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Researcher/Historian and Brother of Alleged MLK Assassin Seek Truth to Honor Black History Month

At the age of 76, Jerry Ray is determined to see the full story of MLK’s assassination revealed.

(WALTERVILLE, OR) - The brother of James Earl Ray, and a researcher, are calling on President Barack Obama to honor Black History Month with a complete ballistics test of the alleged murder weapon and release all documents related to Dr. King’s life and assassination.

The King family supports Mr. Ray’s claim, concluding the evidence linking James Earl Ray to the actual killing of MLK is fallacious.

THE ARAB SPRING: A Year that Changed the World

On Friday, February 24th, at 9:00AM, Noam Chomsky joins hosts Wael Elasady and Will Seaman to discuss the shifting political landscape of the Middle East.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The events of the Arab Spring have been awesome and inspiring, opening up the possibility of a regional landscape that is almost unfathomably different from what would have been predicted just one year ago.

Students United For Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER, of Portland State University) has organized a wide-ranging conference that is designed to analyze the events of the Arab Spring.

Sri Lanka and the UN: Unslayable Ghosts

Sri Lanka and the West head for a showdown over human rights.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - BURY the past. Those killed nearly three years ago in the last, savage days of Sri Lanka’s civil war will never return. Foreign and local critics who harp on about horrors are doing down a fragile country.

“Any sensible person will realise the advantage our people got. Today there is no more killing, fighting. It is peaceful, people are free,” argues Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Norway Backs UN Resolution Against Sri Lanka

The UN is expected to demand a long-term plan for how Tamils and Singhalese can live in peace on the island nation.

(OSLO, Norway) - Norway has joined other nations in calling for an investigation into civilian deaths in the country’s long and bloody civil war.

The UN resolution wants answers to questions about, among other things, what happened to the thousands killed in the last months of the war.

The Telegraph - Marie Colvin, Obituary

Marie Colvin, who has been killed by shellfire in Homs aged 56 while covering the current uprising in Syria, was a fearless, passionate and ebullient foreign correspondent regarded by many as a latter-day Martha Gellhorn.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The two women became friends before Gellhorn’s death in 1998, and shared an extraordinary bravery that put them in a position to deliver the wartime stories of rebels, underdogs and ordinary citizens.

In recent times this ensured Marie Colvin an array of prizes and awards.

Camp Lejeune Documentary: `Semper Fi, Always Faithful`

Very quietly, the Veterans Administration has paid compensation claims for 63 marines diagnosed with breast cancer.

(LOS ANGELES) - The Camp Lejeune documentary "Semper Fi, Always Faithful" will be shown on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnel Friday night - 24 Feb2012 -on MSNBC at 10 PM EST.

Lawrence O'Donnell was instrumental in MSNBC's purchase of the documentary and it is on his show that it will air for the first time on Friday.

Funeral Protest Bill Sent to Oregon Governor

Tuesday, the House approved the bill on a 59-1 vote.

(SALEM LID) - The Oregon Legislature this week sent Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) that would increase penalties for disorderly conduct within 200 feet of a funeral.

Senate Bill 1575 calls for a maximum penalty for the Class A misdemeanor of one year in jail and a $6,250 fine, up significantly from six months in jail and a $2,500 fine.

Real Journalist Versus Fake Journalists

Our Tribute to Real Hero - Marie Colvin.

(CHENNAi, India) - Renowned journalist Marie Colvin of The Sunday Times (UK), who is familiar to Eezham Tamils for her coverage on the conflict in the island, has been killed in shelling in Syria together with French photographer Remi Olchlik.

The courageous journalist lost one of her eyes in 2001 in Sri Lanka Army shelling while working in the island. She was the only journalist to be present in besieged town of Homs in Syria, covering the conflict there, where she was killed.

Army Releases January Suicide Data

Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick says he is encouraged by the 2011 Army suicide data that reflects a slight decrease in suicides from the record year experienced in 2010.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Army released suicide data today for the month of January. During January, among active-duty soldiers, there were 16 potential suicides: five have been confirmed as suicide and 11 remain under investigation.

At UN, Weakness on Rights Enabled by HRW & Scribes, Sri Lanka`s Silva Push

Sri Lanka responded with a letter of complaint to UN Correspondents, who made no reaction...

(UNITED NATIONS) - How can it be that Sri Lanka thought that the UN of Ban Ki-moon would accept Shavendra Silva as a member of the UN "Senior Advisory Group on Peacekeeping Operations"?

His role in Division 58 is repeatedly named in connection with war crimes in Ban's own Panel of Experts report on Sri Lanka.