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Gisborne Council Asked To Fly Palestinian Flag

Scoop 

Deputy Mayor Josh Wharehinga noted the petition, with 294 signatures, aligns with central government's stance on Gaza, however chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said it would be rare for local governments to get involved with petitions of this ...

Nienaber insight helping Ireland prepare for SA

BBC News (UK) 

Ireland forwards coach Paul O'Connell says the Irish squad are benefiting from the insight provided to Leinster players on South Africa by their World Cup-winning coach Jacques Nienaber.

Japan's top court rules forced sterilisation law unconstitutional

France24.com (en) 

The Supreme Court also ruled that a 20-year statute of limitations on compensation claims could not be applied, a major victory for victims who have endured decades of suffering. Japan's government acknowledges that around 16,500 people were forcibly sterilised under the eugenics law that was in place between 1948 and 1996. The law allowed doctors to sterilise people with inheritable intellectual disabilities to "prevent the generation of poor quality descendants". Another 8,500 people were sterilised with their consent... Читать дальше...

State, MPEÕK still at odds over subordination change

Err.ee (en) 

Discussions are still underway about the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPEÕK) subordination change away from the Moscow Patriarchate. While the Ministry of the Interior hopes for a quick resolution, MPEÕK's Bishop Daniel wants to approach the situation calmly.

Zionism is Broken

Inter Press Service 

Zionism is broken. It is finished as a political philosophy and cannot long survive. Having earned the visceral opposition of multitudes of people and countries around the world for engaging in vast overkill in Gaza, that historical reality will likely become clear to the Israeli people over time. Still, how could the most powerful state […]

Swedish word of the day: prick

The Local.se 

This is one of those words which often causes a chuckle in British English speakers when they hear it in Swedish for the first time.