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Is the Yellow Jacket Mine in Nevada Haunted?

37 men burned to death here in an 1869 mining fire.

(GOLD HILL, NV) - It is hard to imagine that 144 years ago, families and friends of miners were standing in the dark outside the Yellow Jacket Mine, involuntarily witnessing one of the worst mining disasters in the state's history.

They probably were struggling with the realization that they were never going to see anyone emerge from that mineshaft, where a methane fire broke out, one so intense that it would burn for several days.

When Yarmouk Camp Fled to Shatila

UNHCR’s official policy of not including Palestinian refugees in its mandate should be immediately changed.

(YARMOUK PALESTINE CAMP, Damascus) - History is nothing if not interesting. And that it most definitely is.

Today, Palestinian refugees are being severely punished in Lebanon and deprived of their most elementary civil right to work or to even own a home.

Belica Family Video/Selamin Belica

Includes the words of Jay R. Crook Ph.D (Md, Nur) and Professor Mahmoud Ayoub.

(BOSTON) - A family is a microcosm of humanity. It has been the basic building block of society since the beginning of civilization.

It is also under attack by the contrary winds of social change, growing economic inequality, a culture of conspicuous consumption and political correctness...

When the Lady `Not for Turning`, Turned

The moral of the story? Leaders sometimes want to do what they believe to be right but are not allowed to do so.

(LONDON) - The news of the death of Britain’s Iron Lady, Baroness Thatcher, promoted me to recall my favourite story about her.

In 1980, in the first of her three terms as prime minister, she said in a speech to her Conservative Party’s Conference: “You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning.”

Bangladesh: Allama Ahmad Shafi, Stop Acting Like a Prostitute!

A true revolution can take place and these leaders are stopping the arrival of the spring.

(YORK, UK) - Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes has warned Hifazat-e Islam chief Allama Ahmad Shafi to stop acting like a prostitute.

William Nicholas Gomes said Allama Ahmad Shafi has been used by political forces like BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) and others in the name of Islam.

Venture-Backed Security: Engine of the Entrepreneurial Blitzkrieg

Venture-backed security serves as impetus to massive job creation...

(COLUMBIA, MD.) - The main problem with the implementation of any sort of entrepreneurial blitzkrieg to reboot the flagging U.S. economy is that entrepreneurial ventures are inherently risky and investors are inherently risk-averse.

How then do we convince investors en masse to pour hundreds of billions into new business ventures in a sluggish economy?

The Assault on Ben Carson: Does Free Speech Exist for Black Conservatives?

Free speech for Ben Carson, whatever one thinks of his views, should not be a controversial proposition.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Until recently, Dr. Benjamin Carson was highly regarded----and was widely promoted as a role model for African-American young people.

Growing up in poverty in Detroit, he went to Yale and the University of Michigan Medical School, and at 33 became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins.

Sri Lanka Buddhist Monks` Organization Demands Arrest of Major Opposition Muslim Leader

Sri Lanka sees protest against the growing anti-Muslim campaigns in the country.

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka) - A Sinhala Buddhist monks' organization today demanded the arrest of a UNP Muslim leader of the major opposition for organizing a protest campaign against Sinhalese.

Chairman of National Sangha Confederation Ven. Rajawatte Wappa Thero said that the organizer should be arrested.

Easter Resurrection of Palestine

Jesus was a Palestinian martyr; he was born in Palestine and spoke the language of my ancestors Aramaic, the precursor of the Arabic language.

(BETHLEHEM) - Today in Bethlehem, sunny and warmer than usual by 10 degrees (global warming?), is Easter Sunday.

It is a Sunday where Christians following the Western calendar celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

Our Government Appears to be in Disarray, But Democracy May be Working as Intended

If we regret today's politics, we should take a careful look at the values or non-values which prevail in the society at large.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In many ways, our government appears to be in disarray. Congress and the President cannot agree on a budget.

The policy of sequestration----originally embraced because it was so extreme that no one would permit it to actually come into existence---is now in place.