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Highway Ambush: Mexican Political Assassination Called Worst in Years

Photographs of this terrible scene show a development among cartels that is unprecedented.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The most high profile assassination of a Mexican political official since 1994 happened Monday in Tamaulipas, when the man running for the governor's seat in this state, Rodolfo Torre Cantu, was gunned down, along with his entourage, in a highway ambush.

Rodolfo Cantu was the animated and vibrant candidate for the PRI, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which governed Mexico for 71 years until 2000.

Rwandan Political Opposition Arrested: Members Tortured, in Agony, Sources Report

Two political groups tell us detained victims of the last police crackdown suffer without relief.

(KIGALI / PORTLAND) - As the National Electoral Commission (NEC) is wrapping up nominations for Presidential Candidates today, reports are circulating of opposition politicians suffering torture and surviving inhumane torment in police cells.

The politicians were arrested last week when they began receiving nominations. The victims are in agony and have been denied medical care, according to a news release.

They Gave Away the Store

I am not optimistic about America’s future because of its ingrained attitude of “every man for himself.” If I was an American, I would be afraid. I would be very afraid.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - That’s what American politicians and business leaders have done. You, the ordinary citizen, are left behind to suffer and fight your fellow citizens for scraps of whatever you can get, and resent it if some other deprived citizen is given support. I deserve help, they don’t.

That seems to be the dominant creed of most Americans today.

In Vienna: Hitler and Hertzl vs Mozart, Popper, and Freud

The Austrians I met with were ashamed of Hitler and Hertzl and justifiably proud of Mozart and Freud. There are more of the latter in every country today than in the dark days 100 years ago.

(VIENNA) - Everything is ordered in Vienna where I gave two talks on the popular resistance in Palestine. Rows after rows of colorful buildings all with 5-8 floors with housing complexes and offices.

Public transportation and public housing in a socialist city that seems to function uniformly in many ways.

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.

Nasrallah May Have Addressed Allies as `Yo, Ayatollah` During July War

Excerpts from a BBC interview between Bush and Blair.

(LONDON) - One week from today—July 12—will mark the fourth anniversary of the start of the July War in Lebanon, which lasted 34 days and resulted in the deaths of approximately 1200 Lebanese civilians and 43 Israeli civilians.

None of the latter nationality were liquidated by Apache helicopter after being ordered by Hezbollah to abandon their villages.

Surrogate Warfare, Killing Americans for Fun and Profit

The Myth of Democracy, Government by Organized Crime.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - July 4th, Independence Day to Americans is coming up, our 234th.

This is one of a series of patriotic holidays that, though we don’t admit it, are slowly slipping away, Veterans Day also called Remembrance Day or Armistice Day and Memorial Day among them.

God Bless America the Record Holder

America leads: unfortunately, in gun homicides.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - God Bless America, on the eve of the Fourth of July, as Americans reflect on the history of the nation’s founding and contemplate its future

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence has released the latest edition of its God Bless America poster, documenting that, in one year, guns murdered 17 people in Finland, 35 in Australia, 39 in England and Wales, 60 in Spain, 194 in Germany, 200 in Canada, and 9,484 in the United States.

Book Review: Pirate State, Inside Somalia`s Terrorism at Sea

"Pirate State has shown the rise in ability to shift and assimilate..."

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Human Trafficking, Arms Dealing, Drug Smuggling, Extortion, Illegal Visas!!! Somalia is a failed world state, the solution has to come from an empathetic, international community.

Pirate State presents the problem and expects those that read to act, as they should with knowledge and fortitude.

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.