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Refugee crisis brews in Pakistan
News of clashes in Pakistan's tribal areas and the fate of thousands of refugees fleeing the fighting have been overshadowed by the country's focus on Islamabad's growing power struggle. The concerted campaign by the coalition government to remove Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president, from power has shifted focus from a developing humanitarian.. More -
Russia and Georgia: All about oil
In commenting on the war in the Caucasus, many analysts have tended to see it as a throwback to the past: as a continuation of a centuries-old blood feud between Russians and Georgians, or, at best, as part of the unfinished business of the Cold War. Many have spoken of Russia’s desire to erase the national “humiliation” it experienced.. More -
Rwanda accuses France over genocide
Rwanda has accused France of having an active, direct role in the African country's 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people were killed. A report commissioned by the Rwandan government named 33 senior French military and political figures, among them Dominique de Villepin, the former prime minister, and Francois Mitterrand the late former president,.. More -
Israel presses sick Gazans to become spies: Rights group
Israeli security agents have been pressuring Gazans seeking medical treatment abroad to work as informers in violation of international law, an Israeli rights group said yesterday. A report by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel said that Palestinian patients have “become an accessible and important target for the GSS (General Security Services).. More -
Iraqi refugees: Five years later, a hidden crisis
The war that was launched in Iraq five years ago has produced one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time. Yet this crisis is largely hidden from the public and ignored by the international community. More than four million Iraqis of different religions, ethnicities and backgrounds are estimated to be uprooted by horrific violence and death and.. More -
UN: Poverty worsening in Gaza
Conditions for Palestinians living in Gaza have deteriorated to unprecedented levels, according to a report by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Aid granted to Gaza has failed to stop more than half of the population in the territory from sliding below the poverty line, UNRWA said on Thursday. "The number of households in Gaza.. More -
India, Pakistan set for ‘composite dialogue’
The fifth round of Pakistan-India “composite dialogue” is set to kick off in New Delhi tomorrow with the foreign secretary-level talks related to “peace and security including Confidence Building Measures (CBMs)” and “Jammu and Kashmir.” Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir will arrive in New Delhi tonight.. More -
Sharjah museum links past and present
The United Arab Emirates' first Islamic Museum officially opened last month. But the building, which has aroused intense interest during its restoration, is not in Dubai or the capital Abu Dhabi. In fact this pioneering museum is housed in the smaller emirate of Sharjah, acknowledged locally as the cultural heart of the region. Distinguishing.. More -
Why Bosnia's most wanted run free
The two most wanted men in the Balkans may not be too well hidden to be captured, but too well protected. "Look, isn't that your friend?" The Dutch journalist's wife pointed through the glass window of the restaurant at a man sitting at an outside table. Even from behind, the shape of the head and the greying salt-and-pepper mop of hair.. More -
North Korea facing famine?
North Korea is said by some international observers to be on the brink of famine. The United Nations World Food Programme estimates that the country is more than one million tonnes of grain short of what it needs to feed its people this year. The United States has agreed to send half a million tonnes of food aid. But with the first shipment due.. More -
NGOs call for improved Afghan aid
As the Afghan government and the international donor community meet in Paris on June 12 to decide the future nature of assistance to the war-ravaged nation, NGOs and rights groups are urging that the needs of ordinary citizens come first. Some $15 billion has been spent on reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan since the US-led coalition deposed the.. More -
Somali Islamist fighters undeterred
It is a popularly held belief in Africa that Somalia often has a way of springing back into the international limelight - its long-running wars and conflicts are never short of surprises. After all, it is in Somalia that the meaning of the term "warlord" was perfected by a group of clan leaders who carved the country into armed fiefdoms... More -
Yemen between qat and food
As global food prices continue to rise, Yemen is hoping a fundamental rethinking of its agricultural priorities will alleviate the pressure on its people. The debate on qat cultivation and its role in supplanting food crops has recently resurfaced and fuelled resistance from a society that views the controversial narcotic as a traditional necessity. Like.. More -
Iraq death toll ‘above highest estimates’
The real number of the dead is far higher than even the highest declared in death tolls, many Iraqis say. A study by doctors from the Johns Hopkins School of Health in conjunction with Iraqi doctors from al-Mustanceriya University in Baghdad, published in the British medical journal The Lancet in October 2006, estimated the number of excess deaths.. More -
Afghan children paying family debts
Al Jazeera has discovered that thousands of children, some as young as aged four, are being forced to work in brick factories in Afghanistan. In the Sokhrod district in the east of the country, which is well known for producing bricks, there are about 38 factories and about 2,200 children are believed to be working in them. "I don't want to do.. More
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