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Palestinians in Lebanon: ‘It’s adore residing in a penal complex’

Beddawi, Lebanon – Mahmoud Mashwra was 12 when he left school to sell candy on the street. Mashwra, whose family fled Israeli oppression in the Palestinian territories years ago in hopes of a better life in Lebanon, instead found a dismal economy, international aid shortages and discrimination against Palestinians. He began working full-time to help…

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Nigerian regulation graduate denied call to bar over hijab

A Nigerian law school graduate was denied her call to the bar for refusing to take off her headscarf. Amasa Firdaus Abdulsalam was not permitted by the Body of Benchers to enter the International Conference Centre on December 12 where the call to bar is usually held. The Lagos-based Nigerian Law School said that she…

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Hassan Diab case: ‘A labyrinth of injustice’

Toronto, Canada – Hassan Diab’s handwriting does not match the suspect’s, nor does his physical description, fingerprints or palm print. Despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence, Ottawa professor Hassan Diab is now entering his fourth year in solitary confinement in a maximum-security prison in France without charge or trial. The case has been compared with…

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Bayram und Gelbhaar verlassen das Abgeordnetenhaus

Die im September neu gewählten Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneten Canan Bayram und Stefan Gelbhaar werden ihr Mandat im Landesparlament schriftlich zum 31. Dezember niederlegen. Das sagten beide Politiker nach der Verabschiedung des Berliner Doppelhaushaltes 2018/2019 am späten Donnerstagabend im Abgeordnetenhaus. Nachfolger werden Nicole Ludwig aus Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, die bereits von 2011 bis 2016 Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses war, und…

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DACA Amnesty Chain Migration Would Exceed four Years of U.S. Births

NEW YORK CITY, New York — The Democrats’ draft Dream Act amnesty would likely add as many chain-migration foreigners to the United States population as are added by the total number of Americans who are born in four years’ time. As House and Senate Republicans, Democrats, the big business lobby, the cheap labor industry, and the…

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ANC gathers to score fresh leader

Image copyright Reuters/AFP Image caption The leading candidates are Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) is preparing to choose a new party leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma. The main candidates are the current deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, President Zuma’s ex-wife. Whoever wins…

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Syria blame game continues after failed Geneva talks

The United States has urged the Syrian government to « participate fully » in negotiations with the opposition, while a Syrian official blamed opposition preconditions for yet another failed round of talks in Geneva. Referring to the negotiations, which ended in the Swiss city on Thursday without any results, the US state department commended the Syrian opposition’s « constructive…

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US to UNSC: North Korea must always terminate checks, initiating talking

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that North Korea must stop its « threatening behaviour » before diplomatic talks between the two countries can resume. Tillerson, speaking at the United Nations Security Council in New York on Friday, accused North Korean leader Kim Jong-un of conducting « unlawful missile launches and testing activities ». « A sustained cessation of…