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Breaking News: World May be Moving Closer to AYM`S BP Gulf `Doomsday` Scenario

Drudge Report highlights incredible news stories:
Sea-floor leak found several miles from blown well...
Methane levels 'million times higher than normal'...
...levels only seen during mass extinction events...

(GULF OF MEXICO) - Drudge crashed the Texas A&M University website when he linked to the report from Dr. John Kessler who just returned from the Gulf.

This scientific expert on geology and mass extinction, noted methane levels about 1 million times higher than normal in certain regions of the Gulf; levels unseen since the last extinction event 55 million years ago...

19 Organizations Tell Obama: Share Goldman Sachs Settlement With Struggling Homeowners

Letter Calls For Treasury’s Share of Settlement to Go to Principal Reduction, Mortgage Counseling, Reclaiming Foreclosed Homes as Affordable Housing.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - In a letter sent Friday to President Obama and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, a coalition of 19 organizations led by the Greenlining Institute call the just-announced settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Goldman Sachs “disappointing,” arguing that it “does nothing for struggling homeowners.”

The settlement as announced contains no aid for homeowners struggling to avert foreclosure.

Uganda Forces More Than 1,700 Refugees Back to Rwanda

“This operation by the Rwandan and Ugandan governments completely disregards the rights of refugees who have well-founded fears of returning to Rwanda” - Bill Frelick, director of the Refugee Program at Human Rights Watch

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Reports indicate on July 14th and 15th more than 1,700 Rwandan refugees from both Nakivale and Kyaka camps were forcibly rounded up and sent back to Rwanda by the Ugandan and Rwandan police.

Announcing food distribution, and information on the outcome of asylum appeals many began gathering around the trucks in the hope of attaining either. Police and camp commanders then forced the Rwandans onto the trucks at gunpoint using the deception and deceit.

Exclusive Intifada Interview with Ken O`Keefe: `Israel Executed People in International Waters`

Elias Harb's conversation with a former U.S. Marine who is one of the world's leaders in the effort to bring light to the Palestinian cause.

(MEXICO CITY) - Ken O’Keefe is an American born activist who renounced his US citizenship on March 1, 2001. He has since acquired Irish, Hawaiian and Palestinian citizenship.

On January 7, 2004, O’Keefe burned his US passport in protest of “American Imperialism” and called for US troops to immediately withdrawal from Iraq. He replaced his US passport with a World Citizen Passport, proclaiming “ultimate allegiance to my entire human family and to planet Earth.”

Israeli Attacks on Palestinians Must Stop

Does YouTube censorship policy prevent Israelis from seeing the truth?

(SALEM, Ore.) - People ask, why don't you carry the Israeli point of view? Israeli people in particular frequently write and pose this question. They also sometimes make ridiculous assertions; i.e. "You must be an anti-Semite". People don't even know what that means, and they are an insult to themselves by calling me that.

The Persian Useful Idiots!

Response to 'Iran is executing young protesters, please write to put a stop to this!'

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - This ought not to be a surprise to anyone that there is a long running agenda to malign, demonize, and bomb Iran.

Cluster Weapons and Agent Orange

Despite calls on the U.S. governments, lawsuits against the 35 U.S. Chemical companies headed by Monsanto and Dow Chemicals, they refuse to accept responsibility or to pay any compensation to the victims and their families.

(LONDON) - In a few weeks on August 1st The international ban on Cluster weapons will come into being.

While the ban is to be welcomed, for many it will have come too late, they have been either killed or injured.

Rwandan Democratic Green Party Vice President Assassinated

“During our visit to Butare yesterday, we found his national ID, driver’s license, house keys and car keys still inside the dumped car. His car and belonging are now packed at Police Headquarters in Huye-Butare town.” - Frank Habineza, Chairman of Democratic Green Party of Rwanda

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The First Vice President of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, Mr. Andre Kagwa Rwisereka went missing yesterday July 13th 2010. He was found dead, assassinated this morning July 14th 2010.

According to family sources, his Toyota Pick Up was found, yesterday on the banks of River Mukula in Butare, near Burundi.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

The Best Use of Resources?

Are we abandoning more people than we save?

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - Some things seem to never go away. One is the issue of abortion, another is the legalization of marijuana, and yet another is gun control. What they have in common is the issue of personal choice versus considerable state intervention into people's lives.