Saturday evening: MV Rachel Corrie docks in Ashdod

Posted on June 5th, 2010 by Marian Houk

June 5, 2010…17:54
They waited until sundown.  But not until Shabbat was over.
Just before 6:00 p.m., the  MV Rachel Corrie finally was brought to Ashdod, after a full day of action and suspense.

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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Cambodia, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians

William Shawcross on Kofi Annan’s term in office

Posted on December 28th, 2006 by Marian Houk

The Washington Post today carries an opinion piece on Kofi Annan’s term of office by William Shawcross, British former journalist and author of The Quality of Mercy, a great book about the limitations and contradictions of the international humanitarian effort to help Cambodians, who fled to Thailand during the 1979 Vietnamese invasion, after suffering in isolation during the traumatic Khmer [...]

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Filed under: Cambodia, Journalism and Journalists, UN Secretary-General, Viet Nam