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Help the Family of a Rhode Island National Guard Hero

“Actions speak louder than words”

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Here is the letter I just wrote to the two Senators and the Governor of Rhode Island. If you can send a similar letter in behalf of the family this young man left behind, I would personally appreciate it. Thanks.

Here are the addresses you would need if you can find it in your heart to dedicate the time it takes to write those letters.

Gandhi Statue Vandalized in Sri Lanka

Attackers beheaded the statues of Gandhi and Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout movement.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka AFP) - Statues of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi and Britain's Robert Baden-Powell have been vandalised in Sri Lanka amid an anti-Indian and anti-Western campaign on the island, police said on Friday.

Anti-Western graffiti appeared in many parts of the country after the UN human rights council last month adopted a US-led resolution urging Sri Lanka to probe alleged war crimes.

`Len Aldis vs. Dow Chemical`

Victims have suffered four generations as companies like Dow Chemical look to hide the facts and bury the truth in search of more profit...

(LONDON) - Many of you have expressed an interest in the current controversy surrounding Dow Chemical Sponsorship of the 2012 Olympics.

Len Aldis has received substantial worldwide support for his campaign to stop Dow from wrapping the Olympic Stadium with 336 panels of corporate advertising.

UN Blames Assad, Assad Blames Opposition for Violence Ahead of Ceasefire

People, all against international interference in Syria, are showing support for the reform program Assad promised to implement.

(MOSCOW, RTV) - Thousands of people have taken into the streets of Damascus in a massive pro-government rally.

Syrian President Assad, meanwhile, has sent a message to the UN blaming the opposition for the recent spate of violence ahead of the ceasefire deadline.

RPP: The Remembrance of the 18th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide

One million people, all innocent...

(GOTHENBURG, Sweden) - Fellow Rwandan and friends of Rwanda today is 18 years since the 1994 genocide that visited our country and people.

This is not a week for a political statement but for the Rwandan people to display unreservedly their unified strong stand in denouncing the grim horror of the 90 days of relentless and inexorable attacks and assaults that was inflicted on our country and people.

The Life of a Sri Lankan Tamil Bishop (and others) in Danger

A plea for the safety of Christian clergy in the embattled island nation.

(BRISBANE, Aust.) - This is an urgent appeal to prevent the possible assassination/ ‘disappearance’ of the outspoken Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar and others, who are the only voices of the Tamil people in that part of Sri Lanka.

It is hoped that the followers of Christ, such as Bishop Rayappu Joseph, his fellow priests (and others), are not murdered...

Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., USMC - 68 Years old, Killed by White Plains New York Police

“It wasn’t a crime scene until they made it one.” - Kenny Randolph listened from his apartment across the hall

(WASHINGTON DC Occupy Marines) - The niece stood in the darkened stairwell of the Winbrook Houses, listening, as 20 feet away five police officers yelled at her uncle, who had locked himself in his apartment.

It was 5:25 on a chill November morning. The officers banged loud and hard, demanding that her 68-year-old uncle open his door. “He was begging them to leave him alone,” she recalls.

I do not think we need more human beings on this planet: Peter Singer

Kourosh engages author of 1975 book "Animal Liberation", "Rethinking Life and Death" and "Practical Ethics."

(TEHRAN) - Peter Singer, world-renowned Australian philosopher and bio-ethicist; is a Professor of Bioethics at Princeton and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Singer specializes in applied ethics and is known for his secular and preference utilitarian viewpoints.

What follows is the complete text of our conversation. Peter's answers are rather brief as compared to my elaborate questions; however, I think it has become a readable debate.

`Public awaking against injustice` - Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Salem News interviewed one of the exiled journalists of Sri Lanka.

(CHENNAI / COLOMBO) - Nilantha Ilangamuwa is an ambitious young journalist purged by the government for his conviction to uphold freedom of speech and independence of media in the island nation.

He was taunted by the agents of the government and its secret service for fearlessly managing the Sri Lanka Guardian that is continuing to expose several sensitive news that is causing major irritation to the government.

Force of 150 Tamil Tigers Reportedly Deployed to Sri Lanka
India Says Not True

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne believes a conspiracy is underway to create a new civil war in Sri Lanka.

(SALEM) - The Sri Lankan police on Monday denied claims that Tamil Tiger rebels had infiltrated the island through southern India.

Local media reports quoting police intelligence said that 150 Tamil Tigers had infiltrated the north and east of the country after receiving training in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.