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Open Letter to Olympic Committee Members in London Over Down Sponsorship

The idea of Dow's advertising being plastered on the front of the stadium absolutely ruins the idea of what the Olympics are supposed to be.

(LONDON) - In a few weeks, unless you take action, the Olympic Stadium will have been surrounded by a wrap comprising 336 giant panels made by a company responsible for deaths of many thousands.

That company is Dow Chemical, whose record was known to each and everyone of you through the many court cases it has had brought against them in the US for disposing of tonnes of highly toxic waste into rivers and lakes near its plants.

Sweden: Immediately Abolish Forced Sterilization

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(DHAKA- Bangladesh) - Just weeks ago, several Swedish politicians spoke publicly about a coalition agreement not to change the Swedish transgender law.

However at this point, it remains unclear whether Sweden is implementing a law compelling people who want to change their legal gender, to be sterilized.

Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished

The documentary forensically examines four specific cases and investigates who was responsible.

(LONDON) - Last year Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, an investigation of the last few weeks of the war between the government of Sri Lanka and the rebel forces of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE).

Presented by Jon Snow, it featured devastating video evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity - some of the most horrific footage Channel 4 has ever broadcast.

Tell President Obama: Don`t Capitulate to the War-Makers

There is a non-violent way to deal with all this...

(NEW YORK) - President Obama is under immense pressure to give Netanyahu private assurances that if the U.S. strategy to stop Iran from developing the capacity (not the actuality) for nuclear weapons doesn't work, the U.S. will back an Israeli first strike.

This is the moment for peace oriented voices to speak out and say no to an Israeli first strike with American overt or covert backing.

Crimes of the One Percent Conference Update, Schedule, Facebook

Crimes of the 1% Conference, Saturday 17 March, London (Friends House, Euston Road).

(LONDON) - Campaigners who say radical changes are required to curb the power of the top one percent are holding a conference in London on March 17.

Special Feature: The Meaning of Religion in Sri Lanka

An unexpected snapshot into the madness of life in a dominant Buddhist culture.

(LONDON) - I am very pleased to introduce this next story by author Roma Tearne, of London. This is a fictional day in the life account of a family in Sri Lanka, the country of Roma's heritage.

It isn't part of our regular news, however it is more relevant than most reports as a current information piece.

Wikileaks Scandal, Embarrassing for US

Press TV has conducted an interview with Michael Maloof, former Pentagon official, to share his opinion on this issue.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - The leakage of classified information by former US Army soldier, Bradley Manning, to whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, is a source of embarrassment for the US government, a former Pentagon official tells Press TV.

Manning has been formally charged with involvement in the largest leakage of classified information in the American history.

SWIFT Pressured to Ban Iran Over Nuclear Ambitions

There is the possibility that Saudi Arabia could make up for some, but not all, of the banned Iranian oil.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Under pressure from the United States and the European Union, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication in Belgium, is expected to ban Iran's forty banks and institutions from using SWIFT to process its financial transactions.

This would effect Iran's foreign trade and access to international payments.

SRI LANKA: On the Edge of the Knife

The real threat is now not the LTTE, which no longer exists on the ground, but the collapse of societal institutions in the country.

(COLOMBO) - There is always a fallacious belief that, “It would not be the same here; here such things are impossible”.

The morning of Valentine’s Day started with the unwholesome smell of the burnt carcass of a person.

Video Clarifies Ongoing Struggle of Sri Lankan Tamils

“A Lasting and Sustainable Peace with Dignity for the Tamil People is Nowhere in the Agenda.”
- Sunila Abeyasekera

(NEW DELHI) - Sunila Abeyasekera, the well-known human rights activist discusses with Newsclick the situation in Sri Lanka after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers.

She says achieving a lasting peace in Sri Lanka, involves backing the rights of the minorities -- human rights, linguistic rights, cultural rights -- need to be guaranteed and protected.