Leave the children alone

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...

Afghanistan signs oil contract with chinese giant

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...

Anti racism protest held in Isarael

(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...

Human rights groups charge nato with war crimes in Libya

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...

War beckons at the request of Isarael

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”...