Parliament votes for Ahmadinejad’s cabinet

Most of the cabinet proposed by president Ahmadinejad (photo, from bbc.co.uk) has been approved on Thursday by Iranian legislators. Among those approved is a man linked to the bombing of a jewish centre in Argentina.

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New appearance of North Korea’s leader

During a ceremony commemorating the 15th anniversary of the death of Kim Il-sung, his father, Kim Jong-il has attended his second major state event in person since reportedly suffering a stroke last year.

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Nakba marked by Palestinians

In the Gaza Strip, thousands of Palestinians have gathered (photo, from aljazeera.net) in order to mark the 61st anniversary of the “Nakba” (catastrophe). It describes the dispersal of hundreds of thousands of refugees after the creation of Israel.

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Nazi war crimes suspect jailed in Germany

Facing charges of being an accessory to the deaths of 29,000 Jews in World War II, John Demjanjuk, an alleged former Nazi death camp guard to Germany, is in jail in Munich. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Walk-out during Iranian president’s speech

Delegates have walked out of a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (photo, from bbc.co.uk), Iran’s president, after he described Israel as a “racist government”, during a United Nations conference on racism.

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Israel sends ‘eviction notices’ to East Jerusalem families

Israel told more than 1 500 Palestinians living in East Jerusalem that they could be made homeless. Israel said that their homes are illegal and are to be demolished. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Israeli group to help Palestinians sue over settlements

The Yesh Din organization, an Israeli leftist advocacy group, said on Friday that it was starting a campaign to help Palestinians sue the state of Israel for its use of their privately owned lands for Jewish settlements in the West Bank (photo, from aljazeera.net).

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Dutch anti-Islam MP to be prosecuted

Dutch politician and film-maker Geert Wilders (photo, from aljazeera.net), is to be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred against Muslims.

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Gaza offensive condemned as ‘genocide’

Israel’s killings of Palestinians in its Gaza offensive have been called “genocide” by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann (photo, from aljazeera.net), the president of the UN General Assembly.

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Stalin third-greatest historical figure

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, who sent millions to their deaths in the Great Purge of the 1930s, has been voted Russia’s third-greatest historical figure, says a state television network.

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