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What Killed Arafat?
Arafat`s Widow Calls to Exhume his Body

A nine-month investigation suggests that the late Palestinian leader may have been poisoned with polonium.

(RAMALLAH, Palestine) - It was a scene that riveted the world for weeks:

Sheikh Salah: The Zionist Project is Dying

He also urged the Islamic and Arab nations to mobilize their efforts to swiftly liberate Palestine from the Israeli occupation.

(ISTAMBUL) - Head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands Sheikh Ra'ed Salah expressed his belief that the Arab region would see radical changes in the near future, including the decay and demise of the Zionist project.

US Project to Clean up Dioxin Contamination in Danang

US project to clean up dioxin contamination in Danang.

(DA NANG, Viet Nam VietNamNet Bridge) - Two US companies have won two contracts as part of the Environmental Remediation of Dioxin Contamination at Danang Airport project.

It is a joint venture between the US and Vietnamese Government.

Demonstrating UK Tamils Expose India`s Defiance of International Refugee Conventions

Demonstrators organized by the TCC-UK, supporting the demands of the hunger strikers at Chengalpet.

(LONDON TamilNet) - Tamils in the UK are demanding the release of the detained inmates of the Chengalpet (Chengkal-paddu) ‘special camp’ and for the closure of that facility.

Separate petitions submitted by TCC-UK to the UNHCR and the Indian High Commission called for a revision in the Indian approach to Eezham Tamil refugees in India.

Pakistan Reopens NATO Supplies Route

Pakistan has been cooperating with the international community on the principles of mutual respect‚ trust and interest. The Prime Minister said we had paid a high price for this cooperation.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - Information Minister Qamar Zaman Karia says that the Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) had made a decision to reopen the NATO supply route.

Kaira said it was in Pakistan’s interest to facilitate US, NATO and ISAF forces in the transition process and in view of the larger interest of peace in Afghanistan and the region.

Transparency or Transparent Lies

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency. --Peter Fenn

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Do you remember when President Obama called for an unprecedented level of openness in Government?

"We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration," promised the president.

Palestinians, Beware False Friends

The United Nations also prefers lopsided talks to the more difficult task of upholding its own Charter principles.

(LONDON) - A press release has just arrived in my inbox from the Palestinian Mission UK proudly proclaiming Ambassador Hassassian's jaunt to the Labour Friends of Palestine Gala Dinner where he was keynote speaker alongside Labour Party leader Ed Miliband.

Ed of course is the brother of David Miliband, a Blair protégé and foreign secretary under the worthless Brown government and certainly no friend of the Palestinian people.

UN Urges Sri Lanka to Consider Asylum Requests by 300 Foreigners

Immigration officials have expressed concern over foreigners overstaying their visas, saying some have been trying to illegally migrate to Australia via boat.

(NEW YORK CITY) - The UN refugee agency urged Sri Lanka to postpone deportation orders for more than 300 foreigners seeking asylum, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Writing the Future of Bangladesh

But the question is what the working class people are getting, nothing but the highest degree of poverty.

(SALEM) - Tons of articles were written on the present situations of Bangladesh. Many analysis were written and that’s all are history, that either ignored or are part of popular history of the nation.

Chemical Warfare on Indians

The final game is panning out from the gene revolutionaries.

(NEW DELHI, India) - Some decades ago a term ‘democide’ was coined. In Latin, ‘cide’ means killing. The ‘cide’ suffix was added to the prefix ‘demo’ as in democracy. Thus democide came to mean death by the people’s elected government.