by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
By Joharah Baker (source: miftah.org) Last week, six-year old Mohammed Dirbas was arrested by Israeli occupation forces, held and questioned for four hours. If readers did not catch the first sentence, here is a repeat of the key words: six-year old/arrested/held/four...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
By John Chan (source: Worl Socialist Website) China’s state-owned National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a $700 million oil exploration contract with the Afghan government last week, the first foreign company to do so in many decades. Mining Minister Wahidullah...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
(source: PressTV) Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin protest against racism and discrimination in front of the Israeli parliament on January 18, 2012 Thousands of Ethiopian immigrants have staged a protest rally in Israel to condemn the growing social discrimination...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
By Bill Van Auken (source: World Socialist Web Site) There is strong evidence that NATO carried out war crimes in its eight-month war for regime-change in Libya, according to a report released Thursday by Middle East human rights groups. The United Nations resolution...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | MRN Views
By Iqbal Jassat – Chairman, Media Review Network As the first month of 2012 ebbs away, a question dominating many conversations is whether war is still likely to break out in the Persian Gulf anytime soon. While tensions have been heating up as “war talk”...