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Bengal Under English Rule - an Analysis

WHEN Bengal was colonised by the East India Company in the second half of the 18th century, it was the richest jewel on the British crown.

(PHILADELPHIA BDNews) - As a matter of fact, the inhabitants of Bengal had a much better standard of living compared to most Europeans living at the time.

But under the British rule, the tax burden became simply unbearable rising fivefold (from 10 per cent to 50 per cent of the value of the agricultural product) within a very short period of time.

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How Suite It Is: The Little Airplane That could

(DAYTONA BEACH) - It was January, 1989. I was sitting at a table in Vancouver's Hot Jazz Society, nursing a pint of Finian's Red, listening to Jimmy Armstrong render "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere," while Gerry Green supplied the clarinet wall paper.

Minding my own business, you might say. And I was approached by a dishy femme du monde with a request for a light. Rather pushy, I thought, since I was sitting under a No Smoking sign. She was wearing a skunk-dyed sable and she had a sable-dyed skunk on a leash.

Archeology and the Atom

There are other ways to make electricity, namely solar, wind, geothermal, and hydro dams, and there is always conservation.

(ASHLAND, WI) - We have all heard of the city of Idu. Right? Thousands of families living there, carrying out their normal lives, government housed in lavish buildings, written documents, trade, religion, etc.

Well, it was lost. A whole city lost. Idu flourished in the 13th century B.C. We knew it had existed from some ancient Assyrian records, but had no idea where it was. Archeologists finally found it last year, buried in northern Iraq.

Peace in the Pentagon

Would you march against a war if it might ruin your own or a loved one's career? To stretch the definition of war-maker a little, would you take a job with Lockheed-Martin if you oppose war?

(WASHINGTON, DC) - I'm a huge fan of peace studies as an academic discipline that should be spread into every corner of what we call, with sometimes unclear justification, our education system.

But often peace studies, like other disciplines, manages to study only those far from home, and to study them with a certain bias.

US Energy Department Announces it Still Plans to Use Hanford as a National Radioactive Waste Dump

Decision to be issued in Federal Register on Friday December 13th also includes "covering up, instead of cleaning up" leaks and discharges from High-Level Nuclear Waste Tanks

(SEATTLE) - The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) will issue a formal "Record of Decision" in the Federal Register on Friday, December 13th stating that USDOE will plan to resume using Hanford as a national radioactive and chemical waste dump for waste from other USDOE weapons and nuclear facilities.

The region's largest citizen Hanford Clean-Up watchdog group, Heart of America Northwest, vowed to take "all legal, lobbying and organizing efforts necessary to continue to stop use of Hanford as a national radioactive chemical waste dump," said Gerry Pollet, the 16,000 member group's Executive Director.

99 Years Ago: A Pause in the War on Christmas

It did not lessen our ardour or determination; but just put a little human punctuation mark in our lives of cold and humid hate.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Frank Richards recalled:

"On Christmas morning we stuck up a board with 'A Merry Christmas' on it. The enemy had stuck up a similar one. Platoons would sometimes go out for twenty-four hours' rest -- it was a day at least out of the trench and relieved the monotony a bit -- and my platoon had gone out in this way the night before, but a few of us stayed behind to see what would happen...

When It Comes To Questionable Washington Practices, President Has Reversed Himself

When it comes to transparency and credibility, the administration seems to be in increasing trouble.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - President Barack Obama won election, at least in part, by promising to change Washington.  He said repeatedly that he would stop the revolving door and not hire lobbyists in his administration.

At a 2007 campaign event in Nevada, for example, Mr. Obama declared: "I'm in this race to tell the lobbyists in Washington that their days of setting the agenda are over. They will not work in my White House."

Abby Martin on the Iran Contra & the CIA Cocaine Conspiracy

Our writer Tosh Plumlee is one of the CIA pilots who blew the whistle on the whole thing.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - In this video, RTV's Abby Martin calls out an article from New York Magazine that suggests the CIA's connection to cocaine trafficking is a mere conspiracy theory.

This is a subject covered regularly on Salem-News.com, and also in the book co-authored by Robert O'Dowd and Tim King, Betrayal: Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines, Murder and Government Cover-up.

Oregon Ranks Among Peace Corps` Top Volunteer-Producing States in 2013

“Americans from all across our great country and all walks of life are drawn to the Peace Corps by a spirit of service and a passion for helping others,” - Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet

(WASHINGTON, DC) - The Peace Corps today released the 2013 rankings of the top volunteer-producing states and metropolitan areas across the country.

Oregon ranked No. 4 among states with the highest number of Peace Corps volunteers per capita, with 5.2 volunteers currently serving worldwide per 100,000 residents.

Love for Jesus Can Bring Christians, Muslims Together

Muslims also love and revere Jesus as one of God's greatest messengers to mankind...

(WASHINGTON, DC) - “Behold! The angels said: ‘O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and in (the company of) those nearest to God.’”

Before searching for this quote in the New Testament, you might first ask your Muslim co-worker, friend or neighbor for a copy of the Quran, Islam’s revealed text. The quote is from verse 45 of chapter 3 in the Quran.