Martin Michaels The Ihanktonwan Oyate-Yankton Sioux General Council passed two key resolutions on April 4 and April 15 opposing TransCanada’s proposed $7.6 billion Keystone XL pipeline. Representing roughly 170,000 people, the Sioux council opposition adds to the growing public opposition to the proposed pipeline that would carry roughly 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil, 1,700 […]
Martin Michaels The Ihanktonwan Oyate-Yankton Sioux General Council passed two key resolutions on April 4 and April 15 opposing TransCanada’s proposed $7.6 billion Keystone XL pipeline. Representing roughly 170,000 people, the Sioux council opposition adds to the growing public opposition to the proposed pipeline that would carry roughly 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil, 1,700 […]
The tiny Awa tribe find themselves increasingly threatened by illegal logging in the Brazilian rainforest, pictured. (Photo/CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture via Flickr) The Awá are a nomadic people from the Gurupi region of the Maranhão state of Brazil. Known as the Guajá or the Wazaiara — “the owners of the hair garments” — […]
The tiny Awa tribe find themselves increasingly threatened by illegal logging in the Brazilian rainforest, pictured. (Photo/CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture via Flickr) The Awá are a nomadic people from the Gurupi region of the Maranhão state of Brazil. Known as the Guajá or the Wazaiara — “the owners of the hair garments” — […]
Indian policemen try to remove protesters shouting slogans outside prime minister’s residence during a protest against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The girl was raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India’s capital for more than two days. […]
Indian policemen try to remove protesters shouting slogans outside prime minister’s residence during a protest against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The girl was raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India’s capital for more than two days. […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, reviews an honor guard with Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon in Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, pool) U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel kicked off his week-long Middle East trip in Israel on Sunday, his first such visit as Pentagon chief. Hagel took […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, reviews an honor guard with Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon in Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, pool) U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel kicked off his week-long Middle East trip in Israel on Sunday, his first such visit as Pentagon chief. Hagel took […]
Update: “It was a huge success. We had 300 people attend and it was everything we hoped for,” said Rebecca Vilkomerson the executive director for Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) to Mint Press News. JVP, a national organization advocating for peace and equality between Israelis and Palestinians held its national membership meeting over the weekend in […]
Update: “It was a huge success. We had 300 people attend and it was everything we hoped for,” said Rebecca Vilkomerson the executive director for Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) to Mint Press News. JVP, a national organization advocating for peace and equality between Israelis and Palestinians held its national membership meeting over the weekend in […]
In this picture taken March 6, 2013, Zizkov television tower peaks over the skyline of Prague, Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Americans please take note, Czech Republic is a once-troubled yet entirely peaceful ally tucked into the heart of Central Europe. Chechnya is a restive Russian region that survived its most recent spate of […]
In this picture taken March 6, 2013, Zizkov television tower peaks over the skyline of Prague, Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Americans please take note, Czech Republic is a once-troubled yet entirely peaceful ally tucked into the heart of Central Europe. Chechnya is a restive Russian region that survived its most recent spate of […]
Police stand guard outside Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Friday, April 19, 2013 after an ambulance carrying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a19-year-old Massachusetts college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings, arrived. Tsarnaev is hospitalized in serious condition with unspecified injuries after he was captured in an all day manhunt. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) For just a few […]
Police stand guard outside Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Friday, April 19, 2013 after an ambulance carrying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a19-year-old Massachusetts college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings, arrived. Tsarnaev is hospitalized in serious condition with unspecified injuries after he was captured in an all day manhunt. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) For just a few […]
