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US: US Restrictions on Burma Should be Linked to Measurable Progress

Salem-News Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts US President Obama over relaxation of the investment ban and other sanctions on Burma.

(HONG KONG) - The United States has to retain its political leverage until real reform in Burma occurs.

It is a fact that basic political power remains with the military junta that has caused so much grief in this place.

INDIA: BSF Torture Yet Another Person in West Bengal

Salem-News Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts officials in India over police torture allegations.

(HONG KONG) - Chhanarul Mondal survived cruel and dark human behavior; crimes of torture, and the suspects are India's notorious border police.

They are also said to have fabricated charges against the victim was was hospitalized over a week from the torture injuries.

Blackout on Syrian Armed Opposition Obligations

Syria must conform to the provisions of the negotiated cease fire agreement; opposition fighters need to be issued the same demands.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The UN Secretary General is a citizen of South Korean-- a country in a close military alliance with the US and which hosts US military bases-and he seems to regard the US as his sponsor.

At the very least, his record demonstrates he is very sensitive to the urging of the US and its supporters.

Earth Day 2012: Don Alfredo Figueroa Speaks About The Aztec Sunstone Calendar

Examining the Nahua perspective as we come to the end of the 5th Sun of the Aztec Calendar.

(SOLANA BEACH, CA) - Earth Day 2012: Don Alfredo Figueroa Speaks About The Aztec Sunstone Calendar

In honor of Earth Day, 2012, RL | A ECO is beginning to release several short videos on-line featuring Elder Historian and Chemehuevi Cultural Monitor, Don Alfredo Figueroa.

Every Day Should be Earth Day

While Earth Day is a good day to concentrate on cleaning up and protecting the environment, it is a practice that should be continued everyday of the year.

(SALEM) - Earth day is the day we all look at ways we can reduce our carbon footprint. 20% of all greenhouse gases come from automobiles, so it makes sense to start there.

The rising gas prices are causing many people to buy a more fuel efficient vehicle. That is a good thing, not just for the economy.

President Instigates Inamaluwe Thero Against Muslims

The Muslim mosque in question is over 40 years old and had been completely renovated recently.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Lanka News Web) - Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero has organized a protest campaign on the 18th against the construction of a Muslim mosque in the Dambulla city on a Presidential directive, it is reliably learnt.

The Thero had summoned several donors to the temple and said that the protest was being organized on a Presidential directive.

`Never Again` is an Empty Slogan

If Obama is sincere, if ‘never again’ isn’t just an ‘empty slogan’ as he says, he better goes out of his way to restrain Israel’s genocidal inclinations and its belligerent pro-war Lobbies around the world.

(LONDON) - The United States must resolve that ‘never again’ is not just an ‘empty slogan’, said U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday, in a statement marking Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Yet, I am left bewildered, what does president Obama refers to? Is ‘never again’ a universal message pointing at genocides in general or did he refer to Jewish suffering only?

Why Was George Zimmerman Granted Bail in Killing of Trayvon Martin?

If the city of Sanford wanted to embarrass itself any further, it just did.

(SYRACUSE, NY YourBlackWorld) - What do you do when your municipality is holding arguably the most hated and notorious killer on earth?

You grant him bail. That’s exactly what Judge Kenneth Lester did for George Zimmerman, the man who killed Trayvon Martin.

Sri Lankan Mosque Forced to Abandon Prayers by Protesters

Last September a monk led a crowd to demolish a Muslim shrine in Anuradhapura, not far from Dambulla.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka BBC) - A mosque in Sri Lanka has been forced to abandon Friday prayers amid community tensions in the central town of Dambulla.

About 2,000 Buddhists, including monks, marched to the mosque and held a demonstration demanding its demolition.

Meet the Media Companies Lobbying Against Transparency

Large media lobbies against FCC measure that would require broadcasters to post political ad data online.

(WASHINGTON DC ProPublica) - News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency.

Now many of the country’s biggest media companies, which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations, are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending.