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Dr Bashar Al-Ja`afari: In Response to the UN Statement Regarding al-Houla Massacre

Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jihad Makdissi said on Sunday that Damascus holds “armed groups” responsible for recent deadly clashes in Houla.

(ROME) - Syria strongly criticized the wording of a United Nations Security Council statement on the recent massacre of civilians in the town of Houla in the west of the country.

On Sunday, the Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Ja’afari censured "the tsunami of lies that were said a few minutes ago by some members of the council,” AFP reported.

UN Security Council issues statement condemning Houla Massacre

“Very few of the people who died in Houla were killed by artillery shelling” - Russia’s UN envoy deputy Aleksandr Pankin

(ROME / MOSCOW) - The UN Security Council has issued a statement condemning "in the strongest possible terms" the massacre of civilians in the Syrian village of Houla, during which more than 100 people are reported to have been killed.

Roundup of Latest News from Afghanistan

Violence, bloodshed, politics, war, ruby thieves, and efforts for peace.

(KABUL ANS) - This is a critical time in the history of Afghanistan, the United States and so many other countries tied to the ongoing U.S.-led war effort.

Afghanistan News Center in Kabul provides an excellent roundup of stories and while we have carried individual articles sourced from their reports, this is for the first time, a collection of their entire dispatch.

Baffle them With Bullets
Syria Claims No Involvement in Houla Massacre

"Women, children and old men were shot dead. This is not the hallmark of the heroic Syrian Army," - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Jihad Makdesi

(SALEM) - Syria has denied involvement in the massacre at Houla.

Opposition activists say Assad's forces are behind the killings. It was a gruesome scene that has played out on YouTube.

Dystopia Revisited

Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious. --George Orwell, 1984

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Many people have been shocked by the distortion, propaganda and downright lies appearing in the Western media over events in the Middle East.

But for someone living in the Middle East for 30 or 40 years, the lies are nothing new.

Israel`s Apartheid Government Begins to Unravel at the Seams

"I fought very hard in the Supreme Court against the reunification of Palestinian families" - Ilan 'Adolph' Tsion

(SALEM) - We've seen this coming for a long time. Israel's racism toward native Palestinians is really not unique; the Israelis are now turning on darker skinned refugees and the violence is feverish.

I find humor in the times I have been chastised by Israelis for articles that push the truth button.

Does it Explode?

"Once we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do is run around like drugged roaches in a bottle" - Israeli general

(BETHLEHEM) - Our situation in Palestine is very dire indeed. Millions of Palestinians squeezed uinto concentration areas and money pours in to a few of them to keep the lid on the rest of us.

Among Palestinians and Israelis, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

How I Survived a Tel Aviv Mob Attack

Things are getting very sketchy in Israel...

(TEL AVIV +972Mag) - Last night I had to flee a raging mob not too far from my home in south Tel Aviv.

After long speeches of incitement by right-wing parliamentarians, the masses stormed after me and a fellow journalist, and then turned on African asylum seekers, their businesses and their homes. This is how it happened.

Held Incommunicado and Tortured, Syrian Journalist Mazen Darwish Could Die

Darwish played a key role in providing daily information about the situation in Syria, at a time when almost all foreign journalists are banned from visiting the country.

(PARIS, France) - Mazen Darwish, the head of the Damascus-based Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), and 15 of his colleagues were arrested by Air Force Intelligence officers during a raid on the centre on 16 February.

According to our sources, he has been badly tortured in detention.

No Party Politics - No Elections

SO, SF is not included in Tiran Alles's new party, as its only a “remission of the balance sentences to be served by the above prisoner.”

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka) - "I might not be able to contest and vote, but still I can do politics," Fonseka, 61, told Reuters on Tuesday in a telephone interview from his home outside the capital, Colombo.

"I can educate the people, I can talk to people and have meetings," he said. (quote from Reuters – on line 23 May)