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Mehdi Hasan, NS - Muslim attitudes and the WW2 Jewish Holocaust

Mehdi Hasan writing on Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January:  "between 2001 and 2007 the Muslim Council of Britain took the morally abhorrent (and strategically stupid) decision to boycott the day, crassly insisting that it be renamed "Genocide Memorial Day".

Oz expert: Half-hearted Iran embargo won't push up oil prices

Dr Vlado Vivoda (Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University): " The European Union (EU) voted last week to ban oil imports from Iran.

Obama does not want out of Iraq: Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq on long-term security relationship - The Washington Post

The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s chief policy aide. The U.S.

An unusual peace conference - in a West Bank settlement!

Makor Rishon reports on an interesting, if quixotic, conference that took place at Ariel University. They were there to debate "What is the best peace plan?" It was sponsored by an Israeli organization that had already held similar conferences in Tel Aviv, eastern Jerusalem  …

Prof. Boas: Remembrance is the most powerful weapon against genocide

Assoc. Prof Gideon Boas (Law, Monash University Melbourne): " It is a solemn lesson that the failure to account for atrocity inflicted on a people, let alone remember it, is harmful to more than the affected communities.

Greenpeace activist: Why Oz shouldn't Bankroll Coal & HRL proposal

Julien Vincent: "A company called HRL want to build a commercial-scale coal-fired power station at Morwell, Victoria, using their coal-gasification technology which makes a brown coal power station as clean as black coal (that is, dirty).

NS analysis: Why the UK's £1 trillion debt is no cause for panic

UK current debt levels (now £1 trillion) , measured as a percentage of GDP, are historically low. As the graph provided shows, the national debt has actually been higher for 54 of the last 100 years ands is now 60% of GDP (over 250% after WW2)  .

Egypt lawyer: Israel, US plotted protest shooting of Egyptian protestors

Report: "The United States and Israel plotted the killing of Egyptian protesters during last year's 18-day uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak, a lawyer for his former interior minister claimed Thursday."

When it comes to the UN, Assad has nothing to fear

The Arab League's leadership, which has been foot-dragging for months, understood that no practical proposal for international action similar to that which took place in Libya can pass Russian and Chinese barriers.

On Auschwitz liberation anniversary Germans confront latent anti-Semitism

As Germany commemorates the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz, The Local wrtier Miriam Widman explores just how widespread anti-Semitism continues to be in Germany nearly 70 years after the WW2 Jewish Holocaust (5-6 million killed, 1 in 6 dying from deprivation). 

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