With all the turmoil prevailing in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) this year, news of turmoil from Algeria has been strangely infrequent. In the context of what is now looking to be a 'perpetual' Arab Spring, the headline 'Fresh Wave of Violence Kills Six in Algeria'...
Posted July 13, 2011 | 14:21:08 (EST)
Last month marked the fifth anniversary of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit's kidnapping, who was just 19 when Palestinian militants captured him during a cross border raid. Since 2006, he has been held by Hamas in Gaza with none of the rights accorded to a captured soldier under the Geneva Conventions....
Posted July 28, 2011 | 16:36:17 (EST)