October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.” Lu Guang (卢广), freelancer photographer, started as an amateur photographer in 1980. He was... 

Salvation Army Major Philip Wise It seems that crime is out of control since Obama got elected. It’s almost reaching Zimbabwe/South Africa levels. Maj. Philip Wise, a big teddy bear of a man according to those close to him, worked for three years in the very neighborhood he was gunned down in. The 40-year-old father of three joined the Salvation Army along with his wife, Cindy, 16 years ago,... 

Illegal border jumpers I swear we don’t plan this stuff out. But no sooner than does a series of articles about the Collier County Sheriff’s Office program to deport troublesome illegal aliens conclude than an illegal alien is in the headlines, and not in a good way. The sheriff’s program, as outlined in stories Sunday and Monday, targets illegal immigrants who run afoul of the law. Deputies,... 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Israel’s ambassadors and consuls generals from all over the world have been summoned to attend a conference to be held over global challenges facing Israel. The meeting to be attended in Jerusalem Al-Quds on December 27-31 is hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the ministry reported... 

Moldovan Metropolitan Vladimir Regarding the group of Orthodox Christians who removed the Menorah on December 13, from the Stephen The Great public square in Chisinau, the Moldovan Orthodox Church manifested its opposition regarding the way the Christians gathered there and protested. In the same time, we consider unwelcome the installing of a Jewish symbol in a public space that is highly tied with... 

David Muneton, an eighth grade honor student, needed reconstructive facial surgery after being savagely beaten by a gang of 11 students on Dec. 18, 2009, in Engelwood, N.J. Gang Of 11 Brutally Assault, Break Facial Bones Of Young Honor Student Over What Was Apparent Misunderstanding. What began as an innocent mistake ended in a vicious attack on a local honor student. Police said as many as 11 students... 

Aso Mohammed Ibrahim ran down and killed Amy Houston, but has been told he can remain in the UK An asylum seeker who ran over a girl of 12 and left her to die has won his appeal to stay in the UK after arguing for his right to a family life. Aso Mohammed Ibrahim, 32, was banned from driving and awaiting deportation when he ran away with Amy Houston trapped under the wheels of his car. But the Iraqi... 

Homosexuality protector but Jesus defiant Moscow, Russia – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said Wednesday that although the church views homosexuality as a sin, gays should not face discrimination. Patriarch Kirill said “those who sin” must not be punished and therefore the church opposes any discrimination. Same-sex unions, however, should not be considered equal to heterosexual... 

Stacey Lyndain Beesley, the victim If the family of Stacey Lyndain Beesley has anything to be thankful for this holiday season, it’s that they celebrated Christmas early. On Saturday, Beesley gathered with her mother, four siblings and their extended family to exchange gifts and swap stories. It just worked better for everyone’s schedules that way, her sister Casey Ruthardt said Tuesday. The family... 

He/She even signed it Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements? The White House pegged controversial designer Simon Doonan to oversee the Christmas decorations for the White House. Mr. Doonan, who is creative director of Barney’s New York has often caused a stir with his design choices. Like his naughty yuletide window display of Margaret Thatcher... 

Stalin, the man who committed the largest genocide on Earth is promoted as a Hero in Eastern Europe Was the Soviet Union a force for good or ill during the Nazi years? That question is at the core of a controversy between and among some Jewish groups and former Soviet republics over the issue of Holocaust revisionism, and it erupted last week at a conference in Berlin organized by the World Congress... 

A Jewish Cemetery Austria’s government said Tuesday it would pay $28.5 million for the restoration of the country’s Jewish cemeteries, many of them in a sad state more than six decades after the end of the brutal Nazi era. The announcement – following a high-level meeting in the chancellery – brings to a close years of acrimony over who should fund the much-needed endeavor. It... 

Islam will dominate the world if you don’t stand up today! The graffiti was removed with lightning speed and the news report of the incident doesn’t say what it said, but rather blames the “far right.” Apparently there are forces in the U.K. who don’t want people to know that some Muslims crow about how Islam will dominate. “Vandals deface the town war memorial,”... 

More Billions of Euros for Israel The Israeli government is calling on Berlin to make additional payments, even though Jerusalem signed a written promise, after the end of the compensation negotiations, that the Jewish state would “file no further claims against the Federal Republic of Germany.” Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz will demand between 450 million to 1 billion euros in reparations... 

The state secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Pavel Borodin on Friday argued that a new Soviet Union is likely to come into being by 2017 as the result of the emergent customs union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan The state secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Pavel Borodin on Friday argued that a new Soviet Union is likely to come into being by 2017 as the result of...