4-year-old Samar, paralysed by Israel

"But there was something particularly shocking about this story. The family alleged that Israeli soldiers had opened fire at close range - as they lined up outside the house and while Samar's grandmother waved a white flag."

"Four-year-old Samar Abed Rabbu lost her two sisters during Israel's offensive in Gaza last December and January."

"She is desperate to walk again - she even simulates it on the bed with her fingers - but there is nothing the Belgian doctors can do to repair Samar's broken back."

Samar's full story by the BBC


Amnesty International's report details war crimes in Gaza


The cover and page 1 of the report (click on images to enlarge):

Does Assad really want to invite Obama to Syria? :)

Obama on a 24-hour visit to Ghana 11 July 2009:

"No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is not democracy, that is tyranny, and now is the time for it to end. ... Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions."

"Repression takes many forms, and too many nations are plagued by problems that condemn their people to poverty. No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves"

"This is about more than holding elections - it's also about what happens between them,"