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Supreme Court Upholds President Obama`s Health Care Reform

It’s now time to focus on implementing this law in a smart and non-bureaucratic way that works for the middle class.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today, the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act ensures hard-working, middle class families will get the security they deserve and protects every American from the worst insurance company abuses.

The Court has issued a clear and final ruling on this law.

`Eelam Tamil Cause` Basically about Saving Tamil Lives

Sri Lanka's successful subterfuges that misled the world initially in demonetizing the Eelam Tamils resistance as terrorists are now well exposed.

(LONDON PFLT) - If India wants to be in the global world, to be regarded as an upcoming world power, then it cannot allow a dubious failed genocidal Sri Lank government to play games with it.

Let India come out in open world and boldly join the free democratic nations which uphold human rights...

A Message from Jenvey Baylis: 12-Year Old Sex Abuse Victim in UK

Children in London are suffering sex abuse as a result of a court's decision.

(SALEM / LONDON) - This story defines the tragic politics of courts in the UK and the toll they take on children.

This is about kids being forced to live in a home of sex abuse right now, by law.

Protest at Thirumurukandi: Various Threats made Against Demonstrators

Tamil National Alliance staged the special protest against land grabbing and Sinhala resettlement at Thirumurukandi.

(JAFFNA LankaSri News) - Tamil National Alliance began its protest against land grabbing of Tamil people in Northern Province. In the earlier occasion protesters received various threats from military personals, police and government intelligence unit members.

This protest begun at 10:00 a.m. in front of Thirumurukadi Pilliayar kovil compound.

Hero on the Run: Julian Assange and his US Detractors

Who is the real criminal?

(LONDON) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be treated as a hero, not hunted as a criminal, because he has exposed US violations of domestic and international law.

If Assange had instead exposed the sins of Russia in Chechnya or China in Tibet, he would have been praised within the halls of the US Congress.

GOP`s Gang Mentality

Our Government is stymied while The Republican Holy See tries to get Mitt Romney elected.

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - The Republican Party has become more a religious than political Party that devolved from the Puritan concept of Christianity.

It uses the same methods Roman Catholics used for centuries to establish its power over those it ruled ruthlessly until Protestants won their freedom from The Church.

German Court: Religious Circumcision of Kids is a Crime

The decision sets a precedent, which may affect medical practice across the country.

(MOSCOW RTV) - A German court has ruled that parents can’t have their sons circumcised on religious grounds in a move which has angered Muslim and Jewish groups in the country.

­The court decided that a legal guardian’s authority over a child does not allow them to subject them to the procedure...

My Confession of Hate

Human rights violators, your time in this world is drawing to a close.

(SALEM) - The meaningful human being has a strong code, at all times in all respects with no exceptions. Those willing to do the devil's work get no free pass for 'following orders'.

I hate you if you support war crimes and human rights violations. I utterly abhor you if you stand for state terrorism and I am your enemy...

Torture by any other Name: How the Abomination Continues

A Sequel to The Forgiveness Fallacy.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - Torture is a criminal act under the law; abuse is not. And so while it may profit the torturers known as church and state to moderate and minimize their crime with doublespeak, it is, contrarily, a matter of life and death for the tortured to know their condition for what it is, and to call it so.

But for them to do so is a direct challenge to not only the torturers but to we not so innocent bystanders.

How to Spot an Anti-Semite

Standing for the rights of battered kids in Palestine brings harsh reviews.

(PROVIDENCE, RI) - Anyone who describes Israel’s actions must be anti-Semitic. Recent comments on the projo web site (in response to a letter to the editor) include:

“Rod, your hatred for everything Jewish is well known” and “Driver is a bigoted S O B.”