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Musharraf’s ‘Restoration Of Constitution’ A Sham
By HRW

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Lifting the state of emergency will not restore real constitutional rule in Pakistan unless President Pervez Musharraf also withdraws changes he made to the constitution and reinstates the judiciary, Human Rights Watch said today. Musharraf imposed a state of emergency and suspended constitutional rule on November 3, 2007 on the pretext of fighting terrorism

Pakistan’s January Polls Already Rigged: UN Rights Envoy
By P. Parameswaran

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A UN human rights envoy on Thursday told US lawmakers not to send any delegation to monitor the upcoming election in Pakistan, claiming that it was already rigged by President Pervez Musharraf

Iraq Does Exist
By Ghali Hassan

www.countercurrents.org/hassan161207.htm

In a recent interview (”Iraq Doesn’t Exist Anymore”) with the self described ‘leftists’ blogger Mick Whitney, Nir Rosen made untruthful and unsubstantiated statements regarding the situation on the ground in Iraq and the Occupation of that country by U.S. forces and their collaborators

Not Even The Hajj Is Free Of Corruption
By Ali al-Fadhily

www.countercurrents.org/fadhily151207.htm

Many Iraqis are angry that the government seems to be picking favourites for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca

Prerequisites For Peace
By Mustafa Barghouthi

www.countercurrents.org/barghouti151207.htm

As one who for decades has supported a two-state solution and the nonviolent struggle for Palestinian rights, I view the recent conference in Annapolis with a great deal of skepticism – and a glimmer of hope

Israel’s Palestinians Speak Out
By Nadim Rouhana

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Palestinians inside Israel have developed a history and identity after nearly sixty years of hard work and struggle. We are not simply pawns to be shuffled to the other side of the board. We expect no more and no less than the right to equality in the land of our ancestors

On Romney, Mormonism And Islam
By Ramzy Baroud

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s speech on December 6th – in which he tried to ‘explain’ his Mormon faith – was met with a mostly sympathetic reception at George Bush Library in Texas

FCC Proposes Greater Media Consolidation
By Stephen Lendman

www.countercurrents.org/lendman151107.htm

On October 17, FCC chairman Kevin Martin proposed lifting the 1975 media cross-ownership rule that forbids a company from owning a newspaper and television or radio station in the same city even though giant conglomerates like Rupert Murdock’s News Corp. and the (Chicago) Tribune Company already do. On November 13, he expanded on his earlier plan claiming changes will only allow cross ownership “in the largest markets where there exists competition and numerous voices.”

Political Market For Midget Europe In The Giant Asia
By Gaither Stewart

www.countercurrents.org/stewart151207.htm

The shift eastwards of the balance of power raises another question: what kind of political organization will the Asia-oriented globalized world have? It is not excluded that the European political model with its theories of the equality of all men will carry no weight in the socio-political make-up of the world of the future

On The Significance Of Nandigram
By Ramsey Clark

www.countercurrents.org/clark151207.htm

Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney General, anti-imperialist campaigner and President of the US-based International Action Center, was in Kolkata to attend the Anti-Imperialist International Conference and rally organised by the All India Anti-Imperialist Forum from 27th to 29th November. On 29th November, he visited Nandigram for a first-hand experience of the situation there. Returning to the closing session of the Conference, he made the following brief speech on the significance of Nandigram

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