New refugee camp, Kabul

RAWA issues emergency appeal for expelled Afghan refugees
Among the Afghan refugee camps ordered expelled by Pakistan is that at Khewa, where the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) has had a substantial presence for over 20 years, promoting gender equality and secularism as well as humanitarian work. RAWA has issued an emergency appeal for funds to aid in the repatriation. [more]

NATO sends warships against Somali pirates
NATO is sending seven warships to Somalia's coast, where pirates continue to hold the arms-laden Ukrainian ship Faina—already surrounded by six US warships from the Bahrain-based Sixth Fleet. A Russian frigate is also hurrying to the scene. [more]
Recovered arrows evidence of Amazon cleansing

Sudan: fashion police sweep sexy in south
More than 35 young women wearing tight trousers were arrested for disturbing the peace in Juba, capital of autonomous South Sudan. The sweep is an ominous sign that South Sudan, which fought a long war to secure its autonomy from the Islamist regime in Khartoum, is adopting the intolerant ideology of its erstwhile enemies. [more]

Middle East gastro-wars push limits of absurdity
The Lebanese Industrialists Association accuses Israel of falsely taking credit for traditional Middle Eastern cuisine and plans to sue the Zionist entity to stop it from marketing hummus, falafel and baba ganouj as Israeli. [more]
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