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The Judge Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
[Continuing my sharing with you of some of the raw research for the book I am writing of the 176 Amsterdam area men who died in World War II. Anyone having newspaper clippings, telegrams, letters, anecdotes and/or good quality photos of these men, kindly comment here or email me at the address in the left column] Recorder June 23, 1944 Word has been received from the War Department that Corporal Edmund...
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The Judge Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
[Continuing my sharing with you of some of the raw research for the book I am writing of the 176 Amsterdam area men who died in World War II. Anyone having newspaper clippings, telegrams, letters, anecdotes and/or good quality photos of these men, kindly comment here or email me at the address in the left column] Recorder, June 4, 1943 Another Local Hero Pays With His Life In American Cause Private...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday
Counter-terrorism police and Whitehall officials believe dozens of extremists could have arrived here by posing as students or legitimate visitors. They are concerned both by the relatively lax checks that are made on the visitors before they arrive and by the ease with which they can outstay their visas without anyone noticing. As many as 13,000 visa applicants may have entered the country from Pakistan...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
A lively survey of the Middle East calls for far-reaching reform The problems of the Middle East are always somebody else's fault. Arabs blame their problems on centuries of foreign interference; their critics retort that the Arabs must shoulder responsibility for their own failures. The argument is about the allocation of blame: no one denies that the problems of the Arab world are deeply rooted...
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Gadling (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Filed under: Africa , Mali , News Just days after the UK issued a heightened travel alert for Mali, gunmen have kidnapped a French national in the North African country. Pierre Kamatte, a 61 year-old malaria researcher, was working in the northeastern town of Menaka when he was kidnapped outside his hotel on Wednesday. There has been no official confirmation, but both the French and Malian governments...
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Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Quote: "It takes some time to adjust to the new world" Swedish expert on transatlantic relations Gunilla Herolf on the conference on the Security of the European Union and Czech Republic in the multipolar world in the 21st century. Q : There has been much talk lately about the islamisation of Europe. Prague 6 mayor Tomáš Chalupa pointed out at the beginning of the conference...
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Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
PARIS - Armed men kidnapped a French humanitarian aid worker from his hotel in northern Mali overnight, in a region where Islamists from al-Qaida's North Africa branch have been active, officials said Thursday. The man was kidnapped from a hotel in the town of Menaka, located about 1,537 kilometres from the capital, near Mali's border with Niger, said Alwaadhat Ag Saratout, a local leader in the town....
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IOL (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The lawyer and family of a 16-year-old southern Sudanese girl have said that she was lashed 50 times after a judge ruled that her knee-length skirt was indecent.
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Blogging Pompeii (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Thanks to Virginia for pointing this one out! I haven't been able to find any reviews, though. Barry Hobson, Latrinae Et Foricae: Toilets in the Roman World (Duckworth, 2009) The Romans are renowned for their aqueducts, baths and water systems, achievements equalled in the modern world only over the past few hundred years. Their toilets, both single ('latrinae') and multi-seater ('foricae') form part...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
PARIS - Armed men kidnapped a French humanitarian aid worker from his hotel in northern Mali overnight, in a region where Islamists from al-Qaida's North Africa branch have been active, officials said Thursday.The man was kidnapped...
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Mr Eugenides (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
BBC , today: Nigeria's most celebrated environmental campaigner is about to launch a reality TV show to highlight the dangers of global warming for Africans. At almost 72 years of age it is a wonder he still has the energy, but with three crossings of the barren wastes of the Sahara desert already behind him, Newton Jibunoh is preparing for the most ambitious desert adventure of his life. For his final...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Tunisia is observing on November 25, 2009, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Participants in the 4th International Forum of Information and Communication Technologies "ICT 4 All ," held on November 24-25 in Hammamet, expressed their consideration and support to the fruitful efforts exerted by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to deepen awareness of the stakes of the digital revolution.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi chaired, on Wednesday in Tunis, the Higher Development Council's meeting with attendance of representatives of political parties, national organisations, regional councils and several executives.