Daily Archives: August 27, 2006

Sunday Aug 27

Israeli airstrike on Reuters press vehicle on grounds of suspicious driving

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Israeli rocket hits Reuters car
An Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City during a secu­rity oper­a­tion has injured a Reuters news agency cam­era­man and a local jour­nal­ist.
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Israeli ground forces backed by heli­copters were con­duct­ing an oper­a­tion inside the Gaza Strip on Sat­ur­day evening, near the Karni cross­ing.
“During the oper­a­tion, there was an aerial attack on a […]

Sunday Aug 27

Mhh

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Choco­late ice­cream accom­pa­nied by some lovely CSS arti­cles. What better way to enjoy your dessert.

Sunday Aug 27

First Human Rights treaty of the 21st Century and the US doesn’t sign

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The UN has agreed to a new dis­abil­ity treaty text that gives greater rights and free­doms to dis­abled persons world-​wide, or aims to at least:
Most notable among the coun­tries that will not be signing the con­ven­tion is the United States.It says that it already has com­pre­hen­sive laws on dis­abil­ity rights.
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Nego­ti­a­tions had been delayed because of two […]