Tag Archives: Western Asia
January 18, 2011 by benim
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani: has been sentenced to 10 years in jail instead of hanging, according to officials. Photograph: AP Iran has hanged almost 50 people during the past three weeks, according to human rights groups. The International Campaign for Human … read more »
Posted in AIDS / Humanitarian, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Ali Saremi, Amnesty International, Asia, breaking news, Capital punishment, Dilma Rousseff, Embassies and Consulates, Fertile Crescent, Hossein Khezri, humanitarian-news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan, kurdish language, Kurdish people, Middle East, News local news, newspapers, PJAK, political-news, Politics of Iraq, President of Brazil, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Tehran, War Conflict, Western Asia, World news
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January 17, 2011 by benim
EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian security officials say border police have killed an Eritrean woman trying to sneak across the border into Israel. Officials say the 20-year-old woman did not heed warnings from Egyptian border guards before they shot her in … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, News, Refugees/Migrants, Women
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Arish, Bedouin, border guard, border guards, breaking news, Cairo, disasters-news, Egypt, Egyptian, Embassies and Consulates, Eritrea, geography, immgrants, immigration, IndepthAfrica, Israel, israeli-palestinian conflict, Law Crime, migrants, News local news, newspapers, Political geography, Rafah, Rafah Governorate, refugees, Sinai Peninsula, Western Asia, woman trying, World news
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The death of a Palestinian woman following a West Bank village protest in which teargas was fired by Israeli soldiers has become a battleground of competing narratives between the victim’s family, Israeli military sources and advocates on both sides of … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Afrika, breaking news, disasters-news, Gaza Strip, IndepthAfrica, International Solidarity Movement, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, israeli, israeli-palestinian conflict, Jerusalem, Middle East, Muhammad al-Durrah, Muhammad al-Durrah incident, News local news, newspapers, Palestinian people, Palestinian Territories, political-news, Second Intifada, War Conflict, west bank, Western Asia, World news, Yedioth Ahronoth
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian authorities have arrested a 55-year-old American woman — reportedly with a microphone hidden in her teeth — on suspicion of spying, local media reported Thursday. U.S. officials could not immediately confirm the report. But if true, … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged 2009 detention of American hikers by Iran, Africa news, African news, Afrika, American Iran, Armenia, Asia, breaking news, Fars News Agency, Foreign relations of Iran, Hal Talaian, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Iranian Plateau, Iraq, Law Crime, List of diplomatic missions of the United States, News local news, newspapers, political-news, suspicion of spying, Tehran, United States, Western Asia, World news
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Up to 80 African migrants are feared to have drowned off the south coast of Yemen after their boats capsized, Yemeni officials say. The migrants, mostly from Ethiopia, were travelling in two boats which were hit by strong wind and … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, East Africa, Ethiopia, News, Refugees/Migrants, Somali
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Tagged Aden, Africa news, African news, African people, Arab League member states, Asia, breaking news, disasters-news, geography, Gulf of Aden, Horn of Africa, immigrants, Immigration to Yemen, IndepthAfrica, Least Developed Countries, Middle East, migrants refugees, News local news, newspapers, political-news, Social Issues, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Western Asia, World news, Yemen, Yemeni
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December 30, 2010 by benim
Israeli officials have stepped up efforts to stem the flow of African asylum seekers and migrant workers into Israel. With numbers reaching into the tens of thousands, Israeli officials are pressed to find a policy to combat the ever-increasing flow … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, Refugees/Migrants
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Tagged A.S. Roma, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Canada, crimes, Deportation, Foreign worker, human migration, humanitarian-news, illegal immigration, immigration, IndepthAfrica, Israel, israeli, Migrant worker, migrant workers, News local news, newspapers, Refugee, refugees, sara netanyahu, Social Issues, tamil, tamil migrants, Western Asia, World news
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December 24, 2010 by benim
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Israelis and African migrants marched down Tel Aviv’s main boulevard on Friday to protest a government plan to build a detention facility to hold those who enter the country illegally. The government estimates that more than … read more »
Posted in News, Refugees/Migrants
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Tagged Africa news, African news, African people, Asia, breaking news, Egypt, Eritrea, Human Interest, humanitarian-news, IndepthAfrica, Israel, israeli, Israeli Jews, Khartoum, Middle East, Mubarak Saleh, News local news, political-news, Sinai Peninsula, Social Issues, Sudan, tel aviv, War Conflict, Western Asia, World news, World War II
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November 24, 2010 by benim
A car bomb struck a religious procession in a Shiite rebel bastion of north Yemen on Wednesday, killing 17 people and rattling a fragile truce with the government, a rebel spokesman and a tribal chief said. “Seventeen people were killed … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Asia, car bomb, disasters-news, IndepthAfrica, Mohammed Abdulsalam, Osama bin Laden, Şa'dah, Saudi Arabia, Say'ūn, Shia Islam, Terrorism in Iraq, tribal chief, War Conflict, Western Asia, Yemen
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November 23, 2010 by benim
Gambia announced on Monday it was severing all ties with Iran, a move which sources close to Banjul’s foreign ministry said followed the seizure of arms from Iran believed to be bound for the West African state. Nigeria’s secret service … read more »
Posted in Gambia, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Asia, Banjul, Gambia, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Iranian Plateau, List of diplomatic missions of Iran, Middle East, Nigeria, political-news, Politics of Iran, United Nations Security Council, War Conflict, West Africa, Western Asia
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November 22, 2010 by benim
Prospective candidates for Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood ran into a police cordon when they tried to register in Fayoum, an oasis city south of Cairo, to run in the November 28 parliamentary election. The hopefuls, who list themselves as independents … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Egypt, Election, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt Election, Egyptian Shura Council election, Elections in Egypt, geography, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islam in Egypt, Islamism, Mohamed ElBaradei, Muslim Brotherhood, North Africa, political-news, Politics of Egypt, United Nations, Western Asia
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November 22, 2010 by benim
Militants from war-torn Somalia are using refugee routes into Yemen as a cover for making contact with an al-Qaeda group responsible for a series of plots against the West. Yemeni officials have claimed that members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East, News
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Tagged Aden, Al-Kharaz, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Asia, disasters-news, Gulf of Aden, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Refugee, Say'ūn, Social Issues, Somali people, timeline of the War in Somalia, United Nations, War Conflict, Western Asia, Yemen, Yemeni, Yemeni list of most wanted suspected terrorists
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November 5, 2010 by benim
MOMBASA, Kenya — Seventeen Somalis walked free from a Kenyan court Friday after becoming the first defendants to be acquitted since Nairobi signed a deal with Western states to try suspected pirates. The men were arrested in the Gulf of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Asia, bi-partisan, disasters-news, Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Law Crime, Piracy in Somalia, political-news, Sanaa, senate vote, Somali, Somali people, terrorism, United States Yemen relations, Western Asia, Yemen, Yemen Court, Yemeni people
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October 31, 2010 by benim
Yemen freed on Sunday a female suspect detained in connection with explosive packages sent from Yemen and bound for the United States on condition that she appears when summoned for questioning, a relative said. Asked if the woman had been … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged aircraft, Al-Qaeda, America, Asia, bomb plot, cargo flights, create havoc, disaster, disasters-news, Dubai, Hanan al Samawi, In-depth Africa, Indepth Africa, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Law Crime, Letter bomb, london bombings, New strategy, Organized crime, Panic, Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, Plan, Say'ūn, Say’ūn, terrorism, terrorist group, UK, United Arab Emirates, US, Western Asia, Yemen, Yemen bomb plot
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October 31, 2010 by benim
A female engineering student has been arrested in Yemen on suspicion of posting the packages containing bombs found on two cargo jets in Dubai and Britain. The 22-year-old woman, named locally as Hanan al Samawi, was traced through a phone … read more »
Posted in America, Europe, Global Issues, Middle East, Multimedia, News Video, Video
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Tagged aircraft, Al-Qaeda, America, Asia, bomb plot, cargo flights, create havoc, disaster, disasters-news, Dubai, Hanan al Samawi, In-depth Africa, Indepth Africa, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Law Crime, london bombings, New strategy, Organized crime, Panic, Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, Plan, Say'ūn, terrorism, terrorist group, UK, United Arab Emirates, US, Western Asia, Yemen, Yemen bomb plot
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