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News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 46
U.S.: Digging Out or Digging Deeper?
- Inter Press Service
As 2009 draws to a close, the big question here is whether President Barack Obama is succeeding in digging out of the hole — international as well as financial - that he inherited from George W. Bush or digging deeper into it.
LEBANON: Hip-hop Kindles Hopes in Destroyed Refugee Camp
- Inter Press Service
The hip-hop beats ringing through the muddy, unlit streets of this burnt-out Palestinian refugee camp seem incongruous. But the rhymes are camp-grown - and courageous.
U.S.: Aborted Bombing Puts Yemen in the Limelight
- Inter Press Service
The attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner by a Nigerian allegedly associated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has propelled long-neglected Yemen into the media spotlight here.
Q&A: Law and Order May Not Improve in 2010
- Inter Press Service
For women in Pakistan’s North Western Frontier Province (NWFP), 2009 has been particularly hard.
US-LEBANON: Hard Line on Hezbollah Clashes with Political Reality
- Inter Press Service
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman visited Washington last week, for his first visit with President Barack Obama. The meeting was a quick one, tucked in amongst the myriad of domestic issues that are demanding Obama's attention.
RIGHTS-EGYPT: Bloggers Name and Shame Torturers
- Inter Press Service
People might expect fresh-faced Noha Atef to spend a lot of time writing blogs and perusing social networking sites, but they are often surprised by the content of her posts and tweets. The 25-year-old Egyptian journalist uses the Internet to expose police abuse and torture in her home country.
US-PAKISTAN: Civilian Surge Expected in New Aid Plans
- Inter Press Service
U.S. plans to substantially increase non-military aid to Pakistan to help curb Islamist extremism there will initially require a marked rise in the number of U.S.-based experts working in the country, according to a State Department 'Strategy Report' released to Congress earlier this week.
RIGHTS: Europe Plans Spies in the Skies
- Inter Press Service
Warplanes similar to those used to bomb civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan will be flying in Europe's skies within the next few years, under a scheme being prepared by Brussels officials.
U.S.: The Guantanamo Shell Game?
- Inter Press Service
Human and rights advocates and members of the Republican Party found unusual common ground Monday.
RIGHTS-US: Guantanamo Prisoners Not 'Persons'
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal Monday to review a lower court's dismissal of a case brought by four British former Guantanamo prisoners against former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the detainees' lawyers charged Tuesday that the country's highest court evidently believes that 'torture and religious humiliation are permissible tools for a government to use'.
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