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Farrukh Harry Saif Nominated as Chief Pakistan Christian Congress (PCC) in Pakistan

Farrukh welcomed the appointment and said that he would work to the entire satisfaction of his superior to organize the Pakistani Christians...

(ISLAMABAD) - According to Pakistan Christian Post- PCP, the Central Executive Council of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC in its special meeting approved nomination of Mr. Farrukh Harry Saif as Chief Organizer of PCC.

The Pakistan Christian Congress PCC is a Christian political party and lobby group founded in 1985 and registered in Pakistan Election Commission.

Can Palestinian Non-Violent Resistance Make it Into Israel`s Education System?

Guy Davidi is launching a campaign to try and bring the movie 'Five Broken Cameras' to Israeli schools, to teenagers who are gearing up for their army service.

(HEBRON +972 Mag) - By the time the documentary Five Broken Cameras came out in late 2011, the Palestinian village of Bil’in in the occupied West Bank had already become the symbol of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israeli occupation.

It had already celebrated six long years of weekly Friday demonstrations led by the residents, joined by Israeli and international activists and aggressively repressed by the IDF...

Risking Peace

Urging a win-win-win-win for our budget and our health and our security and our environment.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Because we are the wealthiest nation on the planet, we have the luxury of being proactive in ensuring our future security.

The Message from an Israeli Think-Tank all Pro-Palestinian Activist Groups Need to Hear

The right time for co-ordination and a unified agenda with a single, coherent message is now.

(LONDON) - One of the best articles I read in the whole of 2012 was published at the tail end of the year, on 30 December, by Ha’aretz.

As my regular readers know, I think Ha’aretz is the most honest newspaper in the world on account of its reporting and analysis of what’s really happening in the Zionist state).

Voice for Voiceless Christians in Capital Living in Atrocious Conditions

There are numerous examples of Faisal Sakhi Butt's tireless efforts in the field of human rights with a rights based approach.

(ISLAMABAD) - When visited slum settlements of Islamabad, this scribe found that living in those colonies was similar to living in any far-flung areas of Sindh or Balochistan, where basic facilities do not exist.

The water supply is limited and technically not feasible to full fill the need of the whole vicinity.

Obama`s Hagel Test

What is it about Hagel’s views that put him today at the temporary top of the Zionist lobby’s verbal hit-list?

(LONDON) - By all accounts President Obama wants to nominate Chuck Hagel, the former two-term Republican senator from Nebraska to replace Leon Panetta at the Pentagon as Secretary of Defense.

But a coalition led by the Zionist lobby is mounting a smear campaign against Hagel. Why?

The Great Divide Between Religious Government and Human Rights

Those of us who support human rights can't play favorites; we must extend an even hand to all people and force the violators of laws that exist to protect our most precious rights in front of the harsh light of justice.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - I heard from a news contact this week who is in shock over learning that our longtime reporter, Gordon Duff, known for his role as an activist and writer in Middle east affairs, is writing for Press TV in Tehran.

They cited that Press TV is an Iranian government media organization, and I do not disagree. However PBS and The BBC are both government news agencies, so is Voice of America and a host of other media groups that operate with ranging degrees of credibility.

Universal Responsibility

“O that there were some virtue in my tears...” —Shakespeare

(PORTLAND, OR) - One of the Dalai Lama’s first principles is something he calls “universal responsibility.”

However quick we are to place His Holiness on a saintly pedestal, it is only because the threshold of our own responsibility sometimes seems so very low...

Peace Corps Announces Top Volunteer States and Metropolitan Areas

Fort Collins-Loveland, Colo., surpasses Missoula, Mont., to lead metro areas per capita... California leads list of top states.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In 2012, the metro area comprising Fort Collins and Loveland, Colo., is the leading producer of Peace Corps volunteers per capita with 14.7 per 100,000 residents, ousting the 2011 and 2010 per capita leader, Missoula, Mont.

For the second consecutive year, the District of Columbia, Vermont and Oregon top the list of volunteer-producing states per capita...

Responding Personally and Powerfully to the Climate Catastrophe

The Flame Tree Project asks deep questions about how we go about creating a new and higher phase of life on Earth.

(TASMANIA, Aust) - News articles report one environmental disaster after another, with dire consequences for the planet and all its species.

For example, 'Global Extinction within one Human Lifetime as a Result of a Spreading Atmospheric Arctic Methane Heat Wave and Surface Firestorm'