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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Palestine: 95% of Gaza water is not drinkable, 12 countries in “Freedom Flotilla 2” & land theft

Twelve European countries participate in the “Freedom Flotilla 2” BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza, said Thursday that ships from 12 European countries have expressed willingness to participate in the “Freedom Flotilla 2” mission next month to break the Israeli siege on Gaza. Rami Abdo, the spokesman of the campaign, [...]

IFJ condemns brutal assault of journalist by police in Bahrain

March in Nuwidirat against the regime and its crimes IFJ Condemns Brutal Assault of Journalist by Police in Bahrain Source The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined its affiliate in Bahrain, the Bahrain association of Journalists (BJA) in condemning the savage beating and inhuman treatment of reporter Nazeeha Saeed who was arrested on 22 May [...]

Woman who defied female driving ban in Saudi Arabia rearrested

Woman Defies Female Driving Ban in Saudi Arabia Al Manar Manal al-Sharif was arrested by the kingdom’s religious police on Saturday after she challenged Saudi ban on female driving by posting a video on Facebook and YouTube showing she’s driving a car in the eastern city of al-Khobar. Saudi Arabian authorities have extended her custody [...]

UK Apaches to join Libya war & continuous bombing on Tripoli

UK Apaches to join Libya war Press TV UK Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that Britain seeks to play a bigger part in the Libya war as it is set to deploy Apache attack helicopters to the North African country. Despite mounting pressure over Britain’s involvement in the Libya war and the opposition of [...]

Egyptians call for “Second Revolution”

Al Manar The Egyptians have prepared for demonstrations Friday in the Tahrir Square to mark their rejection to the emergency law that persisted even after their successful February revolution that ousted President Hosni Moubarak. Egyptian activists aim at launching a “second revolution” as the current government failed to comply with their needs and proceeded in [...]

Campaign to vilify Gaza flotilla underway in Europe

by David Cronin,The Electronic Intifada Links can be found in original source A campaign of vilification against the flotilla that will soon try to break Israel’s siege of Gaza appears to be gathering momentum in Europe. Over the past few weeks newspapers in the Netherlands have published articles alleging that some Dutch organizers of the [...]

Sayyed Nasrallah: No one will be able to take resistance missiles-May 25, 2011 speech

Sayyed Nasrallah: No one will be able to grab resistance missiles Al Manar Speech in Arabic here Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah denied on Wednesday charges by US President Barack Obama that the Resistance was behind what he called political assassination as baseless and said the remarks proved that the so-called Special Tribunal for [...]

Israeli soldiers attack/beat women and others: video

This  happened in Nabi Saleh, Palestine on May 13, 2011. The first woman wearing black is veiled and the Israeli soldier removed her veil.

Palestine: Minor arrested, Rafah crossing to be opened & raid on journalist house

IOF soldiers take positions on rooftops of Nablus village, arrest boy NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stationed on rooftops of a number of buildings in Hawara village, south of Nablus , on Wednesday, local sources said. They added that the soldiers took positions on the rooftops of a number of buildings overlooking the main [...]

Bahrain: Four sentenced to jail for protesting & Saudi troops ‘had British training’

Attack on Akar, 25/5/2011 Bahrain sentences 4 protesters to jail Press TV A military court in Bahrain has sentenced four protesters to one year in prison for taking part in anti-government protests in the Persian Gulf sheikhdom, a human rights group says. The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights said on Wednesday that in a [...]

Yemen: Saleh orders arrest of tribal chief, clashes in Sanaa & ‘Saudi Arabia incites civil war’

Saleh orders arrest of tribal chief, clashes in Sanaa Al Manar Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered the arrest of tribal chief Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar and his nine brothers, the defense ministry said on Thursday, as deadly clashes killed at least 24. The defense ministry announced the arrest order for al-Ahmar on Thursday, as loyalists [...]

Libya: ‘Gaddafi regime seeks immediate truce’

Press TV Libyan Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi says the regime of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi is prepared for an immediate UN-monitored ceasefire in the crisis-hit North African country. Mahmoudi has proposed a ceasefire in a letter to foreign governments, the British daily The Independent said on Thursday, citing a copy of the document. [...]

UK govt. orders protest footage censored

Press TV The internet video sharing website YouTube has censored the footage of protests outside Birkenhead county court based on a request by the British government. Some 600 activists from the British Constitution Group staged protests against a ruling on former member of UKIP Roger Hayes who has refused to pay council tax outside Birkenhead [...]

Iraqis protest prolonged US military stay

Press TV Iraqi demonstrators have gathered in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad to protest against the US attempts to prolong its military presence in the Middle Eastern country beyond the 2011 deadline. More than 20,000 people assembled in Sadr City, a suburb of the Iraqi capital, to send a warning message to the US government [...]

Cluster bomb claims life of Syrian worker in Tyre, Lebanon

BEIRUT (The Daily Star): A Syrian worker was killed in a cluster bomb explosion in the village of Deir Qanoun in Tyre. The National News Agency reported Monday that Khodor Kholouf, 31, was killed when a cluster bomb, a remnant of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon, exploded in an orchard in the village of [...]

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