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Accidents Tarnish Nuclear Dream
By Angelique Chrisafis
www.countercurrents.org/chrisafis270708.htm
Roger Eymard, 69, a retired farmer, now washes by pouring purified water into the shower fitting of his camper van parked in a stable. “Nuclear was progress and we wanted that. We thought people were competent. Now we ask, were there previous incidents we weren’t told about?
Palestinian Family Denied Even Half A House
By Jonathan Cook
www.countercurrents.org/cook270708.htm
The home of Mohammed and Fawziya Khurd has been split in two since 1999 when the Israeli courts evicted their grown-up son Raed from a wing of the property. The elderly couple have been trying to regain possession, but were stymied last week when an Israeli high court backed the petition of a group of settlers and ordered the immediate eviction of the Khurds. The decision paves the way for the takeover of 26 multi-storey houses in the neighbourhood, threatening to make 500 Palestinians homeless
Been There And Done What?Canada’s Role In The Israel-Palestine Conflict
By Bahija Réghaï
www.countercurrents.org/reghai270708.htm
Israel demands to be treated as an equal in the community of nations, and this requires being answerable to international norms and human rights standards. As Canadian citizens, we must hold our own government accountable for upholding and promoting these norms, including insisting that Israel’s government does the same
ICC And Al-Bashir: Ocampo’s Justice
By Ramzy Baroud
www.countercurrents.org/baroud270708.htm
The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its neighbours, including Chad, which has played a dubious role in sustaining the seething conflict. Equally disgraceful is the politicising of the bloody conflict in ways that will ensure its continuation. The decision of the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor-general, Luis Moreno- Ocampo, to file an arrest warrant for Sudan’s current President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, and the international responses to his decision, demonstrate both the politicising of the crisis and the selectiveness of international law
‘Do More’ Chorus Harps On
By Gul Jammas Hussain
www.countercurrents.org/hussain270708.htm
The “do more” phenomenon has set off a conflagration of extremism and terrorism in the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan whose flames are threatening to consume most of the country. But paradoxically, U.S. officials’ “do more” chorus harps on
The Stiff Upper Blip:Taming The Islamic Shrew
By Farzana Versey
www.countercurrents.org/versey270708.htm
Of the 1.6 million British Muslims, how many do not understand what their citizenship entails? If you are teaching them about duties, then how about teaching the government and its satellite bodies about their rights? Do Muslims in the UK have the right to be Muslims without being tagged and questioned each time they wear clothes that might identify them as being part of their religion? Does a person with a Muslim name have the luxury of not being frisked a bit more?
Hoodwinked Hijacked And Bushwhacked!
By Thomas Daly
www.countercurrents.org/daly270708.htm
In November there is a real opportunity for America and the World to experience some actual Change. For too long people have been led down a path of destruction that has now reached the tipping point on a number of fronts. This article is about that path and some of the Changes so desperately needed. Rather than go into great detail about many of the root causes, I have posted links to relevant sites where the reader may explore these issues more fully
The Indian Obama And The American Mayawati
By G Sampath
www.countercurrents.org/sampath270708.htm
Barack Obama and Kumari Mayawati have a lot in common. One is a Black politician who represents the great liberal hope in the US. The other is poised to usher in a new political order where the oppressed castes will finally get their due in a polity traditionally dominated by upper castes. Or so we are told. If one day either of them assumes the mantle of the highest executive post in their country, it will mark a victory for democracy, with historically marginalised minorities finally getting their turn at the helm of power. Really?
Why Malnutrition Deaths Contiue To Happen In Madhya Pradesh ?
By K. Kumar
www.countercurrents.org/kumar270708.htm
60 % of Madhya Pradesh children are suffering with malnutrition. Madhya Pradesh is only state wherein malnutrition rose from 55 % to 60 %, in period of 2001 – 2007, which is alarming. It is an indication that Madhya Pradesh was unable to control malnutrition among children and steps taken by it all these years had failed
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