Irish PM Brian Cowen announces 11 March election
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1.During the last two years, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has suffered serious setbacks. Other than for a brief, fleeting moment, Israelis and Palestinians have had no direct political contact and there is little hope, for now at least, that this will change. Any faith Israelis and Palestinians may have in the possibility of an agreement is collapsing. The US, sponsor of that process, has
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The Vatican said yesterday that a 1997 letter warning Irish bishops against reporting priests suspected of sexual abuse to police had been "deeply misunderstood." The contents of the letter, in which the Vatican's top diplomat in Ireland told bishops their policy of mandatory reporting such cases to police "gives rise to serious reservations of both a moral and canonical nature", were reported on
Tunisia arrests 33 relatives of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
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By The Economist online THE Arab press has been awash with responses to the protests in Tunisia deposing Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali. Their views range from from elation at the fall of Tunisia's president, to concern over how the power vacuum will be filled and speculation about which corrupt Arab leader could be next to fall.
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US pastor Terry Jones banned from entering UK
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Opinion | A Night in Tunisia (Published 2011)
Tunis IT is Friday, Jan. 14, in downtown Tunis. In the streets, we shout “No!” � a million tongues together against the dictatorial, 23-year-long government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Tear gas, bullets and death fly above us. We are ambushed at the Barcelona metro station, one of the city’s main transit hubs, and attacked with tear gas. I cover myself with a black scarf as I run toward
The lonely battle against solitary confinement | James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
For the past few weeks, progressive commentators have been burning with outrage over the prison conditions endured by accused WikiLeaks source, Private Bradley Manning. For more than seven months, Manning has been held in 23-hour-a-day solitary confinement at a Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia, denied sunlight, exercise, possessions, and all but the most limited contact with family and friends. T
WikiLeaks has caused little lasting damage, says US state department
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Swiss banker linked to Wikileaks is found guilty
A former Swiss banker who said he gave Wikileaks details of rich tax evaders has been found guilty of breaching Switzerland's strict bank secrecy laws. A judge in Zurich did so even though the leaked documents referred to accounts in the Cayman Islands. Judge Sebastian Aeppli handed Rudolf Elmer, 55, a suspended fine of more than 6,000 Swiss francs ($6,250; £4,000). But he rejected prosecution dem
Sarah Palin's poll ratings fall after 'blood libel' row
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This week in the Middle East | Brian Whitaker
One of the most refreshing things about the Tunisian uprising – and very unusual for the Middle East – has been the lack of meddling by external interests. Apart from a few mouse-like squeaks from the state department, the US stayed out of it and so too did God, along with his self-appointed representatives on earth. In most Arab countries, Islamists are seen as the main alternative to existing re
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