Tag Archives: Pakistan

Upcoming elections in 2013

By Ben Mackay | Published: January 10, 2013

Israel Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to win re-election on January 22nd. National opinion polls show that Likud and its electoral partnership with the nationalist party Yisrael Beiteinu are in a strong position, and it looks likely they will be able to combine with other right wing parties to form an overall majority.  On Tuesday, the [...]

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“An open, united America engaged on the international scene” – the world welcomes Obama’s win

By Dan Holden | Published: November 7, 2012

After a vicious, long and costly election campaign, world leaders react to President Obama’s re-election.

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“It was her destiny to die this way” – acid used in another horrific Pakistan ‘honour’ killing

By Dan Holden | Published: November 5, 2012

A young girl, murdered by her parents in an ‘honour killing’, signifies the latest in a series of events representing a violent expression of religious dogma.

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The World Outside Westminster – Violence in Nigeria, unrest in Pakistan, and Romney

By Chris Tarquini | Published: January 15, 2012

Chris Tarquini rounds up the week’s news from around the world, including the latest from the Republican Primary race.

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Now even al-Qaeda say bin Laden is dead

By Dominic Browne | Published: May 6, 2011

Dominic Browne reports on the confirmation of Osama bin Laden’s death by al-Qaeda and on the future for the jihadi-takfiri trend in general.

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A live, incarcerated bin Laden would have been more use to us

By Kevin Meagher | Published: May 5, 2011

Kevin Meagher debates the case for taking Osama bin Laden alive and trying him before the courts.

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The influence and legacy of Osama Bin Laden

By Patrick Bury | Published: May 3, 2011

Former army captain Patrick Bury examines the influence of Bin Laden on international terrorists while alive and the legacy he leaves behind.

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Shahbaz Bhatti assassination: Who will stand up to the extremists now?

By Shamik Das | Published: March 2, 2011

There was widespread condemnation today of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistan Minister for Minorities, gunned down in broad daylight in the capital Islamabad.

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Are the drone strikes in Waziristan war crimes?

By Guest | Published: October 11, 2010

With questions continuing to be asked over the war in Afghanistan, freelance journalist Daniel Furr asks whether US drone strikes in Waziristan are war crimes.

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Abandoning UN commitments will compound Pakistan floods disaster and others

By Guest | Published: August 17, 2010

Our guest writer is Gareth Thomas MP, shadow minister for international development UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, returning from viewing the devastation in Pakistan for himself today has told the world to ‘wake up’ to the full scale of the disaster, now affecting an estimated 20 million people – including millions of children under threat [...]

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