Posted on October 13th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Journalists normally are honored by something like a Pulitzer Prize, but today the Nobel Economics Prize went to New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.
A headline in the Israeli press pointed plausibly to one possible explanation, stating pointedly that: “Bush critic wins nobel economics prize”.
The Associated press reported from Stockholm that [...]
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Filed under: Global Economy, Journalism and Journalists
Posted on October 13th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Reports today in the Australian press state that “East Timor president Jose Ramos-Horta has said he wants the United Nations to drop its investigation into bloodshed surrounding a 1999 independence vote from Indonesia. Leaders in East Timor and Indonesia said in July that the issue was closed after expressing regret at the findings of [...]
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Filed under: East Timor, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
Posted on October 12th, 2008 by Marian Houk
How to explain how exhausting this all is ??? Now, a ten-day general closure that will make life here very difficult indeed …
This is no way to treat other human beings.
This email came around this evening, just an hour or two before this new general closure was to start:
“General Closure of Judea and [...]
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Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Marian Houk
What’s wrong with the Nobel Peace Prize Committee? They couldn’t find anybody better than long-time UN official Martti Ahtisaari to name as this year’s winner. Sorry, this just doesn’t cut it. This is the person who has most contributed to peace in the last year? Or even, let’s say, in recent [...]
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Filed under: Negotiators and negotiations, UN Administration, UN History
Posted on October 7th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The IDF announcement came in an email 14 hours after the closure had already gone into effect: “In accordance with Ministry of Defense directives and in light of security assessments, a general closure of Judea and Samaria commenced yesterday, October 7th, 2008 at midnight. The lifting of the closure will be carried out on Friday, [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
