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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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Most recent blog entries

Black and Muslim – Oh the shame of it!
Emdad Rahman	By Emdad Rahman on 12/03/2008 10:00

Should citizens of the world be startled that there is such controversy and ill hype surrounding Barack Obama’s links to the Islamic faith?

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Hezbollah and the ‘Unknown Knowns’
Ramzy Baroud	By Ramzy Baroud on 25/02/2008 10:18

We know well who killed the top Hezbollah commander, Imad Mugniyah on Feb 12th in Damascus. While in the US media, only journalists like Seymour Hersh will have the nerve to point out the obvious

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“You can only demand to be treated as an equal if you act like one.” – Sr Yvonne Ridley
Yvonne Ridley	By Yvonne Ridley on 19/02/2008 09:58

It is now two weeks since that turbulent priest, the Archbishop of Canterbury, dared to say there could be some room for sharia’h law in today’s Britain. I don’t think he could have forseen the anti-Muslim backlash which followed

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UK Terror Law - respect for human Rights Vital
Suleman Nagdi	By Suleman Nagdi on 19/02/2008 09:40

The government’s plans to extend the time we allow police to hold terror suspects without charge is something I am not persuaded with

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The True Miracle of Israel
Ramzy Baroud	By Ramzy Baroud on 31/01/2008 15:07

Israelis and their supporters tend to depict Israel as a country of miracles. What else could explain the country's astonishing "birth" and subsequent survival against all sorts of "existential threats"? How else would Israel develop at such a phenomenal pace, making the "desert bloom" and continually scoring a high ranking amongst developed nations in most noteworthy aspects?

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Guantanamo as a Symbol
Ramzy Baroud	By Ramzy Baroud on 24/01/2008 10:32

11 January marked the sixth year anniversary of the establishment of the Guantanamo detention camp. Mere months after the start of the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan, a large cargo plane landed in a US military base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, bringing in a group of hunchbacked, orange-clad, blindfolded, "terrorist" suspects, apparently representing the worst of the worst.

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Guest Authors

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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The Global Peace & Unity Event

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The Global Peace & Unity Event organised by Islam channel has proved to be the world’s largest Islamic event attracting both Muslims and Non Muslims interested to experience the diversity of Islam and at the same time gain knowledge from International speakers, acclaimed academics and scholars.

Date: Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 November 2007

Venue: Excel, London

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