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The Egyptian Second Revolution Cometh

A revolution isn't finished until changes are implemented

(TAHRIR SQUARE, Cairo, Egypt) - In the U.S. it isn't unusual to hear people ask about the future of the people who gave so much to bring this revolution onto the world map.

Tahrir Square is now synonymous with the resistance of oppressive governments that make deals on the backs of their own citizens.

New Song `Depression` - Graphic Truth of Sri Lanka Tamil Genocide

Genocide: the sad ambitions of Buddhist militants and their need for real estate.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Sri Lanka Civil War that began in 1983, ended two years ago in a massive Genocide.

It is a story of a minority population living in a country that seeks to be a religious nation; not Christian, or Jewish, or Muslim, but Buddhist.

An Evening with Helen Thomas and Flashback to John Lennon and Vanunu Mordechai

"...President Kennedy tried to stop Israel from building atomic weapons?" - Helen Thomas

(NEW YORK CITY) - When I heard the call to “Move Over AIPAC: Building a New US Middle East Policy” I immediately became one of over 100 organizations to endorse it.

However I didn’t commit to attend the event until I learned that journalist Helen Thomas was to be the keynote speaker. By the time I booked my flight, Ms. Thomas had been “disinvited”

Arizona Cops Blast Marine Veteran to Death on Bad Information

Not allowed to live...

(TUCSON, Ariz.) - Having survived two tours in Iraq, Marine combat veteran Jose Guereña in Arizona was gunned down in front of his family, inside of his own home, by the Pima Regional SWAT team earlier this month.

They fired 71 rounds in seven seconds, striking him 60 times. This one is far worse than anything I have personally ever heard of, with regard to the rampant number of police shootings we have reported.

Press TV Interview with Maidhc Ó Cathail

Cathail is an investigative journalist and Middle East analyst, from Osaka.

(TEHRAN / OSAKA) - An analyst exposes the parasitic links between Western organizations and pro-Israeli groups with dissidents who cause interwoven upheavals in Middle Eastern countries.

Maidhc Ó Cathail unravels some links between pro-Israeli groups and dissidents in the Middle East.

Oregon Medical Marijuana Takes On Law Enforcement Before Legislators

Patients and activists packed the house to protect their rights as Americans.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon HB 3664 is controversial, opposed by the cannabis community and promoted by law enforcement, purportedly to curb “rampant abuse” of the program.

Remarks of President Barack Obama at AIPAC Policy Conference Sunday

Obama remains steadfast as a friend of Israel.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Much is being said about U.S. President Barack Obama's words this week that call for a free Palestine and a return to the borders of 1967 that existed prior to the Six Day War.

The following is the President's speech as it was presented at the AIPAC (American Israeli Political Action Committee) conference over the weekend.

Israel Again and Again Slaps a Cowardly America

Who do you think wants to push Muslims and Christians into a World War III?

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - No, America, you are not the land of the free, home of the brave. You are not the greatest nation on earth.

You are not the superpower you proclaim. You are not the beacon of freedom, equality, and liberty to all. You are not the Promised Land.

Dorothy Parvaz: Inside Syria`s Secret Prisons

Al Jazeera correspondent could clearly hear interrogator pummelling his fists into his subject.'

(WASHINGTON D.C. Al Jazeera) - I was standing in two fist-sized pools of smeared, sticky blood, trying to sort out why there were seven angry Syrians yelling at me.

Only one of them - who I came to know as Mr Shut Up during my three days in a detention center, where so many Syrians 'disappeared' are being kept - spoke English.

Sri Lanka Tamil Genocide: Killing the Messenger

Slaughter of Pro-Tamil Journalists dimmed world's view of Sri Lanka Genocide. Warning: graphic images.

(SALEM, Ore.) - One sure way to keep Genocide out of world view is to slay the journalists who would reveal the information.

Sri Lanka's president subscribes to this idea and as a result, from the time he took office in 2005 until the 2009, when Sri Lankan forces crushed the Tamil resistance; between 20,000 and 100,000 people were killed. Severe incidents of cruelty were widely reported.