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The following articles by various authors are of significant interest. They cover many important topics including current events, historical documentation, commentaries, subjects in law, natural rights, and more. Take the time to educate yourself and form your own opinions. You will find it to be time well spent.

Ecuadorian indigenous people fight back against government!

QUITO, Ecuador - July 12, 2011 - Last week, eighteen Kichwa people of the Sarayaku were in Costa Rica, bringing the government of Ecuador before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

"For eight years they have brought documentation of human rights violations before the Organization of American States, with the goal of the Ecuadorian government admitting to past rights violations

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Syrian forces reportedly fire on protestors!

BEIRUT, Lebanon (PNN) - July 14, 2011 - Syrian security forces killed at least 14 protesters Friday as hundreds of thousands flooded the streets nationwide in the largest anti-government demonstrations since the uprising began more than four months ago, according to unnamed witnesses and activists.

In a significant show of the uprising's strength, thousands of protesters turned out i

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Commentary: The Glum and the Restless

Nearly one in five recent grads is out of work. Could that hurt Obama’s reelection bid?

By Jim Tankersley

July 11, 2011 - Here’s a fact that should give economists - and maybe President Obama’s political team - heartburn: Two years after the Great Recession officially ended, job prospects for young Americans remain historically grim. More than 17% of

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Arizona town now under martial law!

QUARTZSITE, Arizona - July 10, 2011 - Quartzsite, Arizona, the town now infamous for arresting a citizen for speaking during a public city council meeting, has apparently declared martial law.

According to Quartzsite Mayor Ed Foster, this happened after a secret meeting was held during which the city council voted in favor of declaring a state of emergency.

Jennifer Jones,

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Navy bought fake Chinese microchips that could have disarmed U.S. missiles!

WASHINGTON - June 27, 2011 - Last year, the U.S. Navy bought 59,000 microchips for use in everything from missiles to transponders and all of them turned out to be counterfeits from China.

Wired reports the chips weren't only low-quality fakes, they had been made with a "back door" and could have been remotely shut down at any time.

If left undiscovered the result could ha

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Commentary: The Fourth of July

by Dennis Grover, American, in Independence

RENO, Nevada - July 4, 2011 - I live my life fully engulfed in joy. I live it that way because I created it that way and cannot imagine anything different. It is the Fourth of July, “Independence Day” and I have to ask; independent from what?

On this holiday I received more emails than usual exclaiming various degrees of ecst

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Fukushima children to receive radiation meters!

TOKYO, Japan - June 29, 2011 - Radiation meters will be distributed to about 34,000 children living in the largest city near the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to monitor their exposure levels, a city official said Tuesday.

The decision to hand out the meters comes amid growing concern over the safety of children as the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant drags on