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Ten Years After US Invades Iraq, Israel Eager to Take the US Into Round Two

John Kerry is doing his best to persuade Russia to help the US pull the Syria parties to peace talks before a civil war extends beyond its boundaries.

(CHICAGO) - Ten years after the US invaded Iraq in 2003, another Middle East war looms large between the West and Muslim states.

Signs point to the strong possibility that Israel, and its US Zionist supporters, remain determined, first, to draw the US into the Syrian Civil War, and second, to lead Israel in a joint attack against Iran.

Human Rights: More on Nakba

Single democratic state in historic Palestine, take two: A new Palestinian initiative seeks to revive the PLO's old-time strategy, abandoned following the Oslo Accords.

(BETHLEHEM) - "On the night of 22-23 May 1948, a week after the declaration of the State of Israel, the Palestinian coastal village of Tantura (population 1,500) was attacked and occupied by the Israeli army.

The village, about 35 kilometers from Haifa, lay within the area assigned to Israel under the UN General Assembly's partition resolution.

Journeys In Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 4 Years After The Civil War`s Bloody Conclusion

U.N. estimates say between 70,000 and 100,000 people died in this tear-shaped island, as the ethno-political conflict came to a bloody end four years ago.

(JAFFNA Int; Business Times) - The dusty army checkpoint along the infamous A9 highway was the first sign I’d entered the “other” Sri Lanka.

This is the one that required an additional copy of my passport, my purpose and an inspection of my things.

`Dictators Are Rulers Who Always Look Good Until the Last Ten Minutes`

Rwandans are very vulnerable in a country with a large number of political prisoners and the constant killings of friends and families of those who dare to question the system.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Rwandans are preparing to attend Rwanda day in London, UK.

The Rwandan high commissioner has been working around the clock in order to provide the conference hall for President Kagame to meet his vulnerable followers.

`Black Night in Bangladesh` - Government Accused of Massacring Thousands

It's time for the world to do something. It's time to terminate the Murderous government of Bangladesh.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The 6^th of May 2013 will go down in history as one of the darkest nights in the history of Bangladesh.

This is a government that has no problem striking down unarmed citizens in cold blood, in fact that is the way this country was formed, perhaps it will be the same it ends.

UK Activists Protest for Victims in Bangladesh

"Many people died making clothes for retailers in the West. They paid the price for our fashion" - William Gomes, Salem-News.com

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - A trio of activists protested the deadly collapse in Bangladesh, where workers manufactured clothing for retailers that included Primark.

Fairtrade activists Anne Tracy and Mary Manchen were joined by Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes, a former visiting fellow at the Centre for Applied Human Rights at York University.

The UN, Integrated Systems & American Intransigence To Accountability

Part One: Integrated Systems

(LONDON) - In Wikipedia we find this, concerning an overview of the meaning ‘integrated systems’ “A system is an aggregation of subsystems cooperating so that the system is able to deliver the overarching functionality.

System integration involves integrating existing often disparate systems.

BANGLADESH: The Motijheel Massacre: Many Die After Police Fire At Protesters

Unarmed protestors slaughtered by government forces in Bangladesh.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Bangladesh security forces opened fire on protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital city, killing many after a rally numbering up to a million people.

While the exact number of dead is unknown, estimates range from several dozens, to hundreds, possibly more than a thousand.

Statement by Professor Israel Shahak: On the Jewish hatred towards Christianity

Professor Israel Shahak is an Israeli citizen, former concentration camp inmate during WW II, and the founder of Israel's Human Rights League.

(TEL AVIV) - Dishonouring Christian religious symbols is an old religious duty in Judaism.

Spitting on the cross, an especially on the Crucifix, and spitting when a Jew passes a church, have been obligatory from around AD 200 for pious Jews.

About Dreams

They come alive
Before we know it

(LONDON) - From the womb of agony

Dreams are born

Sweet and pure

We nourish and groom And watch them grow