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Yvonne Ridley ( born 23 April 1958, Stanley, County Durham, England ) is a British journalist, war correspondent and Respect Party activist best known for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam after release, her outspoken opposition to Zionism, and her criticism of Western media portrayals of the War on Terror.
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Yvonne and Ridley
During her captivity, she met the British journalist Yvonne Ridley, who was arrested near the Pakistan border and brought to the same prison in Kabul.
Yvonne Ridley informed her about 11 September and the subsequent military actions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
* 1: 00 p. m. EDT ( approx ): The English journalist Yvonne Ridley is released by the Taliban and arrived at the Pakistan border.
Journalist Yvonne Ridley wrote in CounterPunch that " D-G Mark Thompson might not care much for the BBC ’ s reputation but he should have a duty of care to his staff because it looks as if his pro-Israel stance is now endangering the safety of his own news teams, many of whom find his views repugnant in any case " and with respect to his 2005 meeting with Ariel Sharon, wrote " Never before had any BBC Director-General embarked on such a meeting and references to it are removed continually from Thompson ’ s biography on Wikipedia, an indication of just how sensitive the whole event remains.
Yvonne Ridley came to prominence on 28 September 2001, when she was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan whilst working for the Sunday Express.
2003 saw Yvonne Ridley employed by the Qatar-based media organisation Al Jazeera, where, as a senior editor, she helped launch the English language version of their website.
She began presenting The Agenda With Yvonne Ridley, the Islam Channel's politics and current affairs show, in October 2005.
Since first August 2008, Yvonne Ridley has joined the Free Gaza Movement in Cyprus as it heads for Gaza to challenge the Israeli siege.
Press TV is following the progress of the movement and Yvonne Ridley, who will be on board with Indy film-maker Haq Nawaz, and is publishing her blogs to Press TV's website.
During their brief stay Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh gave a rare interview to Yvonne Ridley which was later broadcast on Press TV.
* " Video media of Yvonne Ridley Explaining Her kidnap Ordeal, Islam and Women Clears Misconceptions ", www. TurnToIslam. com, 25 April 2006.
* " Online Journalist Profile: Yvonne Ridley, Al-Jazeera. net ", interview by Jemima Kiss, Journalism. co. uk, 10 January 2004.
– Includes link to MP3 of 7 June 2006 BBC 4 interview with Yvonne Ridley after the 2 June 2006 London terror raid in which she urges Muslims to quit all collaboration with the Metropolitan police until they release the two arrested youths.
Noted social activists as C. Radhakrishnan, Medha Patkar, Ajit Sahi, Arundhati Roy, Sandeep Pandey, Ram Puniyani, Yvonne Ridley, Claude Alvares and Kuldip Nayar have addressed its gatherings.
Yvonne and born
Her mother was born Countess Maria-Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, better known as Gogo Schiaparelli, a socialite of Italian, Swiss, French, and Egyptian ancestry.
Crowe was born on 7 April 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Jocelyn Yvonne ( née Wemyss ) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom were movie set caterers ; his father also managed a hotel.
La Toya Yvonne Jackson ( born May 29, 1956 ) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, television personality, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist, activist and former model.
Callow was born in Streatham, London, England, UK, the son of Yvonne Mary ( née Guise ), a secretary, and Neil Francis Callow, a businessman.
Michelle Yvonne Hunziker ( born 24 January 1977 ) is a Swiss-Italian television hostess, actress, model and singer.
Ganzfried argued that Wilkomirski knew the concentration camps “ only as a tourist ”, and that, far from being born in Latvia, he was actually born Bruno Grosjean, an illegitimate child of an unmarried mother named Yvonne Grosjean from Biel in Switzerland.
Yvonne Marianne Elliman ( born December 29, 1951 ) is an American singer who performed for four years in the first cast of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Keating married Yvonne Connolly in April 1998 and together, the couple have three children: Jack ( born 15 March 1999 ), Marie ( born 18 February 2001 ) and Alice ( born 7 September 2005 ).
Keating married model Yvonne Connolly in April 1998 and together, the couple have three children – Jack ( born 15 March 1999 ), Marie ( born 18 February 2001 ) and Ali ( born 7 September 2005 ).
The locally quarried gritstone has weathered nicely over the past 90 years and the house looks as though it belongs to the 17th Century. In 1913 the house was bought by the famous electrical engineer and inventor Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, whose seventh and last child, Yvonne, was born at the Hall in July 1914. That the Ferranti ’ s were happy here is clear from Mrs de Ferranti ’ s charming biography of her husband, but it is equally evident that life at the Hall had its hazards, largely because ‘ Basti ’( as Mrs Ferranti affectionately called her husband ), could not confine his passion for electricity to working hours.
Patrick Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas, the second child of Patsy Yvonne Helen ( née Karnes ; born 1927 ), a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze ( 1925 – 1982 ), an engineering draftsman.
They have 3 daughters: Debby Edilbert Gerdina ( born 30 May 1975 ), Kelly Yvonne Danny ( born 26 July 1977 ) and Lyndsey Linda Marc ( born 4 October 1978 ).
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