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United Nations Independent UN rights expert criticizes seizure of aid boat by Israeli forces 2 July 2009 - An independent United Nations human rights expert today denounced what he described as the unlawful naval seizure by an Israeli gunboat of a ship carrying medicine and reconstruction material for the people of Gaza. Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, said the Israeli action implements its cruel blockade of the entire Palestinian population of Gaza. It also violates Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people, he stated. A news release issued from his office in Geneva says the boat had been inspected in response to Israeli demands before departure by the... [read full story]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's National Security Minister says two foreign journalists freed after more than a year in captivity have flown to neighboring Kenya. Mohamed Abdullahi says Canadian Amanda Lindhout and...
Harare — FARMERS resettled under the A2 scheme who have not been benefiting from Food and Agriculture Organisation input-supported programmes can now access Government subsidised inputs. FAO-subsidised inputs are meant for...
HOUSTON - If President Obama decides to send another 20,000 soldiers to Afghanistan, the Department of Defense will also have to figure out how to send along another half-million gallons of fuel a day to support them. Since the...
I was an average high school student. After graduation I did manage to earn an athletic scholarship to play baseball at a small Florida college but after two years of playing ball, and earning less than one year ’ s worth of...
