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Ignoring Genocide: Rohingya People Deserve To Live

By Ramzy Baroud 07 March, 2013 Countercurrents.org One fails to understand the unperturbed attitude with which regional and international leaders and organizations are treating the unrelenting onslaught against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, formally known as Burma. Numbers speak of atrocities where every violent act is prelude to greater violence and …

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Quraan Desecration at Masjidul Aqsa: Details emerge

Ebrahim Moosa – Cii News Shocking details have emerged of an alleged desecration of the Holy Quraan by Israeli soldiers on the precincts of Masjidul Aqsa on Sunday. The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage over the weekend published a statement describing how an Israeli police officer had attacked two …

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Settlements provocative, asserts EU

Last Updated : Thursday, February 28, 2013 12:48 PM OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — European diplomats have censured Israel for building settlements on the occupied Palestinian lands by describing the effort as provocative. Further colonization of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, threatens the plan of creating a Palestinian state and could …

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Kazi Murder Accused Denied Bail

Faizel Patel-2013-02-26 The Krugersdorp Regional Court denied bail to murder accused Roedolf Viviers on Tuesday. “The applicant failed dismally to prove to this court that it would be in the interest of justice to release him on bail. Bail is therefore denied,” said Magistrate Reginald Dama. Kazi’s brothers Mohammed Nuaman …

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3rd Intifada after Palestinian prisoner ‘tortured to death’?

Palestinian Prisoners And Israel’s Shin Bet By Eileen Fleming 25 February, 2013 EileenFleming.org After a 30-year-old Palestinian died while in custody and a hunger strike by four other inmates sparked a week of West Bank protests, Palestinians are calling for an international investigation of Israel’s treatment of detained Palestinians. The …

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New Quraan website a boon for Huffaaz

Ebrahim Moosa – Cii News | 21 February 2013 A single-minded desire of a Pietermaritzburg engineering student to enhance the learning process for aspirant Huffaaz has culminated in the development of a state-of-the-art website that is envisaged to be a one-stop home for all lovers and memorisers of the Quraan. …

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Troops pour into Aleppo as battle rages for airport

BEIRUT — Hundreds of troops backed by military vehicles poured into the northern province of Aleppo on Tuesday following rebel advances and as a battle raged for control of Syria’s second-largest airport, a watchdog said. The reinforcements arrived at the town of Tal-Aran in the southeast of the province, the …

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