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Hrant Dink Murder TrialA Critical Test of Turkey's Commitment to Protecting Freedom of Expression
The trial of 18 people charged in connection with the murder of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink opened in Istanbul. His trial is now being seen as important test of the Turkish judiciary's independence. Dorian Jones reports
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RAND Corporation Study on the Islamic World
Study Calls for Rethink on the War on Terror
RAND recently published an analysis entitled "Building Moderate Muslim Networks", calling for networks of modern Muslims building on the experiences of the Cold War. Götz Nordbruch introduces the study
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German Mines in the Egyptian Desert
The Legacy of the Battle of El Alamein
65 years ago, one of the biggest tank battles in the Second World War took place between Rommel's Africa corps and Allied troops near El Alamein. The mines that were left behind still claim victims among the civilian population. By Frederik Richter
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Hamas's Victory in Gaza
Israel – West Bank – Gaza: The Future
Hamas's control of all Palestinian Authority security installations in Gaza has drawn new political lines of division across the region. What now? Two options.
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Protests against Salman Rushdie's Knighthood
A Satanic Tactic
In the case of Iran and Pakistan, the citizens are being unscrupulously manipulated in order to distract people's attention from both domestic and foreign policy problems, says Peter Philipp in his commentary
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Nicolas Sarkozy's "No" to Turkey
Where Europe's Boundaries Lie
For Sarkozy, Turkey is simply not part of Europe. Moreover, because many people's hopes are currently overshadowed by fear, he is not alone in this view. This is ironic, given that Turkey was founded on the very spirit of Europe, writes Zafer Senocak
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French Immigrants and President Sarkozy
Resistance from the Suburbs
During the recent presidential election in France, the mainly Muslim immigrants of the suburbs were unusually active in mobilising against Nicolas Sarkozy. But in the recent parliamentary elections, their involvement was much reduced. Bernhard Schmid reports
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The Crisis in the Western Sahara
The Forgotten Refugees of Tindouf
Under the auspices of the United Nations, discussions are underway between Morocco, the Polisario liberation movement, Algeria and neighbouring Mauritania about a conflict that has been ongoing in the Western Sahara for more than 30 years. A report by Hassan Znined
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Tom Segev's Historical Documentation of "1967"
Israel, the War and the Year that Transformed the Middle East
Israeli Tom Segev is one of the "New Historians" seeking to re-examine and re-evaluate the history of Zionism and the state of Israel. Joseph Croitoru read his most recent book, about the Six Day War
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Arab Intellectuals in Israel Demand Recognition
We, Too, Are the People!
At the end of last year, Arab intellectuals in Israel published a document in which they did not only insist on equal status for the Arab-Palestinian minority, but they also list an extensive series of demands on the Israeli state. Joseph Croitoru reports
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Extremist Groups in Lebanon
Strategy of Destabilisation
The bloody standoff at the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp has its roots in the historical conflict between the Palestinian groups in Lebanon, reports Bernhard Hillenkamp from Beirut
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The Kurds of Syria
An Insecure Stone in the Syrian Mosaic
The various ethnic and religious groups in Syria live relatively peacefully together. But many Kurdish Syrians find themselves stateless in their own country. Manuela Römer reports that they do not feel part of the so-called "Syrian mosaic"
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