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Foreign
Israeli settlements
hurting peace process:UN
United Nations—The illegal building of new homes
and communities continue to occur across the
West Bank and East Jerusalem, threatening
fragile hopes of a two-state solution to the
long-running conflict, top United Nations
officials warned here on Monday, urging both
Israel and the Palestinians to meet their
obligations under the Road Map for peace in the
Middle East. |
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Bloody clashes kill
150 in Nigeria
Potiskum, Nigeria–Nigeria’s security forces were
on maximum alert after two days of battles with
radical Islamists which witnesses and
authorities on Tuesday said had left more than
150 dead. While authorities have so far
confirmed only 55 deaths in the northern states
of Bauchi and Yobe, journalists in the capital
of a third state said they had seen scores of
bodies dumped at the local police headquarters.
“Over 100 dead bodies have been deposited at the
premises of the police headquarters and more are
still being brought in,” local radio journalist
Ibrahim Bala told AFP from Maiduguri, the
capital of Borno state. Bala said police were
picking up the bodies of slain militants from
the streets of the city where a curfew has been
imposed. |
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Of cultural pluralism
and tolerance
Comment
Maher Y. Abu-Munshar
THERE is a pervasive view in the media today
that Islam does not support pluralism. Sadly, we
often hear how difficult it is for non-Muslim
minorities to live in peace and harmony in
Muslim countries. Violent extremists who misuse
Islamic theology to justify terrorist attacks
have exacerbated prejudices against Muslims and
today many people think that Muslims do not
believe in pluralism and diversity. |
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UK public sees Afghan
war as unwinnable
London—A majority of people in Britain see the
Afghan war as impossible to win, according to a
new poll taken amid steeply rising casualties
and growing government emphasis on finding a
political solution to the conflict. More than
half of those questioned by pollster ComRes - 52
percent - said British troops should be pulled
out of Afghanistan right away, while 43 per-cent
thought they should stay. |
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Moroccan terror
leader gets life in jail
Sale, Morocco—A man accused of leading a
ter-rorist network was sentenced Tuesday to life
in prison for terror attacks in Morocco, holdups
in Europe, large-scale money laundering projects
and arms trafficking. Abdelkader Belliraj, a
51-year-old dual Moroccan-Belgian national, had
faced the death penalty. He maintained his
innocence throughout the proceed-ings. |
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