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...Development Center say that Egyptian border police have shot dead several hundred migrants seeking to cross the border into Israel for work and asylum over the past few years. "From both Israeli soldiers and refugees who crossed the border we can tell for sure that the Egyptians almost always shoot, they shoot to kill and very often they hit the asylum seekers," says Sigal Rozen of Hotline, an independent group that helps asylum seekers in Israel. At the Israeli cemetery in Hazor, Rozen points to 25 graves marked "Anonymous." "These were asylum seekers," she says, "who were shot...
...education and 95% enrolment in secondary schools by 2014; a 50% cut in new HIV infections and 80% coverage of antiretroviral treatment drugs by 2011; and a 7% to 10% annual cut in serious and violent crime. In September, in what was widely interpreted as the inauguration of a shoot-to-kill policy for police, Zuma said: "Once a criminal takes out their gun ... police must then act. We must apply extraordinary measures." His aim, he says, is to create "a system that keeps you on your toes ... to monitor [yourself] vigorously. If there are nonperformers, we'll take them...
...Joint Chiefs of Staff and Obama’s top military adviser, made it clear last week on Charlie Rose that a full withdrawal date was not even part of the discussion. “The 2011 timeframe is out there as a goal for us to shoot for and to begin the transfer of security responsibility and the transition. It could be a lot of forces, it could be very few forces—we just don’t know...
...considerable mileage. “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is a small wonder of mise en scène, richly crafted and painstakingly choreographed, allowing for the total control over composition to which Anderson always seemed to aspire in his earlier films. Anderson’s decision to shoot an animated film comes as no real surprise. It’s the natural end of a fascination with vibrant color schemes in his films in general—a runoff from his French New Wave influence—and specifically the stop-motion footage he experimented with...
...many of us are catching as passers and not catching as shooters,” Delaney-Smith said. “We’re catching the ball, and then getting low and looking to shoot. I want us to be catch-and-shoot people...