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By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on February 17th, 2011
Saif Gaddafi, the son of Libya's leader, warned of 'civil war' in a speech on Sunday night.

As protests in Libya enter their eighth day, following a "day of rage" on Thursday, we keep you updated on the developing situation from our headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

(All times are local in Libya GMT+2)

Blog: Feb17 - Feb18 - Feb19 - Feb20

By Stephanie Scawen in Asia on July 26th, 2010
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Guilty of crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the Geneva Convention – war crimes to you and me.

He wasn’t under duress or merely following orders. Kaing Guek Eav – or Duch – was "deeply enmeshed" in the criminal system that was S21.

And so the head of the Khmer Rouge’s most notorious detention and torture centre in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 was found guilty and sentenced to 35 years in prison. 

Five years less than prosecutors had asked for, mind you, as the ECCC judges took time off for mitigating circumstances – his apparent remorse, his co-operation with the court, and his potential for rehabilitation.

But then there was a further reduction on account of the time he’d spent in illegal military detention.

By Omar Chatriwala in Americas on January 13th, 2010
Photo by Carel Pedre via Twitter

At 21:53GMT on Tuesday, the Caribbean nation of Haiti was hit by its strongest earthquake in more than 200 years, causing what is being described as "a catastrophe of major proportions".

Heavy casualties are feared after numerous buildings were levelled by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

This blog post, previously named "Haiti Earthquake: Latest updates", followed events in the immediate aftermath of quake.

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By Nour Odeh in Middle East on November 19th, 2009
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They are illegal, a contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention, "dangerous", "concerning"; they are Israel's illegal settlements, built forcefully on occupied and mostly privately-owned Palestinian land.
 
The Israeli settlement regime has occupied forty per cent and counting of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

Successive Israeli governments have offered Israeli settlers financial, logistical, and security support to create this reality that has now driven Palestinians to the brink of despair.

By Ayman Mohyeldin in Middle East on October 16th, 2009
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It's being described as a victory for the Palestinian people and the political factions in Gaza were quick to embrace the Goldstone vote at the UN Human Rights Council. 

The deposed government and Hamas both welcomed the outcome and immediately called for the international community to begin taking up the recommendations of the report by bringing charges against alleged Israeli war criminals responsible for the war on Gaza.

Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk said the Islamic movement would set up a committee to look into any "indications" of wrong doing in the Goldstone report against Hamas. 

By Nour Odeh in Middle East on October 10th, 2009

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Boy scouts drummed and marched, filling the air in Ramallah with smiles today. Children watched on in amusement, unbothered by the gloomy political atmosphere in the country.

Al-Manara Square, Ramallah’s hallmark roundabout, was joyous for an hour. Members of the mobile circus put on a show that had a few dozen children giggling. And passersby took a break from their daily routine to look on.

It was an art show of solidarity with Occupied East Jerusalem - where the show was carried next - and the boy scout drums in Ramallah saw them off.

Drums of another kind

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