Palestine: Israeli navy open fire on Palestinian fishing boats
Palestine: Israeli soldiers kidnap university student in Jenin
Palestine: Israeli forces destroy 1,000 Meter water pipe donated to Yezra
Palestine: Israeli soldiers kidnap 3 Palestinians in Jerusalem
EU foreign ministers to extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine
Egypt: Militant attacks in Sinai kill dozens
Iraq: Double suicide attack kills 6, wounds 28 in Baghdad
Iraq to investigates massacre in newly liberated Diyala
Lebanon: Spain blames Israel for UN Peacekeeper’s killing
Palestine: Israeli forces open fire on Gaza farmlands
Palestine: Israeli army expels 19 families for military training
Pakistan: Governor Punjab Sarwar resigns
Australia cafe siege victim killed by police bullet fragments
Bahrain opposition Chief goes on trial, rejects all charges
Jordan agrees to free female terrorist in exchange ISIS hostage
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Palestine: Israeli army kidnaps 3 Palestinians near Jenin
Palestine: Israel issues demolition orders, confiscates hundreds of dunams
Palestine: 3 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem
Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2014 shows golden monkeys at the Foping Giant Panda Valley in Foping County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)
Floods in Indonesia have killed many
Bird's eye view of flooded streets of the north-eastern town of Kuantan, Malaysia
Syrian refugees Turkish/Syria border
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Israeli fire killed Spanish UN peacekeeper serving in S Lebanon, called on UN to investigate the violence.
Lebanon: Spain blames Israel for UN Peacekeeper’s killing
A double suicide attack on a base north of Baghdad killed at least six people.
Iraq: Double suicide attack kills 6, wounds 28 in Baghdad
Iraq was opening probe into killings of civilians on Monday in eastern village of Barwanah.
Iraq to investigates massacre in newly liberated Diyala
EU foreign ministers agreed to impose new sanctions over Russia's alleged involvement in Ukraine.
EU foreign ministers to extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine
Israeli soldiers kidnapped 3 Palestinians in East Jerusalem & one in Bethlehem.
Palestine: Israeli soldiers kidnap 3 Palestinians in Jerusalem
Israeli bulldozers destroyed water pipe in Atoof village & Khirbet Yezra, in the northern Jordan Valley.
Palestine: Israeli forces destroy 1,000 Meter water pipe donated to Yezra
Israeli soldiers kidnapped Al-Quds Open University student in Sanour town, south of Jenin
Palestine: Israeli soldiers kidnap university student in Jenin
Israeli Navy ships attacked a number of Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya Sea, NW of Gaza City
Palestine: Israeli navy open fire on Palestinian fishing boats
Issue 309 - Friday 30th January 2015 - Top Stories
Islamophobic attacks spiral after heinous Paris killings
There was an outpouring of horror at the heinous killing of 12 people by gunmen who attacked the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. A further five were also killed in related shootings, including at a Kosher supermarket, in the worst terrorist attacks suffered by France in more than 50 years.
New Jersey Muslims spied on solely because of religion
On January 13, a federal appeals court heard how the New York Police Department may have spied on Muslim business owners, students and mosque worshipers in New Jersey following the 9/11 terrorist attacks solely because of their religion.
Editorial
A right Charlie
One does not have to profess to be an expert of Cockney rhyming slang to understand the meaning of being a ‘right Charlie.’ For French satirical magazine renamed partly as a snub to the banning of its predecessor for mocking the death of former President Charles de Gaulle, ‘Je suis Charlie’ became a rallying cry following the insidious attack on its Paris offices. Muslims around the world joined in the mass condemnations of the brutal killings but were only to be rewarded with a neurosis of Islamophobia.
Other Stories
LEGAL CORER: Caste discrimination prohibited where it is an aspect of ethnic origin
In early 2013 I wrote an article about the various attempts to prohibit discrimination on grounds of caste. Specific provisions in this regard have not as yet come into force. However, the Employment Appeal Tribunal have just issued a judgment in the case of Chandok v Tirkey UKEAT/0190/14 which specifically deals with this issue.
Inactivity is killing more people than obesity
Physical inactivity is causing twice as many deaths as obesity, according to a new European study that documented people’s health over a 12 year period.
Insulting faiths fans flames of Islamophobia
Birmingham riots hero takes call for inquiry into his son’s death to Home Office
The father of one of three men killed in the 2011 Birmingham riots has told the Home Office he has lost faith in the UK’s justice system following police mishandling of the investigation into his son’s killing.
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