Politics

Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Hebron colonists attack Palestinians after eviction

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Mobs of colonists rampaged through the Occupied West Bank on Thursday after Israeli police enforced an eviction order of settlers squatting illegally in a Palestinian house. Rabid colonists set fire to Palestinian …
350 'honor killings' in Turkey since 2001 - new study

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Honor killings have claimed the lives of nearly 350 men and women in Turkey since 2001, a report said on Thursday. Drawing on data from completed court cases, a study by Inonu University in Malatya, eastern Turkey …
Security Council refuses to condemn Israeli 'piracy' against Gaza-bound Libyan aid ship

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Libya protested in vain Wednesday before the UN Security Council over Israel's interception of one of its cargo ships attempting to offload aid in the impoverished Gaza Strip. Ambassador Giadalla Ettalhi told an …
EU court hands victory to Iranian rebel group

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A top European court ruled Thursday that the EU wrongly froze the funds of Iran's main opposition group in exile and violated its rights by not justifying why it was placed on a terror list. The group, the People's …
Suicide bombers kill at least five, wound10 in Afghanistan

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Two suicide attacks against a counter narcotics office and the intelligence agency Thursday killed at least five people and wounded 10 others in eastern Afghanistan, an official said. A suicide attacker rammed his …