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Angola: Celebrating the peace anniversary

Posted by Paula Góes on 04/04/2008

In a post called ‘Peace', PValente [pt] celebrates peace in Angola after the end of the civil war, in 04/04/2002, and publishes his pictures of the commemorative T-shirt to “mark the 6th anniversary of the day of peace and national reconciliation in Angola.”

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Qatar: US Military Aircrafts Crash Lands

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 04/04/2008

Emgee at Qatar Living links to an Al Jazeera story which says: “A US military aircraft has crash landed at the al-Udeid military base in Qatar. The B1 bomber reportedly suffered technical difficulties and exploded as it attempted to land at the base about 35km from the capital Doha late on Fri ...

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Iran:Prostitues' Photos

Posted by Hamid Tehrani on 04/04/2008

Sibiltala remembers Kaveh Golestan, a leading Iranian photographer, who was killed at the age of 51 as a result of stepping on a landmine in Iraq in 2003. The blogger likes[Fa] Kaveh's photos from Iranian prostitues before Islamic Revolution.

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Iran:Shia News was filtered

Posted by Hamid Tehrani on 04/04/2008

Bahraini says[Fa] that Iranian Shia News site ( a center for Shiite news) was filtered by authorities and nobody explained any reason for this action.The blogger adds the site's managers decided to stop their activities. Watch some photos of Shia News inauguration day.

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Palestine: Rice's Visit ‘Disingenuous'

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 03/04/2008

“As prospects of true peace in Palestine look as bleak as ever, mainly because of Israeli intransigence and American complicity with the Zionist state, peace-loving people in the Middle East and around the world are once again affronted by yet another disingenuous visit to the region by US Sec ...

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