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15.04.2009, 13:13
With the recent election of Benjamin Netanyahu as Israeli Prime Minister, hopes for a Palestinian state are once more being brought into the spotlight.
27.08.2010, 14:11
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The situation with 400 immigrant workers’ children to be deported from Israel by the government to preserve what they call “the Jewish character of the state” has many people questioning what it means to be Israeli.
13.08.2009, 16:15
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Ahead of the beginning of a new school year, some private Israeli schools are refusing to enrol children of Ethiopian origin, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports.
28.01.2009, 09:49
The recent fighting in Gaza tore many families apart, but for one mother it offered the hope of being reunited with her three children who were left behind in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
10.08.2009, 09:56
For most children work is in the distant future, but that's not the case in Lebanon, the country that has the highest number of working teenagers in the world.
26.06.2009, 20:45
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Female genital mutilation, usually associated with Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia, is a growing problem in Europe. Despite criticism, the barbaric practice is thriving with more immigrants coming to Europe.
14.11.2009, 18:22
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An Azerbaijani man has come up with an unorthodox way of getting even with a pedophile who raped his son. He tracked down the rapist, sexually assaulted him on camera, and distributed the footage.
24.02.2010, 09:35
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A feminist movement has accused the Israeli government of adopting a racist policy towards the country's Ethiopian Jews.
23.10.2010, 09:36
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US commanders in Iraq ignored evidence of torture and the murder of civilians. These are the major findings from the leak of 400,000 secret American military files from the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.
26.06.2009, 19:05
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The UN considers female circumcision torture. Human rights activists worldwide see it as a major women’s rights violation and a broader debate is needed, says Thomas Von Der Osten-Sacken from human rights NGO – WADI.
Published: 18 April, 2009, 13:46
Palestinian children of the West Bank have few of life's little comforts, but now they have a chance to visit a big amusement park built in one of the region's poorest areas… if they can afford the $10 entrance fee.
