by Aayesha Soni | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Before leaving for Gaza I was well aware of the statistics in the region which has been under siege since 2007. 54 percent of households face food insecurity with 38 percent of the population living below the poverty line. Due to lack of fuel, the Gaza Power Plant...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
The Wounds of Gaza Two Surgeons from the UK, Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah and Dr Swee Ang, managed to get into Gaza during the Israeli invasion. Here they describe their experiences, share their views, and conclude that the people of Gaza are extremely vulnerable and...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Death squads and US democracy The revelation that the CIA initiated a covert program, apparently involving assassinations, and kept it secret from the US Congress on the orders of Vice President Dick Cheney marks a deepening of the crisis in the American state...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Picture: (AFP)- Flood-affected Vietnamese evacuate their village after heavy rains brought by tropical storm Kammuri pounded the mountainous northern Vietnam. Vietnamese emergency services were today seeking to reach isolated and flood-hit northern communities after...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Picture: (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) Israeli soldiers patrol in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Hebron is home to about 500 religious Jewish settlers living in heavily guarded enclaves among some 170,000 Palestinians. MRN News Service –...