Month: January 2009

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Amnesty International accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza

By Middle East correspondent Ben Knight and wires Posted Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:06am AEDT  Updated Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:56am AEDT Indiscriminate use of any weapon in densely populated areas can be the basis of war crimes charges. (AFP: Patrick Baz, file photo) Video: Gaza ceasefire holding (ABC News) Audio: Uneasy Gaza ceasefire holds (AM) Human rights group Amnesty International…
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How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe

Oxford professor of international relations Avi Shlaim served in the Israeli army and has never questioned the state’s legitimacy. But its merciless assault on Gaza has led him to devastating conclusions Avi Shlaim The Guardian, Wednesday 7 January 2009 Article history A wounded Palestinian policeman gestures while lying on the ground outside Hamas police headquarters following…
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Gaza Strip resembles a concentration camp, says top Vatican official

VATICAN-GAZA (UPDATED) Jan-9-2009 (810 words) With photos posted Jan. 8. xxxi Gaza Strip resembles a concentration camp, says top Vatican official By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Gaza Strip increasingly is looking like “a big concentration camp” while egoism, hatred, poverty and injustice are fueling the continual slaughter in the…
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Qatar: Future Muslim leaders seek fresh path

Tomorrow’s leaders? Maha al-Khalifa and Aalaa Abuzaakook, of Qatar, and Musa Syeed, of New York, met at the leadership gathering. CARYLE MURPHY ‘No better time’ for change, say activists at this past weekend’s youth conference in Doha, Qatar. By Caryle Murphy | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the January 20, 2009 edition E-mail a…
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Over 1000 Muslim Migrants from burma to thai tortured and drowned by Thai Govt

Photo 1 of 3 Thai army Colonel Manat Khongpan (L, with cap) during the processing of a group of refugees 3 hours ago BANGKOK (AFP) — Thailand’s premier insisted Tuesday that his country had respected the rights of boat people from Myanmar, saying reports that the migrants were mistreated and abandoned at sea were “exaggerated”.…
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Pamuk: Islam not irreconcilable with West

The Yomiuri Shimbun This is the fifth installment in a series of interviews with leading intellectuals both at home and abroad about the present state of world affairs and potential solutions to challenges that face the world in 2009. The following is excerpted from an interview with author Orhan Pamuk, 56, winner of the 2006…
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