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Kabul Airport Shooting Leaves Nine Americans Dead

Afghan military pilot is said to have opened fire; was also killed.

(KABUL / SALEM) - Nine Americans were killed at the Kabul Airport Wednesday, by an Afghan air force pilot.

Ahmad Gul reportedly opened fire, killing eight servicemen, and a contractor.

History is Made: Fatah and Hamas Reconcile Differences

Both sides sign reconciliation deal; Palestinian factions agree to form interim government and fix general election date following talks in Cairo.

(GAZA) - Fatah, the Palestinian political organisation, has reached an agreement with its rival Hamas on forming an interim government and fixing a date for a general election, Egyptian intelligence has said.

Attack on Unarmed Arab Prisoners Released by Israel`s Channel 2

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(LONDON) - Israel's Channel 2 TV station released this video footage showing Palestinian detainees being treated as sub-human by Israeli troops in the regime's desert prison of Naqab (Negev)in 2007.

It shows the incitement of sleeping, unarmed Palestinian prisoners in the middle of the night by Israeli Masada Combats.

Thousands Celebrate the Life of Vittorio Arrigoni

This is the spirit of Vittorio Arrigoni which will beat in all of our hearts.

(ROME) - Over ten thousand people joined together on Easter Sunday to pay homage to Vittorio Arrigoni in his home town of Buciago, Italy.

The bittersweet moments were celebrated in a religious ceremony, then followed by a lay ceremony by fellow humanitarian activists, friends and one of the most tenacious women: Egidia Beretta, Vittorio’s mother.

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(MADRID) - Actress and 1974 Miss Universe Amparo Muñoz has passed away. She began her career as a commercial model after she was crowned as the most beautiful woman in the world in Manila, the Philippines.

She was previously chosen as Miss Costa del Sol and Miss Spain in 1973.

Petition: `No Fly Zone` Over Gaza, Please Sign Now!!!

And end to the violence from Israel's air strikes could mark the beginning of a lasting period of peace.

(LONDON) - It's time for the world to unite and sign what may be the most important petition ever, urging the U.N. Security Council to establish a "No Fly Zone" over Gaza under the Principle of "Responsibility to Protect".

Vanishing Flynn

The continuing saga of the search for Vietnam War Photographer Sean Flynn, who lived the life his father portrayed in film.

(BANGKOK) - I called up Tim Page, the war photographer famed for Requiem and other books on Vietnam. I went to his home page and got his number in the contact section.

Then I went on Skype and called him. The man on the end of the line was Tim Page.

Vik, You are Missed!

"My goodbye letter. For Vik, but also and especially to the people of Gaza, to his and to my friends. It was read at a commemoration service in Gaza.

(ROME ISM) - Vik, you wanted only happy farewell letters. Vik, we didn’t often agree on things. After some time, my friend, when it’s less painful.

You are missed with such an intensity that makes you even more present. In all of our minds, in all of our hearts.

Grazie Vik Arrigoni: Italy Buries Gaza Peace Activist With Great Honor

They say he really isn't gone; that a person of his status does not simply go away, instead Vik remains in countless ways.

(SALEM / ROME) - Thousands gathered to say goodbye today, to one of the most powerful and successful peace activists in history. Vittorio 'Vik' Arrigoni is responsible for bringing the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) back to Gaza to document and reveal Israel's constant human rights violations against the Palestinian people.

All who knew Vik loved him. His death, which allegedly came at the hands of terrorists in Palestine, is one that makes no sense for anyone who knows anything about Gaza.

We Americans, Bahrain and Syria

This update on the bloodshed in Bahrain and Syria is also a tribute to all of the world's Revolutionaries and Freedom Fighters.

(SALEM, Ore.) - People in America are proud, sometimes tough as nails, but they don't know a lot about the type of bravery found in the hearts of Revolutionaries, like those currently being slain by government forces in Bahrain.

A threat to the status quo, they are always branded as something they are not, these men and women who, like Thomas Jefferson and Paul Revere, are willing to go all the way for their ideals.