Courtesy of CC-BY-NC Maya Zankoul Israel’s attack on a Gaza aid convoy that killed at least nine peace activists has sparked an international outcry, no less in Lebanon. The Lebanese blogosphere reacted sharply to news that its southern neighbour had violently stormed the Turkish aid convoy, the Mavi Marmara. As noted by the above caricature of […]
Is Israel a Terrorist State?
Earlier today, the Associated Press announced the names of the nine activists from the Free Gaza flotilla that were killed by Israeli soldiers on Monday. The names of the dead activists were not revealed until their bodies arrived back in Turkey. For four days the Israeli government withheld the names of the killed and wounded. […]
A Woeful Tale of Prince of Hyderabad
Here is a sad tale of Mir Barkat Ali Khan a.k.a Mukaram Jah Bahadur, the Eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, descendant of the Viceroys of the Deccan and heir to India’s greatest dynasty since the Mughals. It’s a saga on man who went from being the richest man in the world, the owner of Murchison House […]
A Bullet – Pus at Berlinale Forum
Pus/Haze Tayfun Pirselimoglu Turkey/Greece 2010, 109 min International Premiere 20 February 2010 Delphi Filmpalast, Berlin Cast: Ruhi Sarı (ReÅŸat), Mehmet Avcı (Emin), Nurcan Ülger (Türkan) Turkey as dystopia. Exquisite compositions. Everyone looks like shit. The glassy eyes of an alcoholic. Channel surfing. High tension wires. Staring at fish in an aquarium shop. “I’m bored.” Tayfun […]
NATO to begin heavy operation in Afghanistan
NATO to begin heavy operation in Afghanistan SOMAK SEN The southern part of Afghanistan is about to receive a massive blow from the heavily-armed thousands of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces (NATO) and Afghan National Army within few hours. It would possibly be the largest blow against the Taliban and hidden Al-Qaeda […]
Dublin Tribunal to investigate Sri Lanka war crime allegations
By Munza Mushtaq Colombo – An elite panel of 11 judges will decide this month if the President Mahinda Rajapaksa led government and its armed forces were instrumental in carrying out gross violations of human rights and involved in war crimes against innocent civilians in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province during the run up to its […]
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