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What`s Delaying the WHO Report on Iraqi Birth Defects?

A 2012 World Health Organization study on congenital birth defects in Iraq has still not been released to the public.

(DETROIT) - Iraq is poisoned. Thirty-five million Iraqis wake up every morning to a living nightmare of childhood cancers, adult cancers and birth defects. Familial cancers, cluster cancers and multiple cancers in the same individual have become frequent in Iraq.

Sterility, repeated miscarriages, stillbirths and severe birth defects - some never described in any medical books - are all around, in increasing numbers. Trapped in this hellish nightmare, millions of Iraqis struggle to survive, and they call for help.

`Let us never negotiate out of fear
But let us never fear to negotiate`

Recently Rwanda has come under much scrutiny by its neighbors who are asking President Kagame to negotiate with the FDLR.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Foreign Policy is a complex labyrinth of balancing local needs with international interests. This act requires awareness of one’s population, needs of the community, financial and peaceful stability as well as serving the interests of the greater good.

These are all signs of a mature and aware politician. The key here is being able to look beyond the individual interest to the needs and to focus and serve the needs of the great good.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Christian Saviors & the Adoptions Industry in Congo

Exploiting Africa's most precious resource: children.

(WASHINGTON DC) - La Procure Saint Anne is a Catholic Monastery built in 1920 in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Abutting Kinshasa's first cathedral church, La Centre d'aceuil Saint Anne (in the local French) sits just off Kinshasa's main thoroughfare, the Boulevard 30 Juin, named for the date of the Congo's supposed independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960.

The Psychology of Denial

Despite conclusive evidence, some people deny the ongoing climate catastrophe. Why do they do this?

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - If you terrorise a child out of taking action to change its circumstances for the better (for example, to get out of a situation in which it is suffering the violence of a parent), then that same terror that stopped it changing its behaviour will also cause the child to now unconsciously delude itself that there is nothing wrong.

Why?

California Firm Recalls Ready-to-eat Grilled Chicken Strips Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens

The recalled product bears the establishment number “P-20923” inside the USDA mark of inspection and a use-by date of “JUN 22 2013” printed on each tray.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Foster Farms, a Porterville, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 6,165 pounds of ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips.

The food contains wheat and soy, known allergens, which are not declared on the product label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today.

PTSD/TBI: Invisible Wounds and the Trillion Dollar Medical Blunder

PTSD has been known for centuries.

(PORTLAND, OR) - CBS Sixty Minutes on May 5 2013, offered absolutely the best portrayal of the devastation caused by PTSD and TBI.

I don't know if anyone can really separate these two entities because they both scramble the brain.

Commentary on the `Husband Beater` and Other Disgusting Products

I implore readers to be inspired to let these companies know that what they are doing is unacceptable.

(MIAMI) - One can argue that a free market economy allows for creativity and ingenuity.

However this same free market economy allows people to start businesses that do absolutely no social good and are, in some cases, absolutely despicable.

Adoptions of Children Decreased by 48% Worldwide

Given the lack of children and the unfulfilled desire of many marriages, it seems appropriate not to add more difficulties that complicate the processes of adoption.

(MADRID) - More and more couples without children want to adopt, but on the other hand, there are fewer kids up for adoption.

Previously, the lack of kids for adoption, in developed countries was compensated through the adoption abroad. Now this is more complex.

Ode to One of Our Fathers

Last week I learned from my friend Agron Belica that his father Selamin wasn't well. I decided yesterday to play an Astor Piazzolla's Libertango here in the street of Buenos Aires for Selamin Belica and his three sons. -Gilad Atzmon

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - News that the father of one of our team members was diagnosed with a serious illness this week, stirred the Salem-News.com family into action.

Selamin Belica, father of Agron Belica, is a well-loved man, but we can never offer too much love, respect and support to one of our own in a time of need.

Bob Bergdahl, Father of Current POW, Sgt Bowe Bergdahl Speaks Out

They focused on demanding that the U.S. government formally request and negotiate for the return of all live Americans held in captivity in foreign countries.

(WASHINGTON DC) - On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 a Freedom March was held in Washington, DC. by P.O.W. Activist Organization "Honor-Release-Return".

Bob Bergdahl, the father of current POW, Sgt Bowe Bergdahl and Former POWs Mike Benge, Larry Stark, Carmel Whetzel, all spoke at the event.