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...patriarch says he herded his wife, mother and three young daughters, Amal, 2; Samar, 4; and Suwad to the door and gave the children a white flag to wave. "Two Israeli soldiers were beside their tank, eating chocolate and potato chips," he recounts, waving empty wrappers bearing Hebrew writing that he found later in the debris. "It was like a picnic for them...
...over the past year and a half, according to press accounts and human rights groups. About 1,500 were civilians. While suicide bombs and other insurgent activities have killed the bulk of those civilians, comparisons between international and insurgent-inflicted death tolls insufficiently address the issue, says Dr. Sima Samar, Chairwoman of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. "We expect the International forces to do better," she says. "The Taliban do not abide by international human rights and humanitarian law. The international forces and the Afghan National Army have to be more cautious than the Taliban. Otherwise they will lose...
...Harvard Cancer Society, Harvard South Asian Association, Harvard Asian American Association, Asian American Brotherhood, Black Students’ Association, and Fuerza Latina, Goswami said. The drive is also receiving logistical help from two organizations affiliated with the National Marrow Donor Program: the South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters (SAMAR) and Matchpia, which also targets South Asian Americans. Goswami added that the Cancer Society contacted House masters and reserved rooms, while members of the other groups will publicize and staff the events. The first drive will take place in Winthrop House tomorrow during dinner hours, followed by events in Dunster, Currier...
...Afghan defense minister, Field Marshal Mohammed Fahim, attacked the husband of the female presidential candidate, Massouda Jalal, for even allowing his wife to run. Accusations of blasphemy against Islamic law drove Former Vice President Sima Samar from her post as women’s affairs minister. She now heads a newly created human rights commission but recently needed barbed wire protection to be installed around her home in Kabul...
...notable element of Karzai's Cabinet is that it will include two women. Suhaila Seddiqi, a doctor in Kabul, will be the Minister of Public Health. Sima Samar, who works with a nongovernmental organization in Quetta, will be Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as one of Karzai's five deputies...