June, 2010

• 16 June

  Israeli Flotilla Attack May Violate International, Maritime Laws by Thalif Deen

  UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15, 2010 (IPS) – When two widely-divergent investigative panels launch their probes on the recent Israeli attack on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, one of the disputed issues under scrutiny would be the legality of forcibly boarding a vessel in international waters. The two commissions of inquiry, one appointed by Israel and the …

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• 15 June

  The Cure for Depression part I

   1. Introduction Ulama-e-Kiraam, dear brothers and respected sisters… Depression, it seems, has become synonymous with living in a society overrun with innumerable problems. It is an ailment which has unfortunately reached epidemic proportions. In the search for a solution, we sink deeper and deeper into the abyss of depression. Hardly a day passes, without some person complaining about his failures …

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• 15 June

  Israeli Commandos Execute American Citizen

  Israeli soldiers allegedly killing Furkan Dogan 19 years  See also: American, 19, Among Gaza Flotilla Dead: Furkan Dogan Was Shot Five Times, Including Four Times in Head In a Democracy Now! exclusive, we bring you a sneak preview of previously unseen raw footage from the Mavi Marmara that will be formally released at a press conference at the United Nations …

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• 15 June

  Indian preacher Zakir Naik is banned from UK

    An Indian Muslim preacher has been banned from entering the UK for his "unacceptable behaviour", the home secretary says. Zakir Naik, a 44-year-old television preacher, had been due to give a series of lectures in London and Sheffield. Theresa May said that visiting the UK was "a privilege, not a right". The home secretary can stop people entering the …

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• 14 June

  Terrorism: Made in the U.S.A., By Sheldon Richman

   It’s a perilous world, as our so-called leaders love to remind us. And for a change they’re right. It is a perilous world. But guess who is most responsible for the peril to Americans? Those very same “leaders” and a long line of predecessors. Moreover, they — along with anyone else who takes time to examine the matter — know that …

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• 14 June

  U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan, By JAMES RISEN

  

  WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials. The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like …

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• 11 June

  Israel’s barbaric attack on Gaza aid flotilla Exposed Arab political, military and moral bankruptcy, By Latheef Farook

    Israel’s barbaric attack on the humanitarian Gaza aid flotilla once again demonstrated to the world the blind complicity of United States led Europe and exposed the political, military and moral bankruptcy of the Arab dictators. The reality is that in the face of Zionist Jewish crimes all cherished human values and feelings disappear from Western leaders. They shamelessly defend all Israeli crimes or face humiliation as it happened, to cite an example, in the case of former US President Bill Clinton who was humiliated by Monica Lewinsky affair. Such was the Jewish  grip on the political establishments in …

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