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By Jonathan Cook 18 October, 2013 Countercurrents.org Nazareth: Two recent images encapsulate the message behind the dry statistics of last week’s report by the World Bank on the state of the Palestinian economy. The first is a poster from the campaigning group Visualising Palestine that shows a photoshopped image of …

18 Oct 2013 The fifth and final day of Haj on Thursday drew 2 million pilgrims from nearly 200 countries in what is regarded as one of the most successful seasons ever. Trains ferried pilgrims to the holy sites with few problems and thousands of volunteers, including 150 Saudi women …

Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2013-10-10 Rudolph Viviers (29) will spend the next eight years of his life behind bars after he was found guilty in the Palmridge Regional Court 10, east of Johannesburg. Viviers pleaded guilty in terms of (Section 105) of the criminal procedures act to 2 counts; …

Sakeena Suliman – Cii News | 01 Dhul Hijjah 1434/07 October 2013 Calls have been made to Saudi Arabia (KSA) to break its contract with British-Danish security company G4S. The company was awarded the contract in 2011 to ease the “logistical headache” of the flow of the more than 3 …

By Thomas C. Mountain 07 October, 2013 Countercurrents.org Every year for a decade or more a million Ethiopians, 10 million and counting, have left, or fled, their homeland. While the television screens of the world have been flooded with images of North African migrants drowning off the Italian island of …

Your World This Past Week – News Wrap with Yusuf Alli Yusuf Alli – Cii News MONDAY The death toll from the sinking of an Australia-bound asylum-seeker boat off Indonesia rose to 36. The boat, which was estimated to be carrying between 80 and 120 asylum seekers, went down on …

Posted On 03 Oct 2013 By : Iqbal Jassat Revelations made in South Africa’s weekend newspaper City Press during the end of September 2013, places Israel’s notorious Mossad at the centre of alarmist reports raised on the so-called “White Widow”. The expose by Jacques Pauw claims that Samantha Lewthwaite – …

By Jonathan Cook 02 October, 2013 Countercurrents.org Nazareth: The furore over the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria has overshadowed disturbing events to the south, as Egypt’s generals wage a quiet war of attrition against the Hamas leadership in Gaza. Hamas has found itself increasingly isolated, politically and geographically, since …

By Ramzy Baroud 02 October, 2013 Countercurrents.org Egypt’s new ruler, General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, may not realize that the bond between Egypt, Palestine and especially Gaza is beyond historic, and simply cannot be severed with border restrictions, albeit they have caused immense suffering for many Palestinians. Gaza is being ‘collectively …

Agencies | 03 October 2013 Turkey on Monday announced it would lift a ban on women wearing headscarves in most public offices, following other measures critics say are aimed at Islamising the staunchly secular country. In a major speech to introduce political reforms, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that, …