Student journalist Mohammed Bahashwan had a first-hand view of Thursday’s protest at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen, using his cell phone to capture video of the chaotic scene.
“The situation escalated little by little,” said Bahashwan, a 24-year-old journalism student who studied at Washington State University this summer. “It started to be very wild, very chaotic and violent.”

When inflamed mobs stormed the U.S. embassies in Libya and Egypt on Tuesday (Sept. 11), the media quickly looked to a likely spark.
Florida Pastor Terry Jones ignited deadly riots by threatening to burn Qurans in 2010, and by torching the Islamic holy text last year.

It may come as quite a shock to discover that in a country which prides itself on claims of religious freedom for all, that basic freedom was denied to the very people who inhabited North America first: the American Indian.

In observance of the “National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims”, the Spokane County Victim/Witness Unit has announced it will hold a vigil on Sept.19 in the County Commissioner’s Hearing Room on the lower level of the Public Works Building (1026 W. Broadway Ave.) from 5:30-7 p.m.

On Wednesday night a group gathered at Chairs Coffee to discuss Pathways to Peace, ultimately discussing world peace.

Peace is a short word with a complex meaning. It’s a word that a group of about 30 people spent discussing Wednesday evening at Chairs Coffee for Peace Conversations Cafe, the kick-off event for the Pathways to Peace project.