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The Real Problems with the VA Rating System

Stuart A. Steinberg is a National Service Officer with Vietnam Veterans of America

(BEND) - I read, with interest, Derek Storm’s article about the VA improperly denying veterans benefits, particularly when it comes to ratings for service-connected disability compensation, and non-service connected pension.

Compensation is awarded for injuries, or disease, sustained by a soldier on active duty...

Channel 4 Refutes Sri Lanka`s Propaganda Offensive

To counter this misleading attack on its journalism, Channel 4 had taken the unusual step of publishing a detailed 20,000 word rebuttal titled 'The Uncorrupted Truth'.

(MELBOURNE) - This civil war in SL was supposed to be a war without witness, so that the world wouldn't know what crimes the Sinhalese army had committed against the the Tamils, who were led by Prabhakaran and LTTE.

The Tamils' only crime was that they were fighting for liberation from servitude.

Human Rights, Amnesty and More

Friday, there were lots of injuries due to attacks by occupation forces on demonstrators throughout the West Bank.

(BETHLEHEM) - A busy weeks comes to a close. In addition to clinical, laboratory, teaching, and museum work, other highlights follow.

Tuesday night we listened to Amira Hass articulate how Israeli policies of ethnic cleansing and domination continue unhindered.

AIPAC Policy Conference 2014 - Boycott AIPAC

"It's exciting to see so many people together who understand that sometimes you have to violate other people's human rights, if you want to take their land."

(WASHINGTON, DC) - AIPAC, the American-Israeli Political Action Committee, remains deeply committed to the Jewish and Israeli cause.

Drawing thousands each year, 2014 will be an interesting year as Americans are finally beginning to publicly object to Israel's...

We Must Pull Financial Rug from Underneath Israel: Anna O`Leary (VIDEO)

Netanyahu and his ministers are in a big flux... (Video set to autoplay)

(TEHRAN / DUBLIN Press TV) - Press TV has conducted an interview with Anna O'Leary, a political commentator, from Ireland, about the global boycott of Israeli-made products in the occupied Palestine.

O'Leary said, "I’m delighted to be asked to comment on this because I’m very proud of Luxembourg, which is a very small country like Ireland."

An Open letter to the President of India

Please take legal opinion on AP Re-organisation Bill, 2014 and return it to Parliament to make it Constitutionally and Legally Valid.

(MUMBAI) - The entire country wants you to take a legal opinion on the undemocratic, illegal, un-constitutional and draconian Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Bill, 2014.

The bill was arbitrarily passed by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha last week, before giving a final nod on it.

Parents Should be MAD as Hell Over `Heroin in a Capsule` (Zohydro ER)

Deadly drug for Americans is Launched with the Approval of the FDA... Part 2 of a Series

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - In Part 1, I received some comments from readers indicating I should suffer the pain they are experiencing.

Since we are dealing with an opioid epidemic in the U.S. and Canada, I challenge these people in so much pain to experience the pain of the tens of thousands of families who have lost a loved one to the opioids in plentiful supply compliments of the FDA.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - Taxpayers Finance Nuclear Plants

"Reactor Reax" is brought to you by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - This week in Reactor Reax, Washington Post asks, "Why is the Obama administration using taxpayer money to back a nuclear plant that's already being built?"

In Taxpayers Fund Nuclear Plants, National Review states, "... government-subsidized funding comes shortly after a series of three blows to the nuclear industry.

National Summit to Reassess the U.S. - Israel `Special Relationship`

Experts at The summit will include Salem-News.com writers Allan Brownfeld and Alison Weir.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - You're invited to participate in this historic nonpartisan symposium in which diplomatic, military, intelligence Congressional, academic and other experts will discuss the impact on Americans of U.S. support for Israel....REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!

Israel is often considered a key ally for the United States....

NC is Hiding Communications About Monster Voter Suppression Bill

“Public officials are accountable to their constituents, who should have access to this basic information...." - NAACP

(RALEIGH, NC) - The North Carolina NAACP State Conference once again pressed North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and the legislature to come clean.

They want officials to turn over requested documents pertaining to the monster voter suppression bill they championed last year.