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Deporting Gandhi from Palestine

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jamal Dajani - Apr. 16 (Opinion) - The Israeli government's recent announcement of Army order No. 1,650 was just the latest act of provocation in a series of calculated measures to derail any possible resumption of peace negotiations.

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Peter Watts may serve two years for failing to promptly obey a customs officer

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Boing Boing - By Cory Doctorow - Mar. 21 (Opinion) - David Nickle, a mutual friend who worked with Peter on his defense, has a very good post on the subject, including a quote from one of the jurors: The job of the jury was to decide whether Mr. Watts "obstructed/resisted" the custom officials. Assault was not one of the charges. What it boiled down to was Mr. Watts did not follow the instructions of the customs agents. Period. He was not violent, he was not intimidating, he was not stopping them from searching his car. He did, however, refuse to follow the commands by his non compliance. He?s not a bad man by any stretch of the imagination. The customs agents escalted the situation with sarcasm and miscommunication. Unfortunately, we were not asked to convict those agents with a crime, although, ...

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Pakistan's Humanitarian Crisis

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Council on Foreign Relations - By Jayshree Bajoria - May. 14 (Interview) - Pakistan's aggressive military campaign against the Taliban in response to the country's growing militant threat has led hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes in the Swat, Buner, and Lower Dir districts of the North West Frontier Province. The humanitarian community is calling this the largest migration of civilians in the region since the 1947 partition of India that led to the formation of Pakistan. Michael Young, Pakistan representative of the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian relief organization, says the situation is deteriorating, with projections of 1.8 million displaced, a number that could significantly rise if the fighting widens or intensifies. Young warns that the displaced populations could themselves become a source of unrest, noting the possible presence of militants within the displaced. "There is inevitably going to be some militant presence or families linked to militants," he says.

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People are fleeing Taliban-stricken NW Pakistan en masse

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

shortformblog.com - By Ernie Smith - May. 11 (Comment) - 350,000 civilians have left the war zone in the last 12 days alone, 900,000 overall

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Sunni Arab Refugees from Iraq Not Returning

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Informed Comment - By Juan Cole - Mar. 26 (Opinion) - Many are traumatized, having seen horrific violence against neighbors, friends or family members. One fourth of the families applying for refugee aid reported having had a child kidnapped. Many have been personally threatened by militias who still control their old neighborhood. Sometimes the militias track them down in East Amman and threaten them again. Iraqi Sunnis do not feel safe returning to districts that are now largely Shiite. Mixed families feel that they no longer have a place to live safely. Most refugees have had their property confiscated. Many former Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad are now ghost towns.

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Indian guest workers from Signal International strike in DC

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Majikthise - By Lindsay Beyerstein - May. 20 (Opinion) - Twenty-four guest workers from Signal International have been on a hunger strike at the White House since May 14. Fifteen more hunger strikers will join them tomorrow and another fifteen will arrive on the 31st.

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