Embracing your son, nephew, or brother after an absence of five years is a feeling that perhaps cannot be described. It certainly wasn’t something easily articulated by Abdullah Al-Baddah, the uncle of repatriated Guantanamo detainees Abdul Aziz Al-Baddah and Ibrahim Al-Nasser. Relief, joy and hope. “I cannot describe how it felt,” he said. “It was tears of joy. Just seeing them return to us after all this time of anxiety and doubt got everyone crying”. Seventy-seven relatives of the 14 repatriated Saudi detainees from the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison gathered here last night to visit their loved ones who had arrived in the Kingdom Saturday morning
French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy presented the new law on immigration that will bear his name. The French Senate approved it on June 17, in spite of the opposition’s barricades. In July, the law will be voted by National Assembly. “We have to change over from a suffered immigration to a chosen immigration”, says Sarkozy
'Gulf Syndrome' no longer exists, wiped off the slate by the English Minister of Defence. The decision not to recognise the invalidity of one of the ex-soldiers who, in 1991, participated in the invasion of Iraq, overturns the historic sentence of an English court which last November opened the path to compensation
It’s a bit like the devil dipping his hand into the holy water font. At least that’s what most people would say. Wal-Mart, the giant American retailer, the biggest merchandiser in the world, has apparently decided to banish the negative image it has been stuck with for the last several years
The Republic of Srpska is a product of the Balkan war and was created by Serbian war criminals Mladic e Karadzic, who left many deaths in their wake. The Republic was officially recognised at the end of the war and Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into two confederate territorial entities: the Croatian-Muslim Federation and the Republic of Srpska.
While in the Bavarian city of Munich ‘Germany 2006’ was inaugurated, the stadium of Milan was the picturesque stage for the finals of the ‘Other World Championships 2006’: it is a soccer tournament held for the third time this year.
The travel diary of Breaking the Ice - First morning in the desert. A very chilly night. We wake up very early, relatively. Yahia, our Egyptian guide form Baharyha Oasis arrives. Loading the trucks and off we go
06/26/2006 Kicks from the other world
06/23/2006 Domino Effect
06/21/2006 The denied syndrome
06/20/2006 The Gentle Giant
06/19/2006 The arsenal of the Horn of Africa
06/16/2006 Brazil, countdown for omophobia
06/15/2006 The Flag of War
06/14/2006 Canada, the Conclave of the Mighty
06/13/2006 Iraq: No Name, Killed with No Reason
06/12/2006 Beauty Won’t Save Chechnya
06/09/2006 Final with low accusations
06/08/2006 Up Against the Ghosts of a Dictatorship
06/07/2006 Up Against the Ghosts of a Dictatorship
06/06/2006 The Black Market in Black Gold
06/05/2006 Stories from Kabul
06/01/2006 Dams of disagreement
05/30/2006 Kabul in Flames
05/29/2006 In Beslan, Injustice
05/26/2006 Overtaking
05/25/2006 Afghanistan, The Goose With the Golden Eggs
05/24/2006 Affaire Habré: Last Act?
05/23/2006 The Damned of Soy
05/22/2006 Taliban at Yale
05/19/2006 A deadly journey across the gulf
05/18/2006 Combat Posters
05/17/2006 An Ayatollah for Comoros
05/16/2006 Kenya: the chase is on
05/15/2006 Blue Helmets Are Not Alone
05/12/2006 Croatian soccer fans against the Hague
05/11/2006 East Timor, the alarm returns
05/10/2006 Mogadishu, Land of Conquest
05/09/2006 Afghanistan, Journey into the Country of Poppies
05/05/2006 Victims of dishonor
05/03/2006 Pizza and Coke
05/02/2006 The oil bomb
04/27/2006 The children are at risk the most
04/26/2006 The dam of discord
04/24/2006 The impeachment movement
04/21/2006 Iconoclasts in Opposition
04/20/2006 We’re already at step one
04/19/2006 The underbelly of the beast
04/18/2006 A burning story
04/14/2006 Fighting in N’djamena
04/13/2006 Born in the dust
04/12/2006 Schwarzy isn’t waiting for Bush
04/10/2006 Casamance, the second round has begun
04/07/2006 Russia, the untouchables
04/06/2006 Afghanistan, the war reappears
04/05/2006 Broken Promises
04/04/2006 To Study in Peace
04/03/2006 License to Torture
03/29/2006 The Revolt of the Slaves
03/27/2006 Aceh has been betrayed
03/24/2006 Aceh has been betrayed
03/23/2006 Maybe This Time
03/22/2006 Syriana in Plain Terms
03/21/2006 Exiled in Belorussia
03/20/2006 United against everyone
03/17/2006 Hope for Haiti
03/15/2006 Zimbabwe, a bitter birthday
03/14/2006 The War in Amman
03/13/2006 The Forgotten Children
03/10/2006 Die or escape
03/09/2006 Lorena between two fires
03/08/2006 8 March
03/07/2006 Women As Bargaining Chips
03/06/2006 Armoured Killers
03/03/2006 United, one wins
03/02/2006 Another Year of Madness
03/01/2006 Balucistan, a Forgotten Conflict