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April Scott on Micro Effect Radio: on GM Food

April Scott appears tonight at 11:20 p.m. west coast time, on the Micro Effect network.

(SALEM, Ore. / AUCKLAND, N.Z.) - One of our goals at Salem-News.com, is to fill the informational void created by corporate media's refusal to indict its sponsors.

If the networks and huge daily newspapers paid attention to what was really going on around them, they would be in for quite a shock. Americans are increasingly buying food that falls into the 'mad scientist' category; created in laboratories by essentially fooling nature.

Vietnam: Stop Cyber Attacks Against Online Critics

Human Rights Watch cites government Crackdown on Bloggers and Websites.

(NEW YORK) - Vietnam has launched a sophisticated and sustained two-pronged attack against online dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. The government is detaining and intimidating independent Vietnamese bloggers while also permitting cyber attacks from Vietnam to disable websites critical of the government.

In the past two months, Vietnamese authorities detained at least seven independent bloggers, subjecting them to extended interrogations and, in some instances, physical abuse.

Clearing the Air for Missing Photojournalist Sean Flynn`s Family

The fog surrounding this four decade old mystery is thick; here is the story of Rory Flynn's tragic search for her daring, adventurous brother who lived the role his father played on screen.

(PHNOM PENH / LOS ANGELES / SALEM) - Swirling controversy, the love of a family, epic mystery, barbaric communism: these diverse conditions only begin to set the stage for the story of Sean Flynn, a memorable actor-turned-combat photojournalist who disappeared during the invasion of Cambodia, on 6 April 1970.

Unverified reports of every type are circulating, but this is the story of the painful journey of the Flynn family.

Nordic Mysteries: The Millennium Trilogy

Ralph Stone shares his thoughts on the latest edition in the series by Stieg Larsson.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - I highly recommend the movie, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," based on Swedish mystery writer Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. The other two books are "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest."

What is compelling about the Trilogy is the complex characters, the fast-paced story telling with interesting plots and sub-plots. The books are long and very political.

Protesters Block Monsanto in the Netherlands - Demanding End to GMOs

Banners were posted with the message "Imagine, monopoly of food, poisonous agriculture, The World according to ... Monsanto"

(BERGSCHENHOEK / SALEM) - Protesters in the Netherlands shut down a Monsanto seed plant by forming a blockade.

About 50 members of the action group ‘Roundup Monsanto’ showed up at the at 6 o’clock Monday morning, demanding they stop patenting seeds and other living organisms.

Lenin Junior

Salem-News Correspondent Oleg Shirokov reports from Salem's sister city in the Ukraine.

(SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine) - It is known that Lenin was from a family with many children. His elder brother is known for having tried to kill the tsar and he was executed when he was young.

Lenin's younger brother – Dmitriy, is even less known. His fate was sealed in Simferopol.

Renegade Thai General Vows `Civil War` Before Being Shot

Ousted Major General who led protesters is struck by a bullet to the head.

(BANGKOK) - A renegade Thai general shot here Thursday as the military planned to encircle barricaded antigovernment demonstrators predicted that the protests would become “civil warfare.”

Those prophetic words came in an interview with Radio Free Asia (RFA) just hours before he was struck in the head with a bullet.

GM Food... Feeding the Hungry or Population Control?

Around 75% percent of our processed foods contain some form of genetically modified ingredients.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Today Salem-News reports the shocking results of a joint experiment in Russia involving hamsters, that could seriously impact the future of GM foods.

95 Chinese Miners Rescued One Week After Collapse

The miners were digging tunnels when they broke into a water-filled abandoned shaft.

(SHANXI, China) - Rescue workers have found at least 95 miners out of 153 that were trapped more than a week in northern Chinese province of Shanxi.

"A miracle has finally happened," a rescue headquarters spokesman, Liu Dezheng, said on Monday.

Easter 1969: One Crazy Night in Vietnam

Puff the Magic Dragon Meets the Easter Bunny.

(SALEM, Ore.) - War stories: regular Salem-News.com visitors have viewed and read many over the years here. These are sometimes gripping and often tragic; frequently there is something to be learned.

One story that Tom Zangla of Kecksburg, Pa. recalls each year around this time, happened Easter Sunday in 1969, when a 122mm rocket didn't blow him to smithereens, at his base in Pleiku, Vietnam.