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Carpetbaggers in Sri Lanka: Traitors Terrorize Northern Tamils

Adding local perspective to the ongoing human rights struggle of Tamil people in Sri Lanka's north.

(SALEM / JAFFNA ) - Imagine if Hitler had simply been taken to court and told he had to reexamine what he had done; with no military retaliation or punishment for his ruthless, intentional killing.

Imagine Hitler being cocky, denying ethnic cleansing and calling every accuser from world government, to national media... liars.

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton: `Finally`

"More than 2 million people joined our call for Zimmerman's arrest."

(SANFORD, FL) - We are still devastated by the loss of our son Trayvon Martin, and nothing can bring him back. But today, we are heartened to tell you that justice may finally be served for Trayvon.

This evening, Florida State Attorney Angela Corey announced that she will charge George Zimmerman with 2nd degree murder, weeks after he confessed to killing Trayvon -- and now he's in custody.

George Zimmerman to be Charged in Trayvon Martin Shooting Death

The special prosecutor voided her option of charging Zimmerman with 1st-degree Murder.

(SANFORD, FL) - Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey announced plans to charge 28-year old George Zimmerman in the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. It was not immediately clear exactly what charge or charges Zimmerman will face.

The special prosecutor is expected to announce the criminal charges against George Zimmerman Wednesday afternoon, a law enforcement official told NBC News.

India`s Vote at UN Not Good for Sri Lanka: Chandrika Kumaratunga

"Much more can be done, for reconciliation, for physical reconstruction, its three years since the war ended... " - Chandrika Kumaratunga

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka IBN Live) - Former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga on Tuesday said that India's decision to vote against the country on a UN resolution is not good for the island nation.

Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN's Senior Editor Suhasini Haidar, Kumaratunga said something "serious must have happened" that India took a decision of not supporting Sri Lanka.

Jilted Sri Lanka Ups the Hate-Speak Against India

India has so far chosen to ignore the provocation.

(NEW DELHI First Post World) - Proxy-speak is a unique feature in Sri Lanka’s propaganda machinery, particularly during the present Rajapaksa regime.

Whether it is to defend its “war against terror” or cover up allegations of large-scale Tamil civilian casualty, or to take cheap potshots at countries that do not buy its line, the regime lets loose its proxies.

Thoughts to Ponder

Republicans don’t want to reduce military spending, and are more willing to go to war, but can we afford it?

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - The seed of the Evangelical Movement in America is the Puritan Sect of old.

The title, Puritan, is seldom mentioned today, but the Republican Party is infused with Puritan emotionalism and denunciations of Democratic principles it considers inconsistent with Republican values of the Party of God.

2012 Minidoka Pilgrimage June 21 - June 24, 2012

Celebrating our 10th Annual Minidoka Pilgrimage and recognizing the 70th Anniversary signing of Executive Order 9066

(SEATTLE) - Seventy years ago, almost 13,000 people of Japanese-ancestry, many of whom were American citizens, were removed from their homes and sent to a desolate “incarceration camp" near Twin Falls, Idaho.

This summer, the 10th pilgrimage will take place with former internees, their families, and friends - from Seattle, Portland and across the nation - to the former Minidoka Camp in Idaho.

How Rome Didn`t Decline and Fall (Yet)

The Vatican Occupation of America - A Tragi-Comedy In Three Acts III The Vatican Numbers Game.

(SASKATCHEWAN) - “Catholic Education,” is held high as a beacon and often referred to in hushed tones by distinguished politicians, celebrities and talk-show hosts, along with emotional nostalgia over Knute Rockne, the Gipper himself and the football supremacy of Notre Dame.

As a result, the priestly control of education in Catholic America has a subliminal but huge implication for intellectual freedom, that handmaiden of “religious freedom.”

The NSA: Operation Enduring Eavesdropping

The extent of NSA’s reach goes far beyond mere espionage, since the agency plays a crucial role in computer research and development.

(DENVER, CO) - “A large measure of sacrifice and discipline will be demanded of the American people.

They will be asked to give up some of the benefits which they have come to associate with their freedoms,” wrote the authors of United States National Security Council Report 68 dated 14 April 1950.

An Appeal From NSSP of Sri Lanka to World Media to SAVE Those Who Are Being Abducted

The Nava Sama Samaja Party demands the immediate release of the comrades of the Frontline Socialist Party.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Two leaders of the Frontline Socialist Party were separately abducted in the early hours of Saturday 7 April 2012 from Kiribathgoda and Godagama respectively (suburbs of Colombo).

They are prominent representatives of a new Left party that has broken away from the JVP in opposition to coalition politics and in solidarity with the Tamil peoples struggle for justice and equality.