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UPDATE: Gaza Road to Hope Convoy Members Arrested in Greece

The captain of the Strofades IV however, may be charged.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Writer Lauren Booth has received contact from the Road to Hope Convoy members and the news may be looking up.

Booth said, "The convoy members who were abducted then detained in Greece have been released following examination of video footage. The captain has been arrested."

Which `Human` Rights do You Call For?

(TEHRAN) - One of my close friends is suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a severe mental illness which has almost paralyzed his entire life.

Psychiatrists in Iran recommend his going abroad to pursue his treatment; however, he was financially unable to afford the expenses of such a solution and remained in Iran.

The Torturers Revisited

The US administration continues to deny that torture is torture. “Let there be no doubt, the United States does not torture and it will not torture,” says Harold Koh, legal adviser at the US State Department.

(BAHRAIN) - The Trial is a novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1925.

One of Kafka’s best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime never revealed either to him or the reader.

Turkey`s Rambo Takes on Israel

Turkish film is based on a man's revenge over the Mavi Marmara incident.

(ISTANBUL) - As Ban Ki moon struggles to patch up relations between Israel and Turkey following the raid on a Turkish aid ship by the Israeli Defense Forces, a Turkish film company has decided to rock the boat, so to speak.

Passions on both sides are likely to be inflamed by a new film portraying a Turkish agent exacting revenge on the Israeli troops who carried out the May 31 raid.

Is the American Public About to Toss Israel?

(BEIRUT, Lebanon) - Some opinion analysts express surprise with what they are learning from the American public and detect significant changes in American public attitudes favoring US disengagement from Israel.

Ever so slowly over the past two decades, and gaining momentum since the April 2002 Israeli destruction of the West Bank town of Jenin, American attitudes toward Israel appear to be changing according to some public opinion analysts.

An Open Letter to all Employees of Monsanto

Next year will see the 50th anniversary of the spraying of Agent Orange on Vietnam.

(LONDON) - A tireless voice in the effort to raise awareness of Agent Orange contamination belongs, Len Aldis of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, has issued an open letter to those who work for Monsanto.

The manufacturer of Agent Orange, Monsanto is now engaged in a battle to take control of natural food by politically implementing 'genetically modified food' (GMO).

Kidnapped Aid Workers Speak of Continuing Ordeal Aboard Absconding Greek Ship

(DERNA PORT) - 10 aid workers have made their first contact by mobile phone text messages to family and friends.

They have spoken at length about their ordeal onboard "Strofades IV" Greek-owned ship, registered in Malta.

British Aid Workers Held on Ship in Libyan Sea

Seven UK aid workers, who were planning to take aid to Gaza, are among a group believed to be being held captive on a ship in the Libyan sea.

(DERNA HARBOUT, Libya BBC) - The Strofades IV was taken out of Derna Harbour after volunteers on the Road to Hope convey had a dispute with the Greek captain over a payment.

Tauqir Sharif from Walthamstow and Kieran Turner from Liverpool are on-board.

10 Aid Workers Held Hostage on Greek Owned Ship

Two of the individuals are survivors of the Mavi Marmara incident last May; the situation arose from ship owner argument with agent.

(DERNA PORT, Libya) - "Strofades IV" has broken its moorings, without port permission, and is heading out of Derna Harbour. The rear door of the ship is half closed, with convoy vehicle B7 stuck on it precariously. It is extremely dangerous.

The violent Greek owner who is also its captain of "Strofades IV" has just disembarked (as at 22.50 GMT) through a side door of the ship, onto a speed boat.

Greek Ship Captain Threatens to Leave the Gaza Road to Hope Convoy

"We are being forcefully taken out of the harbour with the captain going crazy ordering the ship to leave!!!" Ken O'Keefe

(TOBRUK / SALEM) - "Now the captain is threatening to leave without us despite 75,000 dollars being paid to his agent for the charter of this ship. We are on the verge of a stand off using our bodies on the back of the ship," wrote Ken O'Keefe, minutes ago.

And now, "We are being forcefully taken out of the harbour with the captain going crazy ordering the ship to leave!!!"