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Attack on Mosque at Dambulla by Buddhist Thugs in Yellow Robes

Buddhist Chief Incumbent refers local Muslim residents to 'crows'.

(DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka) - Sumangala Thera says the only way to win one’s demands in Sri Lanka right now is to engage in protest campaigns.

Sri Lanka's Muslim Congress, which is against relocating the mosque, had the power to change the government’s stand on the issue.

Attorney General Holder Admits Obama Misled On Medical Marijuana

The Huffington Post reported a comment by Attorney General Holder that everyone who supports medical marijuana needs to hear...

(WASHINGTON DC WeedBlog) - As many of you have heard by now, Jimmy Kimmel called Obama out on marijuana at the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night.

Kimmel asked, “What is with the marijuana crackdown? Seriously, what is the concern?

Methodists Face Moment of Occupation Truth

No matter how you spin it, as James Carville once said in an earlier political conflict, “its the Occupation, stupid”.

(CHICAGO) - The mainstream media does not know it, and far too many high steeple church folk do not want to know it.

But in Tampa, Florida, this week, the General Conference of the United Methodist Church will make a decision.

Who`s Policing the Police?

The video camera can be the best friend of the citizen dealing with cops who practice illegal behavior.

(OKLAHOMA CITY) - It was New Year’s Day around 2:00 a.m. when Antonio Buehler, the designated driver, and his friend had stopped for gas on their way home. It happened in Austin, Texas.

They were going about their business when they noticed a young lady, lightly dressed and in high heels being made to walk a line during a field sobriety test.

INDIA: BSF Torture Yet Another Person in West Bengal

Salem-News Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts officials in India over police torture allegations.

(HONG KONG) - Chhanarul Mondal survived cruel and dark human behavior; crimes of torture, and the suspects are India's notorious border police.

They are also said to have fabricated charges against the victim was was hospitalized over a week from the torture injuries.

A Star With a Marvelous Voice is Born: Carly Bryant

Carly rejects as much the alibis of ignorance as the enticing exhibitionism and the dreams of the wealthy.

(PARIS, France) - England enjoys a great new voice; Carly Bryant is worth the four Beatles all by herself.

She composes sentimental ballads, music and words, that she sings with a golden voice, honey in the feminine and sometimes harshness in the masculine.

RT`s Crosstalk on the Israeli Boycott- Walberg, Baddar and Atzmon

Can the movement reinvent itself and win support from those who criticize it today?

(LONDON / MOSCOW) - What goals has the BDS movement achieved so far? Does it aim for a constructive solution to the conflict? How should Israel react to it?

Greg Felton: Activists Who Talk Like Zionists Continue to Betray Palestine

Rather than harm Atzmon’s reputation, Abunimah has elevated it beyond anything Atzmon could have done by himself.

(LONDON) - For some time now, I have been trying to get in touch with Ali Abunimah to ask him to explain his denunciation of Gilad Atzmon.

`Throw Their Dirty, Filthy Ships Out of the Water!`

It is well past time to “throw this dirty, filthy Occupation out of United Methodist waters”.

(CHICAGO) - In the 2006 movie, Amazing Grace, John Newton shouts these words at William Wilberforce, a member of Parliament who was the leader of a 19th century fight to force the British government to bar British ships and ports from participating in the slave trade.

The “dirty, filthy ships” to which Newton refers are slave ships which sailed from England to Africa and then to the New World.

OregonElectors: Saving Rural Post Offices

News from Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley's office.

(WASHINGTON DC) - This week, the Senate is debating closing thousands of rural post offices across America. Senator Merkley is fighting to keep Oregon's rural post offices open.

In many small towns, post offices are a critical piece of the local economy. It would be a huge mistake to close them.