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...earlier Hamas leaders. Friends and Hamas colleagues say Haniya is soft-spoken and a good listener. He is described as a man with few enemies, which makes him a rarity in the politics of the Middle East. Haniya and Abbas are said to like each other. But as Zai Abu Amar, a legislator with ties to Hamas, says: "This is Haniya's first job in politics?and it's as Prime Minister." Within Hamas, say Israeli intelligence sources, Haniya?a close aide to Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas who was killed by an Israeli air strike...
...nearly half an hour late for Nof Al Mazrui, the young mother who is Alanoud's shopping buddy. Nof, who hails from the neighboring emirate of Abu Dhabi and moved to Dubai when she married four years ago (in Elie Saab couture), is about to open a kids' store called Lolly Pop in the Village Mall. But how to find her now? Right in front of us is a site map that is cut into complicated colored cross sections. We're completely confused. Alanoud whips out her cell phone. "Upstairs? By Mont Blanc and Diesel...
...individuals, and that while Alwaleed’s distant relatives may have direct ties to the PLO or even terrorism, they are simply that: distant. “Are we guilty by association?” says Granara.“Is every American responsible for what happens at Abu-Gharib...
...Pentagon says it has instituted reforms to prevent the detainee abuse that occurred in the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal from ever happening again. But in a scathing 48-page report released on Monday, Amnesty International concludes that whatever reforms have been put into effect are clearly not doing the job: Mistreatment of detainees in Iraq, particularly by Iraqi security forces, is still widespread, Amnesty argues...
...Insisting that "the human rights situation in [Iraq] remains dire," Amnesty's report also says that as of last November over 14,000 prisoners considered security threats - and rounded up primarily by U.S. forces - were being held at Abu Ghraib, three other U.S. detention centers and a number of smaller temporary internment camps in Iraq. "The vast majority" of these detainees, Amnesty claims, have never been tried or charged and have no way to challenge their imprisonment in court...