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‘Enough is enough’: UN and Red Cross issue warning for states to end conflict

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سکوت نایاک و نمازی‌ها و کمپین بین المللی حقوق بشر، احتمالا سرشار از ناگفته‌ها است | Khodnevis

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Catherine La Rose Poesia e Arte

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Arab woman launches new talk show with Oprah Winfrey as the first guest

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markgeoffreykirshner.com – second career as a talk show host on a new program which launches in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East on Saturday (Oct. 24). That person is Iraqi born who, Time magazine said, “gives women a…

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No More Missed Exams – Fempads Change Lives in Rural DRC

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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Mugisho Ndabuli Theophile, Founder/Executive Director, COFAPRI Bahati has been climbing the mountains and walking the valleys of different villages in rural DR Congo. As Executive Secretary of C…

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Empowering Samburu Girls with Knowledge to End Harmful Practices

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asafeworldforwomen.org – We’re delighted to announce that the August, 2015 Girls’ Empowerment Workshop was a huge success! We’re certain the girls’ hands were quite tired at the end of the three-day workshop. They wrote an…

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Sparks, skills and new hope for Afghan refugee women in Iran

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unhcr.org – SHIRAZ, Iran, Sept 18 (UNHCR) – In the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, a group of Afghan women are connecting wires, soldering motherboards and making cars safer. One of them is a 20 year-old who …

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Thousands of Muslim migrants ‘disappear’ from camps

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mobile.wnd.com – That is the question German authorities are asking themselves after some troubling reports of disappearances. According to German press reports, keeping track of all the Muhammads and Alis pouring …

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Amin Anvari Deprived Of Prison Visits

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – The mother of Amin Anvari, civil rights activist and student of Amir Kabir University, has been deprived of having visit with her child because of her attendance on civil protes…

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Protecting Children in the Sandstorm of Za’atari

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huffingtonpost.co.uk – Odai is a healthy, happy baby boy, with chubby cheeks and big sparkling brown eyes. He chuckles when I tickle him and shows me a new trick – blowing kisses – as he is passed into my arms. At just 1…

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Russian Plane Crashes In Sinai, Killing All 224 On Board

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rferl.org – Officials say they have recovered the bodies of more than 100 passengers from the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula early on October 31. Egypt’s Civil Aviation Min…

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Saudi says Assad, Iran-backed foreign forces must quit Syria

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reuters.com – RIYADH Russia and Iran must agree to a date and means for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to quit the country, and agree to withdraw all foreign forces from Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister…

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The Latest: Russians Search Metrojet Office After Crash

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nytimes.com – CAIRO, Egypt — The latest news on a Russian passenger plane that crashed on a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian investigators are searching the Moscow offices o…

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A Report About Maryam Akbari Monfared’s Situation In Evin Prison

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Although Maryam Akbari Monfared is eligible to use the Article 134 of the Penal Code, and despite the retrial of the case of this political prisoner, the Supreme Court has uphel…

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Amir Amirgholi’s Court Session Postponed By The Judge

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – The trial of Amir Amirgholi, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, was not finished and there will be a second session. According to the report of Human Rights Activists …

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Motahari calls for end to house arrests again

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en.radiozamaneh.com – Iranian Member of Parliament, Ali Motahari says at times Islamic Republic has treated its opposition worse than the former Iranian regime, and once more speaking out against the house arrest of Mir…

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What America’s immigrants looked like when they arrived on Ellis Island

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washingtonpost.com – We hear so often that America is “a nation of immigrants” or a “cultural melting pot” that the phrase has become kind of a tired cliche. But actually seeing that history is a different story. The f…

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✿ Gaston BUSSIÈRE (1862-1928) ✿

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UAE: A Move to Protect Migrant Workers

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hrw.org – (Beirut) – A United Arab Emirates ministerial decree that takes effect in January 2016 could help protect low-paid migrant workers from a practice that can contribute to forced labor. It is the fir…

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Dan Carter brings down the black curtain for New Zealand as only he can | Andy Bull

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theguardian.com – This is how it ends, then, for the finest fly-half in the game. Man of the match in the World Cup final, an All Black victory over Australia, his own contribution of 19 points two more than the mar…

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Luca Traini: NEOLUDICA GAME ART GALLERY (dalla Biennale di Venezia a oggi)

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Obama Lost the Middle East While Putin is Building His Own Trap There

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Migrant crisis: Emergency talks on Balkans under way – BBC News

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bbc.co.uk – Leaders from several European countries are holding an emergency meeting to try to close sharp divisions on the migrant crisis in the Balkans. A draft statement calls on countries to stop waving th…

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Life as a Musician Who Can’t Tolerate Sound

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theatlantic.com – It’s 2011, and my husband can’t kiss me, even on the cheek, because the slightest touch sets off ripples of pain in my head, my face, my jaw. Every noise is an assault—a car alarm goes off, a baby …

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A child bride at 10, Afghanistan’s youngest female rapper breaks silence through music

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asafeworldforwomen.org – A “good girl” in Afghanistan is one who keeps quiet about all matters concerning her. A “good girl” won’t talk about her future. A “good girl” should listen to her family, even if they force her to…

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Clapham sex attacks: 34-year-old man arrested after 8 assaults released on bail

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mirror.co.uk – A 34-year-old man who was arrested by detectives investigating a possible link between eight sexual assaults has been released on bail. The Metropolitan Police said the man, from Lambeth, south Lon…

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UN and Red Cross scold world leaders over ‘conflict paralysis’ – BBC News

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bbc.com – The heads of the UN and Red Cross have issued a rare joint rebuke to world leaders, accusing them of “disturbing paralysis” in the face of conflict. “This flouts the very raison d’etre of the UN,” …

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✿ George LAMBERT (1873-1930) ✿

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✿ Erika GRAIG ✿

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catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – ‘Lo sa solo il vento quando di ali soffiare a spogliare le rose e quando cessare un istante nel librare dei petali a spargere Addio Amore Dolce e Amaro a caduta libera in mare…’ ~ Catherine La …

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Refugee haters are supporting refugees and don’t even know it

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washingtonpost.com – A supporter of the Pegida movement holds a poster featuring a crossed sign on a mosque at a protest rally. (Robert Michael/AFP via Getty Images) As hundreds of refugees continue to reach Germany ev…

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UNHCR urges refugee center in Greece

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markgeoffreykirshner.com – Das UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerk fordert, Flüchtlinge in Griechenland zentral zu registrieren und von dort zu verteilen. Deutschland könne nicht die Lösung eines europäischen Problems sein, sagte UNHCR-…

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✿ Paul KELLEY ✿ NEW!

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Report: Evidence of public officials’ involvement in criminal activity

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amnesty.org.au – Our new report, By Hook or By Crook: Australia’s Abuse of Asylum Seekers at Sea, reveals damning evidence of Australian officials paying boat crews to return people seeking asylum to Indonesia

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‘Enough is enough’: UN and Red Cross issue warning for states to end conflict

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markgeoffreykirshner.com – The heads of the UN and the Red Cross have made what they called an “unprecedented joint warning” on Saturday for states to stop conflicts, respect international law and aid refugees. “In the face …

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سکوت نایاک و نمازی‌ها و کمپین بین المللی حقوق بشر، احتمالا سرشار از ناگفته‌ها است | Khodnevis

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markgeoffreykirshner.com – On the other hand, America’s government says it has received reports of the detention of Iranian-Americans. Siamak arrest prayer even for an hour, in violation claims by the relatively modest explo…

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Catherine La Rose Poesia e Arte

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markgeoffreykirshner.com – Kostabi has designed album covers for Guns ‘N’ Roses (Use Your Illusion) and The Ramones (Adios Amigos), Jimmey Scott (Holding Back The Years) and numerous products including a Swatch watch, limite…

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Arab woman launches new talk show with Oprah Winfrey as the first guest

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markgeoffreykirshner.com – second career as a talk show host on a new program which launches in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East on Saturday (Oct. 24). That person is Iraqi born who, Time magazine said, “gives women a…

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No More Missed Exams – Fempads Change Lives in Rural DRC

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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Mugisho Ndabuli Theophile, Founder/Executive Director, COFAPRI Bahati has been climbing the mountains and walking the valleys of different villages in rural DR Congo. As Executive Secretary of C…

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Empowering Samburu Girls with Knowledge to End Harmful Practices

Shared by
Aine Alam

asafeworldforwomen.org – We’re delighted to announce that the August, 2015 Girls’ Empowerment Workshop was a huge success! We’re certain the girls’ hands were quite tired at the end of the three-day workshop. They wrote an…

WORLD

Sparks, skills and new hope for Afghan refugee women in Iran

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unhcr.org – SHIRAZ, Iran, Sept 18 (UNHCR) – In the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, a group of Afghan women are connecting wires, soldering motherboards and making cars safer. One of them is a 20 year-old who …

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Thousands of Muslim migrants ‘disappear’ from camps

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mobile.wnd.com – That is the question German authorities are asking themselves after some troubling reports of disappearances. According to German press reports, keeping track of all the Muhammads and Alis pouring …

WORLD

Amin Anvari Deprived Of Prison Visits

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – The mother of Amin Anvari, civil rights activist and student of Amir Kabir University, has been deprived of having visit with her child because of her attendance on civil protes…

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Protecting Children in the Sandstorm of Za’atari

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huffingtonpost.co.uk – Odai is a healthy, happy baby boy, with chubby cheeks and big sparkling brown eyes. He chuckles when I tickle him and shows me a new trick – blowing kisses – as he is passed into my arms. At just 1…

WORLD

Russian Plane Crashes In Sinai, Killing All 224 On Board

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rferl.org – Officials say they have recovered the bodies of more than 100 passengers from the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula early on October 31. Egypt’s Civil Aviation Min…

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Saudi says Assad, Iran-backed foreign forces must quit Syria

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reuters.com – RIYADH Russia and Iran must agree to a date and means for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to quit the country, and agree to withdraw all foreign forces from Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister…

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The Latest: Russians Search Metrojet Office After Crash

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nytimes.com – CAIRO, Egypt — The latest news on a Russian passenger plane that crashed on a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian investigators are searching the Moscow offices o…

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A Report About Maryam Akbari Monfared’s Situation In Evin Prison

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Although Maryam Akbari Monfared is eligible to use the Article 134 of the Penal Code, and despite the retrial of the case of this political prisoner, the Supreme Court has uphel…

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Amir Amirgholi’s Court Session Postponed By The Judge

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – The trial of Amir Amirgholi, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, was not finished and there will be a second session. According to the report of Human Rights Activists …

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Motahari calls for end to house arrests again

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en.radiozamaneh.com – Iranian Member of Parliament, Ali Motahari says at times Islamic Republic has treated its opposition worse than the former Iranian regime, and once more speaking out against the house arrest of Mir…

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What America’s immigrants looked like when they arrived on Ellis Island

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washingtonpost.com – We hear so often that America is “a nation of immigrants” or a “cultural melting pot” that the phrase has become kind of a tired cliche. But actually seeing that history is a different story. The f…

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✿ Gaston BUSSIÈRE (1862-1928) ✿

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catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – Deux Enfants Aux Couronnes De Fleurs Juventa Hélène de Troie 1895 Plafond de la Salle du Conseil Municipal de Mâcon, detail France Hélène de Troie 1895 Cassandre sur les remparts de Troie The Sple…

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UAE: A Move to Protect Migrant Workers

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hrw.org – (Beirut) – A United Arab Emirates ministerial decree that takes effect in January 2016 could help protect low-paid migrant workers from a practice that can contribute to forced labor. It is the fir…

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Dan Carter brings down the black curtain for New Zealand as only he can | Andy Bull

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theguardian.com – This is how it ends, then, for the finest fly-half in the game. Man of the match in the World Cup final, an All Black victory over Australia, his own contribution of 19 points two more than the mar…

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Luca Traini: NEOLUDICA GAME ART GALLERY (dalla Biennale di Venezia a oggi)

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lucatraini.blogspot.com – Delete©, Extreme Pong (Nothing vs Perfection), 2012 http://daily.wired.it/news/cultura/videogiochi-in-bella-mostra.html http://www.arte.rai.it/articoli/the-art-of-games/1840/default.aspx http://tek…

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Obama Lost the Middle East While Putin is Building His Own Trap There

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mebriefing.com – What does President Putin has to offer in Syria? In the political track he can facilitate negotiations, and in the military track he has his military ties to Assad. But he has already been trying t…

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Migrant crisis: Emergency talks on Balkans under way – BBC News

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bbc.co.uk – Leaders from several European countries are holding an emergency meeting to try to close sharp divisions on the migrant crisis in the Balkans. A draft statement calls on countries to stop waving th…

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Life as a Musician Who Can’t Tolerate Sound

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theatlantic.com – It’s 2011, and my husband can’t kiss me, even on the cheek, because the slightest touch sets off ripples of pain in my head, my face, my jaw. Every noise is an assault—a car alarm goes off, a baby …

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A child bride at 10, Afghanistan’s youngest female rapper breaks silence through music

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asafeworldforwomen.org – A “good girl” in Afghanistan is one who keeps quiet about all matters concerning her. A “good girl” won’t talk about her future. A “good girl” should listen to her family, even if they force her to…

WORLD

Clapham sex attacks: 34-year-old man arrested after 8 assaults released on bail

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mirror.co.uk – A 34-year-old man who was arrested by detectives investigating a possible link between eight sexual assaults has been released on bail. The Metropolitan Police said the man, from Lambeth, south Lon…

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UN and Red Cross scold world leaders over ‘conflict paralysis’ – BBC News

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bbc.com – The heads of the UN and Red Cross have issued a rare joint rebuke to world leaders, accusing them of “disturbing paralysis” in the face of conflict. “This flouts the very raison d’etre of the UN,” …

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✿ George LAMBERT (1873-1930) ✿

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catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – George Washington Thomas Lambert (Australia, Russia 1873–1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait paintings and as a war artist during the First World War., a very gifted scul…

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✿ Erika GRAIG ✿

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catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – ‘Lo sa solo il vento

quando di ali soffiare a spogliare le rose e quando cessare un istante nel librare dei petali a spargere Addio Amore Dolce e Amaro a caduta libera in mare…’ ~ Catherine La …

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Refugee haters are supporting refugees and don’t even know it

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washingtonpost.com – A supporter of the Pegida movement holds a poster featuring a crossed sign on a mosque at a protest rally. (Robert Michael/AFP via Getty Images) As hundreds of refugees continue to reach Germany ev…

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UNHCR urges refugee center in Greece

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markgeoffreykirshner.com – Das UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerk fordert, Flüchtlinge in Griechenland zentral zu registrieren und von dort zu verteilen. Deutschland könne nicht die Lösung eines europäischen Problems sein, sagte UNHCR-…

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✿ Paul KELLEY ✿ NEW!

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catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – ✿ Paul KELLEY ✿ NEW! ‘Avrei voluto svuotarti dirti che… sei troppo pieno dentro me… Sarei dovuta fuggire senza la scia senza voltarmi…’ ~ Catherine La Rose©2013 ~ ‘Avrei voluto svuotarti dirt…

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Report: Evidence of public officials’ involvement in criminal activity

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amnesty.org.au – Our new report, By Hook or By Crook: Australia’s Abuse of Asylum Seekers at Sea, reveals damning evidence of Australian officials paying boat crews to return people seeking asylum to Indonesia and …

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Saudi royal calls for regime change in Riyadh

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theguardian.com – A senior Saudi prince has launched an unprecedented call for change in the country’s leadership, as it faces its biggest challenge in years in the form of war, plummeting oil prices and criticism o…

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Saudi Arabia Withdrew Billions From Markets, Estimates Show

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bloomberg.com – Saudi Arabia has withdrawn as much as $70 billion from global asset managers as OPEC’s largest oil producer seeks to plug its budget deficit, according to financial services market intelligence com…

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An appeal to President Rouhani to uphold the Iranian constitution

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theguardian.com – You must be excited to be here. Everyone else seems to be, from the people who plan to protest your visit outside the UN, to those who have come to show their support for what you have achieved on …

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France to Deport Asylum Seekers to Sudan – Four Young Men from Darfur

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asafeworldforwomen.org – A women-led campaign to prevent imminent deportation of Sudanese asylum seekers Four Sudanese young men (relative new arrivals to France) were detained in the Calais detention centre on Tuesday 15t…

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Muslim Entry into Ibrahimi Mosque to be Banned for Jewish Holidays – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – The mosque will be open only to Jews who will be celebrating the Jewish holidays, while Muslims will not be permitted access to pray as usual. The ministry, in a press statement, called for the nee…

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Airstrikes hit wedding in Yemen; as many as 135 dead

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latimes.com – Airstrikes devastated a wedding party in southern Yemen on Monday, killing and injuring dozens, witnesses said. Medics put the death toll as high as 135, including many women and children, in the l…

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Senators Urged to Champion the Protection of Refugees Worldwide

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humanrightsfirst.org – Washington D.C. – Human Rights First today urged members of Congress to support increased U.S. leadership in providing protection to the millions of refugees who have fled horrific violence resulti…

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A Report On Zanyar And Loghman Moradi’s Situation In Rajai Shahr Prison

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – The status of Zanyar and Loghman Moradi’s case is still uncertain in the 7th year of their imprisonment, and their family reported that the physical condition of these death row…

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Iran’s persecution of the Baha’i has been met by silence from Rouhani–and the world

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qz.com – In all my years as an Iranian-American, I have never heard so much discussion about Iran. In the halls of Congress, on the Sunday morning talk shows, at any number of academic and civil society eve…

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Controversial Muhammad biopic selected by Iran for Oscars contention

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theguardian.com – Muhammad: The Messenger of God, a blockbuster about the birth of Islam, has been selected by Iran as its contender for the forthcoming Oscars. Related: Muhammad: Messenger of God review – evocative…

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Israeli soldiers attack journalists in West Bank – CNN.com

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cnn.com – (CNN)The IDF has suspended one officer and launched an investigation after a video emerged showing IDF soldiers attacking two journalists and destroying their cameras in the West Bank village of Be…

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Russia and Iran have announced a new coalition to defend Syrian President Bashar Assad

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businessinsider.com – United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia and Iran announced a new coalition to defend Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad and defeat the Islamic State on Sunday, handing him a dramatic victory ah…

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Dalai Lama remains in U.S. clinic for health check: official

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rawstory.com – Tibet’s exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, on Sunday remained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for evaluation following a medical visit his office said was a routine annual check-up….

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Abbas set for UN speech as Palestinian despair mounts

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france24.com – Mahmud Abbas heads to the UN this week for a speech expected to be closely watched for clues of his intentions at a time of growing despair among Palestinians, moribund peace talks and volatility i…

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Obama to the Arabs: We don’t care – Al Arabiya News

Obama to the Arabs: We don’t care – Al Arabiya News.

It shall be written that in the second decade of the twenty first century, when the forces of authoritarianism, Islamist zealotry, and sectarian fanaticism plunged large swaths of the Arab world into a state of ‘the war of all against all’, the reaction of the world’s sole great world power, was equivocal, indecisive, deceptive and cynical. It is axiomatic that Arabs are in the main responsible for their tragic conditions, but it is also self-evident that the United States did, over the years contribute politically and militarily to the immense human tragedies unfolding along a brittle political order collapsing under its own weight.

The United States cannot retrench or resign from a broken region, assuming that it could escape being haunted – and maybe hunted- by the daemons unleashed, in part for sure, by its disastrous invasion of Iraq, its botched and incomplete intervention in Libya, and all the legacies of decades of support of Arab authoritarianism. Yet, this is what the Obama administration is trying to do. All his protestations aside, President Obama in the second half of his second term is not seriously trying to resolve any of the conflicts of the region, including those that he had contributed to, but merely applying half-measures particularly in Syria and Iraq designed to buy him time, while kicking the can down the road to his successor and hoping to avoid disasters he will not be able to ignore, such as the Islamic State (ISIS) knocking at the gates of Baghdad. It shall be written, that Obama inherited a broken Arab world from his predecessor George W. Bush, but that he will bequeath to his successor a shattered Arab world, partly because of his flawed leadership.

There was one pivotal moment during the recent Camp David summit between President Obama and the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that resonated deeply with the Arab leaders according to a participant. The president said to his guests that he invited them because he cares about the region, but that in fact ‘the American people don’t care.’ One wonders if the President was channeling his own deep seated doubts about America’s ability to shape events in that complex region, more than reflecting the supposed ambivalence of the American people.

Words, words, words

President Obama never wanted his tepid support for the Syrian opposition to be translated into effective means to topple the Assad regime, and in fact one can see that with Syria’s national nightmare entering its fifth year, the Obama administration is very concerned that the recent battlefield setbacks suffered by the Syrian army and its allies could lead to the collapse of the Assad regime, hence its return to the position of ‘Assad still represents the least worst option in Syria’. President Obama and his aides still dissemble when they turn the argument of their critics on its head by claiming that they are being asked to ‘invade’ Syria or ‘impose’ a solution on it, when no serious scholar or expert ever suggested such a policy. But the White House did perfect this Syria straw man argument to the point where administration officials seem to believe their own disinformation. The U.S. policy on Syria is cynical because one of the operating principles seems to be to provide the rebels with enough arms not to lose the war, but not enough to defeat the Assad regime.

Well into the sixth year of his presidency, President Obama has little to show for in the Middle East

Hisham Melhem

Recently, the Obama administration has created a similar Iraqi straw man. To begin with, the President’s limited and tentative military actions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria betray his public boasts that he is pursuing a policy of ‘degrading then destroying’ ISIS, when in fact he is at most trying to contain the threat of ISIS and leaving the task of destroying the monstrous organization to the next president. Following the fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi into the hands of ISIS, the President called it a ‘tactical setback’ but rejected the notion that the U.S. is losing the war. His Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey was more colorful when he dryly said ‘the Iraqi Security Forces was not driven out of Ramadi, They drove out of Ramadi.’

Secretary of state John Kerry claimed that Ramadi will be retaken within days but he was engaging in wishful thinking, then there were hints of a review of the Iraq strategy, only to be corrected by the spokesperson of the state department that ‘there’s no formal strategy review’. Commenting on the Ramadi debacle White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said that the war on ISIS is still in the ‘degrade phase’ and that President Obama believes that his successor will continue the fight. The straw man reared its head when Earnest stressed Obama’s belief that helping the Iraqis in degrading ISIS is the best long term strategy, instead of a ‘full-scale reinvasion’ as if there is serious talk of a full reinvasion of Iraq.

Judging by his admittedly eloquent speeches, one cannot escape concluding that President Obama believes that his words at times have the force of actions; it is as if you don’t have to follow up on your demands of Assad to step down, or to deliver on threats of retribution if the Syrian despot crosses the president’s red line, or to continue demanding that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should freeze settlements in Palestinian territories, or asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his aggression against Ukraine. President Obama, after more than six years in office still acts as if accommodation and negotiations can resolve every intractable problem regardless of who are the antagonists. He still behaves, as one observer puts it, as if he does not believe that the U.S. has enemies in the world.

Killing past, present and future

In one week the hordes of ISIS stormed and occupied two important cities hundreds of miles apart in Iraq and Syria, proving once again the limits of the U.S. led international coalition against ISIS, which is winning because of its well-earned reputation as a merciless terror organization and because of the weakness of its enemies. A nagging question was asked repeatedly; why is it that the U.S. led coalition failed to bomb ISIS’ columns advancing against the important Syrian city of Palmyra with its unique and breathtaking archaeological treasures, in broad daylight and in the open desert?

This is particularly disturbing given ISIS’ savage war against all cultures and civilizations deemed ‘un-Islamic’ in their fanatic and primitive views. The Assad regime and ISIS are destroying Syria’s present and future, the regime uses barrel bombs against civilians to uproot communities and cleanse (mostly Sunni) neighborhoods to create new demographic facts on the ground. ISIS’s brutal reputation, its ritualistic murdering of people by swords and machetes intimidate ancient communities like the Assyrians, Yazidis and Christians and force them to flee. The Assad regime and ISIS leave in their wake only victims and desolation. And while the Assad regime’s forces never hesitated in bombing archaeological and ancient forts occupied by rebels, ISIS’ zealots relish destroying non-Muslim archaeological sites, including structures revered by Muslims like the sacking of Jonah’s tomb.

The zealots of ISIS are the modern equivalent of a Biblical plague of locusts. This has been their impact on ancient cities and communities; they plundered Assyrian cities including the famed Nimrud once the capital of the Assyrian Empire, bulldozed temples and statutes, ransacked ancient manuscripts, and smashed statutes of deities at the Mosul Museum.

Bride of the desert

The sprawling ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with its Greek, Roman and Arab architecture contains archeological wonders not found outside the Eastern Mediterranean region. The thought that the fanatics of ISIS will bulldoze Palmyra’s magnificent amphitheater, the temple of Baal and its roman columns, should send shivers down the spine of every civilized person anywhere in the world. Yes, we lament human loses but we should lament those special stones that still speak to us as eloquently as those artists who carved them. It is a false dichotomy that posits that ancient and historic but ‘dead stones’ should not be among our priorities in Syria and Iraq. Those Syrians, who are fighting for a better future, are also fighting as those who inherited the marvels and histories of the various peoples and cultures that made Palmyra, Aleppo and Damascus, great cities.

If Palmyra, called by Syrians the ‘bride of the desert’ is destroyed, even partially, all of humanity will be poorer. The deep cultural scars that have been inflicted on Damascus, Aleppo, and Homs in Syria and on Nimrud and Mosul in Iraq will never heal. The passage of time may lessen the pain, but it will not diminish, nor should it our collective memories of it.

Silent sectarian cleansing

At the time of ISIS’ depredations in Iraq and Syria, another reminder that the most efficient killers in these orgies of violence remain the state actors, came in the form of another sober report by the Naame Shaam a group of Iranian, Syrian and Lebanese activists that focuses on the destructive role of the Iranian regime in Syria. The title of the report speaks for itself ‘silent sectarian cleansing: Iranian role in mass demolition and population transfers in Syria’.

The reports which is based on mostly open sources, documents with satellite photos, and statistics the frightening role of Iran and its proxies, mostly the Lebanese based Hezbollah, in restructuring almost every aspect of life in Syria. The report provide cases of human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria by the Assad regime with the support and complicity of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The report accuses the Syrian regime, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah of ‘systematic forced displacement of Syrian civilians and the destruction and appropriation of their property in certain parts of Syria, such as Damascus and Homs’. The reports documents how the demolition and reconstruction in some areas are intended to punish those communities supporting the revolution, the majority of which happened to be Sunni. The satellite photos show areas of demolished homes in Tadamoun district in Damascus, and near the Mezzeh airport.

The objective of the cleansing is to get rid of ‘unwanted elements’ and replacing them with Syrian Alawites (an offshoot of mainstream Shiism). The ultimate objective is to secure the Damascus-Homs-Coast (where the majority of the Alawites live) corridor along Lebanon’s eastern borders, with its mostly Shiite inhabitants, in order to create a contiguous geographic and demographic area. Such area could become a rump Shiite state, and it will maintain Iran’s links with its most valuable ally, Hezbollah which is now an integral part of Iran’s deterrence strategy against Israel.

Naame Shaam director Fouad Hamdan who visited Washington recently and met with human rights groups, and government officials to galvanize support to pressure the International Criminal Court to investigate these alleged war crimes, stressed that the report specifically names General Qassem Soleimani who is in charge of overseas operations of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as the main culprit who should stand trial.

Arid results

It is unlikely that the recent setbacks in Ramadi and Palmyra will lead President Obama to alter his Middle East policy, particularly at this sensitive point in the negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, which is seen by some analysts as one of the reasons Obama does not want to antagonize Iran in Syria by taking on Syria’s air defenses or any other military target.

Well into the sixth year of his presidency, President Obama has little to show for in the Middle East. It is practically impossible to maintain the integrity of Iraq as a unitary state, when the Kurds who constitute more than quarter of the population want to determine their future. (The current Kurdish leadership is the last that speak Arabic). Syria is literally in flames, and it was on President Obama’s watch, and after his warnings to Assad, that Syrian civilians were at the receiving end of chemical weapons. Libya is descending towards more fragmentations, bloodletting and the creation of large ungoverned spaces ideal for groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda. Yemen’s conflicts will continue to fester for some time to come, and its economic challenges will make governance more difficult than ever. Egypt’s alienation from the Obama administration will continue, and it might discover that the problem is deeper and it involves the Washington ‘establishment’ and not only the Obama administration. And there is no hope of reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. This poor record, makes it imperative for the President to reach a historic nuclear deal with Iran.

In one week President Obama made it clear to the GCC states, to the Iraqis and to the Syrians, that his concept of American engagement in the Middle East is limited to ‘partnerships’, but that they have to lead themselves, fight their own wars, (with conditional backing from the U.S.) and settle their own conflicts. There is a positive element in this approach. Arabs should take the lead in charting their own destinies, and should exercise more responsibilities. But that does not relieve the U.S. from its leadership burdens in the region; deterring predatory states, combatting terrorism and extremism, providing protective umbrella to its allies and contain the proliferations of weapons of mass destruction and settling the protracted conflicts. The U.S. cannot afford to ‘pivot’ away from the Middle East, and adopt a retrenchment mode and call it strategy. President Obama’s policy of retrenchment has called into question the quality of his leadership. If the economy continues to improve, the role of the U.S. in a rapidly changing world, and the quality and role of America’s leadership in the world should be at the heart of the presidential race in 2016.

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Hisham Melhem is the bureau chief of Al Arabiya News Channel in Washington, DC. Melhem has interviewed many American and international public figures, including Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, among others. Melhem speaks regularly at college campuses, think tanks and interest groups on U.S.-Arab relations, political Islam, intra-Arab relations, Arab-Israeli issues, media in the Arab World, Arab images in American media , U.S. public policies and other related topics. He is also the correspondent for Annahar, the leading Lebanese daily. For four years he hosted “Across the Ocean,” a weekly current affairs program on U.S.-Arab relations for Al Arabiya. Follow him on Twitter : @hisham_melhem

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