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Posts Tagged ‘Darfur’

Justice and Equality Movement Takes Over Sudan’s Khartoum

By Salman Mugsi • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Residents in Omdurman - just across the river Nile from Khartoum - said they heard heavy gunfire.
On Friday, Sudan’s army said it was preparing for a possible attack on the capital after detecting a heavily-armed column of rebels advancing from Darfur.
Correspondents say this is the closest the rebels have ever been to Khartoum.
A […]


Racism rules in Pakistan

By Tazeen • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I quoted Cowasjee in one of my previous posts where he said that unless a leader who has iman and insaniyat springs up from somewhere, we will remain a failing state.
I came across another gem since then, Peshawar High Court Bar Association’s President Latif Afridi was caught on Geo saying that “If it is demanded […]