apparently abducted late Tuesday.

The first victim is one-year old Agena Battle, a black female with black hair and brown eyes. The second victim is one-year old Aliyah Battle, a black female with black hair and brown eyes. The other child who is missing is three-year old Cedric Harrington, a 3 black male with black hair and brown eyes.