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Somali minister dies of 'graduation' bomb attack injury

17 Feb 2010: Somalia's sports minister has died in a Saudi hospital weeks after he was critically wounded in a bomb attack at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu. Saleban Olad Roble passed away on Friday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he and other victims

Italy says Swiss misused Schengen in row with Libya

17 Feb 2010: ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Tuesday Switzerland had misused the Schengen agreement and taken its members "hostage" by slapping a ban on Libyan officials which prompted retaliation by Tripoli. Officials said on Monday that Libya

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

Binyam Mohamed: Lies, Truth, Torture and the missing paragraph

11 Feb 2010: Ministers were facing demands last night to hold a public inquiry into revelations that the security services knew a terror suspect from Britain had been tortured by the CIA. Senior judges ordered the Government to publish previously secret parts of a

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

US verdict sparks Pakistan protests

05 Feb 2010: Thousands of Pakistanis have staged rallies against the conviction of a Pakistani scientist found guilty of trying to kill American servicemen in Afghanistan. Protests were held on Thursday in several cities in Pakistan, where many believe that Aafia

The Phenomenon Of Ignoring The Qur’an

05 Feb 2010: وَقَالَ الرّسُولُ يَرَبّ إِنّ قَوْمِي اتّخَذُواْ هَـَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُوراً “And the Messenger has said: “O my lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’an as [a thing]

The grand Zionist façade

02 Feb 2010: On 12 January, The New York Times carried an article by David Brooks on Jews and Israel. It so caught my eye that I decided to bring it to my class on the economic history of the Middle East. I sent my students the link to the article and asked them to

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

Tony Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war at Chilcot inquiry

30 Jan 2010: That was Tony Blair's message Friday as he fought for his place in history against critics who contend it was folly to join the Americans in invading Iraq based on intelligence that was faulty and weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.
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The case has divided courts. A federal judge in Alexandria ruled that even if the immunity law does not mention individuals, such protection is the "practical equivalent" of immunity offered to a state. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in

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Somalia's sports minister has died in a Saudi hospital weeks after he was critically wounded in a bomb attack at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu. Saleban Olad Roble passed away on Friday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he and other victims

slashnews Mahmoud-al-Mabhouh-Hamas-Dubai-Murder-suspects-2010.jpgDubai to issue 11 warrants for Hamas killing
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

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