Category Archives: Provocation

From Civil War To The Boardroom

PNG politicians in charge during the country’s decade-long Bougainville war are landing advisory jobs to Australian mining companies, while the victims still await justice, writes Kristian Lasslet Sir Rabbie Namaliu Internment camps, the mortaring of children, aerial bombardments, assassinations, rape, and the denial of humanitarian aid — these are just some of the criminal state practices endured by civilians during Papua New Guinea’s decade-long civil … Continue reading

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Christian Monastery Fights for Muslim Tenants

In 1972, Yorgo Güller, a Greek Christian from Istanbul, visited leafy Burgazada, one of the Princes’ Islands just off the city’s coast, looking for love. Almost forty years later, he is still there tending to a neglected, 18th-century Greek monastery. Old script inside the Aya Yorgi Garibi hints to the building’s origin as a Greek monastery. Summer homes still line the vegetable garden of Aya … Continue reading

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SAS and MI6 officers released by Libya’s rebel commanders

The group’s capture is a major embarrassment to the British government and could potentially undermine the rebels’ claims that the revolution has had solely domestic roots The SAS and British intelligence agents have now left Benghazi, where rebels are mobilised. ‘We don’t want new enemies, but this is no way to make contact’, the opposition has said. Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP Libya‘s rebel commanders have freed … Continue reading

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‘Remove misleading Turkish airline advert’, says Brian Coleman

London Assembly Press release Conservative Group press office: 020 7983 4961 Release date: Immediate Ref: 26/11 Date: 9 February 2011 ‘Remove misleading Turkish airline advert’, says Brian Coleman Brian Coleman, London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has called today for a misleading advert by Pegasus Airlines, which appears on the Underground, to be removed. The advert claims to offer cheap flights to North Cyprus, … Continue reading

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Artist defies 'bullies' over burka mural

Sergio Redegalli with the controversial mural yesterday in Sydney’s Newtown, which he has restored about 40 times after vandalism attacks. Picture: James Croucher Source: The Australian A SYDNEY artist whose anti-burka mural has infuriated left-wing and Islamic activists is

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