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Blair`s Heckler Televised; Zenawi`s Heckler Untelevised

Zenawi uses brutality against Ethiopians who question his rule and perennial bogus elections. Tony Blair is also no saint. When the British electorate failed to be vigilante, he resorted to deceit.

(UGANDA) - Since there are many uninformed people despite living in a sea of information, it’s in order, to introduce the two gentlemen mentioned above.

Tony Blair is a former prime minister of Britain while Meles Zenawi is the premier of Ethiopia.

World Tyrants Will Join The Queen At Taxpayer-Funded Meal

"... The vast majority of the British people would not want the Queen to wine and dine these vile dictators” - Peter Tatchell

(COLOMBO Sunday Leader) - The Queen has come under criticism for inviting tyrants to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. Last week it was about Middle Eastern monarchs.

Last week it was about Middle Eastern monarchs. Swazilanders and Bahrainians joined human rights campaigners in a protest on Friday 18, May outside Buckingham Palace...

Muslim Journalist Assaulted for Expressing Solidarity with Mannaar Bishop

Senior journalist, who had lost a leg in a road accident was abused and severely assaulted.

(JAFFNA, Sri Lanka TamilNet) - An official with the Sri Lankan Minister of Industries and Trade assaulted a 72-year old Muslim journalist Monday.

MA Cader was assaulted for having taken part in a prayer expressing solidarity with Mannaar Bishop on Sunday with thousands of civilians of all walks of life in Mannaar.

The Third Industrial Revolution

A Farewell to Daddy Warbucks in The Post-America World...

(SASKATCHEWAN) - My friend Tom sent me one of those email chain letters the other day, the kind that most of us exchange from time to time.

This one was full of current economic and social truisms with which we're all familiar.

A Public Declaration to Joseph Ratzinger, Bishop of Rome, and the Catholic College of Cardinals

We have instructed all of our member organizations to commence such citizens’ arrests of your guilty clergy.

(BRUSSELS) - A Public Declaration to Joseph Ratzinger, Bishop of Rome, and the Catholic College of Cardinals:

From The Executive Council of The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State. Be Warned: Child Raping Catholic Priests and their Protectors will now be Arrested on sight.

Capitalizing off Crime: Disgust for Public-Private Partnerships (PPP`s)

Connect the dots and do some critical thinking when the next young man receives a 10-year mandatory sentence for trafficking a small amount of crack.

(TAMPA, FL) - The prison industrial complex is a 100 giga-billion dollar business. It is troublesome to know young people are still making decisions to get themselves locked up.

Then they relegate themselves to second class citizenship because the cloud of living as an ex-convict follows them around long after they have been released.

Controversial Liam Fox Visit to Sri Lanka

Arun Tambimuttu said the MPs had responded positively to an invitation they extended during a meeting held with them in London recently.

(JAFFNA, Sri Lanka) - A group of British Conservative MPs including Liam Fox will visit Jaffna.

They will monitor the current situation in the peninsula especially on the alleged military presence, Presidential Advisor Arun Tambimuttu said yesterday.

Chicago Police Forcibly Detain and Humiliate 75-Year Old Oregon Great-Grandmother at NATO Protest

Treasured Oregon activist seized by police in Chicago during NATO Occupy Demonstration.

(PORTLAND, OR) - 75-year old Portland resistance activist Nan Wigmore is undaunted after a harrowing experience in Chicago earlier this month.

She even feels like she learned a few things and I'm sure that's true; after all what doesn't kill us often does make us wiser.

Mahmoud Sarsak, Akram Rikhawi Still on Hunger Strike as Israel`s Violations Continue

From Addameer: Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association

(TEL AVIV) - Israel has already violated the terms of the agreement addressing the demands of approximately 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners just over one week since they ended their historic mass hunger strike.

Two prisoners remain on hunger strike and are in increasingly critical conditions, without access to independent medical care.

Lebanon On the Brink (I of II)

Lebanon is rife with rumors and people are convinced that all the recent developments are linked together.

(BEIRUT) - Lebanon is always on the verge of civil war, but this status does not always mean that civil war is necessarily around the corner.

It may happen tomorrow, or Lebanese may find a way to postpone its eruption, but civil war is inevitable.