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US elections: Obama wins Democratic nomination for president

The Guardian

4 June 2008

Barack Obama made history tonight by beating Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination to become the first African American with a viable chance of winning the White House.

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Only a 'grave threat' would trigger 42-day detention, say ministers

The Independent

4 June 2008

New powers to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge would be triggered only by a "grave and exceptional" threat akin to the 7 July bombings in London, ministers said yesterday as they moved to defuse a potentially devastating revolt by Labour MPs.

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Peace talks doomed to failure
Ismail Patel	By Ismail Patel on 06/12/2007 13:51

Any initiative that brings Israelis and Palestinians together should be welcomed, no matter how unlikely it is to change the facts on the ground. But however much hope the world had for peace in the run up to the Annapolis conference on Tuesday, it was clear that little would be achieved in this gathering of the down and discredited.

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Talking to Hamas
Yvonne Ridley	By Yvonne Ridley on 06/12/2007 13:44

I recently addressed a debate at Durham University in which the question of: ‘Should Israel talk to Hamas’ was the main platform for the discussion.

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Demoralisation and Absence
Ramzy Baroud	By Ramzy Baroud on 06/12/2007 13:30

A once profound and widely read commentator recently claimed he no longer writes about the Palestine/Israel conflict because "Palestinians are killing each other". Feeling his words have ceased to carry weight he simply decided not "to take sides".

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Councillor Craig’s right to oppose
Emdad Rahman	By Emdad Rahman on 23/11/2007 10:12

Councillor Alan Craig of the Christian People’s Alliance (CPA) has been a long standing opponent of the Abbey Mills Mosque in Newham.

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Martyr in the making: The strange case of Mudassar Arani
Yvonne Ridley	By Yvonne Ridley on 29/10/2007 11:37

Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights stipulates the right to a Fair Trial. It is resolutely impossible to conceive of a trial being fair when the lawyer, let alone the client, is subject to sustained abuse and harassment at the hands of the establishment.

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Burma Is Not Iraq
Ramzy Baroud	By Ramzy Baroud on 22/10/2007 11:38

The 2003 invasion of Iraq has enabled two important realisations. First, that imperial powers act only to preserve their interests, and second, that humanitarian intervention -- i.e. humanitarian imperialism -- is touted and encouraged by the media and official circles mostly to circumvent the true self-serving intents of aggression.

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2008: Safari Tourism in Iraq, By Pablo Ouziel

Shortly after the occupation of Iraq in 2003, Coalition Provisional Authority administrator Paul Bremer issued an edict granting immunity to U.S. military and civilian personnel including employees of Blackwater USA. Read More...

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