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Articles of the author Joseph Krauss Agence France Presse
Freedom in decline worldwide: US report
WASHINGTON: Global freedom declined for a fifth straight year in 2010 as authoritarian regimes dug in worldwide and crime and unrest plagued democracies like Mexico, a US watchdog said Thursday. In "Freedom in the World 2011" the Washington-based (...)

14 - 01 - 2011
Hamas faces rising anger after bulldozing Gaza homes
RAFAH: Huddled in a tent near the mound of rubble that used to be his home, Eissa Al-Sidudi says out loud what many Gazans would only mutter in private: Hamas has gone too far. On May 16 Hamas police dragged his wife and eight children out of (...)

28 - 05 - 2010
Biden condemns settlement move at talks with Palestinians
RAMALLAH: US Vice President Joe Biden met Palestinian leaders on Wednesday, telling them Israel s decision to expand settlement activity in east Jerusalem is undermining the peace efforts he is promoting. He also stressed the US administration s (...)

10 - 03 - 2010
'Ajami' casts harsh light on Israel's other Arab conflict
JAFFA: In the mixed neighborhood of the Israeli film Ajami, Jews and Arabs rub shoulders on the same quiet, leafy streets, never knowing when someone is going to draw a knife. The film, the third Israeli production to be nominated for an Academy (...)

05 - 03 - 2010
At Gaza's only spa, the well-heeled find relief - Feature
High above the pot-holed streets, donkey carts and militant graffiti that have come to define the besieged Gaza Strip sits Rosy, the territory's only spa and a refuge for its unlikely upper crust. The spa's luxurious setting and its upscale (...)

25 - 09 - 2009
Gaza artist exhibits on war-scorched walls
Ghoulish blue figures reach skyward towards an elusive red spiral in an abstract rendering of Gaza life hung in the ruins of a cultural center bombed and torched during the Israeli offensive. The paintings hang in the scorched depths of the Red (...)

08 - 02 - 2009
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