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Palestine/Israel Story Missed by Much of US Media

This strange story is being covered by Israeli papers such as Yediot Aharonot and Maariv. But it is ignored by most U.S. media.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - Palestinians and Israelis have been preparing for weeks to greet international visitors to Bethlehem. Several hundred were expected from Europe and the United States.

But Israeli authorities do not want outsiders to see life in the occupied territories.

1,600 Palestinian Prisoners Begin Open-Ended Hunger Strike

The latest plan by Palestinian prisoners comes days after Israel released female Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi

(TEHRAN Press TV) - About 1,600 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails will go on an open-ended hunger strike on April 17 to protest imprisonment without charge and solitary confinement exercised by the Tel Aviv regime.

Issa Qaraqi, the Palestinian Authority minister for prisoner affairs, said on Saturday the detainees also demand Israel allow families to visit them.

Saudi Arabia: Dancing to Israel`s tune

Recent WikiLeaks reports suggest that Saudi officials have been working closely with Mossad to step up pressure against Iran.

(TEHRAN) - The fact that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has joined the vicious triangle of the United States, Israel and Britain to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Iran and put pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program is not a secret anymore.

The Saudi officials have openly stated their opposition to Iran's access to peaceful nuclear energy...

`Mama, will Baba Roumieh (the Pope from Rome) visit us in Shatila camp?`

Understandably, the Pope’s schedule is going to be tight with many pressures on the Pontiffs limited time...

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - It’s official according to the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will visit Lebanon from the 14th to the 16th September, in just five months’ time.

The Pontiffs visit will coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre during which Christian militia, facilitated by Israeli troops sealed a refugee camp, slaughtering over 3000 unarmed civilians.

Yasumi Iwakami Tweets About His Recent Health Problems After His Visit to #Fukushima I Nuke Plant in February

(and boy he received some nasty tweets in response...)

(FUKUSHIMA) - Yasumi Iwakami is arguably one of the best known independent journalists in Japan covering the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident, particularly among net users.

I happened on Iwakami's live netcast of TEPCO press conferences on his USTREAM channel very early on in the crisis, and have followed him and his reporting since.

Yacine Le Forestier Named Editor-In-Chief of SID, the German Subsidiary of AFP

SID has been the undisputed provider setting the standard for over 50 years in sports coverage in Germany.

(PARIS, France) - Yacine Le Forestier (47) previously held several editorial and management positions at AFP both in Paris and Germany and speaks fluent German.

His career as a journalist began in Berlin in 1989 until 1994. From 2000 to 2005 Yacine headed up the economic service in Frankfurt and then in Berlin.

Traveling the World... For Free

The series is now airing on SCAN-TV Silverton.

(BERLIN, Germany) - In 2010, Wigge zigzagged across 4 continents and 11 countries in 150 days without a cent to his name, but resourcefulness to spare.

His adventures are chronicled in the upcoming television series "How to Travel the World For Free", which starts airing in late April on public and local access television stations in 70 markets across the U.S..

Mike Wallace Passes Away at 93

Wallace was known to Americans for six decades of media involvement.

(SALEM) - Noted American newsman Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace died Saturday in New Canaan, Connecticut, at the age of 93. Also this week we said goodbye to our longtime Op-Ed Writer Henry Clay Ruark who was still working in media at 94.

During his career, Mike Wallace worked as a journalist, game show host and actor; his role in the media world was wide and varied.

Ku Klux Klan Still Kill at Will

Their mindset is built upon an ideology rooted in blind ignorance and prejudice.

(TEHRAN) - Once upon a time in America back in the nineteenth century, there was a far-right organization known as Ku Klux Klan that adhered to primitively radical and hidebound ideas including white supremacy and brutalized and persecuted the colored race through an act of terrorism.

Also known as the Klan, the group emerged in Pulaski, Tennessee, and is today stigmatized as a hate group.

UN Blames Assad, Assad Blames Opposition for Violence Ahead of Ceasefire

People, all against international interference in Syria, are showing support for the reform program Assad promised to implement.

(MOSCOW, RTV) - Thousands of people have taken into the streets of Damascus in a massive pro-government rally.

Syrian President Assad, meanwhile, has sent a message to the UN blaming the opposition for the recent spate of violence ahead of the ceasefire deadline.