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Eye Witness to Lasantha`s Murder Abducted in White Van?

Man had to escape from the abductors after he was tortured repeatedly.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ) - An eye witness to the January 8, 2009 murder of newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge says attempts have been made to abduct him and he is unable to return to Sri Lanka.

Mr. K Mudalige claims he witnessed part of the elaborate process that finally took Lasantha Wickrematunge’s life and for that he is now in grave danger.

Salem-News Writer Credited for Bringing Clarity to Foreign Minister`s Alleged Affair in Pakistan

Is Pakistan's ISI supplying the rumor mill with bad information?

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Sparks are flying in Pakistan over an alleged affair between Foreign Minister Nina Rabbani Khar, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the scion of the country’s most powerful dynasty.

Articles about the alleged affair have fueled feverish speculation and outrage in Pakistan since they were reported in a Bangladeshi tabloid earlier this week.

Cloverdale Author Releases Historical Fiction Nationwide

The Thing with Feathers is known to fly through wars, depressions, and natural disasters. Readers learn if the Marshall clan and the good people of Cloverdale will find it in time.

(CLOVERDALE, OR) - This week marks the nationwide release of “The Thing with Feathers,” author Anne Sweazy-Kulju’s new historical novel based on the twentieth century residents of Cloverdale, Oregon.

In the story, when an itinerate Baptist preacher arrived with his baby daughter and a wife lost on the trail, there was no one prepared to suspect what lurid secrets and heartbreak he might be concealing.

Hindus Upset with TV Host Colbert for Depicting Them as Primitive Furred Creatures

"The Colbert Report" is an Emmy Award-winning series hosted by Stephen Tyrone Colbert on Comedy Central television channel, owned by Viacom.

(RENO, NV) - Hindus are highly upset with American political satirist & TV host Stephen Colbert for depicting them as a tribe of some stocky primitive furred creatures jumping in the woods.

Talking about diversity at the recent Democratic National Convention in "The Colbert Report", Colbert said: Everywhere you looked, there were black people, Asian people, Latinos, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus…and simultaneously showed the picture of an African-American, an Asian, a Latino, a Jew and a Sikh.

Marijuana: Oregonian Pointedly Promotes Pot - What a Reversal After All These Years

What about the medical side of medical marijuana?

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Oregonian, previously to its several current positive articles, has been egregiously against any aspect of medical marijuana from the start in 1999 using the words “pothead”, “pot doctors”, “illegal drugs” and any pejorative word in their “pot lexicon”.

The current barrage of positive articles, especially those by Noelle Crombie, are a refreshing change but she hasn’t yet written about the medical side...

Critical Needs for Salem-News.com`s Tim and Bonnie King

Truth is a hard sell... don't let the bad guys beat us.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Those familiar with the history of Salem-News.com know that it has been a long, hard road for Bonnie and I. Truth is a hard sell in the advertising world and that is a hard fact.

Now we are in different places; I am in California planning to go back to Afghanistan to cover the remaining part of the war, while Bonnie is in Oregon.

West Braces for Clash of Cultures

France is closing its embassies and schools in 20 countries, fearing a violent backlash from protestors over the blasphemous cartoons

(TEHRAN) - With the publication of the profane pictures of the holy Prophet of Islam in Charlie Hebdo magazine, the West seems to be consciously moving in a direction where chaos will dominate the international arena.

A clash of cultures will inevitably run deeper for an indefinite period of time.

The Pakistani Muslims Protests Against Anti-Islam Film

The movie has harmed the inter-faith harmony and could lead to extremism.

(PESHAWAR, Lahore Pakistan) - Thousands of supporters took part in a demonstration in Peshawar, Lahore, Pakistan.

Those Pakistanis took to the streets on Monday to condemn an anti-Islam film, burning US flags and chant slogans, as police warned of more protest rallies across the country.

Blog.... uh excuse me!

An ugly word, an ugly purpose?

(BANGKOK) - The word "blog" is a ridiculous contraction of "web log" and an ugly word, it sounds like someone walking through a swamp in too-small wellington boots.

The word was developed and pushed by the mainstream media to denigrate opinions held by non-aligned individuals, so I don't read anything that independent writers call "blogs"...

Exclusive: Bangladesh Blocks YouTube Over Anti-Islam Movie

Around 90% of Bangladesh population is Muslims. Government sources told earlier on Friday more than 10,000 protesters demonstrated against the film in Dhaka and tried to march to the US embassy before they were blocked by police.

(SALEM) - Bangladesh has blocked the video sharing website YouTube for hosting an anti-Islam movie that insults the Prophet Muhammad on Monday.

Visitors from different parts of Bangladesh has confirmed and reconfirmed that they are unable to access you tube after 5:05pm on Monday.