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Syrian Forces Accused of Killing 5 During Funeral of Kurdish Leader
Syrian Kurdish leaders are accusing government security forces of firing on mourners during the funeral of a prominent Kurdish party leader Saturday in the northern town of Qamishli. At least five mourners were killed and three others wounded after shooting...
Cameron’s Morality Card
David Cameron is trying to seize media attention by playing the morality card in response to the recent outbreak of riots in the United Kingdom. In an Al Jazeera English report taken from wire sources this morning, there are five instances of the...
Egyptian Men Who Marry Israeli Women May be Stripped of Citizenship
Al-Jazeera has reported that Egypt’s supreme administrative court ruled that Egyptians who are married to Israeli women may be stripped of their citizenship if their marriage “poses a threat to national security.” Egypt was the first...
Trying to Correct a Misconception of Media Bias
Al Jazeera English just pulled the following report from their wire sources: A Jewish-American, who settled in the occupied West Bank, has been charged with killing two Palestinians and attempting to murder more people. Jack Teitel told reporters at...
CHUTZPAH Where It is Needed
Yes, I know it is early in the week for a Chutzpah of the Week award; but this one is too irresistible for sitting tight to see what else may arise. It also carries the irony of what I think is the first award for Palestinian recipients. The basis...
Denial Along the Nile
There is more than a little poetic license in that title. According to the latest Al Jazeera English report, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was instrumental in formulating a truce plan for Gaza; but the work appears to have been done in Sharm...
More Than 195 Killed As Israeli Air Strikes Hit Gaza
At least 195 people were killed and around 300 wounded on Saturday by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, and one Israeli was killed and five injured when Palestinian militants fired rockets into southern Israel in response.
Zimbabwe Threatening to Ban All Remaining Foreign News Groups
Zimbabwe plans to slap a blanket ban on all foreign media foreign groups, accusing them of “playing little gods†on the country’s affairs, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) said Tuesday.
