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God Save America, Several `Americans` are Today Rulers of our own Country

The candid, inside view from Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - These are terrible times. They say someone at the Central Bank mucked up the economy.

There is a balance of payments crisis. Investment hasn’t taken off. We are heavily indebted. If the rupee sinks any lower, God, we will have to ask the Chinese to do something about it.

South Africa`s `Die Antwoord` is The Answer

Cape Town's Zef culture delivers a band like nothing you have ever seen.

(SALEM) - South Africa has changed in recent years- since it banned racist laws that made Blacks second-class citizens.

Now we get to see the manifestation of apartheid's aftermath - welcome to Die Antwoord, Afrikaans for 'The Answer'.

USCIRF Urges Secretary Clinton to Raise Religious Freedom Issue During Saudi Visit

One of the United States' longtime allies proposes elimination of Christianity in the land of oil.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Saudi Grand Mufti Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah Al al-Sheikh, says it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.”

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urges Secretary of State of State Hillary Clinton to raise religious freedom concerns, during her visit tomorrow to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Stanford vs Marquis on Oregon`s Cannabis Legalization Future

KATU's Steve Dunn mediates the discussion, one worth watching.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I rarely see a TV show about a key issue, where I know the players as well as those in this week's KATU News program about the successes and criticisms of Oregon's medical marijuana program.

Paul Stanford of The THC Clinic and Josh Marquis, Clatsop County DA, take opposing positions over medical marijuana in Oregon.

Federal lawsuit Seeks Injunction Against Implementation of National Defense Authorization Act

Court hearing takes place this week in a Manhattan federal court

(NEW YORK) - In a heartening move for Americans, attorneys are taking the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to task.

A lawsuit filed against the United States government, on behalf of multiple plaintiffs who will testify in support of a worldwide case, will be heard Thursday in the Southern District of the New York Federal Courthouse.

Oregon: Vote Ellen Rosenblum - Candidate to Become Oregon`s First Female Attorney General

"The Attorney General is the people's lawyer, and I have the depth and the range of experience to be a strong advocate for the people of Oregon." Ellen Rosenblum

(PORTLAND, OR Hemp News) - The race for Attorney General between Ellen Rosenblum and Dwight Holton is crucial to the future of cannabis legalization initiatives.

Rosenblum supports the state medical marijuana law as one that "provides vulnerable citizens with the medicine they needed to cope with their diagnoses."

Threats Looming for Lanka Exports to the EU

Sri Lanka could face higher tariffs in the EU market compared to all of its neighbours in the near future.

(CHENNAI, India) - With the European Union expected to reform its GSP system by 2014, Sri Lanka could face many challenges with both Pakistan and Bangladesh eligible to benefit by trade concessions with a possible free trade agreement with India expected to exert more pressure.

"The implications of GSP reform for Sri Lanka will be indirect rather than direct given that it has already been removed from the GSP+ prior to the reform process.

TUNISIA: Ensure Strong Safeguards for Rule of Law and Human Rights

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - The Tunisian National Constituent Assembly has made important strides since its election on October 2011, towards writing a new constitution.

With the formation of the six drafting commissions, the deputies will now have to make crucial choices regarding the system of governance, the foundational principles of the Tunisian republic, and the relations between the different branches of government.

Trayvon Martin vs. PFC Johnson, LeVena Lynn

A poetic tribute...

(CLEVELAND) - There are so many names, so many stories we have followed where Black Americans are at the receiving end of injustice; cut down in the prime of their life.

Luke and I have each written at length about LaVena Johnson's loss and what it means; now young Trayvon Martin is forced to join this list of sacrificed people in a nation that never healed from its inception as a slave trading government.

Impact Of UNHRC Resolution On India-Sri Lanka Relations Analysis

India’s support to the U.S. sponsored resolution was out of sync with other members of the Asian bloc in the UNHRC who did not support the U.S. move.

(CHENNAI, India Eurasia Review) - India was among the 24 countries that voted for the U.S. draft resolution on Sri Lanka’s accountability in respect of human rights violations which was passed at the 19th meeting of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at Geneva.

Fifteen member countries opposed it while eight abstained.