The amount of endless news analysis and reporting that is done by non-muslims parts of the world, on and about the muslim parts of the world,
HAD THAT BEEN DONE (impartially and honestly) BY MUSLIMS, ABOUT THEIR OWN LANDS AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS as well as of the rest of the world , things would have been much different today.
what do you folks think?
Here are some of the most-read stories of the past seven days – and stories you shouldn’t go without reading.
IRAQ: Saddam Verdict Could Tear Iraqis Apart
Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily
BAGHDAD - The death sentence for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could deepen a divide that threatens to tear Iraqis apart. The signs on the street are dangerous already.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35375
Neo-Con Nadir?
Analysis by Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Just days ahead of mid-term elections that are expected to bring at least one house of Congress under Democratic control, neo-conservatives, whose foreign policy ideas dominated most of the first half of the administration of George W. Bush, are having a hard time.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35339
IRAN: Countering Coerced Confessions
Kimia Sanati
TEHRAN - The release of Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoini, one of Iran’s more famous prisoners of conscience in recent years, was not accompanied by the usual round of televised confessions.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35345
Silent Extinction of Mbya Guaraní People
Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Mbya Guaraní children living in the subtropical rainforests of Argentina’s northeastern province of Misiones are dying from preventable illnesses, and extra provision by the government of money, medicine and food seems unable to halt the catastrophe.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35350
MEDIA: Honouring the Best Who Cover the Worst
Stephen Leahy
TORONTO - “I am not afraid of being killed,” says Egyptian journalist Abeer Al-Askary, who has been repeatedly threatened and beaten by Egyptian government security forces.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35361
URUGUAY: Immigrants Immobilised by Ibero-American Summit
Lourdes Núñez
MONTEVIDEO - The 16th Ibero-American Summit of heads of state and government in the Old City district of Montevideo is affecting the normal social and working patterns of a handful of undocumented immigrants from the Andean region who live here, near the port.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35365
Summit Makes No Commitment to Legal Status for Migrants - By Diana Cariboni
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35368
Zimbabwe Government Accused of Persistent Human Rights Abuses
Moyiga Nduru
JOHANNESBURG - “I was arrested a dozen times,” notes Tapera Kapuya, a student leader at the University of Zimbabwe between 2001 and 2002, who says he was the target of both police and the Southern African country’s intelligence agents.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35328
IRAQ: U.S. Military Adopts Desperate Tactics
Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily
FALLUJAH - Increased violence is being countered by harsh new measures across the Sunni-dominated al-Anabar province west of Baghdad, residents say.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35312
AFRICA: Think Global, Eat Local
Toye Olori
LAGOS - It’s certainly a logical suggestion: in an effort to make cocoa-producing countries in Africa less dependent on consumers abroad, why not increase domestic consumption of cocoa products?
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35296
INDIA: Urban Renewal Plans Render Millions Jobless
Bharat Dogra
NEW DELHI - The livelihoods of at least two million workers have been affected by a crackdown on unauthorised commercial properties in the Indian capital that was violently opposed this past week by mobs rampaging through the streets and torching public buses and blocking traffic.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35370
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