October 2010 Blog Posts (72)

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Largely marginalised from public life, Saudi women will attempt to form the

A hoped turnout of 10,000 women

In bid to draw attention to breast cancer, Saudi women to gather wearing pink…

In grainy black-and-white footage, a young American soldier from World War II struggles to get the words out,

He's home but he's not home, like he was

Grim stories of US soldiers' trauma in 'Wartorn' documentary: I can't stand seeing people…

WASHINGTON - Years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan have left their mark on American soldiers and the United

Coming home but the battle hasn't ended

Mullen: United States to be grappling with Iraq, Afghan war effects for years to…

JOHANNESBURG - Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday urged the Cape Town Opera to abandon a trip to

'Just as we said during apartheid'

Archbishop: only 'thickest-skinned' South Africans would be comfortable performing before excluding…

ABU DHABI - Kalima, the translation project of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH),

Translated by Sami Abu Yahia and Fuad Ismail…

UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights chiefs and experts launched a new offensive on the US conduct of its

Investigate all allegations in the Wikileak documents

Washington under fire over 'war on terror', Iraq-Afghan conflicts, Wikileaks…

JERUSALEM - A rights group on Monday published new photos of Israeli soldiers posing with a detainee and

'It's the norm in the Israeli military'

Release of new Israel abuse photos seeks to demonstrate that previous incidents not…

LONDON - The sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has converted to Islam following a visit

'Just absolute bliss and joy'

Lauren Booth undergoes religious conversion following visit to holy Iranian city of Qom.

to…

The widows of insurgent fighters in Diyala province are demanding that the government acknowledge the

hundreds of children whose fathers died leaving them without Iraqi citizenship.

Unregistered children are denied Iraqi citizenship, leaving them with no right to basic services.

By Ali Mohammed - BAQUBA (Iraq)

During the worst years of…

JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday slammed critical remarks made by Middle East Catholic bishops after a

'An anti-Israel majority'

Palestinians welcome Catholic support for end of Israeli occupation of their territories.

meeting chaired by…