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Egyptians; Manipulated to Revolt?

I have no sympathy for any group anywhere that seeks power from narrower viewpoints such as ethnicity or religion. So this is not a requiem for Mohamed Morsi.

(UGANDA) - If the detest for Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood came genuinely from Egyptians, I would welcome it since I detest ideologies constructed around ethnicity and religiosity.

However, I simply can’t buy the economy as an excuse to sack Morsi.

U.S. District Court Ruling Allows City of Oakland to Continue Fighting Feds

Harborside Health Center Allowed to Stay Open - A win for Medical Cannabis Patients in California Courts.

(OAKLAND) - This morning U.S. District Court Judge Maria-Elena James granted the City of Oakland’s motion to stay the civil forfeiture proceeding against Harborside Health Center Oakland until the City of Oakland’s pending appeal is heard in the Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Judge James also ruled that the stay in the commercial forfeiture proceeding should be extended to the Harborside San Jose location.

African Opposites: Morsi and Mandela

We can only speculate the possible outcome if Morsi was moreso like Mandela and took a page out of his populist book.

(SALEM) - The people's voice prevailed at both ends of the African continent. Those polar opposites, as history will render in its final report, came from South Africa and Egypt. Both had its champions of causes, one for Human Rights; the other for domination by his faith.

We are of course speaking of the vast contrast between Nelson Mandela, a onetime Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Mohammed Morsi, just ousted as the President of Egypt.

Circumcision From the Perspective of Protecting Children

I was shocked. I realized that the Jewish motivation for circumcision was diminishing sexual pleasure, the same motivation as the one behind female genital cutting.

(TEL AVIV) - My name is Eran Sadeh. I am Israeli. I am Jewish. I was born 43 years ago in Tel Aviv, a healthy baby with a perfect body.

8 days after I was born one man held my tiny legs down while another man cut a part of my penis off with a knife.

Searchers Find Body of Drowning Victim Anthony Jimenez

The Willamette River is an unforgiving adversary, year after year.

(DAYTON, Ore.) - After over three days and sleepless nights, the family and friends of Anthony Jimenez need look no more.

Wednesday morning at approximately 9:40 AM, the body of 20-year old Anthony Jimenez was recovered from the Willamette River. It was a somber discovery, though expected.

Kerry Undertakes One Last Anti-War Mission

Now is Kerry’s moment to convince Netanyahu and Abbas that he is determined to end the permanent conflict between them.

(CHICAGO) - John Kerry is back in Washington after his fifth official trip to the Middle East. He is already planning his return to the region.

Despite the lack of any visible signs of success, the U.S. Secretary of State remains determined to resolve what is generally seen in official Washington as an intractable conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Children of Vietnam Veterans Bring Healthcare Issues to Forefront

Agent Orange Institute of Medicine Official COVVHA Testimony

(IRVINE, CA) - There is a renewed push for the Institute of Medicine to take seriously the claims made by the Children of Vietnam Veterans and their families about the birth defects and illnesses they are suffering from.

The adverse affects of the dioxin laden herbicide sprayed over the jungles of Vietnam, AKA Agent Orange, have been well known since the government first admitted in 1991 to cause illnesses in Vietnam Veterans.

Workshop to Introduce Vietnam`s Circular for GM Crop Biosafety Regulation

Participants to the workshop include representatives from different ministries, experts and scientists from research institutes, universities, and companies.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - The Department of Biodiversity Conservation of the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) organized a seminar to introduce Circular No.08/2013/TT-BTNMT dated May, 2013 on June 21, 2013 in Hanoi.

The Circular came into force on July 1, 2013 and stipulates the order and procedures to grant and revoke the certificate of biological safety for genetically modified crops.

Quo vadis, Palestine?

... as PLO prepares to get bogged down (again) in bogus US-Israel negotiations

(LONDON) - The Palestinian embassy in London has just issued a rare media briefing. It asks "WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE RESUMPTION OF CREDIBLE NEGOTIATIONS?" and tries to explain the Palestinian position.

It says the Palestine Liberation Organization (which represents the Palestinian people to the outside world) has done everything it can to further the political process, from agreeing to a state on a tiny 22% of historical Palestine to the recent reaffirmation of the Arab Peace Initiative.

Tim King Discusses Salem-News.com Song Featured at San Francisco Pride Parade

Tim King and Agron Belica say, "Leave Those Babies Alone"!

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Tim King of Salem-News.com introduces the Bay Area Intactivists where Agron Belica's brilliant and powerful song "Say No To Circumcision, Leave Those Babies Alone" helped rock 1.2 million + people at the San Fransisco Pride Parade this past weekend.

The Bay Area Intactivists are beautiful people pouring their hearts and souls into spreading awareness to the "many" misconceptions of routine infant circumcision!