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Baalu Moves Amendment; India`s President Remains Mum on SL Tamils

“We will not compromise on... condemnation against rights violations in Lanka,” - Thalikottai Rajuthevar Baalu

(NEW DELHI) - In a major embarrassment for the government, key UPA constituent DMK moved an amendment to the motion of thanks to the President’s address insisting that a paragraph be added on the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils in view of the reported human rights violations by the Lankan army during the civil war.

This is in addition to the disruptions in RS on Tuesday, in which the DMK took part in full measure.

Sri Lankan Tamil Issue Rocks India`s Parliament

The Upper House was adjourned till tomorrow as members continued to raise slogans every time the House met to transact business.

(NEW DELHI Express Buzz) - Government today sought to mollify agitated DMK and AIADMK members who demanded India's support to a resolution at UNHCHR against Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes saying no date has been fixed yet for discussing the matter.

"Our traditional stand has been that we have never supported any country-specific resolution at the UNHCHR," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha as DMK, AIADMK and CPI members rushed to the Well raising slogans on the issue.

Syria: When Playgrounds Turn into Graveyards

A Human life is not a matter of debate or compromises. In my country Syria, time is blood.

(VICTORIA BC) - “Down with the regime and the opposition! Down with the Arabic and Islamic countries, down with United Nations! Down with the world, down with everything!” — a hopeless sign, just like this, lifts in the sky in one of Syrian’s endless protests.

Syrians know that they are alone; disappointed and bewildered, they feel traumatized and abandoned.

PTSD: the Trillion Dollar Time Bomb
Cannabis is the Best Therapy

In the meantime Military and veteran suicides are reaching an alarming level.

(MOLALLA, OR) - The Oregonian newspaper, March 10, 2012, Broken Bodies, Broken Souls, which aptly exposes the monstrous medical dilemma about maybe 1,000,000 military PTSD victims.

Probably about one half will be declared unemployable because of what military battle service has done to their minds. PTSD and/or TBI literally destroyed their minds!

Dying Cattle Stranded at Sea

The ship has been refused permission to dock at a number of ports, including in Egypt, due to the large number of dead and dying animals.

(RIO DE JANEIRO / CAIRO) - Compassion has been informed of a horrific situation unfolding near Eritrea. Right now, thousands of cattle are dead or dying, stranded on a converted cargo ship in the Red Sea.

The recently converted livestock vessel Gracia Del Mar is carrying cattle from Brazil to Egypt. Reports suggest that one of the ship’s engines has broken down and this has led to ventilation failure resulting in extreme suffering and the death of many animals.

PTSD Denial and Dead Afghan Civilians

Pushed Too Far? Soldier was a sniper who supported Navy SEAL's and Green Berets.

(SALEM) - Last week we learned that army psychiatrists are increasingly denying that combat veteran suffer PTSD from war; the military suggesting their problems were pre-existing and not a result of combat.

Sunday, at least 16 Afghan civilians were gunned down by a rogue U.S. Army soldier Sunday, who reportedly carried out the attack on an Afghan village after dark using night vision goggles.

Sri Lanka`s Ghastly Child Killings

More than 100 children were among a huge number of Tamil civilians killed by the Sri Lankan Forces in a gory bloodbath in May 2009.

(COLOMBO TruthDive) - Even innocent and young children were not left behind in the blood bath staged by genocidal Sri Lanka.

Yet another horrid clip of a young boy killed in cold blood has surfaced, captured from the final hours of the gory 26-year civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil rebels.

Perceptions of the Syrian Uprising from Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp

The uprising in Syria has re-opened some old wounds in Shatila camp and between the Baathist Assad regime, now in its 41st year, and Lebanon’s Palestinian refugees.

(BEIRUT) - Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, despite being targeted over the past six decades for numerous crimes including massacres from various sources, in many ways is representative of all the Palestinian camps in Lebanon.

Located in South Beirut, Shatila was one of the first Palestinian refugee camps set up during the 1948 Nakba.

Application to Adjourn Proceedings Ignored by Family Court

The Musa Parents get Adoption Statement for a ‘Final Hearing’ on 12th March 2012

(LONDON) - An application to adjourn civil procedures until the outcome of the criminal proceedings was submitted to the Royal Courts of Justice on 24th February on behalf of Nigerians Bishop Gloria[i] and Reverend Chiwar Musa.

So far, the application has been ignored.

EU Recommends Reversal of 2009 UNHRC Resolution Praising Sri Lanka

Cuba challenged the US Ambassador by asking her to submit a resolution on Guantanamo if they are so concerned with accountability issues.

(GENEVA) - UN Watch in Geneva, has reported that the EU has made recommendation to reverse the 2009 UNHRC Resolution that praised Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war.

The report also states that Sri Lankan Attorney-General challenged the premise and necessity of the draft.