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Ultrasound Halts Sperm Production

Zapping testicles with ultrasound appears to reduce sperm counts to low levels in rats.

(PUNJAB, India ) - Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are working on a project they hope will provide a simpler method for male contraception.

By exposing rat testicles to two 15-minute doses of ultrasound, they found that sperm counts dropped to levels that are usually associated with infertility in humans.

Guardian: This was a Proper Piece of Journalism

A depressing, numbing film that rang on long after the final credits rolled.

(LONDON Guardian UK) - Channel 4 followed up last year's damning investigation into the brutal endgame to civil war there.

Focusing on four events, this harrowing film, again presented by Jon Snow, uncovered new evidence about the extent of the atrocities – execution of prisoners including children, deliberate shelling of civilians and depriving them of food and medical treatment, like some kind of medieval siege.

Sri Lanka: Reconciliation and Truth

the two Channel 4 documentaries have been valuable reminders of the horrific reality behind much modern warfare.

(LONDON) - In May 2009, Sri Lanka’s civil war came to an end. On 14 March 2012, Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished, a follow-up to an earlier documentary.

This focused on the last few months of the armed conflict, when large numbers of civilians were killed or injured.

Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished - depressing and hopelessly excellent documentary

As Sir John Holmes said, the Sri Lankan government didn't believe that anyone would stop them and they were right.

(LONDON) - Last year, Channel 4 broadcast a film containing images that are perhaps the most shocking I have ever seen on TV.

Sri Lanka's Killing Fields was a horrifying portrayal of the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war and the atrocities committed by both sides in it.

Barack Obama is a One-Term President: Yvonne Ridley

"This latest U.S. president, given a Nobel peace Prize because he was not George W. Bush" - Yvonne Ridley

(TEHRAN) - You would certainly know Yvonne Ridley or at least heard of her name if you have been a regular follower of Press TV, especially in Britain.

Ridley is a renowned British journalist, war correspondent and TV host. She made the headlines in 2001 when she was arrested by the Taliban members in Afghanistan while working for the Sunday Express.

Geneva: The Tangled Web Of Many Deceptions

“This accursed shortsighted statecraft…” Heinrich von Kleist (Prinz Friedrich)
The Rajapaksas are the prime architects of Sri Lanka’s Geneva malaise.

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka Guardian) - The US-backed Resolution on Sri Lanka does not urge Colombo to implement the Darusman Report (or recommendations by some international human rights group).

The Resolution merely urges the Rajapaksa administration to make a time-bound (as distinct from an eternally open-ended) commitment to implement the recommendations of its own LLRC.

Application to Adjourn Proceedings Ignored by Family Court

The Musa Parents get Adoption Statement for a ‘Final Hearing’ on 12th March 2012

(LONDON) - An application to adjourn civil procedures until the outcome of the criminal proceedings was submitted to the Royal Courts of Justice on 24th February on behalf of Nigerians Bishop Gloria[i] and Reverend Chiwar Musa.

So far, the application has been ignored.

War Crime Court and its Conflicting Interests

Is it fair that nations be prosecuted by countries suspected of having committed the same crimes?

(SALEM) - This story poses an ugly reality about Sri Lanka and war crimes.

A quick review of the record will show that several of the countries occupying a seat in the world court; those tasked with bringing war crime suspects to justice; have their own share of unanswered and unaddressed questions in this same area.

Tim King`s interview with Brian Arthur Brown, the author of Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel and Quran.

Revolutionary new book presents together the texts of the Torah, Gospels, and Qur’an; Scriptures that are central to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

(SALEM / NIAGRA FALLS) - Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel and Quran, a potential publishing phenomenon, is set for release this summer, followed by a seven city book launch tour in September.

Tim King interviewed Brian Arthur Brown, the author and editor, from his home in Niagara Falls.

UK Tells Lanka to Move Quickly

“We encourage the Sri Lankan Government to move quickly to implement the LLRC report’s recommendations” - Britain's Alistair Burt

(GENEVA The Sunday Leader) - Britain has urged the Sri Lanka government to move quickly on implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission.

In a written statement to the British House of Commons, Alistair Burt Britain sees a political settlement, respect for human rights and accountability for alleged war crimes as being essential elements in post-conflict reconciliation in Sri Lanka.