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Former South African President`s Visit Should Not Be Celebrated

Mandela later connected members of de Klerk's ministry, at the very least contiguously, to attacks.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Wholistic Peace Institute is hosting a visit of the last apartheid president of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, to our city.

President de Klerk was presented the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and is thus deemed a spokesperson of world peace by the Institute.

Is Holocaust II (Shorthand for Another Great Turning Against the Jews) Inevitable?

Israelis should be afraid of their leaders, not Iran.

(LONDON) - The Gentile me believes this question needs to be addressed because there is a very real danger that the rising, global tide of anti-Israelism.

This is being provoked by Israel’s terrifying arrogance of power and sickening self-righteousness, will be transformed into anti-Semitism unless two things happen.

INDIA: Police Torture and Retaliation

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - An Indian citizen named Abdul Karim Molla, son of Mr. Yunus Molla, made the 'criminal' mistake of bribing a soldier so he could smuggle two pieces of leather across the Pakistan border.

An officer unexpectedly arrived when the soldier was preparing to let Karim cross the border. Unaware of what he should do, the soldier began beating Karim.

THE ARAB SPRING: A Year that Changed the World

On Friday, February 24th, at 9:00AM, Noam Chomsky joins hosts Wael Elasady and Will Seaman to discuss the shifting political landscape of the Middle East.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The events of the Arab Spring have been awesome and inspiring, opening up the possibility of a regional landscape that is almost unfathomably different from what would have been predicted just one year ago.

Students United For Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER, of Portland State University) has organized a wide-ranging conference that is designed to analyze the events of the Arab Spring.

U.S. Commander Apologizes Over Qur`an Mistreatment

Several hundred people also gathered at protests in Kabul.

(PRAGUE Radio Free Europe ) - The commander of international troops in Afghanistan has confirmed that foreign troops have "improperly" disposed of Islamic religious materials, including the Qur'an.

U.S. General John Allen on February 21 offered "sincere apologies" to Afghanistan's government and people...

Israel`s Administrative Torture and Lawless Captivity of Vanunu Mordechai

Another example of Israel’s administrative torture, lawless captivity and terror tactics occurred on 11 November 2004 when Israeli forces invaded St. George's Cathedral and again arrested Vanunu.

(CLERMONT, FL) - In an interview Wednesday with Israeli Channel 2 TV News, Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman rebuffed suggestions that American and Russian warnings against striking Iran would affect Israeli decision making, stating the decision...

"is not their business. The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli government's responsibility."

Why Peace?: Biology of Peace

I believe the main reason this world functions (and the main reason we remain optimistic) is that good people are everywhere, endeavoring toward inner peace and extending it by deeds to achieve peace in our societies

(BETHLEHEM) - My chapter in the Book "Why Peace", edited by Mark Guttman, is titled Biology of Peace

This book is an exploration of aggression, and of the evolutionary (and revolutionary) process to peace.

Former Afghan FM: US Seeking to Legitimize Taliban through Negotiations

Some analysts are skeptical of the prospects for meaningful peace negotiations with the Taliban.

(TEHRAN FNA) - A prominent Afghan opposition figure said that the US is seeking to legitimize the Taliban through holding negotiations with the belligerent group, but meantime underlined that the US has failed to attain its goal.

"… No doubt the Taliban is eager to negotiate with the US since the group sees the talks a positive step towards its legitimacy," former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah told FNA.

Khader Adnan Is A Requested Palestinian Gandhi; Yet They Saw Him Not

Three of mainstream media’s major pundits have yet to address the Khader Adnan story.

(CHICAGO) - Khader Adnan has reached an agreement with the Israeli military authorities. He promises to end his hunger strike, but only if Israel guarantees to give him back his freedom April 17.

Israel blinked, saying, in effect, “Yes, you may go free April 17, four months after we put you in prison without charges. Your administrative detention will end and you may return to your wife and two daughters.”

Kosher Terrorists to be Delisted

In the last few weeks the Jewish Lobby in the USA is going out of its way to support the terrorist MEK.

(LONDON) - NBC reported two days ago that Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists.

The attacks have been carried out in dramatic fashion, with motorcycle-borne assailants often attaching small magnetic bombs to the exterior of the victims’ cars.