• The Organ Trade: Israel stripped body organs off Palestinians -- Israeli Knesset member Excerpt: In 2004, pathologist Yehuda Hiss was removed from his post as head of the state-run L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine after a Health Ministry investigation found that he had been...
• Iranian jail employees charged over prisoners' deaths Three Iranian prison officials have been charged with killing imprisoned protesters arrested in the aftermath of the June presidential election, local media reported.
A court's statement, published...
• Plight of contractor (Jamie Leigh Jones) raped and beaten by KBR co-workers in Iraq spurs push in Congress Plight of contractor raped in Iraq spurs push in CongressFour years ago, Jamie Leigh Jones, a 20-year old Texas contract employee working in Iraq, was drugged, stripped, beaten and gang-raped by her...
• YEMEN: Child soldiers used by both sides in northern conflict - NGOs (IRIN) - The huge poster hanging in the press conference shows a Yemeni boy dressed in a traditional brown robe, holding a detonator in one hand, while with the other he lifts his gown to reveal...
• Iran sentences former vice-president to six years as trails of dissidents reach a peak A former Iranian vice-president was sentenced to six years in prison as reprisals meted out to leaders of street protests against the disputed presidential elections claimed their highest profile...
• We can do as we please: Armed Forces minister, says, Iraq abuse allegations do not warrant public inquiry Armed Forces minister: Iraq abuse allegations do not warrant public inquiryNew allegations that British soldiers tortured and sexually abused Iraqi civilians do not warrant a public inquiry, Bill...
• Management: Blackwater 'sent money to pay off Iraqi officials angry at civilian deaths' Former top executives at Blackwater have said the security firm sent $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings...
• Israeli Police Don Arab Disguise (CounterCurrents) -- Nazareth: Civil rights groups in Israel have expressed outrage at the announcement last week that a special undercover unit of the police has been infiltrating and collecting...
• Unemployed Jordanians deceived into donating their organs Ali, a 30-year-old Jordanian father of three, was without a job and desperate. A friend convinced him that selling one of his kidneys could improve conditions for his family and also save someone's...
• Israel Defense Forces official: Israel needs better PR While General Staff opposes external probe of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, IDF official tells Ynet more should be done on PR front. 'We can explain better to the world and to ourselves what we are...
• Journalist vows to follow up on 'Israel organ theft' (Press TV) -- Six weeks after he caused a political storm over his article on alleged Israeli organ thefts, the Swedish journalist behind the controversy says he will not quit the story despite...
• Iran to allow inspectors into newest nuclear plant Experts will inspect Iran's new uranium enrichment plant on Oct. 25, UN atomic watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday, praising Tehran's shift "from conspiracy to cooperation" but warning...
• Freedom: Iran activist sentenced to death for election protests The first death sentence has been passed against a defendant accused of involvement in the mass protests in Iran against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election, prompting fears of a...
• Hamas bans women from riding motorbikes Move 'to preserve citizen safety' is latest sign of Islamisation campaign in GazaHamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, has banned banning women in Gaza from riding on motorbikes.The ban, posted...
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