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Happy New Year, Mr. President, and Help SL Tamils with Two Important Things in 2014, Says Tamils For Obama

Tamils for Obama wishes the president a good 2014 and asks him to get behind an international investigation into war crimes committed by Sri Lankan officials during and since the ethnic war, and to help the Tamil victims in northeastern Sri Lanka to determine their own destiny.

(NEW YORK) - In a letter sent to President Obama recently, Tamils for Obama wished the president a happy 2014 and asked him to help the SL Tamils in two significant matters.

"We told the president there are two things the Tamils in Sri Lanka need from him in 2014," said the press spokesman for Tamils for Obama.

Black Holes

It would be a great help if the astronomers had a better understanding of what they were looking at before they waste more billions of taxpayer dollars on a false premise.

(SAN DIEGO) - Happy New Year. It could be a banner year for the solution of mysteries in the universe. On Dec. 7, 2013 the Science Channel broadcast a program again titled Swallowed by a Black Hole, copyrighted in 2013. I made comments on the program in my July 3, 2013 article titled, “Black Hole Discoveries”.

It reported discoveries that confirm my contention that black holes are created by the combined magnetic fields of all of the stars and planets of the galaxy.

COLOMBO TELEGRAPH: Gota Becomes Dog Abductor: Inside Story Of The Cruel Massacre Of Dogs In Sri Lanka

"... we can assume that the dogs were killed as they have disappeared from the Dematagoda slaughterhouse without any trace and there was no transparency on the part of the CMC on what they did to the dogs" - Animal Rights Activist and the Chairperson of the Animal Welfare Trust Mrs. Iranganie de Silva

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Several months prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was held in November 2013 in Colombo, a massive operation to make the city of Colombo look clean and attractive for the event, was implemented by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development.

Part of this operation was to remove nearly 300 homeless dogs from the streets, and house them in temporary shelters.

Tim King Appears on `Your Voice Counts` Today at 3:00 p.m. Pacific

Tim says it is an honor to visit with Phil Tourney, please follow the link below to catch the show live

(SALEM) - Tim King will make a guest appearance on "Your Voice Counts" on Saturday, December, 28, at 3:06-4:00 PM Pacific Time, 5:06-6 PM Central Time, 6:06-7 PM Eastern Time! The program is hosted by Phil Tourney, who was a U.S. Navy sailor aboard the ill-fated U.S.S. Liberty which was attacked off the coast of Israel during the "Six Day War" in 1967.

Tim will discuss his recent nationwide motorcycle trip to raise awareness of health issues impacting Veterans and other Salem-News.com reporting projects and developments.

Colombo Arrests Indian Journalist Touring Vanni

In recent times, the SL military intelligence operatives, deployed in the name of ‘Terrorist Investigation Department’ of the SL police, have been harassing, detaining and deporting journalists.

(COLOMBO TamilNet) - A young journalist from Tamil Nadu, Thamizh Mahaapirapaaharan, who was touring in the North was arrested by the occupying Sri Lankan military and the SL police Wednesday at noon.

At the time he was talking to the parish priest of St. Antony’s Church in Ponnaavea’li, news sources in Vanni said.

Sinhalese Use of Rape as a Weapon of War or Pleasure

Outrage was mounting when Sri Lankan troops under United Nations “peace-keeping” mission was involved in sex-crime allegations, ranging from charges of rape and exploitation in Haitian women and girls.

(SALEM) - If India had trained Sri Lankan armed forces to defeat the Tamil Tigers, it doesn't speak very much of the Indian training.

How much the Indian training had benefited the Sinhalese, none of us can judge, but the Sinhalese use of rape as a weapon of war, doesn't speak very much of the Indian training. They have the highest rate of rape in international military records as you will see in the account below.

No Peace Through Military Strength

A response to Catherine Ashton's "To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle".

(PORTLAND, OR) - “The War to End all Wars” never achieved what H.G. Wells implied with this term. On the contrary, World War I not only resulted in the death of more than 16 million humans, it also resulted in a victor’s peace directly setting the stage for World War 2 where an estimated 60 to 100 million people died.

I like to believe that no World War is on the horizon, but I was quite surprised to read the headline of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece “To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle. The surprise not so much was the title itself.

Europe Children Between 4 and 12 Spend Almost 3 Hours a Day in Front of TV

All experts converge on the need to control the time and the contents, and that means removing from the child's room all digital screens.

(MADRID) - Children watch, passively, television, computers, mobile phones or ipads. Given this reality, a team of British pediatricians asserts in a research released in the medical journal "Archives of Disease in Childhood" that children under three should not be in contact with so many digital displays.

For kids between 3 and 16, they suggest that a maximum of two hours a day should be set. The experts argue that spending more time in front of screens can cause damage to the physical and cognitive growth of children and overweight, heart problems, attention deficit or lack of empathy.

The Pope`s Nose For News And The Ascension of Charlie (Rose)

While the voices in South Africa paying homage to Nelson Mandela had scarcely fallen silent, while Edward Snowden was still trying to figure out Moscow's transit system, and while the Nobel Committee in Oslo was called into emergency session, the word went forth...

(DAYTONA BEACH) - Two days ago, a puff of white smoke emerged from the top of the Time Life building on the Avenue of The Americas in Manhattan, and the world went delirious with joy.

Time's managing editor, became the world's most famous media midwife with the coronation of the most humble Pope in 1700 years as the Magazine's Parson (make that Person) Of The Year.

Overture

How Suite It Is: The Little Airplane That could

(DAYTONA BEACH) - It was January, 1989. I was sitting at a table in Vancouver's Hot Jazz Society, nursing a pint of Finian's Red, listening to Jimmy Armstrong render "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere," while Gerry Green supplied the clarinet wall paper.

Minding my own business, you might say. And I was approached by a dishy femme du monde with a request for a light. Rather pushy, I thought, since I was sitting under a No Smoking sign. She was wearing a skunk-dyed sable and she had a sable-dyed skunk on a leash.