NYMHM: Iraqis AWOL in U.S., Ethiopian Jews fault Israel, Afghan reconstruction

Wed Dec 19 11:27:47 PST 2007

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QUOTED: 

   "Although this certainly is a case of domestic violence, some
   are referring to this as an example of an 'honor' killing."

   -- The Muslim American Society on the killing of an immigrant teen
   in Canada, allegedly by her father (see "Fundamentalism," below).  

CONTENTS:

   *Top Stories*
     Iraqi officers AWOL in the U.S.
     Protestors say Israel will exclude Ethiopian Jews
     Afghan reconstruction faces U.S. budget cuts

   *Fundamentalism*
     Muslim teen's slaying sparks Canada debate

   *Media*
     Fur flies in tiger photo fight

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 TOP STORIES
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 > Iraqi Officers AWOL in U.S.

   At least five and as many as a dozen Iraqi officials have deserted
   U.S.-based military training, and are at large and unaccounted for,
   the Washington Times reports. 

   Now, a pair of Texas Republicans are demanding answers from White 
   House officials -- more than a year after first inquiring about 
   the disappearances. 

   The desertions occurred between 2005 and 2007, and were reported to
   the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs
   Enforcement. Neither agency would ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004506.html

 > Protestors say Israel will Exclude Ethiopian Jews

   Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews demonstrated in Jerusalem on Monday, 
   alleging that as many as 8,500 of their family and community 
   members have been cut from Israel's immigration program. 

   The Jerusalem Post reports that demonstrators displayed photos
   of loved ones still in Ethiopia, while Avraham Neguise, a 
   leader of the protests, accused the Israeli ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004507.html

 > Afghan Reconstruction Faces U.S. Budget Cuts

   An innovative reconstruction program in Afghanistan has been
   praised for giving decision-making power to small villages and 
   communities, but may be shuttered due to funding shortfalls. 

   Washington Monthly reports that Afghanistan's National Solidarity
   Program is a success across the country, even in unstable areas 
   where the Taliban still holds sway. 

   Originally developed by a "maverick" World Bank officer in 
   Indonesia, advocates say the NSP ensures a sense of ownership by 
   involving all community members in ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004508.html

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 FUNDAMENTALISM
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 > Muslim Teen's Slaying Sparks Canada Debate

   The slaying of a 16-year-old Muslim girl, allegedly by her father, 
   has sparked a furor in the Canadian press and beyond. 

   Aqsa Parvez died in a hospital last week, hours after a man called
   911, saying he had killed his daughter. 

   Parvez's father was arrested and charged in her death. 

   One of her brothers was charged with obstructing the investigation. 

   Parvez and her Mississauga, Ontario, family were immigrants from 
   Pakistan, and early reports said that she had fought with her 
   father over her refusal to wear the traditional ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004509.html

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 MEDIA
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 > Fur Flies in Tiger Photo Fight

   When Chinese officials declared this fall that a rare South China 
   tiger had been photographed in the wild, it appeared at first to 
   be a story of nature's powers of survival. 

   But now the officials are defending the photos against claims that 
   they are obvious fakes.

   The controversy began in October, when China's official Xinhua 
   news agency reported that a farmer had handed in photos he took 
   of a tiger in a forest near his house in Shaanxi province. 

   The South China tiger is critically endangered, and has not been
   spotted in the wild since ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004510.html

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