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Saudi prince robbed in Paris after motorcade held at gunpoint Gunmen escape with £200,000 and ‘sensitive documents’ after attack on diplomatic convoy

Heavily armed gunmen stole thousands of pounds in an attack on a convoy of diplomatic vehicles belonging to a Saudi prince in the north of Paris on Sunday evening, French police have reported. The motorcade was heading through the French capital on its way to Le Bourget airport on Boulevard […]

Robert Fisk: Jailed in Geneva – the colonel who stood up against Mubarak, but refused to spy for the Swiss His defence of Christian Copts made him a thorn in the side of Egypt’s regime. But when he fled, Colonel Ghanem found himself in an equally dangerous game.

By Robert Fisk, The Independent Note by the Editor: This article dates back to 2012, but as Colonel el-Ghanem appears to be still in jail in Geneva we are pulishing this article today. He is 54 but looks 70 – “like an Indian yogi with a long white beard,” as […]

Soul Searching on the Way

Source: Spiegel: In the Middle Ages, pilgrimages were neither a quest for meaning, nor an opportunity for contemplation, nor an event. People had real worries and pilgrimages were part of a deal. On the one hand was the willingness of the faithful to suffer, on the other was God’s capacity […]

British Minister Warsi Quits Over Gaza Policy

Source: Yahoo News London (AFP) – A Foreign Office minister who was the first Muslim to sit in the British cabinet dramatically resigned on Tuesday over what she called the government’s “morally indefensible” policy on Gaza. The surprise decision by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who also had responsibility for faith and […]

Lady Warsi resigns over government’s ‘morally reprehensible’ stance on Gaza – Foreign Office minister announces on Twitter that she is standing down because she can no longer support UK foreign policy

Patrick Wintour, political editor The Guardian, Tuesday 5 August 2014 10.04 BST Lady Warsi, the senior Foreign Office minister, has resigned from the government in protest at its policy on Gaza, describing it as “morally indefensible”.. Warsi announced her departure on Twitter on Tuesday, saying: “With deep regret I have […]