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L’Allemange 20 ans après la chute du Mur de Berlin.

October 25th, 2009 · No Comments

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16h30, le 3 Octobre 2009, Willi Hajek, historien « ouest-allemand » âgé de 62 ans, regarde profondément et montre à d’autres amis les photos de son ancien ami militant, Dr. Thomas dont les photos sont partout dans une exposition ouverte dans ce quartier berlinois [...]

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Tags: Politics · Society

In Mideast, marriage too can be a battlefield

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS (AP) –
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The two couples had never met each other, and probably never would. They had come from opposite sides of a border between longtime enemies.
But Elie Wakim and Nada Ghamloush from Lebanon, and Dimitri Stafeev and Olga Zaytseva from [...]

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Tags: Gender · Human Rights · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Politics · Religion · Society · War & Conflict · women

A signature for free press in Italy

September 20th, 2009 · No Comments

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Tags: Human Rights · Society

Swedish parents keep 2-year-old’s gender secret

June 25th, 2009 · No Comments

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Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20232/20090623/
Pop’s parents, both 24, made a decision when their baby was born to keep Pop’s sex a secret. Aside from a select few – those who have changed the child’s diaper – nobody knows Pop’s gender; if anyone enquires, Pop’s parents simply say [...]

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Tags: Gender · Human Rights · Sexuality · Society

Quelque 3,2 millions de Libanais appelés aux urnes dimanche

June 5th, 2009 · No Comments

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BEYROUTH, 5 juin 2009 (AFP) – Quelque 3,2 millions de Libanais sont appelés aux urnes dimanche pour élire leur Parlement sous haute surveillance, lors d’un scrutin crucial où s’affronteront le camp appuyé par l’Occident et l’alliance dirigée par le Hezbollah allié de l’Iran.
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Tags: Politics · Society

Décès de Mohamed Alaa Moubarak, exagération attendue!

May 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments

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Le décès le 18 mai 2009 et l’enterrement le 19 mai 2009 de Mohamed Alaa Hosni Moubarak,  petit fils, âgé de 12 ans,  du Président égyptien Mohamed Hosni Moubarak et le fils d’Alaa Moubarak, le fameux homme d’affaire, ne se sont certainement pas [...]

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Tags: Politics · Society

kidnapping… INTOX!!!

May 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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Que faut-il mettre en œuvre pour faire taire une rumeur ? On n’a pas la réponse. Par contre, les rumeurs, on sait très bien, et depuis longtemps, les propager. Dernière en date : ” KIDNAPPING – flash – Attention : Beaucoup d’enfants kidnappés entre 6 [...]

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Tags: Society

Clashes over Swine Cull in Egypt.

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

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According to the BBC, Manshiet Naser, a slam area in Cairo, has seen today clashes with police forces over the pigs cull, a governmental precaution measure to prevent the swine flu!
To read more, please click the below BBC link

“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8031490.stm”

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Tags: Health · Society

Tobias Nyabola: A man of courage and determination

April 6th, 2009 · No Comments

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3 months ago, I met an extraordinary man, in Athens. His name is Tobias Nyabola, he comes from a small village in Kenya, Bama. Tobias is a retired teacher and the elected leader of what is called a CBO in Bama, a community based organisation. [...]

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Tags: Education · Health · Photo · Society

Lebanon journalist UK entry veto

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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A Lebanese journalist with links to militant group Hezbollah has been barred from entering Britain.
Ibrahim Moussawi was due to speak at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, but the home secretary has ruled he should be denied a visa.
Mr Moussawi was editor of [...]

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Tags: Mediterranean · Politics · Society · Travel · War & Conflict