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Chile Remains An Area Of Concern And Interest.
The massive earthquake that struck Chile February 27 continues to have a heavy impact on the Chilean people. The 8.8 magnitude earthquake and the
subsequent tsunami has killed at least 497 people while about 500 remain missing. Considering the numbers injured and rendered homeless from the Initial
earthquake and the numerous aftershocks Chileans will continue to need assistance. Numerous countries and aid organizations have offered and (…)

A rally was held, on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at noon, outside the headquarters of Verizon, in downtown Baltimore, MD. Activists, representing a coalition of concerned citizens, demanded to know why Verizon doesn’t have any plan to “deploy its next-generation fiber-optic data communication technology” in Baltimore City? They underscored how the company does provide that service to other jurisdictions in Maryland, and also in the District of Columbia. The coalition, according to its press (…)

The Honourable Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General
760 United Nations Plaza
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Western Sahara
MINURSO MANDATE
Dear Sir,
On behalf of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights I would like to thank you for your action in the Case of Aminatou Haidar as well as your comments on the need for a settlement of this conflict.
As you will know, the human rights abuses against those who peacefully oppose the Morocco (…)

Europe Attacks Kurds Garbis Altinoglu, 13-15 March 2010
Facts and Fallacies At 5 A.M. on March 4, Belgian police raided the offices of ROJ TV, the voice of Kurdish people, BDP’s European office and several other addresses in Belgium. 30 people were taken into custody, including Remzi Kartal and Zubeyir Aydar and several journalists. Belgian media sources said around 300 officers took part in raids in Brussels, Antwerp and other Belgian cities. The Belgian police put (…)

On Monday evening, March 15, 2010, Maryland’s AFL-CIO staged a “Labor Rally/Lobby Day,” in Annapolis, in front of the State House. Among the speakers were: Ms. Donna Edwards, Secretary-Treasurer of MD State & DC AFL-CIO; Patrick Moran, Maryland Director of AFSCME; and Rod Easter, President of Baltimore Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO. For background, see: http://aflcio.org/ Ernie Grecco, President of the Baltimore Council AFL-CIO, served as the moderator for the (…)

According to civil rights activist Eddie Slaughter, April 14th will mark 11 years of acknowledged bias and legal settlements in the long-standing black farmer class action lawsuit. Admitting errors in the past lawsuit, the federal government has agreed to pay some of those who were left out of the Pigford Case $50,000 to right some of the wrongs of de facto USDA institutional racism.
Many black farmers say the amount is way too low, while critics claim the lawsuit is just another (…)

The latest flap over Israeli housing construction in East Jerusalem has caused me to reflect upon the very deep and complicated feelings I have about the city.
I first passed through Jerusalem in December 1979 in an attempt to sneak into Tehran shortly after the American embassy hostages were taken. I returned two years later following the favorable verdict in the Holocaust Denial case and shared morning tea with Prime Minister Begin. In 1992, I testified in a trial there about the (…)

Civilized people are well aware of the immense threat to Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, Asians and Africans from racist Zionists (RZs) and the racist Zionist-promoted US Alliance War on Terror.
Thus non-violent post-invasion violent and non-violent excess deaths in the Occupied Palestinian , Iraqi and Afghan Territories now total 0.3 million, 2.5 million and 4.5 million, respectively; post-invasion under-5 infant deaths total 0.2 million, 0.9 million and 2.4 million, respectively; and (…)

by Keith Harmon Snow
For the last 15 years I have been investigating militias and criminal rackets and propaganda about Central Africa. I investigated massacres, assassinations, torture, rape as a weapon of war, and disappearing, individuals and groups, multinational corporations, state and non state actors, Africans and non Africans...the backers, partners, allies and propagandists of the Kagame and Museveni regimes who are from the US, UK, Canada and Europe.. (…)

Video: Billonaires For Wealthcare, Plus!
On March 9, 2010, a rally was held in Washington, D.C. championing Healthcare Reform. The spirited demonstration began at Dupont Circle, at 10: 30 AM, and then moved south, about 10 blocks to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Fat Cats from the Healthcare Insurance Industry were holding a conference at that site. The protest action was organized by Health Care for America Now (HCAN), along with more than 50 major Labor, grassroots and religious leaders. For (…)