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Plight Of Tamils Similar To Gaza Civilians
By Inter Press Service
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While the Sri Lankan army has announced the capture of Mullaitivu, the last bastion of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the plight of more than 250,000 civilians caught in the fighting continues to be as grim as that of civilians in Gaza, say those involved in humanitarian work

Israel Killed Everything But The Will To Resist
By Stephen Lendman
www.countercurrents.org/lendman260109.htm
Three weeks of Israeli terror caused about 1400 deaths, over 5500 injured (many seriously), vast destruction throughout Gaza, and Physicians for Human Rights warning that large numbers of wounded may die because hospitals are overloaded and lack basic supplies. Yet Palestinians endure. Their spirit is unbowed and unbroken. Hamas is more popular than ever, and world outrage sustains them

BBC’s Refusal To Air Gaza Appeal Symptomatic Of Amoral Reporting In Modern Day Media
By Richard Collie
www.countercurrents.org/collie260109.htm
The BBC’s unwillingness to support the Disasters Emergency Committee Gaza humanitarian appeal has prompted widespread demonstrations, with many protesters gathering outside the BBC’s headquarters in London to vent their outrage at the decision. What the decision underlines is the sanitisation of news coming from the modern day big broadcast news organisations. News is just news. Free from the ideological shackles of what some would refer to as basic morality. Fox News would call this ‘fair and balanced.’

Obama, Guantánamo, And US Hypocrisy
By Mickey Z.
www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz260109.htm
Waiting a year to close a single prison is nothing to celebrate. Transferring those illegally detained humans is not change anyone can believe in. Public promises about not torturing have been heard before and even if we could trust such dubious assurances, why are we so goddamned appreciative when a US president merely declares his theoretical intention to think about adhering to fundamental international law?

Dystopians On Estrogen
By Carolyn Baker
www.countercurrents.org/baker260109.htm
Carolyn Baker challenges the notions of the recent article in the New Yorker regarding those who are consciously preparing to live in a post-petroleum, energy depleted, economically depressed world. She also takes the author to task for reporting a preponderance of male responses to the challenge and essentially omitting female voices, noting that the female perspective on the transition is pivotal

Obama Brought The Change In US: Will We Bring The One In India?
By Aleem Faizee
www.countercurrents.org/faizee260109.htm
For sure the Indian Constitution is regarded as one of the best in the world. It provides a certain safety and sovereignty to every section of the society in India. And the day that coincides with the day that saw it being enforced in the country deserves respect and attention. But the question that is crying for an answer is why despite our constitution being so powerful we fail to see the desired results in sixty long years. Does the problem lay with those who are responsible for aptly implementing the constitution? The answer to this question when floated to the common Indians unfortunately results in affirmative

Dynastic Politics
By Abdullah Khan
www.countercurrents.org/khan260109.htm
Despite being world’s largest democracy, it is a rare scene in Indian politics when youths are being promoted from grass-root level. But to strengthen democracy, political parties need to include the marginalized youth of the country. Any leader promoting his or her progeny must also be shunned. Because Dynasty politics is the bane of India

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