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The war left about 1,400 Palestinians dead and prompted a UN-led investigation [File: EPA] Richard Goldstone, the jurist who authored a UN report accusing Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity during its war on Gaza, has challenged the US to justify its claims that his findings are flawed and biased.  Goldstone told Al Jazeera on…
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Amnesty said the water situation in the Gaza Strip has reached a “crisis point”  Israelis denying Palestinians adequate access to clean, safe water whileallowing almost unlimited supplies to Israeli settlers in the occupiedWest Bank, human rights group Amnesty International has said. “Swimming pools, well-watered lawns and large irrigated farms inIsraeli settlements… stand in stark contrast…
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Ahmadinejad, left, thanked Erdogan, right, for his support on Iran’s nuclear programme [EPA MahmoudAhmadinejad, Iran’s president, has said that he “appreciates” thesupport shown by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, overTehran’s nuclear programme. Erdogan, who arrived in Tehran forbilateral talks on Tuesday, has accused Western nations of hypocrisy incriticising Iran’s uranium enrichment programme while remaining silenton Israel, which is believed to have…
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Ahmadinejad, left, thanked Erdogan, right, for his support on Iran’s nuclear programme [EPA MahmoudAhmadinejad, Iran’s president, has said that he “appreciates” thesupport shown by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, overTehran’s nuclear programme. Erdogan, who arrived in Tehran forbilateral talks on Tuesday, has accused Western nations of hypocrisy incriticising Iran’s uranium enrichment programme while remaining silenton Israel, which is believed to have…
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11:18 AM CDT on Monday, October 26, 2009 By JIM DOUGLAS / WFAA-TV INTERACTIVE MAP: Cooper Street Farmers Market is at 1606 South Cooper Street in Arlington Turned Away var jsVideoWidgetShareUrlPath = ‘/video/index.html’; var jsVideoWidgetSize = 0; var jsVideoWidgetVideoId = 409666; #main-video{background:transparent;position:relative;top:0;left:0;height:0;width:0;margin:0;padding:0;visibility:hidden;}#video-widget{background:transparent;position:relative;top:0;left:0;height:0;width:0;margin:auto;padding:0;}#previewImage{background:transparent;position:relative;top:0;left:0;height:0;width:0;margin:0;padding:0;visibility:hidden;}#videoPlayer{position:relative;left:0;top:0;margin:0;padding:0;}#loading_container{position:relative;top:1px;left:1px;background:#fff;height:0;width:0;text-align:center;font-family:Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10px;border:0;}#loading{position:relative;top:45%;} #video-image{background:#000;margin:0;padding:0;}#video-controller{margin:0;padding:0;left:0;}#shareEmail{visibility:hidden;}#showShareEmail{cursor:pointer;}#preroll_companion{height:0;width:300px;}#videoad_companion{height:0;width:300px;}#flash_section{background-image:url(/sharedcontent/video/img/gred_back.jpg);text-align:center;}#previewImg{position:relative;left:0;top:0;border:0;}.text_style_1{font-family:Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;color:#000;font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;}.flash_symbol_placer{padding-top:50px;left:40%;text-align:center;} October 26th, 2009 Jim Douglas reports More WFAA Latest News video View…
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The defendant, 29-year-old Alex W, had earlier been fined for calling Marwa Sherbini “a terrorist” and “Islamist”. He smuggled a kitchen knife into an appeal hearing where Ms Sherbini was killed. The attack in July sparked outrage in the Muslim world, with protests in Egypt, Iran and Turkey. The defendant is accused of murder, attempted…
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