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18 countries voted against UN Resolution on Goldstone Report

114 countries voted for the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Richard Goldstone Report on Gaza, 18 voted against, 44 abstained, and 16 were absent.

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Pro-US, pro-Zionist Australia refuses to support Goldstone Report at UN General Assembly

Australia has voted against the endorsement by the UN General Assembly of the Goldstone Report on Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Jewish South African Richard Goldstone is an eminent human rights lawyer and judge.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez accuses State of Israel of Palestinian Genocide

HC re Gaza: "The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly ...What was it if not genocide? ... The Israelis were looking for an excuse to exterminate the Palestinians."

UN General Assembly endorses Goldstone Report on Israeli et al Gaza atrocities

The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday an Arab-backed resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report. 114 nations voted in favor of the resolution and 18 voted against it, with 44 members abstaining.

Order of Australia for General Petraeus who led US Alliance forces in Occupied Iraq (!)

The head of US Central command, General David Petraeus, who led US forces in Occupied Iraq was appointed an honorary officer of the Order of Australia (its highest award) by MP Faulkner at a ceremony in Washington.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution: Victoria dirtiest state in one of dirtiest countries, Australia

Home to three of Australia's four dirtiest power stations and none of the 12 biggest renewable energy plants... less than 2 per cent of electricity clean ... brown coal accounted for 94 per cent of electricity, with gas 4 per cent.

Global anti-Semitism demands a united response

The beast of anti-Semitism is back. In Europe, politicians who deny the Holocaust or trivialize the massacre of Jews are elected to the European Parliament.

Oz Government CSIRO bid to GAG top economist's attack on Obama-style carbon ETS

The taxpayer-funded research organization CSIRO has reportedly stopped publication of a peer-reviewed research article by a top ecological economist critical of Obama-style carbon trading-based ETS approach

Tribute to an aidworker killed in the Islamabad bombing of the UN offices

A Dubai-based technology expert followed a suicide bomber into a UN building just seconds before he was blown up, video footage has shown.

Ahmadinejad:"Why is the Holocaust used as pretext to occupy the lands of other people?"

In this interview with Newsweek Ahmadinejad clearly does not dispute the Jewish Holocaust as part of the 60 million people killed in WW2 but says "Why is the Holocaust used as pretext to occupy the lands of other people?"

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