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...improving and strengthening the democratic institutions in its area. It can win the support of the world by accepting Israel and stopping militant activities. At the same time, Israel and the West should not boycott Hamas but engage the group in negotiations. That could be a turning point. Majid Rauf Lahore...
...improving and strengthening the democratic institutions in its area. It can win the support of the world by accepting Israel and stopping militant activities. At the same time, Israel and the West should not boycott Hamas but engage the group in negotiations. That could be a turning point. Majid Rauf Lahore The Trouble with Elections In "Democracy, The Morning After," columnist Joe Klein criticized President George W. Bush's policy of promoting democracy in the Middle East [Feb. 6], stating, "From Afghanistan to Egypt, not one country that has had an election in the past year has emerged more stable...
...found. In a report published in the UK medical journal The Lancet, the scientists attributed 2.43 million cancer deaths in 2001 to modifiable factors, such as obesity, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of exercise, smoking, alcohol, unsafe sex, and urban air pollution. HSPH Assistant Professor of International Health Majid Ezzati, the lead researcher of the study, said that smoking is the leading cause of death from cancer by some measures, making up 21 percent of all cancer-related deaths worldwide. He stressed that this ranking from the data reflected the widespread nature of smoking, however, rather than overall toxicity...
...With reporting by Aparisim Ghosh, Hussein Hamdi Rajab, As'sad Majid and Yousif Basil
...heads turn toward the corner, where a quiet discussion among a group of Sunnis is getting contentious. The subject preoccupies Sunnis across Iraq: whether to vote in this week's referendum on a new constitution. "The best way for us to show our opposition is to boycott," says Majid al-Bayati, 63, a retired lawyer, as some congregants mutter approval. "It's a complete waste of time." Upon hearing this, construction worker Samir Abdel-Haadi, 33, pushes back. "That is the kind of thinking that got us where we are today," he says, referring to the elections last January that...