Word: abdullah
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...told him I was sorry for the humiliation suffered by the Iraqi prisoners and the humiliation suffered by their families." GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, recounting a conversation he had with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House last week about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers...
...Sudan and Chad are at risk from isolation and outbreaks of disease. Most black villages have been abandoned; the Janjaweed raid them more than once to send the message that it's not safe to return. "You won't see someone with black skin in western Darfur," says Adulrahman Abdullah Abakar, 65, a refugee in Mahatama. For those forced from their homes, there is nothing left to return to. When the sky darkens in Mahatama, flames can be seen rising from Sudan. They glow for about 10 minutes, then fade away. The Janjaweed are passing through, say the refugees, torching...
...When they return home at night, many are threatened with death; some battalion members believe their comrades leak information. On a patrol with the Americans through Sadr City's teeming thoroughfares, the hostility the Iraqis face from their neighbors is inescapable. "People keep insulting me," an Iraqi conscript named Abdullah tells a U.S. sergeant. "Can I shoot them?" The sergeant tries to calm him, explaining that the rules of engagement do not permit the use of deadly force against hecklers. At this point, Adnan, 37, former explosives specialist in the Iraqi army who is one of the platoon sergeants...
...have been the last chance to heal Cyprus' 30-year division. Their Turkish-Cypriot neighbors were left out of the E.U accession bash. So why were the Turks celebrating last week? Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the "most successful event" for Turkish diplomacy in 50 years; Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül declared the start of a "new era." Their joy springs from the fact that Turkey's real goal is not a reunited Cyprus (though that would have been fine) but its own membership of the E.U. And the Turkish Cypriots' hefty vote in favor...
Queen Rania, the wife of Jordan's King Abdullah, has described the challenge to her country as trying to reconcile tradition with modernity. In Jordan, the issues she champions to bridge this gap include computer skills for schoolchildren, micro loans for women to start their own businesses, ending child abuse and trafficking and pushing for harsher penalties for honor killings. But I know her through her efforts on a larger world stage. Along with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others, Rania is working to spread the modern gospel of childhood vaccination. As she noted that evening...