Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Could the Druze Minority Tip the Scales of Syria’s Revolution?

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By Mona Alami "BEIRUT, Mar. 26, 2012 (IPS) - The Druze stronghold of Sweida , Syria, witnessed several pro-democracy protests last week...

Death penalty 2011: Alarming levels of executions in the few countries that kill

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"Countries that carried out executions in 2011 did so at an alarming rate but those employing capital punishment have decreased by mor...

Egypt: Children on Trial

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Stop Sending Juveniles Before Military Courts March 27, 2012 "(New York) – Egypt’s military courts have investigated or tried at least ...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Current Al-Jazeera (Arabic) Online Poll

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Do you see holding the Arab Summit in Baghdad as the beginning of Iraq's return to the Arab line? With about 1,000 responding, 75% said ...

Boycotting Israel: Mustafa Barghouti vs. Rabbi Arthur Waskow on BDS Movement, Palestinian Solidarity

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Democracy Now! "The Park Slope Food Coop, one of the oldest and largest in the country, is set to vote Tuesday on whether to hold a ref...

The Butcher of Damascus, by Emad Hajjaj

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The U.N. and Syria

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Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, The International Herald Tribune (Click on cartoon to enlarge)

Why the silence? Hana Shalabi on day 40 of hunger strike as Israeli rejects appeal

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By Ali Abunimah "What will it take to get the media pundits – who constantly demand that Palestinians produce Gandhis – to pay heed to ...

On the Death of Shaima Alawadi

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Murdered by a decade of militarist demagoguery by Justin Raimondo , March 26, 2012 "It sickens me to write this, to report on the lates...

Al-Jazeera Video: Empire - Syria on the brink

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Real News Video : Banking "Technocrats" Undermine Democracy

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Gerry Epstein: In Europe and the US, bankers take control of the political process More at The Real News

Woman beaten in San Diego attack to be buried in Iraq

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Iraqi-American Shaima Alawadi was found unconscious in her home with note next to her body that said 'go back to your country, you terro...

Guardian Video: Syrian forces renew attacks on Homs

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Amateur footage posted on the internet purports to show the continued shelling of the restive Syrian city of Homs on Sunday 25 March. Govern...

No representation in Egypt’s constituent assembly

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By Joseph Mayton Bikya Masr "Egypt set the Constituent Assembly on Sunday. All 100 members. The problem is, and the liberal and left se...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Ali Ferzat: Revolution redefines art in Syria

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Ali Ferzat's hands sweep and glide and conjure shapes as he sits in a small art gallery behind Sloane Square in London where his sly de...

Al-Jazeera Video: Inside Syria - Will Syria become a guerrilla war?

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Israel exploits Toulouse murders to justify no-charge jailing of hunger striker Hana al-Shalabi

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By Ali Abunimah "What does the spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do when his propaganda efforts fail to conceal Is...

Report says Israel operating in Iran

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UPI "LONDON, March 25 (UPI) -- Israeli spies have been operating inside Iran to gather information and evidence about Iran's nuclea...

Iraqi woman dies after San Diego attack

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Shaima Alawadi was found unconscious in her home next to a threatening note saying 'go back to your country' guardian.co.uk , Sunday...

Europe bishops speak out against Saudi Grand Mufti

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Bikya Masr "DUBAI: European Christian leaders have spoken out against Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah al-Sheikh , who...