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Houri


Definition:

  • (n.) A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.

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  • (1) 1.49pm BST Nadim Houri, deputy director for the Middle East at Human Rights Watch, tweets an image of the mother of Mohammad Abu Khdair, the victim of the apparent revenge attack.
  • (2) The UN security council should, with an ICC [international criminal court] referral, send a clear message that cover-ups and government impunity won’t stand in the way of justice for victims.” Nadim Houry, deputy director of Human Rights Watch for the Middle East and North Africa , said: "These are the areas that we were told about by witnesses.
  • (3) In an attempt to find a reproducible method of total splenopancreatectomy (TSP) with duodenal loop conservation in rats, we used the technique recently described by S. Houry and M. Huguier (Eur.
  • (4) Mr Houry says he has evidence that tens of thousands of Syrians have been arbitrarily detained over the months.
  • (5) "It's rampant," says Nadim Houry , the Beirut-based deputy director of Human Rights Watch for the Middle East and North Africa, who has taken testimony on hundreds of cases of torture from Syria, "and, the odds are, if you're detained, you will be ill treated and most likely tortured.
  • (6) We will continue to press for action on all human rights violations in Syria, and for accountability for those who perpetrate them.” Nadim Houry of Human Rights Watch said his organisation had not had the opportunity to authenticate the images.
  • (7) So far, Russia is refusing to even name the culprit, while the US condemns but otherwise tolerates Assad’s ongoing violation of global norms against chemical warfare.” Houry said HRW is pushing for a mechanism to ascribe responsibility for the chlorine attacks and impose sanctions on the culprits, a step that has been resisted by Russia, which backs Assad.
  • (8) They come from the book by Mr Planque, M.D., entitled: "Selected Medical Library, from periodical publications, French as well as Foreign", published in Paris in 1748, by D'Houry senior, publisher and bookseller of His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans, rue de la Vieille Boucherie.
  • (9) Nadim Houry (@nadimhoury) Because Palestinian mothers also grieve but rarely get attention.
  • (10) We’ve been calling CDC for some time to try to make some of these other treatments widely available so we could reduce the need for opioids.” In a statement, Deb Houry, the CDC’s director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, responded that the guidance “does acknowledge cost and access as real barriers to a broader array of therapies” and that the agency is committed to working with federal partners to strengthen coverage of non-pharmacologic treatments.
  • (11) "Declarations by opposition groups that they want to respect human rights are important, but the real test is how opposition forces behave," said Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East director at HRW.
  • (12) Obama’s history on chlorine is wrong,” said Nadim Houry, Human Rights Watch’s deputy director for the Middle East and north Africa.
  • (13) And if al-Assad was to attempt to stop all this, could he, I asked Nadim Houry.

Seraglio


Definition:

  • (n.) An inclosure; a place of separation.
  • (n.) The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem.
  • (n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.

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