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Egyptian bloggers visit injured Palestinians

Posted by Marwa Rakha on 08/01/2009

Several groups of injured Palestinians crossed into the Egyptian territory via the Rafah Crossing and blogger Ahmed Al Sabbagh organized a morale-boosting visit to the Red Crescent Hospital.

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A Dark Past in East Timor for Obama's National Intelligence Nominee

Posted by Sara Moreira on 08/01/2009

Citizen journalists from East Timor have been busily tweeting about the nomination of Admiral Denis C. Blair for the post of US director of National Intelligence. The nominee faces serious accusations of backing the Indonesian occupation of East Timor in the 1990's, an invasion which led to the ...

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Egypt: Stop Deporting Eritrean Asylum Seekers

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 08/01/2009

(New York, January 8, 2009) - Egypt should immediately halt deportations of Eritrean asylum seekers to their home country, where they face detention and the risk of torture, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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Israel and Egypt: Allow Humanitarian Access to Gaza

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 08/01/2009

  (Jerusalem, January 8, 2009) - Israel and Egypt should open their borders to permit humanitarian aid to reach Gaza and to allow civilians to seek safety from the conflict, Human Rights Watch said today, on the occasion of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, addressing the ...

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Gaza: Israeli Attack on School Needs Full UN Investigation

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 07/01/2009

(Jerusalem, January 7, 2009) - The United Nations Security Council, meeting on January 7, 2009 in a high-level emergency session, should establish a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged laws-of-war violations in Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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