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  • Israel pounds Gaza tunnels as U.S. Mideast envoy arrives in region
    Israel pounds Gaza tunnels as U.S. Mideast envoy arrives in region Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 | 7:27 AM ET Comments71...
  • Iranian president banned from laying wreath at Ground Zero
    Iranian president banned from laying wreath at Ground Zero Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2007 | 8:12 AM ET The Associated Press A request by Iran's president to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site next week has been turned down by police and blasted by a U.S. diplomat as an attempt to turn Ground Zero into a "photo op." Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...
  • Arab League, Muslim groups blame U.S., Britain for Jericho raid
    Arab League, Muslim groups blame U.S., Britain for Jericho raid Last Updated Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:47:46 EST CBC News The Arab League and other Muslim countries have condemned an Israeli raid on a West Bank jail that netted six Palestinian militants, blaming both Britain and the U.S. for allowing it to happen. INDEPTH: ...
  • Serbs on trial for Srebrenica massacre
    Serbs on trial for Srebrenica massacre by Tuesday 20 December 2005 4:36 PM GMT Footage showed handcuffed prisoners being shot in the back Five Serb paramilitaries who allegedly appeared in a video showing the murder of Muslim youths during the Srebrenica massacre have gone on trial in Belgrade. The war crimes trial is the first to be held in Serbia concerning the July 1995 massacre of about 8000 Muslim males in Bosnia's wartime enclave o...
  • Rice says cruel interrogation barred, leaves questions about U.S. practices
    Rice says cruel interrogation barred, leaves questions about U.S. practices 15:26:09 EST Dec 7, 2005 ANNE GEARAN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave Washington's most comprehensive accounting yet of U.S. rules on treatment of prisoners in the war on terrorism Wednesday, but her assurances left loopholes for practices akin to torture. Rice said cruel and degrading interrogation methods are off limits for all U.S. personnel at h...
  • Emotional Democrat becomes latest symbol of gathering storm over Iraq
    Emotional Democrat becomes latest symbol of gathering storm over Iraq 18:51:37 EST Nov 17, 2005 BETH GORHAM WASHINGTON (CP) - The pressure on President George W. Bush over Iraq just keeps mounting as his popularity dips. Some Democrats are talking more about an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops. Republicans want Iraqis to assume more control for security, though they're not seeking a definitive timetable for pulling out of a war that's increasingly unpopular with A...
  • Gaza evacuation begins; Israeli gunman kills 3 in West Bank
    Gaza evacuation begins; Israeli gunman kills 3 in West Bank Last Updated Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:26:28 EDT CBC News Israeli security forces began the forcible removal of protesters in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday. Unarmed soldiers broke through burning barricades and marched door-to-door ordering people out of their homes in at least five settlements. * INDEPTH: FAQ on Israeli settlements Also today, An Israeli gunman opened fire on Pa...
  • Israel to expand West Bank settlement even as it quits Gaza Strip
    Israel to expand West Bank settlement even as it quits Gaza Strip 10:13 AM EDT Aug 04 AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel announced plans Thursday to expand a settlement near Jerusalem, its latest effort to consolidate control over parts of the West Bank even as it prepares to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. The plan to build 72 housing units in the Beitar Illit settlement are liable to put Israel on a collision course with the U.S. government, which oppo...
  • Thousands mark 10th anniversary of slaughter of almost 8,000
    Thousands mark 10th anniversary of slaughter of almost 8,000 Srebrenica Muslims 12:09 PM EDT Jul 11 SAMIR KRILIC SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - World leaders joined some 50,000 survivors and guests Monday in marking Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War - the death of nearly 8,000 Srebrenica Muslims 10 years ago. But Fatima Budic was alone with her grief. Budic huddled over the coffin of her 14-year-old son, and the s...
  • Palestinian militant groups step up threat to call off ceasefire
    Palestinian militant groups step up threat to call off ceasefire 12:12 PM EDT Jun 13 IBRAHIM BARZAK GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - After a four-month lull in fighting, Palestinian militant groups on Monday stepped up a threat to withdraw from a ceasefire with Israel but stopped short of pulling out of the deal. The militant factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, accused Israel of violating the truce with continued military operations. ...
  • Response to racists and religious extremists on Xinjiang, Islam and China
    Imam Abudurekefu Akhond of the China Islamic Assocation also denounced the violence and said: "Uygurs are well known for their hospitality. Those rioters are not representatives of the Uygur people," "The Islam creed advocates peace and harmony", he added. "Different ethnic groups should show respect to and learn from each other with mutual understanding." I also want to add, that no one blamed Buddhism in the Tibetan uprising. In fact ...
  • More comments about the recent Uighur and Han violence in Xinjiang
    I am very saddened at the violence in Xinjiang, where fellow Chinese (Han and Uighur) have been fighting amongst each other. I hope that the people of Xinjiang will not fall into the trap and violence that was set by separtists. Regardless of your ethnic background, China has the policy that "everyone is Chinese" and that achieving peace and harmony can only be done through equal treatment of all citizens. I also do not think it is fair to villify Uighurs ...

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