"Now we come to a moment in which the Middle East is in turmoil. Protests began in Tunisia, ousted the aging dictator, spread to Egypt and ousted another aging dictator.
In FT today, Gideon Rachman asks 'Which revolution will Egypt choose?'
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Shocking and disturbing video has surfaced of a Taliban-controlled village in Afghanistan stoning a man and woman for allegedly eloping while the man was still married.
Calling someone a troll is internet-speak for calling someone an @!$%#. It would be one thing if the person being called a troll was actually a troll .
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Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B;, and folk music.
Up until the winter of 09, Muzzammil Hassan was known as the founder of Bridges TV, one of those ubiquitous ventures meant to normalize Islam in the American context.
"'Freedom in the World 2011' was accompanied by a press release, overview essay and regional maps, all of which highlighted the lack of democracy and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, currently a hot topic in the British media in light of events in Tunisia.
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Imagine if Muslims in Europe were being arrested for nothing more than peacefully practicing their religion. Imagine if Muslims in South America were being sentenced to death for "insulting" Jesus.
In other words Israel, guilty for existing, must bear the cost paid by the EU in a policy aimed at its demise and ignored by most Europeans. This is called the "peace process" which is "working towards justice and peace".
Father Christmas has been banned from visiting a children's nursery after a Muslim family complained. For the last four years, Dennis Jackson has donned a beard and red-and-white costume to hand out presents at the St Peter's Head Start Programme in Minnesota.
"At the start of the new year, the Governor of Punjab was murdered because he had opposed the call by Pakistan's Islamists to execute a Christian woman on false blasphemy charges arising out of her harassment by her Muslim neighbors.
The Naval blockade on Gaza According to the Laws of Armed Conflict, a state party to an armed conflict has the right to establish a naval blockade on its enemy's coast for security reasons.
It is vitally important that freedom-loving people come to understand that "Islam is not a religion; it is foreign law" whose adherents will stop at nothing to impose it upon the West.
Sam Harris is a well known "Atheist spokesman" and usually bashes religion in general. (Here's another seed with an excellent discussion about his views on Atheism vs faith: Atheist Sam Harris: Why We Should Ditch Religion).
"Alan Boyle says:"Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains..."
For those of you who have not read Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire", it is a truly epic tale. Going beyond the simple "good vs. evil" of Tolkien's masterpiece, "Lord of the Rings", it is deep, complex, and gripping.
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Robertson a welcome addition to drug reform circles, former narc tells Raw Story
Bavaria is famous for its beer, but buy a "Bavaria" and it won't have come from the southern German state. After a lengthy legal battle, a Dutch brewery is getting to keep its name.
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Among the victims of this senseless tragedy was a little boy named Adam. Three-year-old Adam witnessed the horror of dozens of deaths, including that of his own parents.
N Afghanistan, Mazar e Sharif, 2.500 German troops.
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What if President Obama makes peace with Osama? What if India vacates Kashmir? What if Russia moves out from Chechnya? There will be peace and no more terrorism in this world. Many people think in this fiction and some even write wonderful pieces in their blogs.
Jews were massacred by Arabs in 1929 for sitting while praying at the Western Wall. Those events, argues the author of a new book, remain pivotal.
Now that you mention it Lkessler I think that I will display her more predominately on my avatar; it really is kind of hard to tell what she looks like.
— larrrs
Winnie is a two year old Great Pyrenees; I do have two others, one that looks like a husky only bigger, a Malamute named Tundra and a Sheba Inu/ American Eskimo cross named Sheena.
— larrrs
Larrrs, what an adorably cute dog you have! Looks like a Siberian Husky--is it!? If so, he reminds me of the one my sister used to have: his name was Justy. He was just such a baby of a dog... :D
— Lkessler
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