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TESO Conference Will Discuss Tamil Eelam, says Karuna

DMK has always been with the Lankan Tamils and the revival of TESO should be a step in this direction.

(CHENNAI Press Trust of India) - Insisting on non-violent means to achieve a separate Tamil Eelam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said the now revived Tamil Eelam Supporters' Organisation (TESO) will discuss ways and means to fulfill it.

Karunanidhi said his party had stood by the Sri Lankan Tamils for the past 50 years and his government had even faced dismissal for the Lankan cause.

44 Senators Tell Obama To Do Israel`s Bidding

The signees include 25 Democrats and 19 Republicans. These senators represent AIPAC’s honor roll of loyalists.

(CHICAGO) - War, as General Sherman once said, is hell. It is also widely perceived to be a failure of diplomacy.

Which would explain why it is that when war-promoting lobbyists want to generate congressional enthusiasm for the next war, all short-term congressional memories must be wiped out.

Militant Attacks on Afghan Forces on Rise: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says militant attacks on the security forces have been increased in the war-torn country in recent months.

(KABUL Press TV) - Hamid Karzai made the remarks on Thursday, a day after killing of 21 people by a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Khost.

"I have noticed that these days, in the past one, two or three months, attacks on our soldiers, police and intelligence officers have increased," Karzai said.

From 1761 to 2012: What has Changed in England?

Lessons from My Ancestor Peter, a Stansted Prison, and a Digger named Winstanley.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - In 1761, author and publicist Peter Annett was arrested on a charge of blasphemy and sedition.

He questioned scripture and Church authority in his news sheet, 'The Free Enquirer'.

Supreme Court Sides with Broadcasters But Avoids First Amendment Challenge to Decency Rules

“The airwaves are owned by the people of the United States, not broadcasters” - Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today, in FCC v. Fox the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Fox Television and ABC in their “vagueness” challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decency violations.

But the High Court did not rule on the constitutionality of FCC’s decency standards.

Agencies Told to Produce Balochistan`s `Missing` in Next Hearing

The SC also ordered a policy for compensating families of the victims of enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan.

(ISLAMABAD DawnNews) - Pakistan’s top judges have declared that law enforcement authorities were involved in enforced disappearances in Balochistan.

They are ordering agencies to produce the remaining ‘missing persons’ in the next hearing, DawnNews reported.

Bombshell: Newly Released CIA Documents Prove Bush Could have Killed Bin Laden; Prevented 911

Salon.com article reveals shocking facts about what the Americans knew, and failed to do.

(SALEM) - For years, writers have stated that they do not believe Osama bin Laden was connected to the 911 attacks, as he clearly said at the time.

They say he became a tool in a clever game carried out by the Bush Administration after disappearing and reappearing as a timely and convenient terrorist used to frighten and control the American public.

Minister`s Threat to Tamils of `100 More Massacres`

The minister was responding to TNA leader Sampanthan’s speech at the ITAK convention in Batticaola last month.

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka ) - Sri Lankan cabinet minister Champika Ranawaka has warned of “100 more massacres” if the Tamil people of the island were to follow the Tamil National Alliance, who he accused of calling the “nation” out to fight.

Addressing reporters, Power and Energy minister Champika Ranawaka from the JHU, a constituent party of the ruling coalition stated, "Does Sampanthan want to create 100 more Mullivaikkals?

Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise their Sons

Because no systematic record is kept of the number of circumcisions performed in the country ‏(see below‏) there are no exact data.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - When their first child, a son, was born 11 years ago, it was clear to Eran Sadeh, now 42, and his partner, Maya, 40, that he would be circumcised.

“We arranged it with a mohel [ritual circumciser] and then I started to look for information and references about the man on the Internet,” says Eran, a former lawyer-turned-computer instructor in a software company.

Holding the Line for Tibet

My talk explains why Tibet is geopolitically strategic for USA and India.

(PRINCETON, NJ) - The Tibetan Youth Congress approached me to be their keynote speaker at the end of a large rally and hunger strike in front of the Chinese consulate in Manhattan.

Their peaceful event brought 10,000 supporters, mostly white Americans and Tibetans. Traffic was stopped for a few blocks. There was heavy police presence.