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al-Ghussein and Mohammed Lafi hold press conference on Israeli 'spies'

Interior ministry spokesman for the Hamas-run government, Ihab al-Ghussein, and Ministry Official Mohammed Lafi hold a press conference about the...

by Mustafa Hassona in Palestinian Territory on 23/09/2010

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Tense stand-off in Kosovo border Protest
Kosovo police prevented up to 2,000 ethnic Albanian nationalist protesters from the nationalist Self-Determination movement from blocking border crossings with Serbia. Podujeve. 22nd Ja...
Kosovo police disperse, and arrest Self-Determination party members
Kosovo police dispersed, and arrested Self-Determination party members and supporters trying to stop Serbians from entering at Kosovo-Serbia crossings. They are protesting alleged Serb...
Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbian border
Anti-riot police used batons and pepper spray to push back several hundred Kosovo Albanian protestors from a checkpoint as they tried to blockade the northeastern border with Serbia. Dh...
Human Rights group Karapatan protest over former President Arroyo
Militant group Karapatan go on protest in front of the Department of Justice with the puppet of former President Arroyo in an orange jump suit, because she allegedly evades taking respo...
Negotiations are back while Northern Kosovo is re-barricaded
For more than three months, Serbs have been blocking main roads in northern Kosovo to stop the country’s ethnic Albanian leadership from extending their control over parts of Kosovo. Mi...
Kashmiri constable recruits graduate and take their oath
616 trained Constables took their oath of service during a colorful attestation parade at the BSF Subsidiary Training Centre after 38 weeks of rigorous training. Kashmir, India. 5th Nov...
Border Security Force cadets graduate in Kashmir
Around 340 recruits formally wore the Border Security Force (BSF) colours and vowed to serve the nation at a colourful passing out parade in Srinagar, Kashmir. 20th October, 2011
Drug addicts in Kabul City - Afghanistan
Around 150 drug addicts are brought to a rehabilitation center for treatment by the ministries of counter-narcotics and interior, as part of a new push to clean the streets, an official...
Italian soldiers on Ring Road patrol - Afghanistan
A day spent on patrol with Italian soldiers from the 82nd Brigade as they monitor the Ring Road, a two thousand mile stretch of road built by the Americans and Soviets in the 1960s that...
Kosovo-Serbia Border Dispute
Serbian police and NATO troops have reinforced checkpoints on both sides of the Kosovo border to try to stop further ethnic violence after a frontier post was burned down and a policema...
Afghan forces take back Lashkar Gah from American & British Troops
British troops in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province have handed control of the city of Lashkar Gah to Afghan security forces. Afghanistan. 20th July 2011
Hamid Karzai in a joint press conference with Robert Gates - Kabul
President Hamid Karzai held a joint press conference with outgoing US Defense Secretary, Robert Gates. Kabul. Afghanistan. 4 June 2011
Indian female soldier in operation
An Indian female security personnel of the Indian Reverse Battalion takes part in operation duty at a street at Dimapur.
The Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) Report
A critical analysis of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) Report
al-Ghussein and Mohammed Lafi hold press conference on Israeli 'spies'
Interior ministry spokesman for the Hamas-run government, Ihab al-Ghussein, and Ministry Official Mohammed Lafi hold a press conference about the arrest of alleged spies for Israel. Gaz...
International Day of the Disappeared  in the Philippines
Families of desaparecidos called on the Aquino administration to act immediately to surface all victims of enforced disappearances, as they march to Mendiola on the International Day of...
Tripura state rifle Jawans-NSG commando training
Tripura state rifle Jawans NSG during commando training. Guwahati, India. 09/08/2010.
Protesters prepare for President Aquino's speech
Progressive Groups Under BAYAN (New Patriotic Alliance) prepare an effigy of President Aquino for their rally at the first State of the Nation Address on July 26, 2010. Quezon City, Phi...
Political Prisoners Should Be Released, President Aquino Told
Former political prisoners, kin of current detainees and human rights advocates trooped to Pres. Aquino's residence to call for the immediate release of Myrna Cruz and other politi...
Kandahar Night Raid
Tough new regulations are making it harder for the Americans to carry out night raids in Afghanistan as part of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's counter-insurgency strategy; greater stres...