Posted on June 16th, 2007 by Marian Houk
After its military coup on Thursday – which was described as an attempt to restore law and order – Hamas denounced Abbas’ efforts to form a new government on Saturday as being equivalent to a political coup.
Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas-affililiated Prime Minister who was fired by Abbas on Thursday evening after Hamas took over [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Where have we heard this before?
The Associated Press is reporting that “North Korea on Saturday sent a letter to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, inviting inspectors to the country to discuss procedures for shutting down its main nuclear reactor, state media reported. The letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency noted “that a working-level delegation [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Here is a comment from an article published in the Israeli newspaper, entitled “Mostly a liar” by Tom Segev:
“Years after most of his countrymen had forgotten the affair - and perhaps forgotten him, too - Waldheim still carried the burden of the accusations that he had tried to hide his war crimes. He still had [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The U.S. Department of State announced Friday that the winner of the World Food Prize will be announced at a ceremony at the State Department on 18 June.
“Also participating in the ceremony will be World Food Program Executive Director Josette Sheeran …”
Josette Sheeran formerly worked at the U.S. Department of State, before being appointed head [...]
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Posted on June 15th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Here are the questions I am looking at today –
(1) What about the possibility, as some in Israel are urging, of re-entering Gaza? (I note that one of the Israeli English-language papers yesterday said that wouldn’t happen, even if Hamas did take control in Gaza, if Hamas does not shoot at — or allow [...]
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Filed under: Palestine & Palestinians, Quartet
Posted on June 13th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Last update - 08:50 13/06/2007
ANALYSIS: Re-occupation of Gaza - is it the only way out?
By Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz Correspondent
The general collapse of government functions in the Gaza Strip Tuesday urged several senior Palestinian figures to seriously contemplate Professor Ali Jarbawi’s advice to disband the Palestinian Authority.
Even before the civil war which Hamas and Fatah are [...]
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Posted on June 13th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The fighting in the miserable and awful Gaza Strip has taken a horrid turn for the worse.
Hamas has reportedly given Fatah until 7 pm on Friday — that’s about 24 hours from now — to hand over its weapons, or else.
Hamas has reportedly exploded a one-ton bomb under “Preventive Security” headquarters in Gaza Strip, after [...]
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Posted on June 12th, 2007 by Marian Houk
There’s still time, for those of you who are die-hard Shashi Tharoor fans, to catch his come-back as he hits
the lecture trail:
McCloskey Speaker Series with Shashi Tharoor
July 10, 2007
“Globalization, Terrorism and the Human Imagination,” with Shashi Tharoor, award–winning author, former United Nations undersecretary-general for Communications and Public Information, and official candidate of India for the [...]
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Posted on June 11th, 2007 by Marian Houk
IAEA Director General Mohammad ElBaradei has submitted his most recent report, which includes discussion of concerns about Iran, to the Atomic Agency’s Board of Governors meeting in Vienna.
ElBaradei is sitting on both sides of the fence.
His report says: “Iran continues to provide the Agency access to its nuclear material and facilities, including the enrichment facility [...]
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Posted on June 11th, 2007 by Marian Houk
UN SG BAN Ki-Moon has begun taking steps to set up a Special Tribunal for Lebanon, whose aim is to prosecute the murder by a car bombing on 14 February 2005 of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The UN Security Council authorized this action in resolution 1757 of 3o May — in which it decided [...]
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Filed under: Hariri Commission of Inquiry, Lebanon, UN Security Council
