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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Iran-Iraq earthquake live blog

Latest developments after a 7.3-magnitude quake struck a border region of Iran-Iraq on Sunday

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America should act to end the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar | Congressman Steve Chabot and Congressman Joseph Crowley

Fine and what should America do about ethnic cleansing of Palestine?

I think a of people are trying for a free pass on concern for Muslims – while proposing war against Iran, ignoring in Gaza/Palestine, letting Saudi’s commit genocide in Yemen, and just what are we supporting in Northwest Africa? And what of ignoring Saudi support for radicalized faux-Islamic leaders of ISIS and the like?

The US needs to send a clear message that there is no excuse for a cruel, extensive and grossly disproportionate crackdown on Rohingya civilians

For far too many years a mix of repression, autocratic rule and marginalization has led to fear and crisis in Myanmar. The international community ought to pay attention to these atrocities before it is too late.

Myanmar is a diverse country with a long and storied history of tension among its over 130 ethnic groups, which live together in the nation’s 14 states and regions. Nowhere is this racial tension more fraught than in the Rakhine state.

The Rohingya are Muslims who live in majority-Buddhist Myanmar. They are often described as “the world’s most persecuted minority”. 

Related: The Rohingya are facing genocide. We cannot be bystanders | Salman Rushdie and others

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This Week in Egypt: Week 45-2017 ( Oct 30-Nov 5)

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Top Headlines

  • A fourth chamber has been discovered deep within in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Khufu
  • Egypt security forces free officer kidnapped during Western Desert shootout 
  • New al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for major Egypt’s Western Desert attack
  • Egypt’s military foils attempt to smuggle arms and illegal materials across Egypt-Libya border 
  • Rights lawyer Khaled Ali to run against Sisi in Egypt’s 2018 vote
  • Palestinian Authority takes over Gaza’s border from Hamas including Rafah border with Egypt 

 

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  • Egypt security forces free officer kidnapped during Western Desert shootout
  • Egypt’s military foils attempt to…

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Bahrain says pipeline explosion ‘terrorist sabotage’ linked to Iran

Needs to make like it is Saudi ally but it’s really about how it discriminates against Shia population – think ing no one will notice it’s suppression of Shia rights and life. The Gulf kingdom accused Tehran of being behind an oil pipeline fire that it termed a “terrorist act.” Iran rejected the claims as “false talk and childish accusations.”

Donald Trump backtracks on Putin comments, says he agrees Russia meddled in election

#TraitorTrump needs to read Mark Twain on telling the truth: “I always tell the truth because then I don’t have to remember what I said.”

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Donald Trump says he believes Vladimir Putin believes it when he says Moscow did not interfere in the 2016 US presidential election, but he also believes US intelligence agencies which concluded that Russia did.