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Published on Monday, June 20, 2011 by Eric Margolis The revolutions and uprising that have been sweeping across the Mideast are widely believed to have begun in Tunisia. In fact, the first seeds of revolution were planted in 2002 in Turkey, as its Justice and Development Party began the long, …

France’s burka ban descended into farce when the first women to be summoned before a European court for illegally wearing the garments were refused entry, because they would not remove their face coverings. By Peter Allen in Paris Hind and Najet, who keep their features hidden at all times and …

June 20, 2011by Jordana Horn NEW YORK – Passengers on a US-flagged boat, The Audacity of Hope, spoke at a press conference Monday to discuss their plans and reasons for joining the “International Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human,” a flotilla intended to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. …

Correspondents * – IPS/Al Jazeera DOHA, May 31 (IPS) – Muammar Gaddafi is ready for a truce to stop the fighting in his country, Jacob Zuma, the South African president, has said. Zuma, who met the Libyan leader at an undisclosed location during a visit to Libya on Monday, also …

Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, 12 Jun (IPS) – During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by Special Operations Forces: in a 90-day period from May through July, SOF …

Jun 2, 2011 12:21 AM What started out as a drive to evict Somali and Pakistani businessmen from a township notorious for xenophobia has backfired spectacularly. ” ‘The same guys who want our bosses to leave, treat us badly’ “ Women residents from the Ramaphosa informal settlement east of Johannesburg …

2011-05-25 21:40 Brussels – Belgium will soon become the second country in Europe to ban the burqa in public places, after the parliament approved legislation forbidding full veils, the bill’s author said on Wednesday. The legislation quietly cleared the Senate last week after it was overwhelmingly approved by the lower …

Published on Sunday, May 22, 2011 by CommonDreams.org WASHINGTON — Rabbis, Palestinians, activists with the peace group CODEPINK and others from the Jewish peace community protested outside of AIPAC Conference as President Obama gave his keynote speech; one protester was arrested as the presidential motorcade entered the Convention Center. Brian …

“We saw the helicopter burning, we saw the dead bodies, then everything was removed and now there is nothing” By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor A Pakistan news agency reports that the bin Laden raid on Abbottabad was aborted because of a helicopter crash which killed several passengers, believed to be …

2011-05-16 14:01 Jerusalem – Israeli naval forces fired warning shots at a Malaysian aid ship as it approached the Gaza Strip on Monday, forcing the vessel to retreat to Egypt, organisers and the Israeli military said. “The MV Finch, carrying sewage pipes to Gaza, had warning shots fired at it …