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100-year-old Holocaust Survivor To Light Chanukah Menorah Saturday Night In Columbus Ohio

Weinrib has been meeting with students at Olentangy Liberty High School to share the lessons of his six years in ten concentration camps as a young man.

(COLUMBUS) - The festive menorah lighting to mark the beginning of Chanukah on Saturday evening, will be bittersweet for Columbus resident Abe Weinrib.

British Planes Buried in Burma During WWII Located, Will be Recovered

Myanmar / Burma will allow an aviation enthusiast to recover planes after almost 70 years.

(YANGON, Myanmar) - A treasure of buried WWII planes will see the light after almost three fourths of a century.

The government of Myanmar has agreed to allow a private British aviation enthusiast to excavate the old planes which were reportedly buried by British forces hoping to keep them from the Japanese.

Military Suicides Continued: Critique of the Time Article: One Suicide a Day

The military wrongly claims that marital relationship issues cause suicides. What causes the issues? PTSD = Marital Discord.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I wrote, Military Suicides: Are they Killing the Best Fighters? about 2 weeks before the TIME issue came out. I have some real issues with TIME.

TIMES author, Mark Thompson and Nancy Gibbs got it mostly correct with some serious errors or near errors. I will try to correct the worst.

Blowing the Lid off the `Humanitarian Intervention` Fraud...

The Illegal War on Libya - edited by Cynthia McKinney

(WASHINGTON DC) - In 2011, former Congresswoman and 2008 Green Party candidate for President, Cynthia McKinney, took a delegation of observers to Libya to monitor NATO’s purported humanitarian intervention. They were in Libya during the 2011 NATO bombardment of Libyan cities, and were among the few independent voices to report on the tragedy.

This collection of essays includes personal accounts by witnesses to the NATO assault on a helpless civilian population it had a UN mandate to protect, as well as analysis of the massive media propaganda campaign and manipulation of international institutions and human rights NGOs that made it possible.

Ray `Bubba` Sorenson & `The Freedom Rock`

Veterans and their families have a friend in Iowa.

(CINCINNATI) - Desecration of the American flag is always a 'hot' news story, particularly when flames are used to ignite a symbol of national pride... for which so many have died. But what happens when the exact opposite takes place? Without question, media attention is scarce.

Friends of Minidoka Deeply Disappointed by Court`s Decision

Idaho History Groups Disheartened by Idaho Supreme Court Decision Sanctioning Factory Farm at WWII Japanese American Incarceration Site

(TWIN FALLS, ID) - Advocates are deeply disappointed by the Idaho Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a permit for a factory farm operation that poses major hazards to Minidoka National Historic Site and surrounding families.

As an incarceration facility for Japanese American citizens during World War II, Minidoka is an important part of history.

Shoa Business News - `Miss Holocaust`

"This is one step short of `Survivor-Holocaust’ or `Big Brother Auschwitz.’ It leaves a bad taste. Holocaust survivors should be above all this" - Gal Mor, editor of the popular Israeli blog Holes in the Net

(LONDON) - The Huffington Post reported yesterday that “Hava Hershkovitz, 79, was crowned ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ at a pageant held in Israel on Thursday.”

Montford Point Marines Honored with Congressional Gold Medal

Approximately 20,000 African American recruits were trained at Montford Point during World War II.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The first African American Marines, also known as Montford Point Marines, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center today.

Chicago Police Forcibly Detain and Humiliate 75-Year Old Oregon Great-Grandmother at NATO Protest

Treasured Oregon activist seized by police in Chicago during NATO Occupy Demonstration.

(PORTLAND, OR) - 75-year old Portland resistance activist Nan Wigmore is undaunted after a harrowing experience in Chicago earlier this month.

She even feels like she learned a few things and I'm sure that's true; after all what doesn't kill us often does make us wiser.

East-Coast Harley-Davidson® 2012 Memorial Day Weekend: Rolling Thunder `Ride for Freedom`

They were our brothers, sisters, our buddies and our heroes. We don't want their memories to fade.

(QUANTICO) - This year's "Ride for Freedom" demonstration in Washington D.C, Sunday, May 27, 2012, marks Rolling Thunder's 25th Anniversary.