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Child Sex-Assault Victims Put Church on Official Notice in Australia

A group helps victims pick up the pieces of their lives, heal and move forward.

(SYDNEY, Aust.) - Australian victims of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests and brothers today announced the official launch of Survivors of Clergy Abuse Australia (SCAA) with a candlelight vigil scheduled to be held at the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney at 5.30pm on Friday 18th July.

SCAA is a national survivors’ support and lobby group determined to put a stop to the Catholic Church cover-up of child sexual abuse.

U.S. Immigration Laws Apply Only to Non-Terrorist Latin Americans

It thus appears that aircraft-related crimes merit a less severe U.S. response when not committed by Arabs or Muslims.

(ISTANBUL) - On June 15, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dispatched the following complaint from his Twitter account, which spanned two tweets and was couched between expressions in Venezuelan slang:

"The gringo government accuses us of anything and everything, but today marks 5 years since the extradition request of the granterrorista Posada Carriles, to which they haven’t even responded..."

Afghanistan Needs A Hero: How A Unifying National Leader Can Bring Peace

Nearly a decade has passed since the U.S. bypassed the king, and at this instant national unity and government legitimacy seem like pipe dreams.

(SEATTLE) - There is only one prescription for peace in Afghanistan - a formula clearly laid out to me recently by renowned experts and authorities on Central Asia, including the former highest ranking officer of Pakistan's armed forces.

What Afghanistan requires is a legitimate leader who can unify the nation - one that is chosen by the Afghan people according to Afghan custom, as opposed to being handpicked by U.S. diplomats or as the result of fraudulent elections.

Introducing Salem-News.com`s Newest Feature: Your City USA!

An amazing educational site in Oregon is an uplifting impression for many.

(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) - I think we all suffer from a kind of blindness from familiarity. We see and live in our surroundings so long and our minds are so focused on immediate needs and tasks that we don't really see what's there.

Since the dawn of time artists have been "showing" us what has been under our noses all along by taking the familiar and emphasizing some aspect of it to reawaken our eyes.

US Wants South Korean Sinking Story Told Their Way: Russia and China Disagree

The lack of evidence linking Pyongyang to the sinking, coupled with the history of US deceptions in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, makes it more likely that the Cheonan was sank by the US or South Koreans, accidentally or deliberately.

(LONDON) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has “...warned Chinese officials that China could put itself in a ‘dangerous position’ if it refuses to accept North Korea’s role in the sinking of the Cheonan.

This is an apparent reference to the South Korean joint civilian-military investigatory report”, according to the 2point6billion.com website.

Innovation of the Week: Getting Water to Crops

After just two years of improved irrigation provided by a treadle pump, Robert Mwanza grew more than enough vegetables to feed his wife and eight children.

(DAKAR, Senegal) - In 1999, when he purchased his first treadle pump, Robert Mwanza, a farmer in Lusaka, Zambia, was struggling to make ends meet and without reliable access to water. As his country dealt with drought and economic weakness, Robert lacked the necessary resources to irrigate his farm and “couldn’t grow enough to eat, let alone sell.”

Access to water is a luxury that many rural households, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, do not have.

The Crap that Flows Out of Howard Stern`s Mouth

Helen Thomas could probably kick his ass in a boxing ring.

(LONDON / SALEM) - Howard Stern has long been a sore in America's side. People listen to him because he is shocking. Some talent.

Army Lynch Mob Meeting at Officer Club Bar: Oregonian Exposes Medical Torture

A story about why Americans should not join the military.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - When I see a spade, I call it a spade. Finally the Oregonian prints a story by Julie Sullivan telling it right. They have done this very rarely in the past ten years.

Their headline Thursday, June 10, 2010, hits the nail right on the thumb, Oregon Guard Soldier’s Use of Medical Marijuana Runs Into Army’s Drug Abuse Policy.

Danger Looms if Afghan Vice President & Warlord becomes Country`s President

Mr. Fahim was involved in criminal activities, including kidnapping for ransom; as well as human rights abuses during Afghanistan’s decades of war.

(SEATTLE) - What some Afghan natives and analysts call the most dangerous part of the world has reached a critical juncture, “a tipping point”. Per Guardian and New York Times reports, “President Hamid Karzai has lost faith in the US strategy in Afghanistan and is increasingly looking to Pakistan to end the insurgency.”

Rest assured that this is wishful thinking on Mr. Karzai’s part; it is a pipedream.

Recipe for Revolution / Reconstruction / Renewal

If millions of Americans were to stop paying “obligations”, there aren't enough collectors, lawyers and courts to go after them all.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - In the sixth century BCE, Athens was on the verge of either chaos or revolution, much, in the view of some, like America today.

The Eupatridae, the aristocracy of birth, controlled the government, owned most of the land and used its power to drive the poorer farmers into debt during bad seasons.