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Nazi Germany`s Goering Brothers: Unwitting and Humble Saviors of the Jews

Like Oskar Schindler, Albert Goering was a German Savior of Jewish lives.

(SALEM) - From my study of history, there really have always been two men named Hermann Goerman.

One is the fabled World One Ace who flew with the 'Red Baron', the other, is the fat, Nazi slug who started Hitler's Gestapo, or secret police. They are the same man, as different as they may seem.

Occupy the Legislature

Consider this a tribute for Occupy and all of its supporters - editor

(SALEM) - Hundreds of activists from Occupy groups from around the state converged on the State Capitol today to bring the message of the 99% to the halls of power in Oregon.

Occupiers explain that the intent is to maintain a symbolic “Occupation” of the Capitol building as long as the Legislature is in secession.

Americans Forget; Afghans Do Not

In a fast moving media world the US public probably moved on long ago and has only vague and distant memories of the pictures of the “trophy” takers, while such things are burned into the minds of Afghan public.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - The latest twist and turn in the Afghan misadventure takes the form of anti-American riots, protests, and bombs, by Afghans at Americans over the burning of the Koran by American military.

Mainstream media leads readers to believe that the uproar is solely because of the burning incident, however there is far more to it.

Wikileaks Launches The Global Intelligence Files

WikiLeaks has also obtained Stratfor’s list of informants and, in many cases, records of its payoffs.

(NEW YORK) - Today, Monday 27 February, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files – more than five million emails from the Texas-headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor.

The emails date from between July 2004 and late December 2011.

Current Status of Wikileaks

The Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has repeatedly attacked WikiLeaks this week in a bizarre manner

(NEW YORK) - An extrajudicial blockade imposed by VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America, and Western Union that is designed to destroy WikiLeaks has been in place since December 2010.

The EU Commission is considering whether it will open a formal investigation, but two lawsuits have been filed.

Defined by her Humanity... Marie Colvin (1956-2012)

A journalist who will never be forgotten...

(BEIRUT) - Marie Colvin left Beirut on Valentine’s Day on a fateful mission to illegally enter Syria from Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley to Homs, Syria.

Her clear intention was to document the conditions of the civilian population in Homs who had been under heavy attack for the preceding two weeks.

Founders Built Nation on Open, Honest Democratic Dialog, Debate, Vote-Decision

The American system, is in remarkably good stead now for 236 years since 1776 despite a changing world.

(SEASIDE, OR) - This is short list of leading reference books on early American history, from working references here numbering more than thirty currently.

These each make special point of the significance of honest, open dialog and debate defining the basic principles the Founders discovered in their unremitting search of every possible source available in their time.

The Telegraph - Marie Colvin, Obituary

Marie Colvin, who has been killed by shellfire in Homs aged 56 while covering the current uprising in Syria, was a fearless, passionate and ebullient foreign correspondent regarded by many as a latter-day Martha Gellhorn.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The two women became friends before Gellhorn’s death in 1998, and shared an extraordinary bravery that put them in a position to deliver the wartime stories of rebels, underdogs and ordinary citizens.

In recent times this ensured Marie Colvin an array of prizes and awards.

Real Journalist Versus Fake Journalists

Our Tribute to Real Hero - Marie Colvin.

(CHENNAi, India) - Renowned journalist Marie Colvin of The Sunday Times (UK), who is familiar to Eezham Tamils for her coverage on the conflict in the island, has been killed in shelling in Syria together with French photographer Remi Olchlik.

The courageous journalist lost one of her eyes in 2001 in Sri Lanka Army shelling while working in the island. She was the only journalist to be present in besieged town of Homs in Syria, covering the conflict there, where she was killed.

Marie Colvin, Wounded While working in Sri Lanka in 2001 Dies in Syria

A woman heroic among journalists, is killed in Syria...

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Marie Colvin, a Sunday Times journalist, and French photographer Remi Ochlik have been killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs after the house where they were staying was shelled, today, Feb 22, 2012.

In confirming the death of Marie Colvin, the Sunday Times editor said: "an extraordinary figure, driven by passion to cover wars".