Full Coverage: Middle East

11/30/2006 Mercy Corps is assisting impoverished families caught in the latest crisis in Gaza by providing short-term jobs in the community to 2,600 residents.

11/28/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 28 (OneWorld) - Rural communities are experiencing a disproportionate amount of U.S. military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new study by the Carsey Institute, a think tank at the University of New Hampshire.

11/25/2006 ARBIL, Nov 23 (IPS) - More than 150 people died in the Shia Sadr area of Baghdad in a spate of car bombings and mortar attacks Thursday morning.

11/22/2006 Discover the women who have escaped the scourge of gender-based violence, and how economic self-sufficiency helped them do it.

11/21/2006 Kehys ry ja Maan ystävät kritisoivat Euroopan unionia laiminlyönnistä Välimeren alueen ympäristöongelmien hoidossa. EU:n ja Välimeren alueen ympäristöministereiden kokouksessa Kairossa unohdettiin keskeiset alueen ympäristökysymykset kuten aavikoitumisen ja nopean kaupungistumisen tuomat ongelmat.

11/21/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21 (OneWorld) - A New York-based non-profit stepped up a petition drive Tuesday aimed at pushing the Bush administration to engage the international community to bring peace to Iraq.

11/21/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21 (OneWorld) - A U.S. serviceman who went AWOL after refusing to return for a second tour of duty in Iraq is getting a court hearing Tuesday.

11/19/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 18 (OneWorld) - Four of the U.S. soldiers on trial for the murder of a disabled Iraqi man have reached plea bargains with military prosecutors, drastically minimizing the time they will spend in jail.

11/16/2006 Suomen Lähetysseura on myöntänyt Jordanian ja Pyhän maan luterilaiselle kirkolle 69 000 euroa käytettäväksi hädänalaisten palestiinalaisperheitten avustamiseen sekä 16 000 euroa Öljymäellä sijaitsevan Al Mahabehin lastentarhan piha-alueen kunnostamiseen.

11/15/2006 They are caught in no-man's land--literally. Palestinians who have lived in Iraq for years now face only threats and death there, and the Syrian border has been closed to them.

11/15/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15 (OneWorld) - Human rights lawyers were joined by two winners of the Nobel Peace prize in filing charges in Germany Tuesday, accusing outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld of committing war crimes in Iraq and the U.S.-controlled Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba.

11/15/2006 People from Israel, the United States, and other countries have been supporting Palestinian farmers as they reap their harvest once again under the threats and fear imposed by occupation. Discover their stories.

11/15/2006 Ihmisoikeusneuvosto kokoontuu keskiviikkona erityisistuntoon, jossa käsitellään Israelin viimeaikaisia toimia miehitetyllä palestiinalaisalueella. Israelin Gazaan tekemässä iskussa sai surmansa 19 siviiliä ja 60 haavoittui. Erityisistunto on järjestyksessä kolmas ihmisoikeusneuvoston perustamisen jälkeen. Kaikki erityisistunnot ovat käsitelleet Israelia.

11/15/2006 from autoblog green:
The future of green energy in Israel looks decidedly solar.

11/14/2006 The coordinator of a youth program for a joint Palestinian-Israeli human rights organization has been detained by Israeli forces for over 18 months without being charged, tried, or allowed to defend himself. His detention could be extended by another six months on Sunday.

11/14/2006 Iran is working quietly but feverishly to prevent the total collapse of order in Baghdad and the hasty departure of U.S. forces--both to avoid spillover effects and to minimize the chance of a U.S. attack on its country, says journalist Kamal Nazer Yasin.

11/13/2006 Pohjoismaiset kirkolliset avustusjärjestöt, Suomesta Kirkon Ulkomaanapu, vaativat kansainväliseltä yhteisöltä konkreettisia tekoja siviilien suojelemiseksi ja tilanteen rauhoittamiseksi Lähi-idässä. Järjestöt ilmaisivat kannanotossaan järkytyksensä Israelin tykistökeskityksestä Pohjois-Gazassa keskiviikkona. Avustusjärjestöt myös vetoavat Pohjoismaiden hallituksiin ja kehottavat niitä vaatimaan Yhdistyneiden kansakuntien turvallisuusneuvostoa puuttumaan asiaan.

11/09/2006 Focusing on issues of peace, climate change, energy, foreign policy, women's rights, and more, many non-profit groups are quite pleased with the results of Tuesday's elections and looking ahead to what this might mean for the United States.

11/09/2006 The abrupt replacement of Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld with former CIA director Robert Gates, combined with the Democratic sweep in Tuesday's mid-term elections, appears to signal major changes in U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. Jim Lobe reports.

11/08/2006 Despite the current political and economic crisis, there are steps that the Palestinian leadership can and should take to address abuses as a priority issue within its security agenda, says a report released Tuesday.
From: Human Rights Watch