Fighting to Continue in Afghanistan By CrisesMagazine.org NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday that there will be more fighting in Afghanistan.
Increased persecution in Israel By Jonathan Cook Leaders of the Palestinian minority in Israel warned this week that they were facing an unprecedented campaign of persecution, backed by the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu, designed to stop their political activities. The warning came after Said Nafaa, a Druze member of the Israeli parliament, was stripped of his immunity last week, clearing the way for him to be tried for a visit to Syria three years ago.
Minimum Wage is Not Enough By Cam Mcgrath A stalemate between labour unions and business associations is preventing Egyptian authorities from setting a minimum wage that could improve the lot of millions of citizens living in poverty.
Slow Progress on Oil Policy By IRIN -- Humanitarian News and Analysis Ghana needs to do more to ensure that revenue from oil production, due to start later in the year, successfully reduces poverty and avoids a "resource curse", according to civil society leaders worried that safeguards are either inadequate or absent.
itISapartheid.org in partnership with Stop the Wall announce the first international Israeli Apartheid Video Contest 
