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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
04/29/2008 It is impossible to promote a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace without engaging Hamas, says a women-for-peace group referring to former U.S. President Carter's talks with the governing political party in Palestine, which is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
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From: CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Related: [United States] [Palestine] [Israel]
Image: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
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04/28/2008 Saudi-Arabian lait ja tavat takaavat sen, että naisia kohdellaan ikuisesti alaikäisinä, ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights
Watch raportoi. Näin siitä huolimatta, että maa allekirjoitti YK:n naisten syrjinnän kieltävän sopimuksen jo vuonna 2000.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Saudi Arabia] [Civil Rights] [Gender]
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04/23/2008 Joukko tunnettuja Yhdysvaltain juutalaisia on perustanut järjestön rahoittamaan ja auttamaan poliitikkoja, jotka kannattavat Israelin ja Palestiinan välisen konfliktin ratkaisuksi kahta erillistä valtiota ja vaativat Yhdysvaltoja toimimaan voimakkaasti tämän puolesta.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Israel] [Palestine] [United States] [Conflict]
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04/22/2008 Through the stories of the Rabban and Karana families, Adam Doster relates the immense difficulties facing Iraqi refugees -- including the few who manage to receive asylum in the United States.
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From: In These Times
Related: [Iraq] [Jordan] [Syria ] [United States]
Soldiers Speak Out video.
04/21/2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 21 (OneWorld) - About 300,000 U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or major depression. Another 320,000 veterans likely suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), a type of physical brain damage often caused by explosions from roadside bombs.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Afghanistan] [Iraq] [United States] [Health] [Governance] [Conflict] [Arms & Military]
Image: Soldiers Speak Out video.
04/21/2008 Bloggers from Bahrain, Jordan, and Palestine voice their opinions on the prejudices surrounding HIV/AIDS in the Arab world and the criminalization of the disease in some countries of the region.
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From: Global Voices Online
Related: [Jordan] [Egypt]
Saudi Arabian women
04/21/2008 Saudi Arabia's male guardianship of women and policies of sex segregation stop women from enjoying their basic rights, says a Human Rights Watch report released today.
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Related: [Saudi Arabia]
Image: Saudi Arabian women
04/18/2008 The Turkish government's recent easing of a headscarf ban has escalated tensions between supporters of a secular state and those who would like to see Turkey develop into a moderate Islamic nation.
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From: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
Related: [Turkey]
04/18/2008 Building on the popular culture of blogging, BBC’s ZigZagmag.net has created an interactive online space to enable aspiring Iranian journalists generate high quality content for a variety of BBC platforms. The virtual newsroom encourages learning and communication through discussions and training.
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Related: [Communication] [ICT] [Internet] [Media]
04/17/2008 Press freedom advocates have welcomed Wednesday's release of Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, noting that his ordeal demonstrates a U.S. military practice of removing journalists from the field, locking them up, and never saying why.
From: Committee to Protect Journalists
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Related: [United States] [Iraq]
04/16/2008 While General Petraeus and the American Ambassador to Iraq testified recently about security improvements and a decrease in violence in Iraq, they failed to mention the almost 5 million Iraqis displaced by the war. Jamal Dajani reports.
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From: Link TV
Related: [United States] [Syria ] [Jordan] [Iraq]
  	  Yemen's geo-strategic position makes it a leading destination for regional asylum seekers.
04/16/2008 The international community and UN should do more to assist the hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians and Somalis who seek refuge in Yemen, one of the "least developed countries in the world," urges an international refugee agency.
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From: Refugees International
Related: [Yemen] [Somalia] [Ethiopia]
Image: Yemen's geo-strategic position makes it a leading destination for regional asylum seekers. © New Internationalist
04/15/2008 Saudi Arabia had the highest number of executions per capita, followed by Iran and Libya, according to a new Amnesty survey that says 88 per cent of all known executions took place in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the US.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Related: [China] [Iran ] [Libya ] [Pakistan] [Saudi Arabia] [United States]
04/15/2008 Richard Butler, a British journalist who was kidnapped in Basra on 10 February, was rescued by Iraqi soldiers today.
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Related: [Iraq]
Minaret, Egypt.
04/11/2008 NEW YORK, Apr 10 (OneWorld) - From New York to Johannesburg to Manila, rights advocacy groups are making fresh calls for the Egyptian government to rein in its functionaries who mistreat people living with HIV/AIDS.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Egypt] [HIV/AIDS] [Justice and Crime] [Law]
Image: Minaret, Egypt. © Jeff Black
04/09/2008 A military policy analyst mediates a blog of reactions and updates as the head of the U.S. forces in Iraq and the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq testify before Congress on the status of the war.
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From: Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Related: [Iraq] [United States]
Aim higher for tough arms controls
04/09/2008 With judgement still awaited on a landmark judicial review of the decision to halt an inquiry into a Saudi arms deal corruption investigation, the UK Government has introduced draft legislation that would in effect prevent such a review in future.
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From: The Corner House
Related: [United Kingdom] [Saudi Arabia]
Image: Aim higher for tough arms controls © Oxfam GB
04/09/2008 Kairon kupeessa sijaitsevan Abusirin rikas kulttuuriperintö on kohta kaikkien ulottuvilla, kun kyläläiset laativat verkkosivut teknologiakeskuksen ja kansalaisjärjestön avustamina. Egyptin viranomaiset suunnittelevat vastaavista hankkeista maanlaajuista projektia.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Egypt] [Culture] [Internet]
04/08/2008 Shortly after her husband's assassination, Coretta Scott King gave a dramatic speech in his place, elucidating the "10 Commandments on Vietnam" he had written out just before his death. They ring powerfully familiar today.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related: [Iraq] [United States] [Viet Nam]
04/08/2008 Gazassa asuva palestiinalainen Ahmed Felfel poimii mansikoita 300 metrin päässä israelilaisesta panssarivaunusta. Sotakone kuitenkin huolestuttaa Felfeliä vähemmän kuin se, ettei Israel anna hänen myydä mansikoitaan.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Israel] [Palestine] [Agriculture]
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