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Sabra Shatila massacre recalled
Twenty-five years after surviving the massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut, Jamila Khalife still mourns family members who were killed at the hands of Phalangist Lebanese forces. Her life since then, she says, has been a daily reminder of the horrors she witnessed as a 16-year-old Palestinian refugee from Jaffa living in the camps.. More -
Six years after 9/11
This week’s sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States sees the top American military and diplomatic officials in Iraq speaking to the U.S. Congress about American strategy in Iraq. The juxtaposition is noteworthy: Six years ago, a small band of militants attacked the United States and killed some 3000 people. Today,.. More -
Child mortality at record low, says UNICEF
Fewer children under the age of five are dying thanks to immunisation programmes and anti-malaria measures, the UN children's agency, Unicef, says. Worldwide, the number of young children who died in 2006 dropped below 10 million for the first time, it said. Measles vaccinations, mosquito nets and increased rates of breast-feeding were said to have.. More -
Israel condemned for Lebanon attacks
In its harshest condemnation of Israel since last summer's war, Human Rights Watch charged that most of the Lebanese civilian casualties came from "indiscriminate Israeli airstrikes," according to a report to be released Thursday. In a statement issued before the report's release, the human rights organization said there was no basis to the Israeli.. More -
The story of a Palestinian girl paralyzed by an Israeli attack
As if it wasn’t enough for a 5-year-old Palestinian girl to lose her mother, grandmother and brother in a deadly Israeli missile attack, the Israeli Defense Military wants to add to Maria Amin’s misery and end her rehabilitation treatment at the Alyn Children's Hospital in Jerusalem. May 2006 witnessed the beginning of a dramatic chapter.. More -
The money surge in Iraq
The newest news coming out of Iraq has it that the United States is hiring the people we were fighting not many weeks ago. "U.S. commanders are offering large sums to enlist, at breakneck pace, their former enemies, handing them broad security powers in a risky effort to tame this fractious area south of Baghdad in Babil province and, literally,.. More -
Report to show Afghan opium rise
The amount of opium produced in Afghanistan has broken records again, official figures are due to reveal. Helmand province, where UK troops are based, is expected to be named as the world's largest drug-producing area, surpassing entire countries. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is publishing its annual opium survey later on Monday.. More -
Controlling Muslim immigration in Australia likened to fight on bird flu
A New South Wales Senate candidate for the Christian Democratic Party (CDP) has compared controlling Muslim immigration in Australia to stopping the spread of bird flu. The Christian Democrats are pushing for a halt to Muslim immigration because there has been no serious study of the effects of Muslims on Australia. They say the 10-year measure would.. More -
Mid-East peace conference under the shadow of the Iraq War
It appears that the Bush administration's proposed Mid-East peace conference may not be held before November 2007 -- a relatively long time from now considering the volatility of the region, especially the ever deteriorating situation in Iraq and the deepening Fatah-Hamas conflict. Holding such a conference during the current turmoil would seem.. More -
Blackouts as EU halts Gaza fuel aid
The only power plant in the Gaza Strip has shut down operations after the European Union suspended the financing of fuel deliveries over what it said were security concerns. Nour Odeh, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said that up to 50 per cent of the territory's residents were in darkness after the shutdown. The power station - which according.. More -
Stepping up pressure on Iran
The Bush administration is planning to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a “terrorist” organization, a U.S. official revealed on Wednesday in comments not yet officially confirmed by the U.S. State Department, which declined to provide details of the planned measure, saying it would not divulge "anything that may be actively under consideration.. More -
US Army suicides highest in 26 years
Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report. The report, obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its scheduled release Thursday, found there were 99 confirmed suicides among active duty soldiers during 2006, up from.. More -
Franco-Libyan arms deal: Too much ado about nothing
The recent visit ofFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy to Libya draw multitude of criticism from some EU countries and commentators, journalists, and opposition parties, in France, in particular. The criticism, within France, focused on the military contracts signed between Libya and France duringSarkozy's short visit. Those contracts centered on Libya.. More -
Eyes set on Iraq’s political mess
U.S. media has Iraq on its hot plate now more than ever, as many news outlets continue to discuss the supposed achievements that have been promised to take place in the war-torn country long time ago. Earlier this month, headlines beamed with news about the videotaped conversation between the U.S. President George W. Bush and Iraq’s Prime Minister.. More -
Lebanon elections yields no clear winner
Lebanon is about to face its worst political crisis since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war. The deeply-divided country is trapped between the pro-Syrian, Hezbollah-led opposition and the western-backed, anti-Syrian government. Although the U.S.-backed Prime Minister Fuoad Siniora said the weekend’s by-elections “were a civilized response to.. More
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