Human Rights Watch claims Zimbabwe has broken its promise to halt physical abuse of diamond miners and should have its certification frozen.
Hundreds of activists detained during a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla were kicked out of Israel on Wednesday.
Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians from Jerusalem’s Old City and Rome to the Philippines and Mexico City marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace. The calendars of five major Christian faiths coincide with one another this year, something that happens only once every four years.
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/ 16 September 2005
A senior Israeli defence official on Friday challenged the Palestinian Authority to slam shut the open border between Gaza and Egypt, saying its credibility was on the line over its failure to stop the flow of gunrunners and others across the frontier. There are fears al-Qaeda terrorists will infiltrate Gaza through the open border.