January, 2011

• 26 January

  Rice: US Army Presence In Iraq Protects Israel By JPost Staff

  Former US sec. of state tells Palestinians: Even if Israel trusts you, you're still incapable of providing security, in leaked documents. Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice reassured Israel that the US military presence in Iraq should calm any Israeli security concerns "from the east," minutes from a 2008 trilateral meeting between Rice and the Israeli and Palestinian negotiation teams …

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• 25 January

  FAQ: The Palestine Papers

    What are the Palestine Papers? The Palestine Papers are the largest leak of confidential files in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a cache of more than 1,600 documents encompassing the most recent decade of negotiations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority.  They are an unprecedented window into Israeli, PA, US, European, and Arab relations and reveal …

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• 24 January

  Aboriginal Peoples, Muslims face discrimination most: poll ,By Amber Hildebrandt

  

    One in three Canadians believe that Aboriginal Peoples and Muslims are the frequent targets of discrimination, a CBC-commissioned poll suggests. About 28 per cent of the 2,000 surveyed by pollster Environics Research Group in February and March also said Pakistanis/East Indians often suffer from intolerance, while 20 per cent said blacks regularly faced it. More than a tenth of …

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• 24 January

  Islam and elements of good governance – Part 1 , by AbdulJeleel Solahudeen

  Islam as an all-embracing ideology adequately touches every aspect of human endeavour; ranging from spiritual, moral, socio-economic to political aspect of life. The world would have been in perfect peace if sincerely, the whole world adopts Islam as a system due to its comprehensiveness. Governance in the act of harnessing both the human and material resources in a particular area …

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• 24 January

  A Burning Desire for Freedom: Tonight We Are All Tunisians, by YVONNE RIDLEY

  

    Over the last few days we have seen some of the bravest people facing down some of the worst. Armed with nothing more than a revolutionary heart and hopes of a better future they gathered and protested as government forces aimed their weapons and fired live rounds in to the crowds. But the ammunition and the underlying threats of …

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• 20 January

  Lankans eighth in list of people ready to help others

  

  Sri Lanka has secured the eighth place in a Gallup poll on civic engagement, in 130 countries measuring individuals’ likelihood to volunteer their time and assistance to others, Washington based agency reports said yesterday. An IANS story published from Washington said: India is ranked 48th far behind neighbours Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal in a Gallup poll of civic engagement …

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• 18 January

  MUSLIM WOMEN’S RESEARCH AND ACTION FORUM – Immediate Relief for Flood Victims in the Eastern Province

  73/19 E, KIRULAPONE AVENUE, COLOMBO 5, SRI LANKA. TEL/FAX: 94 -11 4405902 TEL: 94-11 2512846   18th January 2011  Immediate Relief for Flood Victims in the Eastern Province   We write to you in the hope that you will be able to assist us to relieve the people in Ampara and Batticaloa who are undergoing immense suffering due to heavy …

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