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http://www.instablogs.com/ Israel attacks Gaza Strip On the morning of 27 December 2008 Israeli missiles attacked Gaza. 155 were reported dead and more than 200 injured. Televisions and news sites were covered with images of bleeding Gazans, protesting Arabs, cries, rubble and gore. Not can only this be described as plea for help, Palestinians across the globe called out to the Arabs to fight for Palestine for their silence has longed enough. Unflinching, the praying chants to God still resounds as more missile attacks take place. God is great. UN Mediation Given the dogged adherence of both India and Pakistan over the dispute of Mumbai attacks, the need to resolve the dispute without war calls for urgent mediation by some responsible international body like the United Nations Organization, since India has proofs of Pakistan’s involvement their objectivity needs to be confirmed by UN Security Council before any vindictive measures are taken against those Pakistani elements that might be involved in the attacks as claimed by the Indian government. But if the issue keeps boiling between India and Pakistan only nationalist sentiments may lead to aggravation of the issue leading to undesirable consequences for the nations, a prospect that must be avoided. Mobile phone user registration Mexico's just passed a packet of invasive, yet necessary, rules that require phone companies to get the fingerprints of everyone who buys a phone: Also the Senate voted to create a registry of cell phone owners to combat kidnappings and extortions in which gangs often use untraceable mobile phones to make ransom demands. Telecoms would be required to ask purchasers of cell phones or phone memory chips for their names, addresses and fingerprints, and to turn that information over to investigators if requested. Aftermath of Kenyan post election violence Thousands of people displaced during the post election violence last year have nothing to celebrate about this festive season. The IDP’s, most of them in the North Rift, have been moved to transitional camps near their farms but are still living in deplorable conditions. For instance, Survivors of a church fire in the rift valley province, where 35 people died during post-election violence, are living in misery, eleven months after the tragedy. Still nursing scars, some victims of the tragedy sought refuge in different parts of the country where they are undergoing untold suffering. They lack food and are still traumatized by what befell them. Some, after spending months in hospitals were left in poverty while some are still living in tents after the government failed to release 25,000 shillings for their resettlement. http://www.instablogs.com/

• Release Date

  Dec 29, 2008

• Runtime

  05:28