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After a two-day blackout, internet services resumed in Syria on Saturday, and a “spontaneous campaign of solidarity with the silenced Syrian people” began to make waves on the internet as “This is Damascus” or “هنا_دمشق”.
In much anticipated testimony to illustrate his treatment while in custody at Marine Corps Base Quantico, US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning took the stand in a military courtroom in Maryland.
The constitution, approved in the midst of a political standoff between the president and the judiciary, provides for basic protections against arbitrary detention and torture and for some economic rights but fails to end military trials of civilians or to protect freedom of expression and religion.
After nearly 18 months of diplomatic drama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas finally got a victory, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to recognise Palestine as a “non-member observer state”.