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The White Minority of Post-America, The Obama Phenomenon and The Indigenous World Court

The Post-America world of minorities is a fitting backdrop for the larger picture of the world's indigenous people.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - On the 5th of November, a day before the Presidential election, Jim McTague, a discerning columnist in Barron's Magazine, wrote a brilliant piece.

The writer predicted a stunning victory by Mitt Romney...

Syrian President`s Interview in Full

Assad: “I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria”

(ROME / MOSCOW RT) - In an exclusive interview with Russia Today, President Bashar Assad said that the conflict in Syria is not a civil war, but proxy terrorism by Syrians and foreign fighters.

He also accused the Turkish PM of eyeing Syria with imperial ambitions.

Voters to Obama: Move Now on Palestine

The voters wanted Obama to have a second term.

(CHICAGO) - Joy and relief are evident on the faces of the Obama family, shown here arriving back in Washington, the day after the election. Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney November 6, was also a moment of deep satisfaction for that segment of the American voting public that longed for a happy ending to what has been a bitter, contentious presidential campaign.

The “dark moon” that rose after Obama’s dismal first debate performance, was finally blown away.

Will the Palestine Authority Seek Non-Member Status in the United Nations?

At most non-member status would be symbolic but it might calm the Palestinian populace.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - In September 2011, President Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, formally requested full United Nations membership for his as yet undefined country.

The initiative developed during a two-year impasse in negotiations with Israel that followed the latter's refusal to freeze its settlement activities in the West Bank.

Voting is Bad for You and the Planet

... we must keep planning and implementing sophisticated campaigns of nonviolent resistance to prevent wars, end economic exploitation and save threatened ecosystems..

(BLACKBURN, Victoria Aust) - Should Americans vote for Rocky Anderson, Virgil Goode, Gary Johnson, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney or Jill Stein in the presidential election on Tuesday?

There must be someone who will genuinely represent the interests of US citizens once they are in the White House. Surely.

ART AID - Dubai Based Photographer Shows How

"Photography in hard areas has its challenges, but someone has to do it..." - Fahad Bhatti

(LONDON) - In today’s world the role of humanitarian aid agencies and the need to effectively highlight the impact of their projects has become crucial and as a consequence so has the role of photographers who work alongside documenting the crisis and steps taken to aid the needy.

At a time of global recession with governments budgeting and less donors, disasters haven’t lessened, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Come Back President Carter!

In Israel, Carter said Netanyahu was not interested in a two-state solution.

(LONDON) - The U.S. Presidential debate was so lacking in real and relevant substance about foreign affairs that I had to struggle, several times, to resist the temptation to turn it off and go back to bed.

Romney’s message to America’s voters seemed to be something very like, “On foreign policy I’m not the ignorant, belligerent guy I had to pretend to be in order to secure my party’s nomination.”

World Social Forum Free Palestine

You can do your individual registration now and solve all your doubt about registration of organizations and self-organized events.

(RIO DE JANEIRO) - Individual registrations have already started for the World Social Forum Free Palestine, to be held from 28 November to 1^st December 2012, in Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.

This registration is dedicated to those people who wants to take part at the different activities at the WSF but that are not delegates of organizations.

Planting a Bo Tree in Sri Lanka

Why do they not value the virtue of solidarity?
Or notice that there are dead to be remembered?

(LONDON) - In the aftermath of the publication of Frances Harrison's book Still Counting The Dead the discordant cawing of Sri Lankan male voices seem louder. I am hoping this is because the book is having an effect.

Oscar Wilde said there is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about. So it’s good that Frances Harrison’s wonderful book is being spoken of.

BBC Radio Interviews Gilad Atzmon about `All that Jazz`

He is associated with the biggest names in musical history, but his heart is in the needs of the human beings.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Gilad Atzmon was interviewed by The BBC about what Gilad describes as, "all that jazz" and he is talking of course about Israel and Palestine.

When it comes to these critical subjects, particularly Jewish identity politics, there is not a voice more clear in this world that Gilad's.