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Will Another Documentary on Sri Lanka`s Genocide Impact the Geneva Human Rights Session?

Sinhalese journalists recoil with sharp tongues, yet they also speak truth about war crimes...

(SALEM) - Those responsible for ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ will telecast another documentary in the first week of March to coincide with United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva.

UK based Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, who had presented ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ is also involved in the second project.

THE DOCTORS Discuss Prescription Medicine Epidemic

Please tune in to this important program...

(LOS ANGELES) - There’s no question that tragic deaths due to lethal combinations of prescription pills have been making headlines far too often in recent months.

Tuesday, the hosts of the Emmy Award-winning syndicated TV show THE DOCTORS takes a closer look at the issue at hand...

U.S. and Mexico Military Play Increasing Role in Border Operations

Our team at Salem-News, and also Narco News, were the first to report on the activities of this joint task force.

(SALEM) - Robert Plumlee and I enjoy watching the national media play catch-up with our reports from years ago. The game is on again as information about the U.S./Mexican military Joint Task Force continues to emerge.

A new article in the El Paso Times illustrates the reason that officials from both countries have been hesitant to confirm the existence of this military border group; the 1997 shooting death of a young Mexican national by a U.S. Marine.

NGOs call US to Establish Int`l Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council

NGOs Call on U.S. to Establish Independent International Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The United States has decided to press for action at the March session of the Human Rights Council on accountability for wartime abuses in Sri Lanka.

This issue has long been a high priority for us due to the massive scale of abuses committed in the final months of the war and the Sri Lankan government's resistance to any serious domestic inquiry.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - No Credible Path for Nuclear Power

Catch the latest news about nuclear energy and its accompanying hazards.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - In this week's roundup of nuclear-related stories, an Op-Ed writer opines that we have seen the future of industrial policy and it doesn't work, and an editorial writer suggests that the latest round of nuclear power plants probably won't mean the beginning of a 'nuclear renaissance'.

These stories and many more are in this week's Reactor Reax.

Guantánamo Bay Camp - Is a Parallel Existing in Sri Lanka

It is almost three years since these men are being held in captivity, without any exposure or trial except for one Paapa being recruited as an intelligence spy.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is an extrajudicial detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, where suspected Islamic terrorists are held in detention indefinitely.

Guantanamo Bay Camp earned the international condemnation and very serious charges of human rights violations in the camp are still debated lively.

Next Solyndra? $8.33 Billion Vogtle Loan Guarantee

Groups Urge DOE to Force Disclosure of 12 Secret Delays, Cost Overruns at Troubled Reactor Project

(WASHINGTON, DC) - If you are a taxpayer who liked the less than half a billion dollar Solyndra federal loan guarantee debacle, you will love the $8.33 billion loan guarantee.

This recipient is to the even riskier Vogtle nuclear reactor project licensed last week by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Police in Arizona Shoot Man Holding 9-Month Old Baby

Scottsdale Officer James Peters has killed six people in the line of duty, in seven 'justified' shooting incidents.

(SCOTTSDALE, AZ) - A grandfather in Scottsdale, Arizona was blasted in the head by a police officer who "thought" the man might have had a weapon.

"There were at least three officers in position to engage the suspect. At least one of the officers thought he saw something in the suspect's hands," Scottsdale Police Sgt. Mark Clark told Arizona's KPNX.

Pilgrims Ready to Set Sail for Shrine on Lankan Isle, Navy Steps Up Security

Security will be stepped up along the maritime boundary in view of the festival and fishing will be banned for two days.

(CHENNAI) - Nearly 10,000 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu will set sail to the Katchatheevu island on a two-day pilgrimage for the St Antony's Church festival for the third consecutive year on March 3 and 4.

India had given the island to Sri Lanka in 1974, but the pilgrimage was stopped between 1983 and 2010 because of the Sri Lankan wars.

SRI LANKA: On the Edge of the Knife

The real threat is now not the LTTE, which no longer exists on the ground, but the collapse of societal institutions in the country.

(COLOMBO) - There is always a fallacious belief that, “It would not be the same here; here such things are impossible”.

The morning of Valentine’s Day started with the unwholesome smell of the burnt carcass of a person.