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newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 28, 2008
The streets of Islamabad’s "Blue Area" are typically wide, straight boulevards lined with greenery and the mansions of diplomats and politicians. In one such street is a simple but large house rendered in plain white …
Also tagged: pakistan, featured, international affairs, women in pakistan, acid survivors foundation, saraiki belt, northwestern frontier
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 21, 2008
There was an unmistakable message amid the rubble of the Marriott bombing in Islamabad: military operations in Pakistan’s tribal agency regions cannot ensure security for the country, even in the heart of its capital …
Also tagged: afghanistan, nato, pakistan, taliban, al qaeda, hero, international affairs, asif ali zardari
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Sep 7, 2008
There is never a dull moment in Pakistani politics, even if much of the politicking revolves around familiar themes. Just a day before Parliament blasted the US for its first confirmed ground attack on militants in …
Also tagged: pakistan, featured, international affairs, pervez musharraf, iftikhar chaudhry, asif ali zardari
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Aug 31, 2008
Since the start of this year a range of pro-Taliban militant groups in Pakistan’s North Western Frontier Province have been calling themselves Tehreek-e-Taliban. The party claims to represent the Taliban "brand" in …
Also tagged: pakistan, featured, taliban, international affairs
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Aug 18, 2008
"Everything I have done, I have done with Pakistan in my heart," an emotional Pervez Musharraf told the nation as he announced his resignation during a televised address yesterday. Private television stations …
Also tagged: pakistan, featured, international affairs, pervez musharraf
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Aug 4, 2008
It was hot and humid in Karachi last Wednesday as Iftikhar Chaudhry, the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court urged lawyers gathered at the Sindh High Court to continue their demands for an independent …
Also tagged: pakistan, law, featured, musharraf, international affairs, iftikhar chaudhry
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jul 28, 2008
At a much-publicised rally in Berlin attended by some 200,000 people, US Presidential nominee Barack Obama spoke of breaking down the walls that divide our global society. Obama spoke first of the Berlin Wall and how …
Also tagged: middle east, barack obama, israël, palestine, international affairs, us politics
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jul 6, 2008
The recent investigation of Muslim Aid Australia for its connections to Interpal, an organisation associated with Hamas, exposes the political limitations of Australia’s anti-terrorism financing regime. It also raises …
Also tagged: featured, hamas, civil society, anti terror laws, muslim aid australia, interpal
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jun 29, 2008
With around 10,000 asylum seekers (as compared with many more in nearby Egypt and several million in Sudan), Israel is not a country immediately associated with African refugees. Although Israel was founded by …
Also tagged: sudan, israël, featured, egypt, ethiopia, refugees, eritrea, international affairs
newmatilda.com » newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jun 18, 2008
Village life is one of the cornerstones of Palestinian society, but harassment by Israeli settlers is increasingly forcing people to leave. "There are attacks all the time but especially around the Sabbath [on Friday …
Also tagged: israël, palestine, featured, israel palestine, harassment, international affairs, settler attack, susia, at tuwani