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Lebanon warns of possible Israeli attack

Global Security (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Lebanese military commander said on Saturday border security would be tightened due to a possible Israeli attack.

You don't say: Outlook for tough Iran sanctions is dim

Middle East Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday

Well yes, we already knew the outlook for tough Iran sanctions is dim - USSR and China watered down all previous sanctions resolutions, didn't they? But as the Obama administration had about 10 months to prepare for this moment, you would've thunk they had thought about the problema and worked out solutions, no? Apparently not. Don't ever take it for granted that the people in charge know what they...

• Trying for Sanctions Against Iran - Boots and Sabers

A demonstration will be held in the West Bank village of Salim, near Nablus

International Solidarity Movement (Free subscription) | yesterday

21 November 2009 For immediate release Demonstration to be held in Salim village in condemnation of Israel’s continued occupation and violation of international law. The village of Salim will host a demonstration this Sunday, 22 November, marking two causes: one, in support of the UN Security Council’s recently adopted resolution to protect women in conflict situations; the other, [...]...

UN human rights committee votes to censure Iran

Secondo Protocollo UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

A United Nations committee has approved a Canadian-led resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of its disputed presidential elections. The vote Friday in the General Assembly’s 192-member human rights committee passed with 74 in favour, 48 against and 59 abstentions. The resolution censured Iran for its human rights record, including the arbitrary [...]

Sweden to support UNICEF's efforts for children in conflict

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sweden decided Friday to donate an extra 20 million Swedish Kronor (about 3 million U.S. dollars) to UNICEF's efforts to implement Security Council Resolution 1882 on children in armed conflict. "This targeted measure will enable us to help particularly vulnerable children who are affected by or forced to take part in armed conflict," Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla...

Otto on Gender in International Law

Legal Theory Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Dianne Otto (University of Melbourne - Law School) has posted The Exile of Inclusion: Reflections on Gender Issues in International Law Over the Last Decade (Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2009) on SSRN. Here is the...

Breaking the Pyongyang pattern

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak reaffirmed in Seoul on Thursday that they will seek a "definite and comprehensive resolution" to the North Korean nuclear issue. Mr. Obama urged the North to return to the six-party nuclear talks, adding that he will send special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth to the country on Dec. 8. In early October,...

Can Iran nuclear deal be reached?

BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Six major powers say they are disappointed with Iran's response to the offer of a nuclear power deal.

Apartheid Israel

Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

" In 1975, the General Assembly passed Resolution 3379 declaring, “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Other organizations followed suit: The Conference of the International Women’s Year declared that international peace required the end of colonialism, occupation, apartheid and Zionism. The Organization of African Unity stated that South Africa, Rhodesia...

Leaders of Rwandan rebel militia arrested – UN

Global Security (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Top UN envoy to DRC welcomed the arrest of 2 leaders of a rebel Rwandan militia.

• Leaders of Rebel Militia Arrested for Atrocities Committed in DR Congo - UN - All Africa
• Leaders of Rwandan rebel militia arrested for atrocities committed in DR Congo - UN - UN News Centre

Brazil asks Israel to scrap planned expansion in occupied land

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Brasilia - Brazil on Thursday weighed in on the Middle East peace process, asking Israel to scrap new home building plans in occupied East Jerusalem just prior to a visit from Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. In the statement, ...

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1895 on the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina [S/RES/1895]

Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The United Nations Security Council today extended for another year the European Union stabilization force (EUFOR) entrusted with ensuring continued compliance by all sides in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the ethnic war there. In a unanimous resolution adopted a day after a UN human rights expert reported that political disputes were still impeding the return...

Obama Speaks of Sanctions for Iran

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Obama said Western allies will draft sanctions to show Iran "the importance of having consequences" for its failure to accept a U.N. nuclear deal.

IRAN: Dangerous But Not Omnipotent

IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Source: RAND.ORG DOWNLOAD : http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781/ Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East By: Frederic Wehrey, David E. Thaler, Nora Bensahel, Kim Cragin, Jerrold D. Green, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Nadia Oweidat, Jennifer Li Following the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Iranian threat to U.S. interests has taken on seemingly unprecedented qualities...

Iraq and its neighbours: A regional cockpit

The Economist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

As Americans prepare to leave, Iraq’s biggest neighbours vie for influence OF ALL the foreign officials an American general or ambassador would least want to be seen with, General Qassem Suleimani would—you may think—be high on the list. For he commands the Quds Force, an elite arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and thus runs the dirty war that Iran has been conducting for...