Stories from 2002-11-01
"In March, Afghanistan's new education ministry rehired thousands of teachers who had been sacked by the Taliban, including many women who were banned from teaching. But attitudes towards girls' education remain mixed. In the south, much of the conservative Pashtun community remains hostile towards the idea of girls going to school, especially after the age of 10." [more]
"On the issue of Arab views of other countries, only Israel, the United States and Britain received overall negative scores among 13 countries listed in the question, including Asian and Islamic nations." [more]
Economic sanctions in Iraq as a weapon of mass destruction. [more]
"The outgoing prime minister, whose protracted illness led to the collapse of his governing coalition and early elec tions, fears that Turkey's 12 million Kurds, mainly in the south-east, would break away and fragment the country." [more]
"All of those questioned during the raids in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne had local connections to Abu Bakar Bashir, the Indonesian cleric who heads the outlawed Muslim group Jemaah Islamiah (JI)." [more]
"He said Saudi Arabia was among countries that supply Iraq with goods such as cooking oil, soap and milk powder under a UN-run oil for food scheme that allows Baghdad to distribute rations to Iraqis burdened by UN sanctions." [more]
"The Jazeera reporter, Yosri Fouda, said Mr. bin al-Shibh sat on the floor surrounded by three laptop computers and five cellphones and spent much of his time quietly 'fiddling with his laptops.'" [more]
"The 25 Labor members of the 120-seat Parliament now move into the opposition, with Mr. Ben-Eliezer as the opposition leader. Mr. Sharon is left for the moment with a minority of 55 seats. He has not only lost moderate allies but gained leftist antagonists. Where before, Labor's political interest lay in blurring its differences with Mr. Sharon, it now lies in spotlighting disagreements as the party tries to define itself as an alternative government." [more]
"Mr. Lieberman and other right-wing leaders believe that after two years of conflict with the Palestinians, Israeli voters will give them additional parliamentary seats in a new election. Mr. Lieberman is an ally of Mr. Netanyahu." [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more]
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