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US Think Tank Provides Forum for the Syrian National Council and Cover for Israel

AIPAC team first from west to interview new head of SNC; as Israel’s media friends continue supporting Syrian opposition.

(OSAKA, Japan) - It’s very revealing that the newly elected head of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Abdulbaset Sieda, gave his first extended Western media interview since assuming the post on June 10 to Fikra Forum.

The group is a project of the AIPAC-created Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

TESO Conference Will Discuss Tamil Eelam, says Karuna

DMK has always been with the Lankan Tamils and the revival of TESO should be a step in this direction.

(CHENNAI Press Trust of India) - Insisting on non-violent means to achieve a separate Tamil Eelam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said the now revived Tamil Eelam Supporters' Organisation (TESO) will discuss ways and means to fulfill it.

Karunanidhi said his party had stood by the Sri Lankan Tamils for the past 50 years and his government had even faced dismissal for the Lankan cause.

Reactor Reax Top Stories

Nuclear Waste: Why Environmentalists Are Pressing NRC on Reactor Licenses.

(WASHINGTON DC) - This week in Reactor Reax: the DoE's loan guarantee programs are the focus of much public attention since Solyndra went bankrupt last year.

CSM explores Nuclear waste, asking why environmentalists are pressing NRC on reactor licenses. Also, feds say design flaw led to Calif. nuke plant woes.

Militant Attacks on Afghan Forces on Rise: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says militant attacks on the security forces have been increased in the war-torn country in recent months.

(KABUL Press TV) - Hamid Karzai made the remarks on Thursday, a day after killing of 21 people by a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Khost.

"I have noticed that these days, in the past one, two or three months, attacks on our soldiers, police and intelligence officers have increased," Karzai said.

Has Zionism Betrayed Its Ideals - Or Was It Flawed at Its Inception?

From Issues of the American Council for Judaism' - Spring-Summer 2012

(ARLINGTON, VA) - In The Crisis of Zionism, Peter Beinart argues that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank poses a serious threat to that country’s liberal democratic ideals.

He argues that the American Jewish establishment has closed its eyes to the disintegration of Israel’s higher ideals...

Each Year, Hundreds of Uninsured Oregonians Die Prematurely

Affordable Care Act Promises Relief from Tragedy of Premature Deaths; Loss of Reform Would Mean Continuing Nightmare for Many American Families.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Hundreds of Americans die prematurely every week simply and primarily because they have not had access to health insurance coverage.

The number of deaths nationally and in every state are detailed in a report released today by the consumer advocacy organization Families USA.

Agencies Told to Produce Balochistan`s `Missing` in Next Hearing

The SC also ordered a policy for compensating families of the victims of enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan.

(ISLAMABAD DawnNews) - Pakistan’s top judges have declared that law enforcement authorities were involved in enforced disappearances in Balochistan.

They are ordering agencies to produce the remaining ‘missing persons’ in the next hearing, DawnNews reported.

Sorry Holder, Your Role in Fast and Furious is Not a Political Issue

Republicans recommend unprecedented Congressional action against attorney general.

(SALEM) - Eric Holder could face a Contempt of Congress charge and he would be the first attorney general ever faced with this very serious issue.

Holder has been feeling the heat for some time now over his role in the 'Fast and Furious' gun smuggling operation.

The Agent Orange Leak on Okinawa

Buried Stockpile of Toxic Defoliant is Contaminating Futenma Air Base.

(YOKOHAMA) - The U.S. Marine Corps buried a massive stockpile of Agent Orange at the Futenma air station in Okinawa, seriously sickening the base’s former head of maintenance and potentially contaminating nearby residents and the ground beneath the base.

The barrels were abandoned in Okinawa at the end of the Vietnam War...

Conflicting Reports over Mubarak`s Death

No official statement yet but Egyptian medical sources and state news agency say deposed president is "clinically dead".

(WASHINGTON DC) - Hosni Mubarak, the deposed Egyptian leader, has been revived and is on an artificial respirator after he suffered stroke, sources in the interior ministry and from his family told Al Jazeera.

Earlier on Tuesday the state news agency, MENA, quoted medical sources as saying that the former president, aged 84, was "clinically dead"...