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www.mojahedin.org/newsen/44104/Iran-The-symbols-of-the-two-factions-slam-at-each-other-hours-before-the-sham-elections



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Iran
Grün steht für die Fruchtbarkeit des Landes, Weiß für den Frieden, Rot für Macht und Stärke. Das Staatsemblem in der Mitte ehrt die Märtyrer der Revolution gegen die Monarchie. An den inneren Rändern des obersten und des untersten Streifens ist je elfmal der Text “Allah akbar” (Gott der Allmächtige) eingeschrieben. 1905 hatte Iran seine bis dahin zweifarbige Flagge in eine dreifarbige geändert, zunächst wie in der alten Flagge als rot-grüner Rand um ein weißes Feld, seit 1906 aber in Streifenform. Nach dem Sturz der Monarchie wurde 1980 die heute gültige Flagge angenommen.

www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/world/middleeast/iran-elections-q-and-a.html

www.rt.com/news/333741-queues-polling-vote-iran/

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www.dw.com/en/switzerland-votes-in-criminal-foreigner-deportation-referendum/a-19080123

www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/schweiz-volksinitiative-entscheidet-ueber-anti-auslaender-gesetz-a-1079673.html



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Feb 27, 2016 14:43:34 GMT -5 lavender1 said:

www.dw.com/en/switzerland-votes-in-criminal-foreigner-deportation-referendum/a-19080123

www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/schweiz-volksinitiative-entscheidet-ueber-anti-auslaender-gesetz-a-1079673.html



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www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/schweiz-durchsetzungsinitiative-abgelehnt-svp-geschlagen-a-1079746.html


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www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/suedafrikas-neue-apartheid-schwarze-studenten-wehren-sich-a-1079180.html

www.cbsnews.com/news/south-africa-violence-university-protests-race-fault-line/

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www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-abuse-pell-idUSKCN0W10NV

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www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/missbrauch-kardinal-raeumt-schwere-fehler-der-kirche-ein-a-1079822.html

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www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/fukushima-fische-kaum-noch-radioaktiv-belastet-a-1080068.html

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abcnews.com.co/obama-signs-executive-order-appoints-rashad-hussain-as-supreme-court-justice/

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www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/02/major-79-magnitude-earthquake-reported-near-indonesia

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www.frontpagemag.com/point/262029/pope-francis-europe-enriched-arab-invasions-daniel-greenfield

Pope Francis: Europe Enriched by Arab Invasions

March 3, 2016
Daniel Greenfield

Shouldn't a Christian leader be concerned about the future of Christianity in Europe instead of repeating hollow cliches about cultural exchange?

Later on, the pontiff explained how previous invasions of Europe had enriched its cultures:

"We can speak today of an Arab invasion. It is a social fact." ... "How many invasions Europe has known throughout its history! It has always known how to overcome itself, moving forward to find itself as if made greater by the exchange between cultures."

Cultural exchange can be nice. Some people like kebab shops. I don't. But an invasion is not an exchange. It's domination, subjugation and submission. Now Europe has been shaped by invasions in the past. Look at England. And Pope Francis can take the long view on that if he likes.

But as a Christian leader, he might want to address the subject of what a Muslim invasion of a Christian region means for the future of Christianity in Europe? It's a viable and relevant question.

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About Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam.

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thefreethoughtproject.com/wikileaks-documents-show-nsa-spied-world-leaders-behalf-oil-companies/

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www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/facebook-will-mehr-steuern-zahlen-a-1080714.html

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www.icj-cij.org/presscom/index.php?p1=6&p2=1

www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/marshallinseln-bringen-atommaechte-vor-gericht-a-1081111.html

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/07/469521887/tiny-marshall-islands-taking-on-3-world-nuclear-powers-in-court

www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-marshallislands-court-idUSKCN0W621G

World | Fri Mar 4, 2016 11:24am EST
Related: World, United Nations
Tiny Marshall Islands take on nuclear powers in court
AMSTERDAM | By Thomas Escritt

A small chain of Pacific islands will face off against Britain, India and Pakistan in court next week to try and get an international ruling ordering them to start work on dismantling their nuclear arsenals.

While nobody expects the Marshall Islands to force the three powers to disarm at Monday's hearing, the archipelago's dogged campaign at the International Court of Justice highlights the growing scope for political minnows to get a hearing through global tribunals.

All three are expected to argue that the Marshall Islands' claims are beyond the Hague court's jurisdiction and should be thrown out. But many activists and academics believe getting them into court is a victory in itself.

The island republic, a U.S. protectorate until 1986 and home to just 50,000 people, was the site of 67 nuclear tests by 1958, the health impacts of which linger to this day.

"The success will be in putting the issue back on the agenda ... This is as much as the Marshall Islands can hope for," said Dapo Akande, professor of international law at Oxford University.

"When the Marshall Islands goes to the ICJ, it's equal with Britain and with India," Akande added. "Big countries get dragged into disputes to which they otherwise would not have needed to pay attention."

The islands say Britain breached its obligation to negotiate a nuclear disarmament under the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - and argue India and Pakistan have breached similar obligations under customary international law.

The archipelago originally filed suit against nine states, including declared nuclear powers China, France, Russia and the United States as well as Israel and North Korea.

However, only the three countries that have made a commitment to respond to suits brought at the ICJ will be in court.

In another David-and-Goliath case, the Pacific island state of Palau, that is threatened by rising sea levels, is pushing for the United Nations General Assembly to ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion on the obligation of the world's nations to combat climate change.

The government of the Indian Ocean state of the Comoros Islands asked the International Criminal Court to investigate a 2010 Israeli raid on a Comoros-flagged ship carrying activists seeking to land in the occupied Palestinian Territories to deliver humanitarian aid.

(Reporting By Thomas Escritt; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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