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International Boycott Day - Protests Held Globally Against Clothing `Made in Sri Lanka`

Protestors at the rallies urged American corporations to begin moving their production of clothing to other countries that do not commit rights abuses.

(LONDON) - Consumers and human rights activists across the globe staged protests in front of clothing outlets on December 15, 2012 to warn holiday shoppers to "check the label" and boycott products made in Sri Lanka.

Boycott Sri Lanka Campaign activists in U.S. cities handed out leaflets, held signs and talked to customers in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Washington, Raleigh, and San Francisco.

PTSD, Marijuana and Amateur Experts

One Million Combat Veterans say it works.

(PORTLAND, OR) - First of all, marijuana is medicine and has been used since medicine at least since Biblical times. Further, despite bleeting by anti-marijuana government employees, it has never harmed anybody.

Fallacious comments to the contrary. It never killed anybody either, which can not be said for almost all medicines in use.

PTSD: Brainwashing, Psychopathic Training = PTSD

Yale Law School assists PTSD Veterans.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Some will think the above is "word salad" but it isn't. I speak at high schools on Veterans Day programs and I ask three questions of the collective students:

1. How many of you want to get shot at? Most usually nobody responds. 2. Who among you wants to get wounded? Nobody responds to that either. 3. Who wants to kill a human being? The silence is deafening.

Damascus Street Notes : Syrian Students Condemn American Led Sanctions that Escalate Food Cost

Damascenes are tense, sullen, but not panicked following what many consider terrorist acts by so-called “rebels.”

(DAMASCUS Al Manar) - “Who does that obnoxious woman think she is?”

The demand came from a staffer in the Russian Embassy media office inside the vast windowless soviet style massive high walled compound.

A Woman`s Place is in Combat Too

Congress repealed the combat exclusion laws in the January 1994 National Defense Authorization Act.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The ban on women in combat in ground combat units is one of the last vestiges of sexism.

Stop Prologues to War

If you want peace, prepare for war.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - The original Latin of the expression "if you want peace, prepare for war" comes from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus).

The Latin is: "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."

Surprise Returns of Deployed Military: The Sweetest Moments of All

Deployed Military Veterans surprising their loved ones; these videos will zap your heart.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - There are few things that affect a person more than the return of a deployed member of the military.

Being in war is a risk at all times, never let anyone tell you it isn't true....

Thousands of US Troops Arrive Near Syrian Shore on USS Eisenhower

“The muscle is already there to be flexed,” US official

(ROME) - The USS Eisenhower, an American aircraft carrier, arrived at the Syrian coast yesterday in the midst of a heavy storm, indicating US preparation for a potential ground intervention.

Can the UN Learn From Its Own Grave Failures?

The Sri Lankan Civil War is one of several notable failings of the UN and in order to maintain any form of legitimacy the incidence of such shortcomings must decrease.

(COLOMBO) - In early November a damning internal United Nations report into the organisation’s actions at the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War was leaked.

The document, in uncharacteristically unequivocal terms, stated that the UN had shown “a grave failure” in its mandate to protect the lives of civilians as the conflict trudged towards its appalling climax.

SPECIAL REPORT: Agent Orange: A Toxic Disaster

Authorities estimate that 4.8 million were exposed to Agent Orange dioxin in Vietnam, with more than 3 million victims, including children of the second and third generations.

(DaNang, Viet Nam ANN) - The boy is five, but he looks like he's only two years old. "Ta, ta, ta!", cries the boy as he rolls over onto his mother's lap, and points to a cup of water.