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Their cries of genocide were ignored

Khartoum :: Sudan | about 13 hours ago

Source: CNN

The Genocide Convention should have stopped genocide, but it didn't," said Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. Intervention is a daunting challenge, he believes, because of a tendency to minimize accounts from refugees and victims. "It's

Girl strangled slowly for family's honour

Amman :: Jordan | about 16 hours ago

Source: The Courier-Mail

After jailing the unidentified 20-year-old man for seven years, Judge Hassan Amayreh said: "It took him 30 minutes to strangle his sister to death with a metal wire and her own scarf." The girl, who had been married for six months, died in January in...

Did the cabinet decide Kahwaji’s agenda in Damascus, asked Jumblatt

Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago

Source: NOW Lebanon

PSP leader MP Walid Jumblatt commented on Army Commander General Jean Kahwaji’s visit to Syria on Saturday and said that he could not understand the “rush” to normalize relations with Syria. Syria, he said, was not yet committed to a definite agenda...

DRC refugees brave lions

Brazzaville :: Congo | 1 day ago

Source: African Path

News 24 reports, "Tree-climbing lions are among the perils facing thousands of Congolese refugees as they flee into neighbouring Uganda to escape a new upsurge of fighting. The route to sanctuary leads through the rugged Virunga and Queen Elizabeth

Zaki: We work to prevent unpleasant surprises in Ain al-Hilweh

Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago

Source: NOW Lebanon

Abbas Zaki, the Palestinian Authority’s representative in Lebanon, discussed with Education Minister Bahia Hariri in a meeting on Sunday in Majdelyoun the repercussions of the Israeli siege on Palestinian territory as well as the situation in the Palestinian...

Sri Lanka: International media, human rights watchdogs lopsided - Jaffna MP

Jaffna :: Sri Lanka | 2 days ago

Source: Tamil Net

Jaffna MP [TamilNet, Saturday, 29 November 2008, 20:39 GMT] "The Colombo government is embarked upon a killing spree of children and women in refugee camps who are already victims of war, displacement, cyclone and floods. This act of 'state terrorism

TMCnet.com: Latin American Business Headlines At 12:35 p.m. EST

Kingston :: Jamaica | 2 days ago

Source: Androscoggin News

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Congo Government Considers Meeting Rebel Leaders

Brazzaville :: Congo | 2 days ago

Source: Fox News

Displaced Congolese refugees wait for aid in Ntamugenga, eastern Congo. Congo — Congo's main rebel leader asked a U.N. envoy Saturday to arrange a face-to-face meeting with government officials during a second round of talks aimed at bringing peace to

Thousands of Congolese refugees flee fresh fighting

Brazzaville :: Congo | 4 days ago

Source: NewKerala

Rutshuru, one of the towns that has been caught up in battles between troops loyal to rebel general Laurent Nkunda and government troops. The fighting exploded into full-scale conflict in October after beginning to ramp up in August. Well over 250,000...

US army deserter requests political asylum in Germany

Baghdad :: Iraq | 4 days ago

Source: Islamic Repulic News Agency

US - Military An American soldier who deserted the US army 18 months ago to prevent a second deployment in Iraq has requested political asylum in Germany, the online site of the US military daily Stars and Stripes reported Thursday. Handing his asylum...

Obama team repackaging Clinton after campaign digs

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago

Posted by vishnughimire

It wasn't too long ago that Barack Obama and his advisers were tripping over one another to tear down Hillary Rodham Clinton's foreign policy credentials. She was dismissed as a commander in chief wanna-be who did little more than sip tea and make small...

My Los Angeles Times--November 29, 2008--

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Biodun Iginla, BBC News Today's HeadlinesCalifornia/LocalArts and EntertainmentNationalWorld BusinessSportsOpinion Today's Headlines For two widows, a soldier's trial is their battlefield By David Zucchino Their husbands, both in the National Guard,...

The atrocities spread in Uganda.

Kampala :: Uganda | 2 days ago

Posted by aarana

The people fled from villages in the besieged province of North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between rebels and government troops has prompted the displacement of 250,000 people since August.Since August, about 27,000...

From the Google Archives--Twin Cities Statement and Biodun Iginla's Response

Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 3 days ago

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, London and Minneapolis↓ News Media Releases Announcements Events Analysis / Opinion Creative Polls Images Audio Video sydney.indymedia.org - dont hate the media... be the media Home About Sydney IMC Syndication Info Create...

Los Angeles Times--Nov. 28, 2008

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Biodun Iginla, BBC News Today's HeadlinesCalifornia/LocalMovie Reviews newArts and EntertainmentNationalWorld BusinessSportsOpinion Today's Headlines An American finds his niche in the Great Wall By John M. Glionna Without formal training or funding,...

10,000 civilians to flee to Uganda in hours:Eastern Congo rebel offensive forces .

Gamboma :: Congo | 4 days ago

Posted by aarana

More than 10,000 Congolese civilians fled to Uganda in a matter of hours Thursday to escape renewed fighting.the refugees reported attacks by rebels who launched a fresh offensive in August after years of low-level fighting among armed groups in eastern

Global Voices Online--Mumbai attacks--Watch it here LIVE!!!!

Mumbai :: India | 5 days ago

Posted by BiodunIginla

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Congolese stone U.N. convoy near camp

Kinkala :: Congo | 8 days ago

Posted by kalex

Thousands of people displaced by fighting in eastern Congo have stoned United Nations vehicles at a refugee camp in anger at the organization's failure to protect them. Soldiers who had stopped the U.N. peacekeepers' convoy at an impromptu roadblock at

Tribal Refugees seek safe places to avoid shelling in Tribal region

Peshawar :: Pakistan | 9 days ago

Posted by sudhir

Influx in thousand of Bajauris and Mohmandis is in progress through Pak Afghan Torkham Border. Heavy and continuous shelling from helicopters, jetfighters and artillery forced us along with families to leave our villages, told Hazrat Muhammad and Muhammad...

Zimbabwe rejects Carter, Annan, Machel

Johannesburg :: South Africa | 9 days ago

Posted by LewisStanley

Zimbabwe has refused to let Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and a South African human rights advocate visit the impoverished country for a humanitarian mission, the three said Saturday. The former U.N. secretary-general, the ex-U.S. president and rights advocate...

Prague Daily Monitor: Five Burmese refugee families arrive in Prague to get asylum

Prague :: Czech Republic | about 1 month ago

Five Burmese families, mainly young parents with children, who landed at Prague international airport Thursday will be granted asylum in the Czech Republic, Tomas Haisman, from the Czech Interior Ministry, told journalists. All 23 refugees will be granted...

Tags: education, asylum, refugee, Prague

9,000 ‘ordinary people' flee Mexican drug war

Ottawa :: Canada | about 1 month ago

9 PM EDT A record number of Mexicans are fleeing to Canada, claiming their own country cannot keep them safe as it struggles to contain a grisly narcotics war that is spilling into nightclubs and restaurants.

Tags: refugee, drug war, police, mexico

Siniora complains to UN chief over Israeli incursions

Beirut :: Lebanon | about 1 month ago

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has complained to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that Israel is constantly violating the terms of the UN resolution that ended the 2006 war. Siniora's office announced on Saturday that the prime minister has sent two letters...

Tags: christian, christians, iraq, attacks, israel, attack, violence, refugees, refugee, displacement, Iraqi, Fouad Siniora, Lebanon, Israeli

IDF kills Palestinian youth hurling Molotov cocktail

Hebron :: Palestine | about 1 month ago

According to the Palestinian report, the youth was killed on the spot and his body has yet to be turned over to the Palestinians. The two other teenagers were said to have been moderately to seriously injured.   The IDF reported that during an operation...

Tags: israel, palestinians, refugee, hamas, jerusalem, outpost, West Bank, Israeli, Ramallah, Palestinian Authority, Hamas-Fatah, israelis military, israelis soldiers, refugee camp, bank city, old palestinian

ISRAEL-OPT: Settler violence against Palestinians on the rise

Hebron :: Palestine | about 1 month ago

He was referring to H2, the part of Hebron under Israeli control, and the rural southern part of the district, also mostly under Israel's jurisdiction, according to the accords of the 1990s with the Palestinians. "Day and night, night and day, it makes...

Tags: israel, refugee, Palestinians, Hebron

Migration Authority: 5,000 tourists a year stay after visas expire

Jerusalem :: Israel | 3 months ago

Israel has 250,000 illegal residents, and that number is growing by 2,000 each month, the head of the new Migration and Population Authority told the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee on Tuesday. The figure authority head Yaakov Ganot cited includes...

Tags: refugee, Israel, refugee status

Egypt planning on deporting Darfur refugees: rebels

Khartoum :: Sudan | 4 months ago

A rebel group accused Egypt of planning to sanction Darfur refugees who try to cross to Israel by persecuting them or handing them over to Sudanese authorities exposing them to great risks. In recent months Egyptian authorities intensified repression...

Tags: darfur, egypt, refugees, refugee, Egyptian

Greece rejects Macedonian minority claim

Athens :: Greece | 4 months ago

Clive Leviev-Sawyer Greek prime minister Costas Karamanlis will reply later this week to a letter from his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski that asked for the recognition of a Macedonian minority in northern Greece and the return of property to...

Tags: Nikola Gruevskithat Greece, refugees, refugee, balkan, Macedonian, Costas Karamanlis, macedonians minority, civil war, northern greece, prime minister

The Palestinian Return and Right of Return—No Deal!

Jerusalem :: Israel | 5 months ago

Wednesday, 02 July 2008 Palestinian refugees from the Galilee fleeing towards the Lebanon border in October, 1948 The following is a talk given by Michael Warschawski at The Haifa Conference for the Right of Return (June 20-21, 2008) Before dealing with...

Tags: refugees, refugee

Youth killed in Tubas

Jerusalem :: Israel | 5 months ago

FIle The sources identified the youth as Mohammad Nasser Daraghma. He was standing near the main road of the city when the soldiers opened fire at him. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers abducted the body of the slain youth and took it to an unknown...

Tags: israel, refugee, for, Ramallah

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Cairo :: Egypt

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