WAR
For a while this week, “Israel” stopped being a dirty word.
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If Israel keeps fudging on an inquiry into Gaza, all it is doing is pronouncing itself guilty as charged.
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Under the shade of an olive tree, an evicted Palestinian family is caught in a strange stand-off with the Jewish settlers who have taken over their home.
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A new group of dissenters has emerged from China’s recent ethnic riots – Uighur Muslim women.
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Overnight, more than two million in the "Switzerland of the East" find themselves homeless in their own country as the Pakistani government wages an all-out war against the Taliban.
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The solidarity derived from traditional hospitality has provided a pillar of strength to the embattled nation.
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A volunteer group hopes pen pals will help break down barriers between India and Pakistan.
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As the political tensions strangle the livelihoods of ordinary Palestinians, the traders are seeking new avenues to make a living from the Middle to the Far East.
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In Hebron, Jewish settlers and Palestinians live side by side, and suffer for this proximity. Yet, while it is both an object lesson in why a deal between Israel and the Palestinians remains so elusive, Hebron may by faith, be the best hope for peaceful co-existence.
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If you are Lebanese and under 30 years old, you definitely would have lived through war.
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