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Protests against veil ban in Tunisian universities bring lectures to a halt

Posted April 18, 2012 by Hayat Canada

The controversy over the face veil, which emerged following the fall of former Tunisian President Zein Abidine Ben Ali’s secular regime, has resurfaced again on campus with lectures coming to a halt following ongoing disputes on the issue. Lectures were stopped Tuesday at the Faculty of Literature, Arts, and Humanities at the University of Manouba, [...]

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Seif al-Islam Qaddafi to face justice, eventually: Ocampo

Posted April 18, 2012 by Hayat Canada

Seif, who was arrested on November 19 in southern Libya, is being held in a secret detention center in Zintan, 180 kilometers (110 miles) southwest of Tripoli. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for him in February 2011, when pro-Qaddafi forces sought to crush a popular uprising with brutal force. The new authorities stress that [...]

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No fans of Assad, Syria’s Kurds distrust uprising

Posted April 18, 2012 by Hayat Canada

Tens of thousands of Kurds have been joining in weekly protests against Assad’s regime. But suspicion of the opposition has kept many of Syria’s estimated 2.5 million Kurds ─ more than 10 percent of the population ─ sitting on the fence amid the country’s turmoil. As a result, they effectively join Christians, Alawites and other [...]

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South Sudan remains defiant after a week of fighting with Sudan

Posted April 17, 2012 by Hayat Canada

Fighting broke out last month between Khartoum and Juba in the Heglig oil field — key to Sudan’s already struggling economy, as it supplied around half of its oil production — before an escalation of violence last Tuesday. The South has reportedly placed tanks and artillery around oil infrastructure in Heglig, which both sides say [...]

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Israeli, Palestinian meeting may be off after Prime Minister Fayyad refuses to attend

Posted April 17, 2012 by Hayat Canada

The possible last-minute cancellation may cast new light on divisions within the Palestinian political establishment, which has struggled to craft a winning strategy to achieve statehood. The letter could serve as a prelude to a renewed unilateral Palestinian move for statehood recognition in the United Nations, an effort suspended last autumn amid stiff opposition from [...]

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