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Jan 9 2009 10:10AM
Gaza: are Israels pilotless drones powered by British-made engines?

The conflict and the killing in Gaza continues. Worryingly, Amnesty has uncovered evidence, reported in the Guardian today, that the specially-designed engines for ‘drones’ – small, unmanned aircraft used by Israeli forces to target...

Jan 9 2009 12:21AM
Gaza: what lessons from Northern Ireland?

Pundits are swopping versions of how the lessons of Northern Ireland conflict resolution might be applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Steven King – one-time advisor to David Trimble – gives his analysis in the Irish Examiner...

Jan 8 2009 2:06PM
Guantánamo: what next?

As the daily carnage out of Gaza dominates news coverage, you could have missed this story in the Times today. It says: the USA and the UK are effectively negotiating an arrangement for Britain to take Guantánamo prisoners who need to...

Jan 7 2009 9:54PM
Irish Blog Awards - call for nominations

I've done it. Have you? Yes, nominated your favourite blogs and bloggers for the 2009 Irish Blog Awards . Among my nominees for this year are, in various categories and in no particular order: Bobballs! , Iced Coffee Words , Alan in...

Jan 7 2009 5:40PM
In other news...

While the media spotlight beams on the Israel-Gaza conflict, there is a danger of other human rights and humanitarian crises elsewhere in the world being overlooked. And for many people living in Zimbabwe the situation remains...