Tag: peace
Flags at half-staff for Peace Officers Memorial D...
Flags are flying at half mast throughout the United States today as government offices and state facilities paid their respects to Police who have fallen in the line of duty for Peace Officers Memorial Day.While police officers actually have a statistically high death rate,...
Queen Elizabeth "Enjoys Turkey With All The EU Fi...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Europe's longest serving British Monarch, helped herself to a sumptuous serving of Turkey in her praise and support of Turkey's commitment to...
Bush Celebrates Israel's Birthday Amid Rocket Fire
President George Bush was doing his best to put a happy face on an unhappy situation in Palestine. I'm not sure how he can do any good with everyone knowing he's soon on his way out." JERUSALEM (AP) --...
Dark Lord of the Sith Punished for Attacks
LONDON -May 13, 2008 A founding member of the Welsh Jedi Church was attacked by a drunk "Darth Vader" dressed in a black bin bag on Friday, March 28. "Darth Vader" was given a suspended sentence today.The...
Colombia extradites paramilitary warlord to US
" Colombia extradited one of the country's most feared paramilitary warlords to the United States early Wednesday to face drug trafficking charges, the government said. Carlos Mario Jimenez was flown to...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern hands in resign...
Today marked the end of Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern's 11 years in office, as he handed in his resignation to President Mary McAleese." Ahern announced his resignation at the beginning of April amid questions...
Canada Reaches Out To Taliban
" Khenjakak, Afghanistan - Canadian troops are reaching out to the Taliban for the first time, military and diplomatic officials say, as Canada softens its ban on speaking with the insurgents. After years of...
Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's
I scream, you scream, we all scream…for FREE ice cream! It’s Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s. They’ve been doing this for the past 30 years as a way to say thank you to the community for...
Lennon's 'Give Peace A Chance' Lyrics To Be Sold
Although I'm not one to criticize the prospect of someone spending £300,000 to own Lennon's indelible image of possible peace, it's still an incredible amount of money to pay for poetry."John Lennon's lyrics for...
|UA| Members Go Public With Bloody Hands In UNT L...
***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELYFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: |UA| Members Go Public With Bloody Hands In Library Video (4/27/2008)FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: adduhon@live.com DENTON, TX- This is a series of videos of |UA| members at entering the University of North Texas...
Israelis Claim Secret Agreement With U.S.
Another example of the wide chasm between the US's stated policies on Palestine and its behind-the-scenes agreements with Israel. It's hard to see why they would make this public now though, and whether this was done...
Venezuela Sending 364 Tons of Food to Haiti
"President Hugo Chávez said that tons of seven extended-consumption food will be shipped and recalled the terrible situation of Latin America’s and the Caribbean’s first independent nation“We are providing...
"Syrian minister confirms: Olmert expressed willi...
Is returning the Golan Heights to Syria a real issue or will it end in false expectations"Official confirmation from Syria: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Turkey that Israel is willing to cede the Golan...
Sri Lanka: NESoHR Chairman Fr. Karunaratnam kille...
"Rev. Father M X Karunaratnam, the chairman of the NorthEast Secretariat on Human Rights (NESoHR), was killed in a Claymore attack carried out by a Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) of the Sri Lanka Army on Sunday,...
Beijing torch passes through Tanzania in peace
The Olympic torch has made its only stop in Africa without incident."The 2008 Olympic torch relay passed through Tanzania’s commercial capital in peace yesterday, cheered on by residents who braved a heavy...
