Posts Tagged ‘smuggles’

Soviet artist smuggles heretic into Vatican with help of ‘Pope’

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN—Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Egypt prays together with Pope Francis at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel on May 10, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Joint Declaration that was signed then by those two Popes represented “a milestone on the ecumenical journey” and helped institute a joint commission of theological dialogue […]

Khalida Jarrar smuggles a letter for Palestine Writes

Editor’s Note: The following letter was shared during the keynote panel of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival. You can watch a video recording of the keynote panel here, and listen to our interview with two of the festival organizers for the Mondoweiss podcast here. From the Israeli Damon prison located at the top of Mount […]

A Doctor Smuggles Lifesaving Equipment

Above photo: A doctor in Idlib in June. Anas Alkharboutli/Pcture-Alliance/DPA/AP Images. NOTE: This article illustrates how US imposed economic coercive measures harm people in the countries that are targeted and how people are working around the sanctions to provide basic necessities. Unfortunately, this article also uses terms like the “Assad regime” and tries to portray it […]

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 8

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 26 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The comments of President Hassan Rouhani in a speech marking Student Day dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday.   […]

Iraqi air force on high alert as deadline for Turkish withdrawal approaches

Members of Iraq’s air force walk past a line of helicopters. (AFP/File) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has issued an order for Air Force to be on alert as a deadline to Turkey to pull out its troops from the Arab country approaches.   (PRESS TV) – Sources in Abadi’s office said on Monday that […]

Monsanto-hired panel disputes WHO report on ‘carcinogenic’ herbicide

In order to review the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) verdict, which was announced back in March, Monsanto has hired a 16-member panel from Intertek Scientific & Regulatory Consultancy to dispute the international body’s findings on glyphosate. Presenting their findings at the annual meeting of the Society for Risk Assessment on Monday, […]

Powered by WordPress | Designed by: Premium WordPress Themes | Thanks to Themes Gallery, Bromoney and Wordpress Themes