Crises Report February 5, 2010

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ARTICLES

Fighting to Continue in Afghanistan
By CrisesMagazine.org
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday that there
will be more fighting in Afghanistan.
http://www.crisesmagazine.org/index.php/Articles/fighting-to-continue-in-afghanistan.html

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.
http://www.crisesmagazine.org/index.php/Articles/increased-persecution-in-israel.html

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.
http://www.crisesmagazine.org/index.php/Articles/minimum-wage-is-not-enough.html

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.
http://www.crisesmagazine.org/index.php/Articles/slow-progress-on-oil-policy.html

BLOGS
Michael Warschawski   
Minister with No Imagination and a Minister with a Wild Imagination
http://www.crisesmagazine.org/index.php/Michael-Warschawski/minister-with-no-imagination-and-a-minister-with-a-wild-imagination.html

Samir Amin
The Battlefields of Contemporary Imperialism
http://www.crisesmagazine.org/index.php/Samir-Amin/the-battlefields-of-contemporary-imperialism.html

VIDEOS
The role of the ICC: Sudan and Gaza
http://www.crisesmagazine.org/index.php/Video/the-role-of-the-icc.html