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How I Survived a Tel Aviv Mob Attack

Things are getting very sketchy in Israel...

(TEL AVIV +972Mag) - Last night I had to flee a raging mob not too far from my home in south Tel Aviv.

After long speeches of incitement by right-wing parliamentarians, the masses stormed after me and a fellow journalist, and then turned on African asylum seekers, their businesses and their homes. This is how it happened.

Racism Mars Spring for Many Foreigners and Palestinians in Lebanon

Discrimination and endemic racist practices are mainly directed against foreign female domestic workers who work as maids and nannies for Lebanese families

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - As many visitors to Lebanon can attest, some Lebanese have the rather charming habit of asking them, “Do you love Lebanon?”

One assumes they actually mean to inquire if the visitor likes Lebanon and is enjoying their visit.

Postcolonial Theory, Whiteness & Palestine

Zionism, and Israel are actually primarily ‘Judeo-centric’ to the bone.

(LONDON) - Postcolonial, feminist and gay studies share many similarities to the extent that some academics regard these fields as theoretically and ideologically complementary.

These fields of study are primarily concerned with politics, the structure of hegemony, the oppressed and the mechanism that brings about injustice.

The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2012

Includes an overview of Afghanistan’s system of government.

(KABUL, Afghanistan) - Ten editions and still going strong. The 2012 version of AREU’s flagship “A to Z Guide” is now available.

Aiming to enhance understanding of the actors, structures and government processes related to aid and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, the new edition offers...

Without Humanizing Sexuality, AIDS Will Continue to be a Threat

Pope Benedict XVI believes that the AIDS problem requires both a medical and pharmaceutical solution.

(MADRID, Spain) - In 2006 at a meeting of the British Labour Party, Bob Geldof, singer and political activist, publicly praised the policy to fight AIDS.

A FEW GOOD MEN, TOO MANY CHEMICALS

Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines, Murder and Government Cover-up

(SALEM) - A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals is a thrilling and informative nonfiction account of contamination at two Marine Corps installations, former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro on the West Coast and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the East Coast.

The book is co-authored by two former MCAS El Toro Marines, Tim King, photojournalist and war correspondent, and Bob O’Dowd, Salem-News investigative reporter.

Please Vote: Bafta TV Awards 2012 Nominees

Please vote: Bafta TV Awards 2012 nominees - Films about Bahrain, Sri Lanka, adoption and care homes are all up for the award - vote for the one you think should win

(LONDON) - Al Jazeera's Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark has earned the channel a nomination for Current Affairs in this year's Bafta TV Awards.

It's competing against Jon Snow's film, Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, for Channel 4 and two editions of Panorama on BBC1: The Truth about Adoption and Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed.

`I Am Disgusted With Christianity`

New book critically examines trends in Christianity that miss the point.

(TAMPA, FL) - Booksbycoreyreynolds.com proudly Presents I Am Disgusted With Christianity by Corey L Reynolds.

I Am Disgusted With Christianity ask Where has the church gone?

I do not think we need more human beings on this planet: Peter Singer

Kourosh engages author of 1975 book "Animal Liberation", "Rethinking Life and Death" and "Practical Ethics."

(TEHRAN) - Peter Singer, world-renowned Australian philosopher and bio-ethicist; is a Professor of Bioethics at Princeton and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Singer specializes in applied ethics and is known for his secular and preference utilitarian viewpoints.

What follows is the complete text of our conversation. Peter's answers are rather brief as compared to my elaborate questions; however, I think it has become a readable debate.

How Many Violations of US Arms Laws Are Too Many?

It depends whether the miscreant enjoys “We will always have your back regardless”…. status
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(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - On March 6, 2012, the US Congressional Research Service released a report to the US Congress concerning Restrictions on the use of American weapons by recipient countries.