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Ha`aretz Editorial: Stop Killing Innocent Citizens

Consecutive killings give the feeling that Palestinian blood may be shed with impunity.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - Samir Ahmed Awad, 16, of the West Bank village of Budrus, was killed by IDF soldiers.

So was Uday Darwish, 21, of Dura and Anwar al-Mamluk, 21, of Gaza.

As a Child

Don’t ever lose your sense of wonder...

(LONDON) - As a Child is another beautiful work of art using words and images from our treasured writer and poet, Nahida Izzat.

Her work often exposes the injustices suffered by children in Palestine.

Russia Upgrading, Strengthening Military

Moves Aimed at Sending Message to U.S.

(WASHINGTON DC WND) - Moscow is strengthening its military.

Russia seeks to underscore its influence over the region it intends to encompass in its customs-free Eurasian Union.

Karzai Says Will Step Down In 2014

Karzai was selected to be interim president in 2002, after the fall of the Taliban regime.

(KABUL Radio Free Europe/Radio Libert) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has vowed to leave the presidential office at the end of his second term in 2014, and allow a successor to be elected.

Karzai, who has led the U.S.-backed Afghan government for more than a decade, made the pledge January 11 in Washington at a joint news conference with President Barack Obama.

Taliban Welcome Complete Withdrawal of US Troops

Taliban comments come amid preparations by the NATO to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

(KABUL Khaama Press) - The Taliban group in Afghanistan following a statement welcomed news from Washington that the US might withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan next year.

Taliban also said that the American public was pressing for an end to “this aimless war.”

When I was seven, Jesus cried...

Followers of Christ, people of the west, cheered .. rejoiced... hurray... to a cheap victory, while Jesus was weeping... crying out loud.

(LONDON) - When I was seven
I was living
In a beautiful village
North of Jerusalem
Near the heart of Palestine

I used to play
Where Jesus used to pray
I ran up the hills
Where he used to walk

Kadena Kept Agent Orange: `71 Army Paper

The U.S. government already admits that it stored military herbicides in Thailand during the Vietnam War but it denies their presence in Okinawa.

(WASHINGTON DC Japan Times) - A single sentence buried among 7,000 pages of documents recently released by the Pentagon might well be the needle in the haystack that conclusively proves the U.S. military stored toxic herbicides, including Agent Orange, in Okinawa during the Vietnam War.

American veterans have long claimed that large volumes of these chemicals were present on Okinawa Island and hundreds of them are suffering serious illnesses they believe were triggered by their exposure. But the U.S. government has repeatedly denied the allegations by insisting it has no records related to the issue.

Take It to the Bank, Hagel Will Win

Obama made the nomination at the White House on Monday.

(CHICAGO) - The war against Chuck Hagel followed a predictable pattern.

It will end soon when the U.S. Senate votes to confirm Hagel as President Barack Obama’s next defense secretary.

Do We Care About Anything Meaningful, or Just Realty TV and Sports?

We don't care that the US government feels it can violate another nation's sovereignty and kill at will? I wonder the public would say if Russia or China used drones to kill innocent US citizens? Would we even care?

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Do we care at all that people pronounced innocent by the CIA, the FBI, and the NSA will die in jail?

About 169 prisoners are still being held in Guantanamo of which 87 have been cleared for release by the CIA, FBI, and NSA.

Daughters of India Violated and Abused

A woman's lot...

(LONDON) - In the ancient land of India, where female deities deeply revered, Kali and Lakshmi, Sarasvati and Parvati, are held high upon the alter of Hinduism.

Each day thousands of Hindu’s ritually bathe in the Holy waters of the Ganges, cleansed within and without by the Goddess Ganga, women and girls; in the forests, cities, villages and towns, on buses and trains, in the street, the office, at school and in the home are being violated, abused, raped and trafficked into prostitution and domestic slavery.