Monday, May 31, 2010

Israeli Troops Kill Humanitarians on Flotilla to Gaza


by Rob Kall
OpEdNews
May 31, 2010

...Apparently, Israel attempted to prevent all broadcasts from the flotilla but the one video, which included images of Israeli troops on the Turkish ship did make it through...

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Monday, May 17, 2010

Afghans Protest Deadly Nighttime Raid: "If the Americans Do This Again, We Are Ready to Shed Our Blood Fighting Them"


DemocracyNow!
May 17, 2010

Mourners continued to gather on Saturday in the small farming village of Koshkaky, in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, where an early Friday morning raid by US and Afghan Special Forces left eight people dead. The military issued a statement saying that their forces came under attack, and in the firefight a Taliban subcommander and seven militants were killed. They reported that no civilians were harmed. But residents here tell a different story. Independent journalist Rick Rowley of Big Noise Films was at the scene and filed this report...

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

CITIZEN DIPLOMACY AND THE FORGING OF WORLD PEACE


Josep Mayoral Antigas
Inter Press Service
April 2010

Local governments, which are closest to the citizens, have a key role to play in bringing about peace and understanding among different cultures, writes Josep Mayoral Antigas, mayor of Granollers, Spain, and vice president of Mayors for Peace.

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