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Genocide: The Slaughter of the Tamils in Sri Lanka - Genocide Process

இலங்கை இனப்படுகொலையை தோலுரித்து காட்டும் அர்ஜென்டினா ஊடகம்

(COLOMBO) - When examining the recent Genocide in Sri Lanka committed against the minority Tamil population by the country's Sinhalese Buddhist government, many disturbing facts surface.

The thousand excuses offered by Sri Lanka' politicians mean little, when the facts reveal that the government 'practiced' Genocide in the years preceding it.

`Robust Diplomacy` in Iraq - 50% Increase in Contractors?

What is Really Going on with Americans in Iraq?

(SALEM) - I know many Americans are wondering what is really going on right now in Iraq with the formerly massive, U.S. military presence now evacuated.

The Defeated

Sri Lanka’s Tamils pick up the pieces after a war that defined—and shattered—the lives of a generation.

(NEW DELHI ) - On 19 May 2009, an accountant named Sivarajan ran to the winding lunch queue in the Anandakumaraswami Zone 3 refugee camp to serve food.

Swarna, a former militant, yelled at her mom for revealing to the army that their family was from a region where the war between the Sri Lankan Army and the separatists—“Tigers,” she called them—was still raging.

Tell the Nobel Committee: Award Bradley Manning the 2012 Peace Prize

As Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsburg has said, Bradley Manning is a hero.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Pfc. Bradley Manning was just nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize!¹

Last week, Major General Linnington gave the final recommendation for Manning to face court martial on all 22 charges, including the vindictive aiding the enemy charge.

Death and Diplomacy: Homs on the Brink

“It is really hard to determine what’s going on on the ground there because of safety issues,” - journalist Diana Nemeh in Homs

(MOSCOW RT) - Homs is now the physical and political frontline of the unrest engulfing Syria. Heavy fighting continues for the fifth straight day in the rebel stronghold city.

The rebel opposition is imploring the international community to intervene and displace President Assad, despite his commitment to engage the opposition in talks to resolve the conflict.

SRI LANKA: Mine Clearance Could Take 10 Years or More

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) carries out mine risk awareness programmes in the north and east.

(COLOMBO) - Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north could take more than a decade, experts say.

"It is expected to take [in] excess of 10 years to fully mitigate all remaining contamination in Sri Lanka," the Mine Action Project of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka told IRIN, citing a lack of resources coupled with the difficult nature of the work.

MSNBC Presents `Semper Fi: Always Faithful` Friday, 24 February at 10:00 P.M. ET

“Semper Fi: Always Faithful” unfolds like a detective novel...

(NEW YORK, NY) - Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger was a devoted marine for nearly 25 years. As a drill instructor in the Marine Corps, he was responsible for training thousands of new recruits.

But when Jerry’s nine-year-old daughter Janey passed away from a rare type of leukemia, his structured world began to collapse around him.

Jewish Roots of Islam`s Extremism

“Both Judaism and Islam proceeded from the same fundamental premise, influenced by the same tribal culture and practically followed the same orthodox pattern“

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - "Ultra-Orthodox, Israel Police clash in Beit Shemesh; officer wounded …" At first many imagine Muslim extremists in Afghanistan or Somalia.

Maybe not a far-fetched guess, but to everybody’s astonishment the Ha'aretz report is about Jewish extremists in Tel Aviv, the heart of Israel.

Immigrant Denied Kidney Transplant

Jesus Navarro’s wife wants to donate her kidney to him, but the hospital won’t let her -- Jesus could die.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Jesus Navarro could die without a kidney transplant. His wife is a match, and he has health insurance.

But because Jesus is undocumented, a state medical center is refusing to perform surgery, essentially leaving Jesus to die.

Agent Orange Maker Monsanto Back in Vietnam

Keeping Monsanto out of Vietnam already appears to be an uphill fight.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Monsanto, the U.S. corporation controlling an estimated 90 percent of the world’s seed genetics, is gearing up for a return to Vietnam.

Monsanto isn’t a household name in Vietnam. But one of it’s former products, the killer Vietnam War-era military defoliant Agent Orange, remains infamous.