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`A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot`

Sadly, Turatsinze is the latest innocent victim of this dangerous regime due to knowing too much about what really goes on inside the Rwandan Government.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Holding too much information and working closely with the government in Rwanda can be a lethal combination.

This was evidenced again on Monday when the body of Theogene Turatsinze was found after having been missing since Friday night in Mozambique. Sources held report that he had been abducted by unknown assailants and was never seen alive again.

Press TV Ban Tantamount to Human Rights Violation

Sanctions against the Islamic Republic and exerting back-breaking pressures on people are per se illegal in the light of international laws.

(TEHRAN Iran Review) - The recent EU move to take Press TV off the air is to be seen as part of a continued process of media violation against this alternative channel.

On Monday, UK-based Eutelsat, which is run by Michel de Rosen, a Zionist Israeli-French, stopped carrying Press TV and some 18 other channels from Islamic Republic of Iran.

Burmese Troops Fire Warning Shots at Crowd in Sittwe

The police station in Sittwe is also refusing to confirm any details of the incident when contacted by Narinjara.

(SITTWE, Burma) - Burmese security forces fired warning shots in the air to disperse a crowd who targeted and besieged a Muslim ward in Sittwe on Friday night, said officials and local residents.

It took place at around 8 PM one day after the authority eased the hours of the curfew. The curfew has been reduced from 7 pm to 5 am to a six-hour period between 10 pm and 4 am from the 11th October.

China Syndrome: Could Romney be The Manchurian Candidate?

Romney holds major stock in company that demanded the U.S. flag to be lowered while Chinese workers replaced the Americans... a preface to Red Dawn?

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Presidential Canidate Romney holds a major amount of stock in a company called Sensata.

Action Against Hunger Demands Justice for Muttur Murders

We urge the public to sign our petition for an independent investigation, so the United Nations can end the impunity in Sri Lanka.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Action Against Hunger is calling on the United Nations to launch an independent investigation to finally bring those responsible for the murders of 17 aid workers in Sri Lanka in 2006 to justice.

Six years after the humanitarian organisation’s team were executed at their offices in the town of Muttur, investigations in Sri Lanka have been hindered and obstructed, with the perpetrators still not been held to account.

Jeffrey Blankfort to Ali Abunimah (must read)

Who commissioned you to be the decider of who is and who isn't a part of this movement and the judge on high of his or her activities?

(LONDON) - I know you have great ambitions, Ali, but Abe Foxman does not plan to retire yet although you do give a very good imitation of him as grand inquisitor.

Perhaps, he will hire you as the ADL's expert on "anti-Semitism" in the solidarity movement since at the moment you seem to be doing the job for free.

The Maimed: On Eleven Years of War in Afghanistan

Chris Hedges gave this talk Sunday night in New York City at a protest denouncing the 11th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. The event, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, was led by Veterans for Peace.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Many of us who are here carry within us death. The smell of decayed and bloated corpses. The cries of the wounded. The shrieks of children.

The sound of gunfire. The deafening blasts. The fear. The stench of cordite. The humiliation that comes when you surrender to terror and beg for life. The loss of comrades and friends.

John Lennon`s 72nd and a Light Still Shines on Truth

The former Beatle became a thorn in the side of the Nixon Administration for speaking up against the Vietnam War and for the unofficial anthem of that generations Peace Movement with Give Peace a Chance

(CLERMONT, FL) - John Lennon could have celebrated his 72nd birthday this Tuesday.

Two days shy of his 35th birthday, the New York State Supreme Court reversed his deportation order, which allowed Lennon to legally remain in the United States.

5 Broken Cameras- A Must See for All

Any decent person who has a spare video camera, or is upgrading should send one to someone in the occupied territories so that Israel's utter disregard for human dignity can be displayed far and wide. - Anthony Lawson

(BIL'IN, Occupied Palestine) - The reviews on the new film '5 Broken Cameras' which tells the story of a Palestinian farmer's attempt to document the Israeli attacks on this community, are solid and humbling.

We have brought our viewers many stories over the years replete with video and photos, showing the reality of this community under intense occupation.

The Assembly Line Culture

The calls by Americans for regime changes represent the most outrageous interference in other country's concerns and none of our business.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - My father managed a branch of a steel pipe making company in Pennsylvania. I was about ten or 11 the first time he took me on a tour of his company.

Seeing the molten steel being poured from the furnaces looked very impressive to me as a young boy.