17th November 2007
Africa:




Displaced in Somalia: Faduma
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7092212.stm

Displaced in Somalia: Yusuf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7090874.stm


Displaced in Somalia: Khatija
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7090560.stm


Anti-French riot erupts in Chad
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7094125.stm


UN: Somalia crisis worst in Africa
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DFCEEB71-166D-4BD8-B041-E69983675DF2.htm

UN Darfur security force 'may fail'
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/023B7093-4165-4E47-B97B-A94848895BC9.htm


Atrocity victims asked to forgive
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AF700537-0FF8-466B-B860-AFD175318BA5.htm


ZIMBABWE: Medical fees hike the "final nail" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/2d0500a79fdfda6409a8a41a0e017830.htm

More than 200 Congo child soldiers freed
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16172799.htm



The Americas:


US government denies visa for South African scholar critical of Iraq war http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/14/america/NA-GEN-US-Scholar-Excluded.php

America suffers an epidemic of suicides among traumatised army veterans http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2873622.ece

USA: LAPD Shelves Muslim Mapping Plan
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=13560

Immigration Dilemma: A Mother Torn From a Baby
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/us/17citizen.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

U.S. Measure Against Rape Fails at U.N.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/world/17nations.html

Iraq deaths: Blackwater 'at fault'
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/493D6090-5493-4B77-A554-247BDD4A6B31.htm


Death prompts Canada Taser review
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EA61745D-C48D-44D5-A39A-5D8069EF8BF7.htm

Thousands march in US race rally
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7099405.stm


Asia and the Pacific:





UN gets Myanmar post-mortem reports
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A4B6E54B-C3A2-403D-98D1-323D8B9B79B4.htm


Home alone in rural China
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/49FC8530-7BD2-4FAD-88EB-F4A7B57B87CD.htm


Hundreds held over Malaysia protest
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/72EFBCFD-6A34-4B82-BD57-BB69ADA7C763.htm


Europe:



Hamza faces extradition to US over terrorism charges http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3166429.ece

EU inquiry into CIA prisons to be reopened
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1491093720071114

Air passengers will be forced to give 53 pieces of personal information in new terror crackdown http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=493912&in_page_id=1770

Rail passengers face anti-terror searches
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,2211088,00.html

Latest detention plans fail to appease opponents
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2211345,00.html

Middle East:





Basra militants targeting women
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7095209.stm

Israeli police arrest hundreds of Palestinian workers inside Israel
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=13559

Israelis to demolish Palestinian primary school in Fasayil http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=13552

Gays should be hanged, says Iranian minister
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2859606.ece

Saudi gang rape sentence 'unjust'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7098480.stm

Reader's views: Gulf maid abuse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/7096733.stm


Homes in illegal Israeli settlements for sale at London expo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2212348,00.html

20m reasons to ignore Dubai's rotten record of exploitation
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/columnists/story/0,,2211189,00.html

Dubai: 'You must come with us'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2209510,00.html

Sunni Group Says U.S. Killed Its Members
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/world/middleeast/17iraq.html?ref=world

Palestine: Israeli troops invade Al Ein refugee camp, impose curfew
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=13571

Weekly Report: on Israeli Human Rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=13567

South Asia:
 
Pakistan: Senior advocate hospitalised after 'police torture'
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=13553

Amnesty warns of Afghan 'torture'
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/014BC7D1-72B1-4507-92D7-17CB615B676A.htm

US-led troops kill Afghan civilians
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/912FC3C7-A80A-476A-8A2B-07D9F670D68E.htm


Charges against Briton 'dropped'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7096916.stm

Pakistan police charge Imran Khan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7095596.stm



All other news and commentary

Manual exposes divide-and-rule tactics in Camp Delta
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,2211905,00.html

UN committee calls for abolition of the death penalty
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2212203,00.html

See no evil?
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/amir_attaran/2007/11/see_no_evil.html

Terror stricken
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2211308,00.html

The trials of Omar Khadr, Guantánamo's "child soldier"
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=161

The threat from terrorism does not justify slicing away our freedoms
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,2211273,00.html
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