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US Vice-President Joe Biden condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes for ultra-Orthodox Jews in East Jerusalem.
9 Mar 2010 at 4:03pm
Dutch bishops order an inquiry into alleged sexual abuses of children by Catholic priests, threatening a new scandal.
9 Mar 2010 at 12:05pm
The US apologises for comments made after Libya's Col Gaddafi called for a holy war against Switzerland.
9 Mar 2010 at 2:24pm
UN chief Ban Ki-moon pays an emotional tribute at a memorial service to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti earthquake.
9 Mar 2010 at 4:26pm
Seven people are arrested in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
9 Mar 2010 at 12:24pm
A Nigerian Christian group accuses the army of ignoring warnings of attacks, as communal tension remains high near Jos.
9 Mar 2010 at 11:30am
Israel and Syria both tell a conference in Paris they want to use nuclear power to generate electricity.
9 Mar 2010 at 10:01am
A ransom was demanded for the stolen and now-recovered body of Cyprus ex-President Papadopoulos, a minister says.
9 Mar 2010 at 1:23pm
A US TV producer pleads guilty to attempting to blackmail US chat show host David Letterman over his affairs.
9 Mar 2010 at 3:38pm
Two glass bottles said to contain the ghosts are bought for NZ$2,000 in an online auction in New Zealand.
9 Mar 2010 at 4:59am
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A U.S. group provides hands-on training to 10 top government engineers, who will teach Haitian inspectors how to determine whether a property is safe to live in.
Hector Marie Suze and her family have bunked on a bare lot with 22 other families since the Jan. 12 earthquake here toppled two interior walls and big patches of ceiling plaster in her home.
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
Survivors say Christian villagers were trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsman in attacks with ethnic and religious overtones. Death estimates vary wildly, from 200 to 500.
Reporting from Ratsat, Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, and Lagos, Nigeria -- The victims of Sunday's sectarian massacres were buried in mass graves in central Nigeria on Monday as survivors told horrific stories of Christian villagers being trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsmen.
8 Mar 2010 at 8:34pm
Participation is nearly 75% in Sunni-dominated Salahuddin province. Turnout in Baghdad is lower, possibly dampened by a morning bombardment by militants. Election results are days away.
Iraq achieved a respectable turnout at the polls over the weekend as 62% of registered voters cast ballots, according to the country's electoral commission.
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
U.S., South Korea begin war games, angering North Korea
Pyongyang criticizes the annual exercises as 'adventurous saber-rattling.' The drills, known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, will last 11 days and involve tens of thousands of troops.
U.S. and South Korean armed forces on Monday began their annual military joint exercises, prompting North Korea to chastise the war games as "a foolish act of banging their heads on a rock."
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
The Lahore attack destroys a building housing investigators who interrogate key suspects. About 80 are wounded in the first such strike in Punjab province this year.
Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Lahore, Pakistan -- A suicide car bombing at a building in Lahore that houses terrorism investigators killed at least 13 people and wounded 80 others Monday, the first terrorist strike this year to hit a major city in Pakistan's Punjab heartland.
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
Pakistan says U.S.-born suspect in custody is not Gadahn
Officials say the operative held in Karachi is not Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn wanted on U.S. treason charges, but another man, from Pennsylvania. U.S. officials say they haven't heard of him.
The suspected Al Qaeda operative arrested in Karachi over the weekend was not the Southern California native wanted by the United States on treason charges for his involvement in the terrorist network, Pakistani intelligence officials said Monday.
9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
Kim Young-kwang has spent years trying to locate the remains of the Korean nationalist who assassinated a Japanese statesman 100 years ago.
As a former South Korean intelligence agent, Kim Young-kwang knows all about subterfuge, secret documents and international intrigue.
8 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
Dozens are killed across Baghdad as Iraqis vote in national elections considered a crucial milestone for the U.S. military, which plans to withdraw combat troops.
Bombs and mortar shells pounded Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more, as Iraqis, desperate for a brighter future, sought to cast their ballots in crucial national elections.
8 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
U.S. is skeptical that a Californian turned top propagandist for Al Qaeda has been captured in Karachi.
U.S. officials cast doubt early Monday on Pakistani intelligence statements that Karachi officials had arrested a Southern California native, a top propagandist for Al Qaeda who is wanted by the U.S. on treason charges.
8 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
Biden is set to arrive Monday, with a goal of mending relations between U.S. and Israel after a tough first year in which Obama's demands in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alienated many in Israel.
Vice President Joe Biden was due to arrive Monday in Israel on a mission to mend relations after a rocky first year for new administrations in both countries.
8 Mar 2010 at 2:00am
Electronic Intifada
Interview with Gaza rights defender: "Siege began in 1967"
BRUSSELS (IPS) - For the first time since September 2006, Mahmoud Abu Rahma, a leading figure in the Palestinian human rights group Al Mezan, has been granted permission to travel outside Gaza. More than 30 applications to leave the Strip had previously been turned down by the Israeli authorities and it was not until German diplomats made representations on his behalf that he was finally allowed to visit Europe.
9 Mar 2010 at 9:37am
Amir, ten years old, abducted by Israeli soldiers from his bed
Amir smiled when I asked him to tell me his favorite color. Sitting in his family's living room last Thursday afternoon in the Old City of Hebron, the ten-year-old softly replied, "green." Hours after our interview Israeli soldiers would break into the house and snatch Amir from his bed. The Electronic Intifada contributor Nora Barrows-Friedman writes from the occupied West Bank.
8 Mar 2010 at 5:21pm
"Palestinian cinema is a cause": an interview with Hany Abu-Assad
Nazareth-born filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad is best known internationally for his 2005 film Paradise Now about two young, attractive Palestinian men from Nablus in the occupied West Bank who are drawn into a suicide bombing mission in Tel Aviv. It was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The Electronic Intifada contributor Sabah Haider spoke with Hany Abu Assad about how his films are received, Palestinian cinema and the challenges of filmmaking.
8 Mar 2010 at 4:33am
Pushing the boundaries of identity: an interview with Jennifer Jajeh
Jennifer Jajeh's critically acclaimed one-woman show, I Heart Hamas and Other Things I am Afraid to Tell You, pulls no punches. From a Ramallah Convention in San Francisco in the 1980s, to casting lines in contemporary Los Angeles, to the front lines of the Israeli occupation and back, Jajeh navigates the complicated and often conflicted terrain of Palestinian identity. The Electronic Intifada contributor Uda Olabarria Walker interviews Jajeh about her work.
5 Mar 2010 at 12:35pm
Palestinian women become breadwinners under occupation
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, with its ubiquitous closures, checkpoints, military raids and arrests, has decimated the Palestinian economy in the West Bank and Gaza. The World Bank warned over a year ago that unless Israel eased its restrictions on movement and access in the West Bank the Palestinian economy would further deteriorate.
5 Mar 2010 at 7:37am
The sounds of piano in Gaza
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - At 14, Nour plays the piano, and she knows the facts around her. That the average age for marriage is 18, likely to a man found by parents, her place would be within that home, and a woman has on average 6.5 children. She goes to a United Nations agency for Palestine refugees school in Gaza City, and loves journalism, inspired by her older sister, who works at a radio station.
4 Mar 2010 at 5:09pm
Gaza police forces and their bereaved families rebuild one year on
Rami Abu al-Sheikh's parents and siblings still remember how caring and tender their son was before he was killed during Israel's invasion of Gaza last winter. Rami was 27 years old and was one of hundreds of Gaza police personnel killed by Israeli air strikes during the 23-day assault. He was killed at the main Gaza Strip police station located on Salah al-din Street, the territory's main road. Rami Almeghari reports for The Electronic Intifada.
4 Mar 2010 at 1:05pm
Moment of truth: time to boycott Israel's entire range of injustice
Words always matter, and names always have a life of their own. But perhaps Palestine and Israel form a context in which words become positions more dramatically than in many others. The authors of the "Moment of Truth" Kairos document, which is the Christian Palestinians' statement to the world about the occupation of Palestine and a call for support in opposing it, have repeatedly been asked about the use of the word "boycott." What exactly does this mean? How far exactly does it go? And what exactly does it call for? Rifat Kassis comments for The Electronic Intifada.
4 Mar 2010 at 11:51am
Picking pebbles to survive in Gaza
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Gaza Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for plastics, metals and any bits worth reselling.
3 Mar 2010 at 6:30pm
Refusal to surrender: "My Father was a Freedom Fighter" reviewed
Palestinian-American author, journalist and editor of the Palestine Chronicle, Ramzy Baroud's latest book My Father was a Freedom Fighter is an antidote to the US, European and Israeli media's decontextualization and dehumanization of Palestinians. It's also an instant classic, one of the very best books to have examined the Palestinian tragedy. Robin Yassin-Kassab reviews for The Electronic Intifada.
3 Mar 2010 at 4:05pm
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Biden: East Jerusalem plan undermines peace talks - Ha'aretz
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Israel's decision to approve 1600 new homes in an ultra-Orthodox East Jerusalem neighborhood is undermining Middle East peace talks, US Vice President Joe Biden said in Jerusalem on Tuesday. ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 3:45pm
Nigerian army 'ignored warning of massacres' in Jos - BBC News
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The governor of Nigeria's Plateau state has accused military commanders of ignoring warnings of an attack on Sunday near the city of Jos. Hundreds died during attacks on three villages in the area between the mainly Christian south and Muslim north. ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 4:52pm
Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi both claim victory in Iraq elections - Times ...
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The two front-runners in Iraq's national election both claimed victory yesterday after the authorities postponed announcing the result. The electoral alliances led by the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his predecessor Ayad Allawi are neck and neck ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 3:35pm
Iran says hopes China won't bow to sanctions pressure - Reuters
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People work in the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 1215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, November 30, 2009. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it hoped China would not give in to pressure to agree to new sanctions that the United States and ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 3:07am
Stormont votes to take over Northern Ireland policing powers - The Guardian
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The cap fits: Stormont is now expected to take control of policing and justice powers in Northern Ireland, in a deal that secures £800m for the assembly and 1200 extra police officers. Photograph: Rex Features A 15-year search for a political ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 3:35pm
Are Indonesian terror networks regrouping? - BBC News
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Indonesian officials say the man they killed in a raid on the outskirts of Jakarta on Tuesday is believed to have links to the group of alleged militants they captured last month in Aceh. But they have not been able to confirm that ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 8:12am
7 People Arrested in Ireland Over Plot to Kill Cartoonist - FOXNews
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Seven people have been arrested in the Republic of Ireland over a suspected plot to kill a Swedish artist who portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a dog and had a $100000 Al Qaeda bounty on his head. Anti-terrorist units used information from the CIA, ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 5:17pm
Dubai accuses Israel of 'vast falsification' of passports - AFP
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DUBAI ? Dubai's police chief accused Israel on Tuesday of "vast falsification" of travel documents, noting that dozens of false passports were uncovered following a Hamas leader's murder in the emirate. "I ring alarm bells. Israel is falsifying Western ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 11:03am
Gates Ambles Through a Former Taliban Village - New York Times
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NOW ZAD, Afghanistan ? Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a stroll on Tuesday through a village market in this former Taliban sanctuary in Helmand Province, but the lone street of shops was so sleepy that it looked as if ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 4:08pm
Turkish minister cancels US trip following House panel vote - Xinhua
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ANKARA, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan cancelled his trip to the United States in response to the US adoption of a resolution labelling the incidents of 1915 as "genocide," local Daily News reported on its website Tuesday. ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 4:58pm