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For a man just sentenced to 200 lashes and four months in jail by an Islamic court, Saudi academic Hamza al-Mozainy is strikingly cheerful. The diminutive, twinkle-eyed professor of linguistics was summoned by a Riyadh judge in March after an Islamist colleague said Mozainy made fun of his long beard in a newspaper article.

• Posted by keza
• Published: 2005-03-30

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"No matter how you look at it, with the Internet, cable television and everything our children are taking in, I believe the young ones are going to impose their needs and demands."

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• Published: 2005-03-30

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Opposition groups staging more demonstrations calling for civil liberties, freedom of expression. By Hassen Zenati - CAIRO

• Posted by anita
• Published: 2005-03-29

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On patrol and training with Iraq's new Counter Terrorism force By CHRISTOPHER ALLBRITTON

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• Published: 2005-03-29

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Foreign Minister Gül, who learned that the European Court of Human Rights will call for the PKK leader’s retrial, has told the government that Turkey can't pick and choose from among the court's decisions ANKARA - Turkish Daily News Saturday, March 26, 2005

• Posted by anita
• Published: 2005-03-29

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Yesterday morning, President Askar Akayev ruled Kyrgyzstan, and vowed to see down protesters. But by mid-afternoon he had fled the country,

• Posted by keza
• Published: 2005-03-27

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Jaafari: We will not decree anything from above. We are democrats. The deciding factor will be what a majority of the people's representatives decides to do -- in a free voting process.

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• Published: 2005-03-26

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Iraq's future is the issue, not further argument about the invasion.

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• Published: 2005-03-26

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Probably a lot of the misunderstanding begins with the word "neoconservative" itself. This was originally a teasing term, coined by Michael Harrington to embarrass his former leftist friends. (Harrington was the moral and political leader of the Democratic Socialists of America: a force that it would not be too rude or crude to describe as a part of "actually non-existing socialism.") Harrington mostly failed in his campaign to change the world, whereas the worst enemy of the neocons would have to say that they have succeeded somewhat in theirs. When the left hears the term "regime change," and responds with anxious whimpers about "destabilization," do we not detect a hint of what Marxists call negation? Who are the radicals here?

• Posted by anita
• Published: 2005-03-24

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Demands for Syrian troop pullout from Lebanon spark patriotic backlash in isolated Syria.

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• Published: 2005-03-23

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Princess Sarah says conservative government has to recognise women as equal half of society.

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• Published: 2005-03-23

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Opposition leader says Lebanese president’s resignation is only way to improve Syrian-Lebanese ties.

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• Published: 2005-03-23

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Hurriyyat Khassa seeks to abolish law which stipulates one-year jail sentence for sexual intercourse against nature.

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• Published: 2005-03-23

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Two years after Iraq invasion, Mideast is being swept by political changes challenging decades-old stalemate of power. The embryonic democratic awakening in the region also spread to the conservative United Arab Emirates. "In spite of the reluctance of the ruling regimes, democracy is on its way in the Middle East," was the upbeat comment of Amr al-Shubaki, an analyst with the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.

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• Published: 2005-03-23

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The post of presidency is still locked up Shiites will hold 16 to 17 ministries, Kurds will take 7 to 8 ministries, Sunnis will be awarded 4 to 6 ministries.

• Posted by anita
• Published: 2005-03-23

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