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World Attention Focuses on UK Political Prisoners: Musa Family and Aviation Adventurer Maurice Kirk

Activists demand freedom for Musa children and one of their outspoken advocates.

(SALEM / LONDON) - We have been receiving a flurry of information about the family of Gloria Musa in the UK, who has suffered by many accounts, a terrible injustice from the British government.

I hope many people involve themselves and reach out to public officials to help this unfortunate family, originally from Nigeria, who seems to be running into dead-ends everywhere they turn.

Open Letter to Amnesty International - Please Help!

Urgent appeal begs justice for Musa family and Maurice Kirk.

(LONDON) - John "butlincat" Graham, clarifies what is taking place with the Musa family, whose children were taken by government agents over allegations now disproven.

It also reaches out to include the story of activist Maurice Kirk, who has been on hunger strike in Cardiff prison for about 3 weeks now, which the prison denies. He had lost 14 kg as of a couple of days after entry to the prison - he has been beaten...

Garrett McNamara Sets New World Record for Largest Wave Ever Surfed

Recognized as one of the top elite big wave paddle surfers and towsurfers in the world today, G-Mac is known for many things in surfing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Garrett McNamara has set a new world record for the largest wave ever surfed.

36 Million Deaths in the World Due to Noncommunicable Diseases

A life full of exercise, a balanced nutrition, and social familiar gatherings, is the perfect cure for noncommunicable diseases.

(MADRID) - "Noncommunicable diseases are the number one cause of death in the world", declared Dr. Douglas Bettcher, Director of the WHO’s Tobacco Free Initiative, during the presentation of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Moratlity Report in 2008.

The Drop Zone - Sky Diving at Perth

Reasons why you should drop out of a plane!

(PERTH, Aust.) - My ears popped, the plane door opened, and I was free falling. These 60 seconds feel like a long time, time suspended. I am hooked.

The day began early. Sun shining, no breeze: ideal conditions for skydiving. The aerodrome is an hour out of Perth. I'd be tethered to a man I’d never met for five minutes and 60 seconds. I had read of stories where the main shoot had been tangled up and the instructor had to jettison it before pulling the backup auxiliary shoot.

Mandatory Boat Inspections Begin in Oregon

(Salem, Oregon) - Motorists hauling boats in Oregon are now required to stop at boat inspection stations to have their watercraft inspected for aquatic invasive species under a bill signed into law by Gov. John Kitzhaber on Aug. 2, 2011. Failure to stop at an inspection station could result in a $142 fine.

Do you remember the `Great Willamette River Raft Race`?

Event from the old days revived on the Salem riverfront.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Exchange Club of Salem/Keizer and a local TV broadcaster will revive a fun summer activity on the Willamette River called The Great Willamette River Raft Race in less than two weeks.

Ken Lewetag of Salem TV station KWVT ch. 17.1 & 27.1, is hoping people in the area have photos, video or movie footage of the event when it used to take place here.

Memories: The Best gift a father or father figure can give!

Father’s day should not be just a day for showing fathers and father figures appreciation; it is the perfect day for fathers and father figures to reflect on personal improvement.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Everyone holds his or her own idea of what an ideal father should be. Many in my age group remember the iconic image of fatherhood presented by Robert Young in the family sitcom “Father Knows Best”... a TV show which ran during the late 50’s and early 60’s.

Some of us were lucky enough to have fathers who set excellent examples from which we could learn.

Sometimes you have to laugh or you will surely cry!

Little common sense is being applied to decision making by some of those we have elected.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Let us take a good look at some of the wisdom demonstrated by various state governments in the use of Stimulus fund spending during one of the worst economic downturns in the history of our country:

Let's examine some of the most absurd decisions made by politicians during one of the most difficult times for many Americans in two or three generations.

Allah-Muslim or God-Christianity / Which One?

One of three poems in this special Sunday Poetry triple-shot.

(CLEVELAND) - Church & school are supposed to be bookends holding our kids together in the middle. However, with schools out of whack (not all but most it seems) and churches filled with just as much disrespect, is it any wonder our society is having a multitude of problems?

Let's face it, if things were going the way of the blessings not curses of the bible, well, there'd be no Salem-News.Com. Deuteronomy 30:19!