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Ebrahim Moosa – Cii News | 09 Muharram 1435/13 November 2013 International human rights advocacy organisation Human Rights Watch(HRW) has renewed a call on Iranian authorities to lift restrictions on Sunni Muslims to gather and pray freely in their own mosques in Tehran and other areas of the country. “Sunni’s …

Sakeena Suliman – Cii News | 12 November 2013 Homeless and helpless, survivors of one of the worst typhoons to hit the Philippines wait desperately for aid amid reports of another storm set to make its way to the region. One of the worst recorded storms, the death toll is …

By Joseph Santolan 12 November, 2013 WSWS.org A humanitarian crisis of catastrophic proportions is taking shape in the Philippines in the wake of super-typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines by its local name Yolanda. Though the current official count of confirmed dead issued by the Philippine government is only 1,774, …

Unlike Malala Yousafzai, Nabila Rehman did not receive a welcoming greeting in Washington DC. Murtaza Hussain Murtaza Hussain is a Toronto-based writer and analyst focused on issues related to Middle Eastern politics. “Nabila, a slight girl of nine with striking hazel eyes, asked a simple question in her testimony: ‘What …

By Alan Hart 07 November, 2013 Alanhart.net I was inspired (perhaps I should say provoked) to write this piece by something U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden said in his speech to the recent J Street National Conference in Washington DC. He recalled visiting Golda Meir when she was Israel’s prime minister …

10 October, 2013 Countercurrents.org Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, struck the Philippines with gusts of up to 200mph (320km/h). It has so far lashed central islands including Leyte and Samar, and the northern tip of Cebu – including Cebu city, the country’s second largest with a …

Yusuf Alli – Cii News MONDAY4 November The trial of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s deposed president, on charges of incitement of violence and murder was postponsed till January 8. Egypt’s deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, was brought from the secret location of his four-month detention to face trial on charges of incitement …

Former Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Liberman, has urged SA Jews to return home as soon as possible. A former Israeli foreign minister has urged South African Jews “to make aliya as soon as possible”, saying the government’s anti-Israeli rhetoric would make them vulnerable to hate. Avigdor Liberman was quoted in …

    Sakeena Suliman – Cii News | 04 November 2013/30 Dhul Hijjah 143 Egypt’s deposed President Muhammad Morsi will be brought out of the secret location he has been imprisoned at for the first time today to go on trial, facing charges of incitement of violence and murder.   …

Yusuf Alli – Cii News | 01 November 2013 MONDAY Main Syrian rebel brigades declined to attend an international conference scheduled to take place in Geneva in November. They said they would not take part in any talks that does not result in President Bashar al-Assad’s removal. Among the 22 …