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Europe not interested in following Dubai killers' trails

28 Feb 2010: GENEVA: A killer — or killers — may be on the loose in Europe after a Hamas operative was slain last month in Dubai. European nations, however, seem to be in no rush to find him, her or them. The spotlight is falling on those countries where police

Dubai assassination squad carried diplomatic passports

22 Feb 2010: The claim will intensify the pressure on Israel, whose foreign minister is due to meet David Miliband and other European envoys in Brussels today. Avigdor Lieberman will face questions about allegations that Mossad agents posing as Europeans and

Dubai to issue 11 warrants for Hamas killing

16 Feb 2010: Dubai will issue arrest warrants for 11 foreign agents suspected of involvement in the the assassination of a top Hamas military commander in his hotel room in Dubai on Jan. 20, the police chief said on Monday. "We do not rule out Mossad, but when we

US soldier gives four-year-old daughter 'waterboarding' over alphabet

09 Feb 2010: Joshua Tabor allegedly told police he had used the technique because he was angry and knew his daughter was scared of water. The 27-year-old, who had recently gained custody of the young girl, said she "squirmed" as he pushed her under the water three or

In the West Bank's stony hills, Palestine is slowly dying

30 Jan 2010: Area C doesn't sound very ominous. A land of stone-sprinkled grey hills and soft green valleys, it's part of the wreckage of the equally wrecked Oslo Agreement, accounting for 60 per cent of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that was eventually supposed to

Hamas blames Israel for Dubai death

29 Jan 2010: Hamas has claimed that one of its commanders was assassinated by Israeli agents in Dubai. A statement by the Palestinian group, which controls the Gaza Strip, alleged on Friday that Israel had killed Mahmoud Abdul Raouf al-Mabhouh. "I cannot reveal the

Hamas says Israel retreating from Germany-brokered prisoner deals

27 Jan 2010: GAZA, Islamic Hamas movement accused Israel of retreating from a series of Germany-brokered agreements that would have paved the way for a prisoner exchange, a pro-Hamas website reported Wednesday. "The prisoners swap is going through a state of freeze

Four Uighurs sentenced to die in Xinjiang

27 Jan 2010: A court in China has sentenced another four people, all apparently ethnic Uighurs, to death for their part in last year's ethnic riots in the western Xinjiang region, state media has reported. A fifth person was also given the death penalty, but is

Turkey accepts wounded Somalis for treatment

21 Jan 2010: More than 13 Somalis have been flown to Turkey for medical treatment after they sustained injuries during bloody clashes between Somali fighters and government troops. The Turkish government has dispatched planes to the Horn of African nation to transport

Israel 'pushing aid groups out' of Palestinian areas

20 Jan 2010: Israel has stopped issuing work permits to foreign aid workers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, sparking fears about the future of relief operations in the Palestinian territories. The Israeli Interior Ministry has issued only tourist visas to aid

Report: US Covered Up Gitmo Deaths

19 Jan 2010: The US government has covered up the death of three Guantanamo detainees who have died from torture during interrogation but were pronounced as suicides, the Harper magazine reports in its March edition. "The cover-up is amazing in its audacity, and it is

U.S. and Israel linked to the killing of Iranian nuclear scientist

13 Jan 2010: TEHRAN - A remote-controlled bomb killed a Tehran University nuclear scientist on Tuesday, state media reported, in an attack which Iran blamed on its two arch enemies, the United States and Israel. The blast which killed professor Massoud Ali-Mohammadi

Somalia, Baladwayne fighting kills at least 18 people

11 Jan 2010: MOGADISHU - At least 18 people were killed in fighting on Monday 11 Jan 2010 in two central Somali towns where rebels battled a pro-government militia and each other, according to witnesses. The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, which is aligned with

Palestine: Genocide in slow motion

08 Jan 2010: On the first anniversary of the beginning of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip – in my view it was a demonstration of Israeli state terrorism at its most naked – it’s not enough to say that the governments of the Western powers (and others) are

Kenyan authorities deport Abdullah El-Faisal to Gambia

07 Jan 2010: Kenyan authorities have deported a controversial Jamaican Muslim religious leader to Gambia because he posed a serious threat to Kenya's security, officials said. Abdullah El-Faisal had not committed crimes in Kenya nor was he wanted in other countries,

US double drone attack in North Waziristan

06 Jan 2010: A suspected double US drone attack has killed at least 15 people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region. The strikes on Wednesday occurred in North Waziristan, where several opposition groups stage attacks inside the district and into bordering

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