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Iraqi orphans face uncertain future
The Iraqi government says that there are 3.5 million orphans in Iraq; the UN estimate is around one million. Noor Abdul-Rassoul Ali, of the Iraqi Orphan Foundation, estimates that there are about five million orphans. Whatever the true number, the children of war face an uncertain future, Zeina Khodr, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Baghdad, says,.. More -
Pakistani civilians suffer from displacement over army attacks
Pakistan suffered the highest number of internally displaced people in 2009 due to Pakistan's army attacks on civilian regions where Pakistani Taliban is powerful, a United Nations study showed on Monday. The number of internally displaced people worldwide reached 27.1 million individuals in 2009, the highest number since records began in the mid 1990s,.. More -
Expelled from home and native land but not from history
When asked for a definition of "peace" during a CBC interview, Canadian scientist, educator and renowned activist Ursula Franklin stated: "Peace is not just the absence of war. It is the presence of justice and the absence of fear." This simple definition helps explain why there is still no peace in Palestine. The man-made Palestinian.. More -
Fataawa Regarding Mother's Day-II
5- Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, may Allah have mercy upon him, said, I read the article that was published by An-Nadwah Journal, on 30-11-1384 AH, under the title "Honoring the Mother and Honoring the Family", and felt that the writer appreciated, from many perspectives, the Western innovation of fixing a day in the year to.. More -
Fataawa Regarding Mother's Day-I
1- The scholars of the Permanent Committee, may Allah have mercy upon them, said, All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds and may His peace and blessing be upon His Messenger, his family and Companions. First: The word “‘Eed” [festival] is a term given to the occasion of assembly which customarily recurs annually,.. More -
‘US troops executing prisoners in Afghanistan’
The journalist who helped break the story that detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were being tortured by their US jailers told an audience at a journalism conference last month that American soldiers are now executing prisoners in Afghanistan. New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh also revealed that the Bush Administration had developed advanced.. More -
New Israeli illegal settlement in East Jerusalem
The Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, approved the construction of 14 units in Maaleh David outpost, which is a new settlement neighborhood planned to be built in Ras Amoud Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli Peace Now Movement issued a press release stating that the new settlement will include 104 units and.. More -
Poverty 'widespread' in E Jerusalem
A majority of Palestinians in East Jerusalem, including three out of four children, live in poverty, an Israeli rights group has said. In a report released on Monday, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (Acri) accused Israel of neglect and discrimination in its policies. Despite the conditions, only 10 per cent of East Jerusalem's 300,000 Palestinian.. More -
Massacres expose another reason to end Iraq and Afghanistan wars
The recent exposés from Iraq and Afghanistan--with their shocking images, appalling laughter, and video-game ethos--would have shocked the conscience of the world in an earlier era. After all, when what happened at My Lai was exposed during the Vietnam War, it shocked millions of people who hadn't been thinking very much about the war. My Lai.. More -
Reckless private security companies anger Afghans
Private Afghan security guards protecting NATO supply convoys in southern Kandahar province regularly fire wildly into villages they pass, U.S. and Afghan officials say. The guards shoot into the villages to intimidate any potential fighters, the officials say, but also cause the kind of civilian casualties. "Especially as they go through the.. More -
Five minutes in the green can improve mental health
Just five minutes of exercise a day in the great outdoors can improve mental health, according to a study released on Saturday, and policymakers should encourage more people to spend time in parks and gardens. Researchers from the University of Essex found that as little as five minutes of a "green activity" such as walking, gardening, cycling.. More -
Report details torture at secret Baghdad prison
The torture of Iraqi detainees at a secret prison in Baghdad was far more systematic and brutal than initially reported, Human Rights Watch reported on Tuesday. The existence of the prison, which housed mostly Sunni Arab prisoners, has created a political furor in Iraq, prompted government denials and fanned sectarian tensions. “Abu Ghraib.. More -
North Caucasus "at risk" of mass civilian killings by Russia
A military strike by Russia against fighters in its North Caucasus region is much more likely this year than last and would threaten the lives of scores of civilians, a report showed on Tuesday. Conflict has escalated in the past year in Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia. The attacks that killed 40 on the Moscow metro last month turned the global.. More -
Pakistani military holding thousands of detainees
Pakistani officials and human rights advocates are expressing concern today about the large number of detainees being held in extralegal detention by Pakistan’s military in the tribal areas. According to reports, most of the thousands of detainees have been held for nearly a year and have been given no access to lawyers or family. They have not.. More -
Hundreds of Iraqis "tortured" in newly revealed secret prison
A secret prison has reportedly been discovered in Iraq under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's military office, where many were routinely tortured, a report said. The prison emerged as Human rights officials learned of the facility in March from family members searching for missing relatives. "Hundreds of Sunni men disappeared.. More
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