http://blog.taragana.com/politics Politics news & incisive views 24/7 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:46:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/21/11-asylum-seekers-protest-on-roof-of-australian-detention-center-after-mans-death-86499/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/21/11-asylum-seekers-protest-on-roof-of-australian-detention-center-after-mans-death-86499/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:02:25 +0000 Kristen Gelineau http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/21/11-asylum-seekers-protest-on-roof-of-australian-detention-center-after-mans-death-86499/ 11 asylum seekers protest on roof of Australian detention center after man’s death.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/21/11-asylum-seekers-protest-on-roof-of-australian-detention-center-after-mans-death-86499/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/09/poor-somali-families-caught-in-crossfire-face-brutal-choice-who-can-they-afford-to-save-77305/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/09/poor-somali-families-caught-in-crossfire-face-brutal-choice-who-can-they-afford-to-save-77305/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:30:35 +0000 Katharine Houreld http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/09/poor-somali-families-caught-in-crossfire-face-brutal-choice-who-can-they-afford-to-save-77305/ Source  : Poor Somali families caught in crossfire face brutal choice: Who can they afford to save?.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/09/poor-somali-families-caught-in-crossfire-face-brutal-choice-who-can-they-afford-to-save-77305/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/07/un-somalis-scramble-to-escape-fighting-in-capital-that-has-killed-230-in-2-weeks-76946/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/07/un-somalis-scramble-to-escape-fighting-in-capital-that-has-killed-230-in-2-weeks-76946/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:24:32 +0000 Katharine Houreld http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/07/un-somalis-scramble-to-escape-fighting-in-capital-that-has-killed-230-in-2-weeks-76946/ Read the original article  : UN: Somalis scramble to escape fighting in capital that has killed 230 in 2 weeks.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/09/07/un-somalis-scramble-to-escape-fighting-in-capital-that-has-killed-230-in-2-weeks-76946/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/27/un-draft-report-rwandan-army-attacks-on-refugees-in-congo-in-the-1990s-could-be-genocide-75053/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/27/un-draft-report-rwandan-army-attacks-on-refugees-in-congo-in-the-1990s-could-be-genocide-75053/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:52:28 +0000 AP http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/27/un-draft-report-rwandan-army-attacks-on-refugees-in-congo-in-the-1990s-could-be-genocide-75053/ UN draft report: Rwandan army attacks on refugees in Congo in the 1990s could be genocide.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/27/un-draft-report-rwandan-army-attacks-on-refugees-in-congo-in-the-1990s-could-be-genocide-75053/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/22/israeli-leader-stakes-out-positions-before-peace-talks-drawing-swift-palestinian-rejection-74285/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/22/israeli-leader-stakes-out-positions-before-peace-talks-drawing-swift-palestinian-rejection-74285/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:39:06 +0000 Josef Federman http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/22/israeli-leader-stakes-out-positions-before-peace-talks-drawing-swift-palestinian-rejection-74285/ Original source on Gaea Times at : Israeli leader stakes out positions before peace talks, drawing swift Palestinian rejection.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/22/israeli-leader-stakes-out-positions-before-peace-talks-drawing-swift-palestinian-rejection-74285/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/17/lebanon-gives-palestinian-refugees-employment-rights-critics-say-significant-problems-remain-73453/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/17/lebanon-gives-palestinian-refugees-employment-rights-critics-say-significant-problems-remain-73453/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:01:21 +0000 Elizabeth A. Kennedy http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/17/lebanon-gives-palestinian-refugees-employment-rights-critics-say-significant-problems-remain-73453/ Lebanon gives Palestinian refugees employment rights; critics say significant problems remain.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/17/lebanon-gives-palestinian-refugees-employment-rights-critics-say-significant-problems-remain-73453/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/17/parliament-passes-law-to-let-400000-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-work-in-any-profession-73394/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/17/parliament-passes-law-to-let-400000-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-work-in-any-profession-73394/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:59:09 +0000 AP http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/17/parliament-passes-law-to-let-400000-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-work-in-any-profession-73394/ Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Parliament passes law to let 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon work in any profession.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/17/parliament-passes-law-to-let-400000-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-work-in-any-profession-73394/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/15/hidden-darfur-a-60-year-old-war-swells-camps-with-refugees-as-myanmar-junta-gains-ground-73100/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/15/hidden-darfur-a-60-year-old-war-swells-camps-with-refugees-as-myanmar-junta-gains-ground-73100/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:11:06 +0000 Denis D. Gray http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/15/hidden-darfur-a-60-year-old-war-swells-camps-with-refugees-as-myanmar-junta-gains-ground-73100/ ‘Hidden Darfur’: A 60-year-old war swells camps with refugees as Myanmar junta gains ground.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/15/hidden-darfur-a-60-year-old-war-swells-camps-with-refugees-as-myanmar-junta-gains-ground-73100/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/14/canada-says-tamil-migrants-in-fairly-good-condition-after-arriving-in-renovated-ship-72950/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/14/canada-says-tamil-migrants-in-fairly-good-condition-after-arriving-in-renovated-ship-72950/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:15:12 +0000 Rob Gillies http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/14/canada-says-tamil-migrants-in-fairly-good-condition-after-arriving-in-renovated-ship-72950/ Gaea News Network.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/14/canada-says-tamil-migrants-in-fairly-good-condition-after-arriving-in-renovated-ship-72950/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/14/lawyer-fears-hundreds-of-tamils-from-sri-lanka-seeking-asylum-in-canada-may-be-traumatized-72943/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/14/lawyer-fears-hundreds-of-tamils-from-sri-lanka-seeking-asylum-in-canada-may-be-traumatized-72943/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:09:50 +0000 Jeremy Hainsworth http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/14/lawyer-fears-hundreds-of-tamils-from-sri-lanka-seeking-asylum-in-canada-may-be-traumatized-72943/ »»».]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/14/lawyer-fears-hundreds-of-tamils-from-sri-lanka-seeking-asylum-in-canada-may-be-traumatized-72943/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/13/hundreds-of-tamils-from-sri-lanka-seek-asylum-in-canada-government-fears-some-are-terrorists-72836/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/13/hundreds-of-tamils-from-sri-lanka-seek-asylum-in-canada-government-fears-some-are-terrorists-72836/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:46:30 +0000 Rob Gillies http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/13/hundreds-of-tamils-from-sri-lanka-seek-asylum-in-canada-government-fears-some-are-terrorists-72836/ Hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka seek asylum in Canada; government fears some are terrorists.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/13/hundreds-of-tamils-from-sri-lanka-seek-asylum-in-canada-government-fears-some-are-terrorists-72836/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/13/tamil-migrant-ship-docks-off-canadas-west-coast-72800/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/13/tamil-migrant-ship-docks-off-canadas-west-coast-72800/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:36:11 +0000 Jeremy Hainsworth http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/13/tamil-migrant-ship-docks-off-canadas-west-coast-72800/ Gaea News Network.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/13/tamil-migrant-ship-docks-off-canadas-west-coast-72800/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/12/new-refugee-students-in-nyc-get-ready-for-school-in-the-us-from-academics-to-fire-drills-72595/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/12/new-refugee-students-in-nyc-get-ready-for-school-in-the-us-from-academics-to-fire-drills-72595/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:04:41 +0000 Deepti Hajela http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/12/new-refugee-students-in-nyc-get-ready-for-school-in-the-us-from-academics-to-fire-drills-72595/ Original article on Gaea Times at  : New refugee students in NYC get ready for school in the US, from academics to fire drills.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/12/new-refugee-students-in-nyc-get-ready-for-school-in-the-us-from-academics-to-fire-drills-72595/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/12/palestinians-crammed-for-decades-in-refugee-camps-in-lebanon-may-get-broader-right-to-work-72592/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/12/palestinians-crammed-for-decades-in-refugee-camps-in-lebanon-may-get-broader-right-to-work-72592/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:38:09 +0000 Zeina Karam http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/12/palestinians-crammed-for-decades-in-refugee-camps-in-lebanon-may-get-broader-right-to-work-72592/ Read the original article: here.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/12/palestinians-crammed-for-decades-in-refugee-camps-in-lebanon-may-get-broader-right-to-work-72592/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/11/migrant-ship-that-could-be-carrying-tamil-tigers-nears-canada-will-be-intercepted-72560/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/11/migrant-ship-that-could-be-carrying-tamil-tigers-nears-canada-will-be-intercepted-72560/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:13:10 +0000 Rob Gillies http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/11/migrant-ship-that-could-be-carrying-tamil-tigers-nears-canada-will-be-intercepted-72560/ Read : Migrant ship that could be carrying Tamil Tigers nears Canada, will be intercepted.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/11/migrant-ship-that-could-be-carrying-tamil-tigers-nears-canada-will-be-intercepted-72560/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/09/canada-briefed-on-migrant-ship-headed-its-way-that-could-be-carrying-tamil-tigers-72130/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/09/canada-briefed-on-migrant-ship-headed-its-way-that-could-be-carrying-tamil-tigers-72130/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:38:11 +0000 Rob Gillies http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/09/canada-briefed-on-migrant-ship-headed-its-way-that-could-be-carrying-tamil-tigers-72130/ Read the original article  : Canada briefed on migrant ship headed its way that could be carrying Tamil Tigers.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/09/canada-briefed-on-migrant-ship-headed-its-way-that-could-be-carrying-tamil-tigers-72130/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/02/lawmakers-say-some-3000-sri-lanka-war-refugees-evicted-from-villages-by-government-52284/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/02/lawmakers-say-some-3000-sri-lanka-war-refugees-evicted-from-villages-by-government-52284/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:02:06 +0000 Bharatha Mallawarachi http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/02/lawmakers-say-some-3000-sri-lanka-war-refugees-evicted-from-villages-by-government-52284/ Lawmakers say some 3,000 Sri Lanka war refugees evicted from villages by government.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/02/lawmakers-say-some-3000-sri-lanka-war-refugees-evicted-from-villages-by-government-52284/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/01/aging-forgotten-but-still-loyal-to-britain-wwii-has-never-ended-for-fabled-burma-fighters-52184/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/01/aging-forgotten-but-still-loyal-to-britain-wwii-has-never-ended-for-fabled-burma-fighters-52184/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:26:25 +0000 Denis D. Gray http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/01/aging-forgotten-but-still-loyal-to-britain-wwii-has-never-ended-for-fabled-burma-fighters-52184/ Aging, forgotten but still loyal to Britain, WWII has never ended for fabled Burma fighters.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/08/01/aging-forgotten-but-still-loyal-to-britain-wwii-has-never-ended-for-fabled-burma-fighters-52184/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/26/the-architect-of-pol-pots-genocide-sentenced-50799/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/26/the-architect-of-pol-pots-genocide-sentenced-50799/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:52:50 +0000 taragana http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/26/the-architect-of-pol-pots-genocide-sentenced-50799/ Read the original article: here.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/26/the-architect-of-pol-pots-genocide-sentenced-50799/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/23/mass-program-started-partly-by-sept-11-pilot-turns-refugees-of-war-genocide-into-farmers-50314/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/23/mass-program-started-partly-by-sept-11-pilot-turns-refugees-of-war-genocide-into-farmers-50314/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:25:06 +0000 Russell Contreras http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/23/mass-program-started-partly-by-sept-11-pilot-turns-refugees-of-war-genocide-into-farmers-50314/ Read more >>.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/23/mass-program-started-partly-by-sept-11-pilot-turns-refugees-of-war-genocide-into-farmers-50314/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/20/uganda-defends-un-condemned-repatriation-of-1700-rwandans-says-they-were-security-risk-49524/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/20/uganda-defends-un-condemned-repatriation-of-1700-rwandans-says-they-were-security-risk-49524/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:29:07 +0000 AP http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/20/uganda-defends-un-condemned-repatriation-of-1700-rwandans-says-they-were-security-risk-49524/ Uganda defends UN-condemned repatriation of 1,700 Rwandans; says they were security risk.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/07/20/uganda-defends-un-condemned-repatriation-of-1700-rwandans-says-they-were-security-risk-49524/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2009/11/20/canadian-court-orders-refugee-board-to-reconsider-case-of-lesbian-deserter-from-us-army-1083/ http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2009/11/20/canadian-court-orders-refugee-board-to-reconsider-case-of-lesbian-deserter-from-us-army-1083/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:11:39 +0000 Charmaine Noronha http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2009/11/20/canadian-court-orders-refugee-board-to-reconsider-case-of-lesbian-deserter-from-us-army-1083/ Canadian court orders refugee board to reconsider case of lesbian deserter from US army.]]> http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2009/11/20/canadian-court-orders-refugee-board-to-reconsider-case-of-lesbian-deserter-from-us-army-1083/feed/