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Coming home: surprise amnesty for political prisoners
QUIETLY, without publicity or prior intimation, Syria began releasing large numbers of its political prisoners towards the end of last year. In...
New Internationalist, 05/01/96 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Sanctions hinder Iraq's effort to grow food
UN sanctions against Iraq are having the undesired effect of reducing the nation's agricultural output, according to UN Food and Agriculture...
National Catholic Reporter, 07/28/95 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Palestinians restricted in their own city; Israel gradually takes control of Jerusalem
Israel believes that Jerusalem should be solely a part of it, and the government has implemented measures to make native Palestinians feel less a...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/30/95 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Lives of Iraqi refugees still in limbo as sanctions bring strife for those who stay
An Iraqi refugee now living in Damascus, Syria describes the scattering of his family and the prosperous life they lost in Iraq. The refugee who is...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/16/95 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Life links Arab Muslims and Christians
An Arab American visitor to Lebanon describes her amazement in finding how biblical stories and characters are known and loved by Lebanese Muslims....
National Catholic Reporter, 06/02/95 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Yemen's strife is a symbol of post-Soviet turmoil
The four-year-old unification of North and South Yemen has collapsed. Observers blame the personal clash of the North's Pres Ali Abdullah Saleh and...
National Catholic Reporter, 07/15/94 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Embargo still hurts children in intransigent Iraq
Iraq is said to be on the brink of famine due to the international economic sanctions in force since the Persian Gulf War in 1991. It is unable to...
National Catholic Reporter, 05/06/94 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Iraq health crisis worsens; medicines can't breach blockade
Iraqi deputy health minister Showki Marqus claims that medical supplies and drugs are being embargoed by individual governments despite the...
National Catholic Reporter, 02/11/94 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Euphoria dims on West Bank, more killings than concessions
Waves of violence and retaliation are eroding the Israel-Palestinian Sep 1993, peace process. The Israeli army was needed to quell violence in...
National Catholic Reporter, 02/04/94 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication -
Violence is imperiling the Arafat-Rabin pact - Palestine Liberation Organization-Israel peace plan
Many Palestinians are suspicious of the plan and fearful that its implementation will leave them worse-off economically. Armed resistance to the...
National Catholic Reporter, 12/17/93 by Barbara Nimri Aziz · More from publication
