Bagdad: Go Home America
Tens of thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr stage a huge rally to send a message to Iraq’s leaders: Go Home America
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Tens of thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr stage a huge rally to send a message to Iraq’s leaders: Go Home America
China aircraft carrier confirmed by General Staff The 300m (990ft) carrier, under construction in Dalian, is thought to be nearly finished The head of China’s General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has confirmed that China’s first aircraft carrier is under construction. Gen Chen Bingde refused to say when the carrier – a remodelled…
Murders of women, often at the hands of ex-lovers or husbands, appear to be on the rise in Turkey. Rights activists say many of the killings could be prevented – if only authorities paid more attention to cries for help.
Even as celebrity activists such as Emma Thompson, Demi Moore, and Mira Sorvino raise awareness about commercial sex trafficking, survivor Rachel Lloyd publishes her memoir Girls Like Us, and the Senate introduces a new bipartisan bill for victim support, the problem proliferates across continents, in casinos, on streets, and directly into your mobile device. And,…
The Saudi threat is intended to present U.S. policymakers with a choice between U.S. values and U.S. interests. In his speech last week on the Middle East, President Barack Obama left little doubt that America stands with the people of the region in their demand for change. This puts the U.S. on a collision course…
The weeks before President Obama ordered Navy SEALs into Pakistan in pursuit of Osama bin Laden, administration officials weighed using American warplanes to obliterate the terror mastermind’s fortified compound from the sky or sending commandos on a high-risk mission to assault the structure from the ground. But there’s one option the administration appears to…
As evidenced by this year’s “Arab spring,” Osama Bin Laden’s political influence began to wane even before his death.
ARABICA – A Daily Shot Of What the Arab World is Saying/Hearing/Sharing A R A B I C A ??????? By Kristen Gillespie BLOOD *As the Syrian uprising gets more serious, the logo for the facebook group “Syrian Revolution against Bashar al-Assad 2011” is becoming proportionately bloody. The…