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Lynne Stewart Coming Home

On April 9, 2002, Lynne was wrongfully and maliciously indicted. At issue was decades of representing clients prosecutors wanted convicted. Bogus charges included "conspiring to defraud the United States..."

(WASHINGTON, DC MWC News) - For Lynne, husband Ralph, their children, other family members, and legions of worldwide supporters, New Year's day 2014 is special.

It's reason to celebrate. On December 31, Lynne wrote from Carswell federal prison...

Hindu New Year Message: Replace Conflict with Reconciliation

Hindus have offered New Year’s greetings to the world.

(RENO) - Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today; wished peace, liberty, love, happiness and justice for the world during 2014.

We pray that 2014 bring hope and trust in which we, the people, flourish and build a new just world; devoid of inequalities, poverty and prejudices; Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, notes.

A VISION~*~Leonard Peltier in the Oval Office?

Desmond Tutu, who has championed Leonard’s release for decades, former New Mexico Governor and UN Ambassador Bill Richardson and Whoopi Goldberg have advocated Leonard’s cause for many years.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA: PLEASE COMMIT A HOLY ACT & release LEONARD PELTIER— US Political Prisoner #89637-132— via EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. For 38 years he has been torn from his People, his family, his grandchildren. He is now 68 and ailing. We plead with you to give him his last few years as a free man.

We pray for you & for Leonard—two extraordinary human beings on this Mother Earth.

Photos Capture Afghanistan in the 1960`s

From Kabul's steep earthen neighborhoods to lush green countryside, snow capped mountains and agriculture, see Afghanistan before it was ravaged by 30+ years of war.

(SALEM) - I have posted a collection of photographs that document Afghanistan as it appeared during the late 1960's. The collection was given to me while I was covering the war in Afghanistan during the winter of 2006 and 2007 by soldiers at Camp Phoenix, the U.S. Army military base in Kabul.

I do not know the photographer, the assumption is that they were shot by a British diplomat based here at that time. I hope maybe the photographer will let us know their name at some point, we would enjoy knowing more, particularly the year or years the photos were taken.

Magnitude 5.4 Quake Jolts Eastern Japan

The quake registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in the prefecture's Takahagi City, about 150 km north of Tokyo.

(TOKYO KUNA) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale struck eastern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. However, there were no immediate reports of casualties and damage and no tsunami warning was issued for the 10:03 a.m. (0103 GMT) quake.

Focus of the tremor was 10 km underground in northern part of Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the agency.

A Petition to World Media and Israel: We are not Free, Until Vanunu is Free!

Vanunu told Eileen Fleming, "All the secrets I had were published in 1989 in an important book, by [Nuclear Physicist] Frank Barnaby, “The Invisible Bomb: Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East."

(WASHINGTON, DC) - On 25 December, Mordechai Vanunu's latest Appeal for his right to leave 'the only democracy in the Middle East' was heard.

On 29 December, Vanunu wrote: "No justice in Israel democracy. The supreme court by its chief justice Grunis rejected my appeal to be free from Israel state ,after 27 years in Israel prison."

Bailing Out The Vatican Bank... The Ice Cream Headache*

I'd rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it. -Will Rogers

(DAYTONA BEACH) - St. Peter's Square, Rome. - Pope Francis I, responding to recent reports that JPMorgan Chase and HSBC had ceased doing business with the Vatican Bank, called an unprecedented press conference today in his humble Motel 6 quarters close to St. Peter's Square. The following is a transcript of that press interview:

Luigi Gambini, Il Popola Italia: Your Holiness, you recently announced that you intended to reform the Vatican Bank. What precisely did you mean by that?

The Antidemocratic Roots of the Ukraine Protesters

The leader of the“Fatherland” coalition in the absence of jailed leader Yulia Tymoshenko, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, “as a Christian and a Greek Catholic," rants against gay marriage.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The US government and its media, enthusiastic in their support for regime change in the Ukraine, has ignored information about the makeup and character of the demonstrations against the government.

US and NATO officials have participated in the demos, including US Asst SOS Victoria Nuland, and Senators McCain and Murphy (D-CT). In fact, the demonstrators include racists, anti-Semites, and neo Nazis.

Tim King Appears on `Your Voice Counts` Today at 3:00 p.m. Pacific

Tim says it is an honor to visit with Phil Tourney, please follow the link below to catch the show live

(SALEM) - Tim King will make a guest appearance on "Your Voice Counts" on Saturday, December, 28, at 3:06-4:00 PM Pacific Time, 5:06-6 PM Central Time, 6:06-7 PM Eastern Time! The program is hosted by Phil Tourney, who was a U.S. Navy sailor aboard the ill-fated U.S.S. Liberty which was attacked off the coast of Israel during the "Six Day War" in 1967.

Tim will discuss his recent nationwide motorcycle trip to raise awareness of health issues impacting Veterans and other Salem-News.com reporting projects and developments.

Religious Statesman Rajan Zed Listed as `Global Person of the Year`

Northern Nevada clergy belonging to various religions and denominations organized a reception in Rajan Zed’s honor.

(RENO) - “Face2News”, a tri-lingual (English, Hindi and Punjabi) Internet newspaper from Chandigarh (India), has selected distinguished religious statesman Rajan Zed as “Global Person of the Year” for 2013.

“Face2News”, which aims at “stimulating the public discourse in right direction”, says that its team headed by Chief Editor Dharam Loona and Editor Roshan Lal Goyal and constituted of experts from various fields, picked USA based Zed after long and passionate discussions out of a lengthy list of wonderful achievers.