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Ciudad Juarez Mourns, Organizes

In Ciudad Juarez, people have two stark choices: they can either sit back passively and wait to be killed or extorted or do something in spite of the dangers.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Stunned by the murders of three people whose lives they tried to save, human rights activists in Ciudad Juarez vow nevertheless to press forward with their movement for justice.

On Saturday, February 26, Elias Reyes Salazar, his sister Magdalena Reyes and Luisa Ornelas, the wife of Elias Reyes, were laid to rest in the rural Juarez Valley south of the city.

Gaddafi Flashback: The AIDS Option

‘Why not invite Qaddafi to San Francisco, he likes to dress up so much?’ - Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz

(ISTANBUL) - Back in 1986, The Washington Post reported on a meeting at the White House, attended by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Secretary of State George P. Shultz, about ways to undermine the regime of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

Events and Protests this Week Support World Peace

Join fellow Oregon and SW Washington residents who support Palestine.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A number of world solidarity events will be held this week in Portland. Tuesday will see the screening of Battle of Algiers, on Wednesday there will be a Teach-in to Keep Public Education Public!.

Weekend events include: We Are One: A Peaceful protest in Solidarity with the people of Libya. Sunday, Protest! The Annual Oregon AIPAC Event will raise awareness over Israel's right wing policies of occupation, settlement expansion, and apartheid.

Bahrain Bleeds for Liberty

-"No Sunni, no Shiite, we are Bahraini!"

(LONDON) - Just before the Arab revolt erupted across the region there was much talk about how minorities in the Middle East we being mistreated.

Of course such concerns were not unfounded, but many vocal critics never really cared for finding real solutions nor did they give much attention to the plight of minorities elsewhere around the world.

Attack in Hebron and a `Jesus Challenged Empire`

I joined the large demonstration in the old city of Al-Khalil/Hebron that is commemorating the day 17 years ago when a Jewish settler massacred worshippers in the Haram Ibrahimi.

(BETHLEHEM) - In today's report, we look at the large popular resistance movement and demonstrations today (e.g. in Hebron where we got attacked). The video of inspiring events in Bethlehem to Hebron is included.

We also included the report titled "Jesus challenged empire" on the launch of the 200-strong Sabeel conference in Bethlehem that includes religious leaders and lay people who joined together to be inspired and mobilized.

Silvia Cattori: An Interview with Gilad Atzmon- to Call a Spade a Spade

"For me, freedom of speech is an iron rule — I would never silence anyone - Gilad Atzmon

(LONDON) - Gilad Atzmon is an outstandingly charming man. He is often described by music critics as one of the finest contemporary jazz saxophonists.

Putin, Medvedev See Arab Unrest as Peril to Russia and West

Medvedev worries the dissension and uprisings could spill over into Western countries.

(CHICAGO) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev issued separate warnings to Western Europe and the US that the ongoing uprisings, insurgency and outright revolts happening across the Middle East and North Africa are dangerous to the long term interests of everyone.

Putin warned European officials at a meeting in Brussels that the turbulent events could lead to regimes very hostile to the West. He heaped criticism on what he believes is the European Union's energy policies.

Ortega`s Second Revolutionary Betrayal

Latin American opposition to U.S. imperialism is more than legitimate—especially when it comes from previous victims of U.S. “state-sponsored terrorism”

(ISTANBUL) - During a visit to Nicaragua not so long ago, I spent a good deal of time speaking with a former Sandinista fighter, now a bank security guard in the town of San Juan del Sur, who was disillusioned with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and what he referred to as Ortega’s abandonment of Sandinista revolutionary ideals.

It was as if, the security guard said, the dead no longer mattered when one was in power.

Salem-News.com Writers on Press TV:
`Gaddafi using mercs to attack people`

Press TV interview with Dr. William Cook of the University of La Verne in California and Tim King, a journalist from Salem-News in Salem, Oregon.

(TEHRAN / SALEM / LAVERNE PRESS TV) - Cook made the remarks in an interview with Press TV in which he discussed Gaddafi's weakening hold on power and his decision to massacre the citizens of his own country.

Tim King, a journalist with the media outlet Salem News, which is based in Salem Oregon, also participated in the interview, which touched on a number of issues, such as the prospects for a rough transition to democracy in Libya after years of despotic rule.

Gaddafi Raved and Cursed, but he Faces Forces he Cannot Control

“I will die as a martyr,” - Gaddafi said last night. Almost certainly true.

(BEIRUT) - So let’s erase all the YouTubes and Facebooks and the shooting and blood and gouged corpses from Benghazi, and pretend it didn’t happen.

Let’s pretend that the refusal to give visas to foreign correspondents has actually prevented us from hearing the truth. Gaddafi’s claim that the protesters in Libya – the millions of demonstrators – “want to turn Libya into an Islamic state” is exactly the same nonsense that Mubarak peddled before the end in Egypt, the very same nonsense that Obama and La Clinton have suggested.