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The Grotesque Irony about Gaza - Robert Fisk, The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 10 months, 1 week ago in News
The tragic irony of the Gaza conflict is that the original, legal owners of the Israeli land, on which Hamas rockets are detonating, live in ...
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Rich New Yorkers fleeing at alarming rate!!!! »
Posted by: BronxBomber 1 week, 5 days ago in News
New York - New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers — and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows ...
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35,000 civilians flee as army moves on Tamils »
Posted by: dissent 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
It began with ones and twos, small groups of people rushing to escape. Then the groups got larger. Very quickly the thin line of people ...
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Somewhere »
Posted by: Spadecaller 1 year, 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
A Spadecaller music video featuring Charlotte Church and Josh Groban.
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The Hindu : Front Page : Generous payout by U.S. for the displaced earns Holbrooke no friends in Pakistan »
Posted by: dissent 5 months ago in News
U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke may have announced generous sums of money to help Pakistan deal with the humanitarian crisis of people displaced by ...
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Rescuing U.S. Foreign Policy (5 Questions for Leslie Gelb, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations) »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
I think there’s no chance of forcing or persuading Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program. The issue is can we forestall their developing ...
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NY Foreign Policy Examiner: Syrian ambassador to the United States: 'Enough is enough' »
Posted by: Sasha56 7 months ago in News
His face is familiar as we have seen it on occasion on our TV screens, usually spewing venom about the injustices being wrought upon the ...
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Taliban dig in as Pakistani army slowly advances - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: splitrch 2 weeks, 2 days ago in News
Residents fleeing a 6-day-old Pakistani army offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border reported Thursday that the insurgents are digging in for a ...
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Australia Puts Its Refugee Problem on a Remote Island, Behind Razor Wire »
Posted by: berkeley 3 days, 8 hours ago in Political News
The center — opened a few days before Christmas but now nearly full with refugees from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka — has come to symbolize what many ...
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American soldiers accused of killing gay Iraqis »
Posted by: klynchsf 3 months, 1 week ago in News
Back in April, a report by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission revealed that gay men in Iraq were being tortured and executed ...
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Behind the scenes: A refugee camp for Pakistani Christians - CNN.com »
Posted by: travelcn 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
They are not war refugees, not displaced by violence; rather they believe they're here because they are Christian.
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Sri Lankan refugees deserve better - Malaysiakini »
Posted by: calitennflo 2 weeks, 2 days ago in News
The PSM is concerned for the safety and wellbeing of the 207 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who are being held at the Immigration Detention Centre at ...
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Israel Struggles With African Refugee Dilemma - ABC News »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 2 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Over 16,000 asylum seekers have poured into Israel in recent years, most from Africa, posing a unique dilemma for the Jewish state.
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NY Foreign Policy Examiner: ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan's al-Bashir »
Posted by: Sasha56 8 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Though it is well known that over 300,000 people had been killed, Moreno-Ocampo indicated that there was insufficient evidence to support additional charges of ...
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Yemeni civilians killed in clashes »
Posted by: hensil 1 week ago in News
Displaced Yemenis at a U.N. camp in the northern part of the country have been killed in fighting between government forces and rebels, the ...
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