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Saturday, 16 June 2007 |
 When Ban Ki-moon was asked about the scathing remarks by his former Middle East envoy denouncing the strongly partisan U.N. role in the ongoing peace talks, the U.N. secretary-general appeared more distressed with the public revelation of a confidential document than with the strong views articulated by his Under-Secretary-General Alvaro de Soto. In a stinging rebuke to the United Nations, de Soto wrote: "The steps taken by the international community with the presumed purpose of bringing about a Palestinian entity that will live in peace with its neighbour, Israel, have had precisely the opposite effect." Be first to comment this article
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
 One of the holiest shrines for Shia Muslims, whose partial destruction last year helped provoke a wave of sectarian violence in Iraq, has been attacked again, raising fears of another outbreak of hatred between the country's warring communities. Explosives brought down the two minarets of the Golden Mosque in Samarra at around 9am, local time, this morning. There was no report on casualties or how the attackers managed to evade a police guard at the site.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
 The Islamic Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned by the recent statement made by Tony Blair to have more imams and religious leaders trained in the UK. He also pledged £1m for British universities which teach Islamic Studies courses, ‘re-designed to challenge extremism.’ In response to this statement, Chair of IHRC, Massoud Shadjareh stated: “It is totally unacceptable that preachers of any faith should be trained by secular universities. This sort of interference is nothing but social engineering designed to highlight Islam as a problem rather than a solution to extremism.”Be first to comment this article |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
 Following revelations of a George W. Bush administration policy to hold Iran responsible for any al Qaeda attack on the U.S. that could be portrayed as planned on Iranian soil, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinksi warned last week that Washington might use such an incident as a pretext to bomb Iran. Brzezinski, the national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 through 1980 said that an al Qaeda terrorist attack in the United States intended to provoke war between the U.S. and Iran was a possibility that must be taken seriously, and that the Bush administration might accuse Iran of responsibility for such an attack and use it to justify carrying out an attack on Iran.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
 The prime minister, Tony Blair, today urged British academics to abandon the boycott of Israeli universities. The boycott was launched by the UCU, which represents more than 120,000 academics, at its inaugural conference. A previous vote for a boycott by the then Association of University Teachers, which merged with another lecturers' union, Natfhe, to form the UCU, was overturned by a special conference. Blair later reassured Ehud Olmert over the proposed British boycott of Israeli academia. Olmert's office said in a statement that Blair "said these calls do not, to his mind, represent British public opinion, nor even the positions of universities in Britain."Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
 The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says 4.2 million people have been displaced due to the Iraq war. Jennifer Pagonis, a spokeswoman for UNHCR, said Tuesday in Geneva millions have fled their homes seeking refuge either inside the country or beyond its borders as the situation deteriorates. "The situation in Iraq continues to worsen, with more than 2 million Iraqis now believed to be displaced inside Iraq and another 2.2 million sheltering in neighboring States," she said.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
 The man expected to be the next British prime minister, Gordon Brown, is appointing the United Kingdom's former ambassador to Israel, Simon McDonald as his chief foreign policy adviser. Political sources in Jerusalem were equally jubilant about the appointment. "It is a signal that Britain will continue its positive policy toward Israel," they said. McDonald, 46, served as the U.K. ambassador to Tel Aviv from 2003 to 2006. He had been considered one of the most influential foreign envoys posted to Israel, and one well-connected to Israeli decision-makers.Be first to comment this article |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
 The Bush administration faced pressure on Tuesday to overhaul how it brings foreign terrorism suspects to trial after the surprise dismissal of war crimes charges against two prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. With only days to appeal, the White House said it disagreed with the separate rulings by U.S. military judges on Monday and denied it had suffered another setback after being forced by the Supreme Court to change the system just last year. "We don't agree with the ruling," White House spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters in Prague, where President George W. Bush was meeting with leaders of the Czech Republic.Be first to comment this article |
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