Year: 2011

USA

Child sex trafficking, ‘epidemic’ in US

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   A recent FBI law enforcement bulletin says child sex trafficking is a “problem of epidemic proportion” that threatens 300,000 American children. The report said victims are often forced to travel far from […]

Egypt

Egypt wants Qur’an doctrine in law: Poll

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   Egyptian Coptic Christians and Muslims raise a cross and the Holy Qur’an in Cairo’s Tahrir Square during anti-government protests which began in January. A majority of Egyptians believe laws in their country […]

World

14,025 Iraqis missing since 2003

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   Iraq’s Human Rights Ministry has revealed that over 14,000 Iraqis have gone missing since the 2003 US-led invasion of the country. “We have registered the names of 14,025 people, who have gone […]

Syria

Chavez lends support to Syrian leader

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has thrown his weight behind Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and pointed a finger of blame at the West for recent unrests in the Middle […]

Gaza

Ricordando Vittorio Arrigoni

NOVANEWS     Translated by Elise Hendrick Il 9 d’aprile, Vittorio Arrigoni – Vik per noi – mi scrisse in un e-mail che: «Me ne vado subito in quanto quest’ignominia sarà finita.» L’«ignominia» era l’ultimo […]

Gaza

in memoriam: Vik Arrigoni

NOVANEWS   On April 9, Vittorio Arrigoni – Vik to us – wrote to me in an e-mail that “I will go out immediately after this shame” ends. The “shame” was Israel’s latest flurry of […]

Egypt

Dictators' Malware

NOVANEWS   modernityblog   Whilst protesters across the Middle East and elsewhere are using social media and the Internet to coordinate actions against dictators and other despots, they are not alone. Eli Lake in the […]