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Palestine Reports January 11, 2008

Salah: IOA plans biggest synagogue inside the Aqsa

Prominent Palestinian Muslim leader Sheikh Raed Salah has unveiled that the Israeli occupation authorities were planning to build the biggest synagogue in the world inside the plazas of the Aqsa

Palestine Reports January 11, 2008

Abbas fails his Palestinian people; wants Hamas to recognize occupation

PA chief Mahmoud Abbas has ignored Thursday the wing-clipping economic blockade on Gaza Strip that took its toll on millions of Palestinian people living there; and called on Hamas Movement

Human Rights Torture January 11, 2008

Rights group says torture is state policy in Egypt

An Egyptian human rights group accused the government on Monday of officially sanctioning the use of torture, and said that state violence was escalating in the most populous Arab country.

Parliament News January 11, 2008

EOHR criticizes new law on protests in places of worship

Disputes over a new law prohibiting protests or demonstrations in places of worship continue, with the law currently under discussion in the Legislative Committee before being voted on at the

Election Coverage January 11, 2008

Dirty Politics? You Must Be Kidding-Jack Engelhard

We’ve been warned that as primary season moves along, well, it’s going to get ugly. Get ready for smear campaigns, attack ads -- no mercy, no prisoners. Yes, we’re being

Judges Activites January 11, 2008

Judges’ Political Participation, Role and Responsibilities

The judicial independence and immunity don’t secure only justice and freedom for citizens. It is also a main factor for protracting national sovereignty. This was realized by Egypt ’s judges

Human Rights Prisoners of Conscience Reports January 11, 2008

Arrests Unabated against National Council of Damascus Declaration

The Syrian regime is still maintaining its sweeps of arrests and intimidation against members of the National Council of Damascus Declaration. Syrian state security forces arrested Rashed Satouf, a member

Palestine January 11, 2008

The charade goes on

Political commentators in this region and beyond are nearly unanimous in their estimates that President Bush’s highlighted visit to Palestine-Israel is going to fail to achieve substantive results in terms

Palestine January 11, 2008

Bahar: Bush’s visit might herald large-scale IOF invasion of Gaza

Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the acting speaker of the PLC, on Thursday expressed fears that the current visit of American president George Bush to the region would be followed by a

Election Coverage Reports January 11, 2008

80 Percent of Americans Have Experienced a Falling Share of US Income

New Hampshire voters have chosen warmonger clones of Bush/Cheney for their party’s presidential candidates. The only candidates not in Israel’s pocket are Kucinich, Paul, and Gravel, who have no chance

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