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US Accelerates Preparations for `No-Fly Zone` in Syria

Murmurings come less than two weeks after Sen. Lindsey Graham called for the implementation of a no-fly zone.

(ROME / MOSCOW) - The US may soon take on a formal role in the Syrian uprising after reports this week that suggest the White House wants an air offensive targeting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

After over a year of unrest in Syria, Israel’s Debka news agency reports that US President Barack Obama has asked the US Navy and Air Force to accelerate plans...

On Sri Lanka, UN Panel 5 Months Late, Threat to Press Copied to Okabe Ignored?

UN reporter reels under UN attack; reports about Sri Lanka war criminals brought more than Matthew Russel Lee bargained for.

(UNITED NATIONS) - The UN under Ban Ki-moon does not follow through on Sri Lanka accountability, nor on Sri Lankan threatens against journalists which emanate from inside and are even copied to the UN.

On June 11 Inner City Press asked Ban's lead spokesman Martin Nesirky two questions about Sri Lanka.

My Neighbour is a TAMIL: their stories of ETHNIC CLEANSING

Third Eye Creations produced the program and it is presented by Robert Reind.

(LONDON) - A new YouTube video program tells the story of the Sri Lankan Tamil Genocide for English speaking audiences.

It is a significant program that compliments 'Sri Lanka's Killing Fields', which changed the world's perception of this epic period of ethnic cleansing.

Russia Slams Saudi Arabia, Qatar for Funding Syrian Rebels

Syria has rejected a report by the opposition council that alleges security forces killed dozens of people in Hama.

(ROME / MOSCOW) - The Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has slammed Saudi Arabia and Qatar for funding and supplying weapons to armed Syrian opposition groups.

“We hear Saudi Arabia and Qatar openly speaking about their financing of the armed opposition and supplying weapons to the armed opposition… So, we do not like that,” Churkin said.

New Jersey`s 9th CD Voters Say No to AIPAC

What makes the news from Passaic County so surprising was that Pascrell’s election to a House seat from New Jersey’s new 9th district was not supposed to happen.

(CHICAGO) - One election night victory in one New Jersey congressional district does not represent a major shift in American politics. But shifts do occur, and they must start somewhere.

On the night of June 5, 2012, this was the news the Star-Ledger reported from the Passaic County Community College in Paterson, NJ.

Syria: Journalists set up to be Shot by the Rebels

"I’m quite clear the rebels deliberately set us up to be shot by the Syrian Army. Dead journos are bad for Damascus." - Channel 4 journalist Alex Thomson

(ROME / DAMASCUS) - Standing outside the Safir Hotel in Homs as the white UN Nissan landcruisers stood waiting, the Irish officer in charge, Mark Reynolds, came over:

“Usual rules Alex OK? We’re not responsible for you guys. If you get into trouble we’ll leave you, yes? You’re on your own.”

`Letter From Urbino` Debuts this Friday in London

‘A people does not carry the memory of its humiliation as an individual does.’ André Chamson. 1940.

(LONDON) - Letter From Urbino is a film about a Sri Lankan refugee working as an attendant at the National Gallery in London.

Each day he gazes at the paintings there and watches the faces of the people who come and go through the rooms.

Israel: Mahmoud Sarsak at Risk of Death: Free him Immediately

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes contacts the Israeli Prime Minister over the plight of hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak.

(SALEM) - 25-year old Mahmoud Sarsak is one of those hunger strikers who is becoming a focal point of world attention.

An aspiring football star jailed by Israel 3 years ago, is now at risk of death on Day 87 of his hunger strike.

A Very Ugly Poem

Just three years ago, Mahmoud al-Sarsak was a star football player...

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - How can any government lock people up without reason?

What the NDAA allows in the US, is old news in Israel; the detention of any person suspected of 'terrorism' can be detained without charges.

Kuwait: Hamad al-Naqi Sentenced 10 Years for Criticizing Neighboring Rulers

Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts Kuwaiti officials over violations of free speech law.

(SALEM) - Freedom of speech isn't just some nice thought that people have about how things should be.

It means people are entitled to state their opinion; free to express themselves, even if they criticize their governments.