NYMHM: The persistence of rendition, HIV & TB, the Muslims of Thailand

Wed Nov 7 11:32:38 PST 2007

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 NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * November 7, 2007 * Vol. 6, No. 45

 Important but overlooked news from around the world.
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QUOTED: 

   "Good luck to the Knesset, we'll leave the Knesset to you, and 
   all the racists can choke."

   -- Israeli-Arab legislator Muhammad Barakei trades heated words
   in Israel's legislature (see "Middle East," below).  

CONTENTS:

   *Top Stories*
     The Taliban's volatile mix ... of foreign fighters
     The twin horns of a co-epidemic: AIDS and TB
     Whistle-blowers muted by bureaucracy

   *War & Terrorism* 
     The persistence of rendition

   *Middle East*
     Israeli Arabs say home is not so sweet

   *Religion & Society*
     Thailand's Muslim conflict   

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 TOP STORIES
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 > The Taliban's Volatile Mix ... of Foreign Fighters

   Foreign jihadists from Pakistan and Iran are infiltrating the 
   ranks of the ruling Afghanis Taliban in Helmand Province, 
   according to the Institute for War & Peace Reporting. 

   The fighters are blamed for near-daily suicide bombings, and 
   for terrorizing the locals, committing extra-judicial killings, 
   and arresting Afghanis who travel into ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004456.html

 > The Twin Horns of a Co-Epidemic: AIDS and TB

   Tuberculosis rates in South Africa's Western Cape villages are 
   among the highest in the world, due to a burgeoning co-epidemic
   of HIV and TB. 

   According to a new report by international health experts, the 
   paired diseases, which first emerged 23 years ago, now afflict 
   nearly one-third of the 40 million people ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004457.html

 > Whistle-Blowers Muted by Bureaucracy

   Whether speaking out about violations of national security or 
   tainted meat, precious few government employees receive protection
   for their whistle-blowing from the Merit Systems Protection Board, 
   according to an investigation by the Center for Investigative 
   Reporting and Salon.com. 

   An unprecedented review of 3,500 cases filed since 1994 reveals 
   that whistle-blowers win no more than 3.5 percent of the time, 
   and can spend years fighting for ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004458.html 

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 WAR & TERRORISM
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 > The Persistence of Rendition

   When President Bush publicly acknowledged the existence of secret
   CIA jails, he also said they would be vacated -- temporarily. 

   Today, parts of the rendition program are still being debated by 
   U.S. courts -- and investigated by foreign governments. 

   According to the Washington Post, 14 suspected Al Qaeda militants 
   have been taken out of CIA prisons and moved to Guantanamo, but 
   human rights groups say up to 30 other "ghost prisoners" ...

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 MIDDLE EAST
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 > Israeli Arabs say Home is not so Sweet

   Even as Israel prepares for peace talks with Palestinians in 
   Maryland next year, its relations with native Israeli-Arab 
   citizens have been deteriorating. 

   An exception to this is a court ruling -- and a plot of land -- 
   won by an Arab-Israeli couple in the Galilee community of 
   Rakefet. The court agreed with their claim of bias in a 
   screening process all potential new residents of the community
   must undergo. 

   Although the tests indicated they were both intelligent and 
   well-suited to the community, officials rejected them due to 
   their ...

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 RELIGION & SOCIETY
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 > Thailand's Muslim Conflict

   Violent conflicts between Thai armed forces and a rebel separatist 
   group in the three Muslim-dominated southern provinces of Thailand
   flared up again last week when a series of small bombs planted in
   restaurants and karaoke bars killed a Buddhist civil servant and 
   wounded four others. 

   The insurgency, and the government's campaign to crush it, have 
   resulted in 2,500 deaths in the past decade, according to 
   the Jakarta Post. 

   Although Islamic reformists say they are making progress against
   violent ideology, the conflict has now spread to ...

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Editors: Julia Scott, Josh Wilson
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