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Wednesday 6 August 2008 (03 Sha`ban 1429)

Editorial: Opportunity for lasting peace

MALAY peacemakers were due yesterday in Kuala Lumpur to witness the end of 10 long hard years of stop-start negotiations. A peace treaty was to be signed between the Philippines government and the... Full Story


When justice becomes political

IN a world that suffers from an endemic shortage of justice, the sight of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appearing before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague last week to face charges... Full Story


US eyes up Pakistan’s Taleban bases

THE turbulent prospect of direct US intervention against Al-Qaeda and Taleban bases in Pakistani territory adjoining Afghanistan appears to have moved closer following last week’s visit to Washington... Full Story




United by Misery in Gaza and Nilin

AHMAD Musa was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from the West Bank village of Nilin, near Ramallah. Mohammed Bahloul is a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from Gaza City. The former was shot and killed July... Full Story