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Full Disclosure: Toward an Honest Commemoration of the American War in Vietnam

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(DA NANG) - Our Full Disclosure campaign is a Veterans For Peace effort to speak truth to power and keep alive the antiwar perspective on the American war in Viet Nam.

The war is now approaching a series of 50th anniversary events.

For American Stoo-dents... A Virtual History Of Canadian Finance

When I go into a bank I get nervous. The clerks make me nervous; the sight of the money makes me nervous; everything makes me nervous. - Stephen Leacock

(DAYTONA BEACH) - Bay Street in Toronto is kind of like Wall Street. Kind of. Or at least it used to be. Actually, it's more like a Yogi Bera financial center.

The volume of trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange got so large that it isn't there any more.

Defending Veterans` Rights

Make no mistake, VA officials do not have veterans’ interests in mind...

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Veterans across the country are outraged and frustrated with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (“VA”) improper denial of their benefits.

Many vets are unsure of their rights and how to proceed in a legal action against the VA.

Documentary on Victims of Rajiv Assasination - Truth Revealed

It is with great pain that we witness the greatest tragedy of our century...

(CHENNAI ) - It is with the tragic assassination of former Prime Minister of India Mr. Rajiv Gandhi that the real face of the deep seated threat to the national security posed by long term and wider conspiracy came to lime light.

The initial actions from judiciary went on with the summary execution of all the 26 accused until it was stopped from doing so by the Supreme court of India...

Portland: An Evening with Gilad Atzmon

♥ Thank you Gilad Atzmon, and the wonderful folks that helped make this appearance possible.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Gilad Atzmon spoke in Portland, Oregon Feb 22, 2014. The evening began at the Lucky Labrador on Hawthorne Blvd, with a thorough overview of Gilad's position on the Jewish state of Israel, the oppression of Palestine and what is behind it all.

It was a terrific mix of people with unique and interesting perspectives to share.

Egypt at War with Hamas

“Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas are not the voice of dissent in the Egyptian or Palestinian political scene, but actually they are the voice of disintegration”

(LONDON) - While Most Arabs seem to agree to disagree; there are few things they don’t argue over like Israel being the primal enemy of the Arab nation – well, after the so called Arab Spring even that is arguable now.

The fact that Israel is winning the conflict with the Arabs is due to many factors, mainly the US/EU political and military alliance.

Betrayal

There is an old Arab verse that says (in effect): ‘The oppression inflicted on me by my relatives is more painful than to be fiercely stabbed by my enemy.’

(LONDON) - The last 48 hours were the most grim, the most bitter of my entire life.

I could never have imagined in my darkest hour of despair that my own people would sell us and our just cause down the drain for the sake of convenience and pragmatism. Yet sell us they did, and very cheaply.

Eliminating Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Contracts

While arbitration may be a faster, cheaper way to resolve a dispute, they are generally unfair to consumers because it eliminates the right to appeal and access to discovery, and arbitration clauses often prohibit class actions.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Over the years, arbitration has become a take-it-or-leave contract provision in many consumer contracts.

And available evidence suggests that the arbitration playing field has tilted against consumers.

Sinaloa Cartel Chief `Chapo` Guzman Arrested

The operation had been in the works for four or five weeks...

(WASHINGTON, DC CNN) - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the boss of one of Mexico's most powerful drug trafficking operations, was arrested in Mexico, a U.S. official told CNN Saturday.

The official said Guzman, accompanied by a female, was captured in a joint operation with Mexican marines and Drug Enforcement Administration authorities overnight at a hotel in the beach resort of Mazatlán.

Ohio Legislature Passes Supersized Voter Suppression Bills

Governor Kasich Has Duty to Veto Bills Which Impose Barriers to the Ballot Box for Hundreds of Thousands of Ohioans.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - The national civil rights organization Advancement Project and the Ohio Organizing Collaborative today voiced strong concerns regarding a series of bills passed in the Ohio legislature.

The legislation will make it harder for eligible Ohioans to vote. The groups urged Governor John Kasich to immediately veto the bill.