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Israel sends ‘eviction notices’ to East Jerusalem families

Posted in history, Human rights, Middle East, news, politics, religion on February 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »

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) (more…)

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Eight oscars for Slumdog film

Posted in Americas, entertainment, movies, music, world on February 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The cast and crew of widely acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire (photo, from bbc.co.uk) left Los Angelel with eight awards, including best picture and best director. (more…)

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Anti-terror measures ‘actively undermined’ human rights

Posted in Americas, Europe, Human rights, Justice, news, politics, world, tagged , , , , , on February 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »

International human rights law have been seriously undermined by anti-terror measures worldwide, said a report by legal experts. (photo, from bbc.co.uk) (more…)

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US army to accept ‘more immigrants’

Posted in Americas, news, politics, tagged , , , , , , on February 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Immigrants with temporary US visas are to be accepted by the United States army (photo, from abc.net). It will be the first time since the Vietnam war, said the New York Times. (more…)

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Israeli deadlock confirmed

Posted in Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Neither of the two main parties (photo, from bbc.co.uk) can form a government on its own, confirmed the final results of Israel’s general election. (more…)

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India welcomes Pakistan admission

Posted in Asia, Justice, news, politics, tagged , , , , , on February 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The admission by Pakistan that last year’s Mumbai terror attacks (photo, from aljazeera.net) were partly planned on its soil has been described as a “positive development” by India. (more…)

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Tsvangirai visits political prisoners

Posted in Africa, health, Human rights, Justice, news, politics, tagged , , , , , on February 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »

After being sworn in as Zimbabwe’s prime minister on Wednesday, Morgan Tsvangirai spent his first full day in office visiting political prisoners that he wishes to see freed from a jail near the country’s capital, Harare. (photo, from bbc.co.uk) (more…)

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Turkey starts an investigation on Gaza ‘war crimes’

Posted in Human rights, Justice, Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , , , , on February 7, 2009| 2 Comments »

An investigation into whether Israel committed genocide and crimes against humanity in its offensive in Gaza has been launched by a Turkish prosecutor, said his office. (more…)

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Demonstraters killed in Madagascar

Posted in Africa, health, news, politics, tagged , , , on February 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Police opened fire on an opposition demonstration in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital, killing at least 23 people, reports say (photo, from bbc.co.uk). (more…)

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