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Wife of hunger striker says his re-trial is a sham
1 may 2012
The wife of a Bahraini hunger striker says the decision to hold a re-trial for her husband is an effort to buy time as the Bahraini authorities do the bare minimum to ease international pressure over her husband’s treatment.
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Arab League condemns South Sudan ‘aggression’
28 april 2012
Sudan and South Sudan still appear to be teetering on the brink of all-out war. Both African countries are trying to drum up support as a renewed conflict looms large.
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Lawyer vows blood if introduction of courts impeded
26 april 2012
A well-known lawyer and Muslim rights activist in Russia has sparked controversy by stating that Russian capital city Moscow would be “drenched in blood” if anyone hinders the Muslim community in the country from expanding the use of Sharia courts.
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Pakistan boasts of successful ballistic missile test
26 april 2012
The Pakistani military says it has launched a new ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
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FM denies ‘special’ access granted by Azeris
24 april 2012
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has denied that Azerbaijan had given Israel special access to air bases in the former Soviet republic.
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Plane carrying 127 people crashes in Islamabad
21 april 2012
A Pakistani airliner carrying 127 people has crashed in bad weather near Islamabad’s international airport.
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A new constitution is being drafted for the country
21 april 2012
In Turkey the parliamentary Constitutional Reconciliation Commission has the task of drafting a new constitution for the country and they have received the representatives of some minority groups to hear their suggestions.
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US tycoon opens new USD 5 billion casino complex
12 april 2012
Queue began five hours before grand opening
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US tycoon opens new USD 4.4billion casino complex
11 april 2012
US casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson
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Journalist for an Iranian news agency arrested
8 march 2012
In India media have scrambled to view a journalist working for an Iranian news agency who has been arrested in connection with last month’s Israeli embassy car bomb attack .
Border disorder: Palestinian terrorists open fire at IDF soldiers operating within Israeli territory near the security fence with north Gaza. No injuries are being reported
Equal rights: Israel’s High Court rules that the onus is on employers to explain why they pay women lower salaries than men
Listening in: Justice Ministry proposes a bill that would expand the state’s power to tap phones and almost double the number of state agencies allowed to access the data while conducting investigations
Earphone law: Lawmakers are mulling new legislation that would forbid bicycle riders to listen to music with earphones while on the road
Anti-US assistance: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says US military assistance to Israel, including the recent decision to grant Israel an additional USD 70 million for the Iron Dome missile defense system, is encouraging the Jewish state to commit war crimes
Emergency landing: a London-bound El-Al jet makes an emergency landing at Ben-Gurion International Airport shortly after takeoff on Friday after the jet’s flaps malfunctioned and the plane dumped its fuel the sea
Equal rights: Israel’s High Court rules that the onus is on employers to explain why they pay women lower salaries than men
Listening in: Justice Ministry proposes a bill that would expand the state’s power to tap phones and almost double the number of state agencies allowed to access the data while conducting investigations
Earphone law: Lawmakers are mulling new legislation that would forbid bicycle riders to listen to music with earphones while on the road
Anti-US assistance: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says US military assistance to Israel, including the recent decision to grant Israel an additional USD 70 million for the Iron Dome missile defense system, is encouraging the Jewish state to commit war crimes
Emergency landing: a London-bound El-Al jet makes an emergency landing at Ben-Gurion International Airport shortly after takeoff on Friday after the jet’s flaps malfunctioned and the plane dumped its fuel the sea
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Activists rally in St. Petersburg against homophobia
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Officials show prison in attempt to discredit HRW
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Uyghur activists march through central Tokyo
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Search are rescue practice in South China Sea
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Iraqi athletes receive accreditation for Olympics
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Chinese troops train for jumps at 800 metres
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Muslim group complaints cancel pop star Jakarta concert
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Turkey launches investigation into suspicious bird corpse
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Spaceship blasts off to International Space Station
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Jewels shown at the Shanghai International Exhibition
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Former Taliban negotiator shot dead in Kabul
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30,000 people gather in Taipei’s Liberty Square
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Old-made-new promotes recycling in the Philippines
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Istanbul soccer team win Turkish league for 18th time
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Two men return to Turkey after being held in Syria
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Anti-Putin activists occupy central Moscow square
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Rescue teams finds bodies but no survivors in wreckage
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British furry shorthair wows Chinese cat enthusiasts
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Crowds flock to the close of Dubai’s ‘Art Nights’ season
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Bad weather and terrain hindering rescue operations
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European Jewish Parliament Convenes for Second Day
In the command center of pan-European politics, the European Jewish Parliament convened for a second day… At the European Parliament, panel discussions were held on the economic crisis in Europe and its impact on extremism, populism and anti-Semitism … Dr. Antonyia Parvanova, a member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria, moderated… Parvanova says she and her colleagues are aware that baseless hatred for Jews is rearing its ugly head again in violent acts, in anti-Israeli sentiment and in politics…
Igor Kolomoiskiy , the President of the European Jewish Union, was the guiding light behind the first-ever Parliament for Jews and forging ties with other European leaders is one of its priorities. The European Jewish Parliament was modeled in some ways after the European Parliament. Its members are elected osein contrast to how other Jewish leaders in Europe are chosen which is usually by those inside existing organizations. The European Jewish Parliament hopes its system can attract young, unaffiliated Jews with fresh ideas.
A Jewish woman from Washington joined the EJP’s meetings…but she’s not an American working for President Obama or Republican candidate Mitt Romney …Her boss is King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain… Hoodah Nunu is the Bahraini Ambassador to the US, a Jewish woman who represents her Muslim country. EJP members also expressed hope that they can help build bridges between Jews and Muslims wherever they clash. Nunu’s colleague – the Bahraini Ambassador to the EU – attended the panel discussions. Tomorrow these new Jewish reps of Europe will head back to their home countries after two days of sharing ideas, solutions and meeting like-minded politicians.
Jordana Miller, JN1 , Brussels
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Sephardic Jewish Cuisine Celebrated in Germany
The gruene sosse or green sauce festival marks the beginning of spring, and celebrates Frankfurt’s most popular dish which in turn is a symbol of Frankfurt ’s Jewish heritage. For more than six centuries Frankfurters have indulged in green vegetables and herbs – a custom that also ties in with the arrival of Sephardic Jews in the Frankfurt region.
About 30,000 Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 came to Germany. The Sephardic kitchen was characterized by the absence of garlic and a very generous use of herbs. The seven herbs found in the Frankfurt green sauce certainly do justice to the old Sephardic cuisine. Nowadays, there are of course countless varieties of the original Jewish green sauce recipe .
Jews not only provided the original recipe for green sauce, for centuries they also made the herbs available to the public. Many became peddlers, buying the products directly from the farmers and selling them in the streets of Frankfurt . At the beginning of the 20th. century in Frankfurt the Jewish peddler were members of the Jewish community living in the East End of the city, the home of about four thousand Jews who immigrated from Russia and Poland.
The East End had the largest synagogue in Frankfurt, boasting 1600 seats. It was destroyed on November 9, 1938, when the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews . Today in Frankfurt's East End on the site of the destroyed synagogue, the Place of Remembrance documents a facet of National Socialist viciousness: In 1942 a civil defense bunker was erected by French prisoners of war on the foundation of the destroyed Synagogue. The bunker now contains a permanent exhibition on Jewish life in Frankfurt ’s East End in the pre- Nazi period. It’s a place of learning and reflection about the site and it’s past.
Seventy years after Festival the Holocaust Jewish heritage and culture is once again thriving in Frankfurt … and Frankfurters of all ethnic backgrounds are discovering the centuries old Jewish recipe for green sauce.
Wilson Ruiz, JN1 , Frankfurt
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EJP Holds General Assembly in Brussels
The newly elected European Jewish Parliament held its first general session in Brussels… The 120 members were elected last fall in an online vote that drew over 400,000 Jews across western, central and eastern Europe. Now the representatives of 47 countries are meeting to set their agenda…it’s a diverse group of men and women, religious and secular, old and young…
The alarming political gains of far right-wing nationalist parties is one of the newest and most pressing issues. EJP Co-Presidents Vadim Rabinovich and Joel Rubinfeld say the Parliament will build ties with the European Parliament , the EU and others to defend the needs of the Jewish community.
The European Jewish Parliament , for the first time is bringing Jews from the East and West together under one umbrella organization. The hope is that some of the more established communities – like in France and England – can help some of the smaller struggling communities in the east with the challenges they face… After the opening remarks, the Parliamentarians broke into committee groups on topics ranging from foreign affairs to education to culture.
Jordana Miller, JN1 , Brussels