Submitted by Eliot Ramsey on April 3, 2009 - 2:05pm.
In the surreal, bizarre and frequently deadly world of Middle Eastern politics, and against a backdrop of decades of compromise, incompetence, failure and corruption by secular movements like Fatah, the rise of ultra-conservative, ultra-nationalist Islamist factions such as Hamas and its Lebanese counterpart Hizbolla have signalled a tectonic shift in power relations in the region.
Submitted by Eliot Ramsey on October 31, 2008 - 9:54pm.
My sister's kids have been planning a 'reverse Halloween' with their primary school class mates. This involved a little stint with the local Oxfam activist (nice hippy gal), the kids giving out Fair Trade chocolates in the main shopping centre...
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