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Doom Or Disaster?
By John James
www.countercurrents.org/james080808.htm
Nearly every projection for the future of civilisation made in the IPCC reports has been exceeded. Events that were projected to emerge by the end of the century have been moved back to 2070, then to 2040, and even now to ‘within the next few years’. The goal posts are moving towards us at a terrible pace
Beijing Olympics Celebrate The Capitalist Market And Nationalism
By John Chan
www.countercurrents.org/chan080808.htm
Amid the global economic fallout from the collapse of US subprime mortgage loans a year ago, the Beijing Olympics also provides a distracting event for the leaders of global capitalism to temporarily divert attention from economic slowdown, inflation and growing social discontent
The Tragic Last Moments Of Margaret Hassan
By Robert Fisk
www.countercurrents.org/fisk080808.htm
When a renowned British aid worker was kidnapped in Iraq, the world was horrified. Her body was never recovered, but her execution was captured on video and sent to Al Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel. Robert Fisk watched it and reveals why it has never been broadcast
Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera Journalist, Tells His Story
By Silvia Cattori
www.countercurrents.org/cattori080808.htm
Held hostage by Bush administration for six and half years in Guantanamo Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera journalist, tells his story
Iraq: Iran Gains From Power Cuts
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail
www.countercurrents.org/jamail080808.htm
The crisis over electricity failure grows as summer temperatures climb and a drought plagues Iraq. It is a crisis Iran is using to help Iraqis where the U.S. has failed
Why Is Jammu Burning?
By Zafar Choudhary
www.countercurrents.org/choudhary080808.htm
The Government of India has been fighting its Kashmir case from different levels last 50 years but fragility of sentiments within the region seems to have been overlooked all this time. When small spark has put the state on fire it has also demonstrated that efforts of dousing flames in one region may well prove as fuel in the other. It is high time that New Delhi’s Kashmir policy is redrawn and sentiments beyond Kashmir are also taken care of
Kuwait’s Inhuman Labor Practice: We Can’t Afford To Ignore
By GM Solaiman
www.countercurrents.org/solaiman080808.htm
Last week in a rare development in Middle East, thousands of Bangladeshi workers went to strike protesting poor living conditions, serious abuse and human rights violation. I hope you were not surprised with the aftermath of this. Instead of addressing the human rights abuse issue that has been happening for years, the complainers got hammered
Refugees In And From Arab Lands
By Bahija Réghaï
www.countercurrents.org/reghai080808.htm
In the Israeli-Palestinian case, recognition by Israel of the right of return would entail its assumption of responsibility for the uprooting of the majority of Palestinian society in 1948. This would satisfy a central demand that has become a fundamental element in Palestinian national identity. Such recognition would then enable the two parties to enter negotiations over restitution and how best to address the right of return issue
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