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Palestinians threaten Israel with one state solution
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THE Palestinians should give up seeking an independent state and pursue a single country in which they would enjoy equal rights with Israelis, the chief Palestinian negotiator in Middle East peace talks has said. Genetic tests for asylum seekers draw furore in Britain -061109 By Francis Obinor (with agency report) RIGHTS activists and scientists have voiced concern and outrage over the use of genetic tests on some African asylum seekers by the United Kingdom Border Agency in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality. U.S. victims, relatives to witness sniper execution -061109 SOME ache for revenge, others simply for justice. There is frustration too and defiance. |
UN relocates foreign staff after Afghan attack
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THE United Nations (UN) said it has begun relocating more than half of its international staff in Afghanistan following last week's deadly Taliban attack against its workers - the most direct targeting its employees during decades of work in the country. ICC prosecutor wants to probe Kenya violence -061109 THE prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking an inquiry of certain crimes against humanity committed in Kenya's 2007 post-election violence during which more than 1,000 people were killed, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported. Report seeks Zimbabwe's suspension over diamond smuggling -061109 A NEW report by investigators for the world's diamond control body has urged Zimbabwe's suspension because its security forces are raping women, killing illegal miners and smuggling gems out of a diamond field in the troubled country's east. |
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