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Obama want to see a stop to settlements: Not some settlements, not outposts, not natural growth exceptions”. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, May 2009 “What the prime minister has offered in specifics of a restraint on the policy of settlements…..is unprecedented, there has never been a precondition, it’s always been an issue within negotiations.” Hillary Clinton, BBC, November 1, 2009 …
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TURNING POINT IN TURKEY, By Ameen Izzadeen
A military coup against a civilian government is heard of. But seldom or never do we hear that a civilian government coup against the military. The aim of this column is not to analyse what happened in Sri Lanka after the defeat of the LTTE. Rather, in keeping with the world watch logo, the focus is going to be on …
Read More »GOOD MUSLIMS VS. BAD MUSLIMS NOW GOOD EUROPEAN VS. BAD EUROPEANS, By Yvonne Ridley
I’ve never met Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit but he reckons I am a very bad European along with the 1400 other peace activists from the Gaza Freedom March who are trapped in Cairo on New Year’s Eve. Gheit made this unexpected demonisation via his Foreign Ministry to the local media after telling them that 100 “good Europeans” had …
Read More »Growing to be A World Citizen
We believe with Sir Richard Livingstone, that “Men are born to FOUR CITIZENSHIPS.. They should be able to live as good members of their Family, of their Community, of their Nation and of the Whole Human Society and that “many of the world’s troubles can be traced to a failure in one or other of these citizenships – to our …
Read More »IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN A SITUATION OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR, By Desmond Tutu
Galloway in fresh Gaza convoy plea A British politician leading a convoy of medical and food supplies destined for the Gaza Strip has again appealed to Egypt to allow the group easy access to the coastal strip. George Galloway urged the authorities on Sunday to grant the Viva Palestina convoy access to Gaza through the Red Sea port of Nuweiba. …
Read More »The First Mosque Designed by A Woman [Istanbul, Turkey]
Last week the Sakirin Mosque opened in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the first mosque in the country to have an interior designed by a woman, Zeynep Fadillioglu. An interior designer known for jet setting ways, she nonetheless won a commission to redesign the religious structure in Istanbul. She even recruited women to help in the construction. . Begun last year, …
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