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January 28, 2014

Wadah Khanfar: People should be at the heart of journalism

The former Director General of the Al-Jazeera Network became the first Muslim and non-Western journalist to deliver the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture at City University in London on...

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January 28, 2014

MPs discuss Gaza crisis in response to Foreign Secretary’s statement

Britain’s Foreign Secretary, William Hague, read a government statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday in which he called for an urgent de-escalation of the current violence in...

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January 28, 2014

EU warned about "rushing back into normal relations" with Egypt

The launch of the European Council on Foreign Relations report, “Egypt’s Unsustainable Crackdown”, comes as the country is due to hold a constitutional referendum. The military-backed regime, which has...

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January 28, 2014

Turkish-Israeli relations frozen, can the Arabs turn this to their favour?

Introduction Turkey has been pursuing a new foreign policy since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002. Although Turkey maintained its special ties with...

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January 28, 2014

BBC accused of bias over Israel-Palestine

The BBC is well-used to accusations of bias from many quarters, not least on its coverage of the Israel-Palestine issue, where it appears unable to please anyone. More than...

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January 28, 2014

Serious questions about the Abu Dhabi investments that saved Barclays

The 2008 financial crash brought down most of the UK’s banks, which were forced to turn to the government for huge cash hand-outs to avoid pulling the rest of...

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January 28, 2014

It is unfair to compare the Turkish government to the discredited dictators

The protests in Turkey have dominated international media coverage for several weeks now. Starting with a local protest over plans to bulldoze a park to make way for a...

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January 28, 2014

EU ban of grants to settlements ruffles a few feathers

In July, plans to block European Union money from reaching Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian territory became official. The ban will make institutions and entities in the settlements –...

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January 28, 2014

Stronger EU measures are needed to halt human rights abuses in Egypt

When Mohammed Morsi was deposed by the Egyptian military on 3 July, the international community was unsure how to react. The US held back from referring to events as...

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January 28, 2014

Britain's strongest statement on settlements yet

Israel’s settlements – civilian communities built on land occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War – are widely accepted to be illegal under international law. They have been...

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