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Pope Praises the Fundamental Value of the Natural Family in Society

According to the French Statistical Institute, lone parents with a high percentage of single mothers, are already 19%, and its poverty rate rises to 46.2 %.

(MADRID) - The TV networks have broadcast live the "Family Day" in London, Nazareth, Barcelona and Madrid.

Pope Francis in his message to the families present in Madrid, Barcelona , London and Nazareth Pope said the family is an inviolable right. The family is the solution. He was also concerned about the elderly and children living as " exiles within their homes."

Lifetime & Legend Winners and the Golden Mike Awards

Dick Enberg, Giselle Fernandez, and John Brooks to Be Honored By Southern California Broadcast Journalists

(UNIVERSAL CITY, CA) - Nationally prominent sportscaster Dick Enberg, journalist and entrepreneur Giselle Fernandez, and award-winning radio newsman John Brooks will receive top honors at the 64th annual Golden Mike Awards(r) show in Universal City, the Radio & Television News Assn. announced.

Enberg will receive the RTNA's Broadcast Legend Award at the gala dinner on Jan. 25. The versatile sportscaster is recognized nationally for his signature cry of "Oh, my!"

Respect Human Life and Rights in Yarmouk Refugee Camp

We consider all parties to be responsible for the welfare of the population in the combat zone and we call for the application of international law for any and all crimes committed against the civilian population of that zone.

(DAMASCUS) - The Syria Solidarity Movement calls on all combatants in and around Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria to spare the civilian population in the camp from starvation and suffering, to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and to recognize the rights of the population. We condemn the inhuman treatment of the population.

We call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides, in order to allow all persons that wish to leave the camp the opportunity and means to do so, and for food and medicine to be supplied to those choosing to remain.

Talk Nation Radio: After the Legalization of Marijuana

The program's music is from the legendary Duke Ellington.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Jon Walker is a writer and a senior policy analyst at FireDogLake.com and the author of the new book After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy in America.

Program Host David Swanson says in this episode with Jon Walker, he looks into the writer's crystal ball, examining the future of this long criminalized herb in a modern world.

Salon.com: Jailing of an Alabama Blogger: It`s Worse Than We Thought

A New York Times report on the imprisonment of a journalist may have underplayed how chilling the case is...

(NEW YORK CITY) - On Monday I highlighted the case of Roger Shuler, an Alabama blogger currently under indefinite detention in a state prison after refusing to remove items from his blog in adherence to an injunction ruling. His detention is a striking abrogation of First Amendment protections.

Shuler’s is the only name listed from the Western Hemisphere in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ list of imprisoned news workers around the world.

Salem-News.com Founder Tim King Talks About the Mission of Salem-News.com

Ten years after our initial launch, Salem-News.com has taken on a huge list of subjects, providing coverage where the mainstream fails to exist or even care. We currently have 118 writers in 24 countries.

(SALEM) - It isn't every day that I cut a video like this but it seems important to explain who we are and what we are about, and why we believe our goals are worth striving for. I won't kid you either, the subjects that we take on, however controversial they may be at first, are the ones to watch.

Those who have been with us for our decade long run, know that we were covering medical marijuana issues with Dr. Phil Leveque, before other media even considered giving the subject fair attention...

New Website Launched for JUDI IRANYI PHOTOGRAPHY

Three of my life passions are traveling, literature, and photography. This has allowed me to broaden my view of the world and appreciate different cultures. I want my photographs to resonate with viewers in this way.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - I recently launched my website -- JUDI IRANYI PHOTOGRAPHY. I hope everyone will enjoy looking at it; I encourage everyone to share the link with your friends who are interested in photography.

For the past 46 years, I have been seeking simplicity, directness, and purity in my photographs by attempting to capture the dignity and substance of ordinary people in their natural environment.

Protest Staged Against No Quota Reserved For Minorities In PM`s Youth Loan Scheme

No quota reserved for the minorities in the Prime Minister’s Youth Loan Scheme censured by Human rights and religious sectors.

(LAHORE ) - A Pakistani Christian news agency- Pakistan Christian Post argues that quota system for minorities in various schemes run by federal and provincial governments has been ignored.

They further claim that these quota systems were aimed to bring side-lined religious communities of the Pakistani society into mainstream.

Marijuana: Legal Sales Explosion in Colorado and Ignorance Explosion in the New York Times

It was comforting to see that hundreds, if not thousands of media outlets jumped into the fray about Brooks' obvious arrogant ignorance over the subject he foolishly purports to know about.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The week of January 1, to January 8, 2014, brought forward two of the most remarkable advances (?) about marijuana use and its detractors. Colorado's marijuana business is exploding far beyond their marijuana commissioners' feeble minds, to a million dollars worth a day.

It just proves that they didn't know anything about marijuana and its use as medicine.

SRI LANKA: Sinhala Military Becomes More Defiant

Colombo opens new military camps, ‘Red soldiers’ to monitor Eezham Tamils.

(MELBOURNE) - The more Condemnation Stephen Rapp releases, that much more defiant the Sinhala military becomes. I don't think we will be able to know whether it is a make believe game or genuine Sinhalese defiance.

The occupying Sri Lankan military has created a new unit, which has come to be called as ‘Red Army’ with military intelligence personnel fluent in three languages. The new ‘Red’ soldiers of the occupying military will be patrolling the interior villages of Vanni in bicycles.