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Medical Teams International Responds to Cholera Outbreak in Haiti

Our staff in Haiti are working hard to care for those who are sick and to prevent the transmission of this deadly disease to others.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Medical Teams International is rushing emergency shipments of cholera kits today to help save lives in Haiti, where more than 150 people have already died in the cholera outbreak.

A medical team of eight nurses from Washington State, assembled by North Shore Baptist Church, Bothell, Wash., is leaving today to join other volunteer medical workers on the scene.

Salem-News.com`s Bonnie King Discusses Ken O`Keefe Visit on BlogTalkRadio

Host Al Suarez is a freelance journalist and human rights activist in support of the Palestinian cause with non-violence.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A special edition of BlogTalkRadio that aired today featured Bonnie King of Salem-News.com talking with Al Suarez about being on the road with Ken O'Keefe upon his return to America from Europe following the Freedom Flotilla massacre to Gaza.

Ken is the former U.S. Marine aboard the ship Mavi Marmara, who fought Israeli invaders last May when they stormed the Flotilla with boats, helicopters, and plenty of live bullets.

`Burning the Holy Books is a Loathsome Act`

Professor John Hare talks to Salem-News.com writer Kourosh Ziabari.

(TEHRAN) - John E. Hare is the Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at the Yale University's Divinity School. A British classicist, philosopher and ethicist, he is the author of several well-known and best-selling books in religion and morality.

John Hare has in his background the experience of teaching philosophy at the University of Lehigh from 1975 to 1989. In his "God's Call" book, Hare discusses the divine command theory of morality, analyzing texts in Duns Scotus, Kant and contemporary moral theory.

Jews, Jazz & Socialism

I can accept that Israel is indeed a well of very many incredible Jazz talents. However, one question is still left open -- is there such a thing as Jewish Jazz?

(LONDON) - How would you feel about a Radio show specialising in Aryan classical music? How would you feel about a radio show that features mainly, or only Aryan composers and performers?

I guess that I know the answer: you would feel disturbed, and you may even want to protest.

Rachel Corrie Case: Israeli Soldier to Testify Anonymously

Family criticises decision to allow soldier who drove bulldozer that killed daughter to give evidence from behind screen.

(HAIFA) - The Israeli soldier at the controls of a bulldozer that crushed to death 23-year-old Rachel Corrie in Gaza in March 2003 is due to give evidence tomorrow in the civil lawsuit brought by the American activist’s family.

However the judge hearing the case in Haifa has ruled that, for security reasons, the soldier can testify anonymously from behind a screen, denying Cindy and Craig Corrie the opportunity to face the man who directly caused their daughter’s death.

Ecuadorian Quechua Photographs by Amelia Opalinska

Article features series of Opalinska’s photographs of various Quechua communities.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Hitchhiking in the Amazonian region of eastern Ecuador in April of last year, photographer Amelia Opalinska and I were faced with the dilemma of how to visit remote indigenous villages and other uncommon vehicular destinations.

Transportation to the Huaorani village of Tigüino was not an issue given the heavy presence of oil companies and related traffic.

Ahmadinejad Galvanizes Lebanon`s Palestinians

Young Palestinians are still abuzz with excited discussions of his visit.

(SHATILA CAMP, BEIRUT, Lebanon) - One largely unnoticed achievement of the Iranian President’s recent visit remains among the Palestinian refugee community in Lebanon.

Close to a quarter million are “living in cages” to borrow President Carter’s description during his meeting this week with Hamas leader Khaled Mashall in Damascus, to describe how their sisters and brothers are forced to exist in Gaza.

Vietnam Report

Summary of most recent publication of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society: Issue 62 Fourth Quarter 2010.

(LONDON) - I am sure the General, his friends and his many supporters will not object to the use of the cricketing term on reaching his centenary, an achievement that all who know of his outstanding military feats will applaud.

Described as one of the worlds top ten military commanders General Giap certainly qualified for that title in his use of military strategy that helped defeat two of the worlds major military countries France and the USA.

Israel`s Murder of Furkan Doğan

Today would have been the young man's 19th birthday.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Furkan Doğan shot the Israeli military first, then they shot back, and ultimately executed him on the deck of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 'Mavi Marmara' last May.

The problem, is that Furkan was only using a video camera. The Israeli commandos who "bravely" stormed this humanitarian aid vessel with unarmed peace activists, used 9mm pistols and sub machine guns to shoot back.

`Zionism and Peace are Incompatible`

If it is the case that American presidents are frightened of provoking Israel, the conclusion would have to be that the Zionist state is a monster beyond control and that all efforts for peace are doomed to failure.

(LONDON) - At last somebody has said it in the most explicit way possible. The somebody also said: “The problem is Zionism and the solution is dismantling the Zionist framework and instituting a secular democracy that does not discriminate between Israelis and Palestinians.”

The somebody was Miko Peled, a Jewish peace activist who was born in Israel and lives in America.