Big Apple’s Israeli celebration: In honor of Israel’s 64th anniversary, New York’s Empire State Building to be lit in blue and white If you happen to be in New York between June 1 and June 3 – expect a particularly exciting Israeli surprise. New York’s landmark building the Empire State […]
Americans for Peace Now said it was due to the devaluation of democratic values in Israel The Times of Israel: Jewish groups called on Israel to protect African migrants in Israel after riots in Tel Aviv. “We hope and expect that the authorities will take effective measures to protect this […]
Editorial THE JORDAN TIMES May 27,2012 | 23:08 The tenure of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has been halved under pressure from the US and, no […]
Global Post: Here’s what you probably know about Memorial Day in the United States. It’s a three-day holiday. People are expected to travel 50 miles (or more). There will be barbecue and […]
Burbank, Calif: At 101 years old, Otto Jensen was still on the job, running a photography studio in Burbank. Read more
Source: Press TV A political analyst says that Islamophobia is a type of “political colonialism” and “ideological war” waged by the United States and its Zionist allies against Islam and Muslims. “Islamophobia is a form of political colonialism; an ideological war against Islam and the Muslims,” wrote author Dr. Ismail […]
Voice Of America: by Selah Hennessy: LONDON – “Failed leadership has gone global” — according to Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of human rights around the world. The United […]
By Omar Sacirbey| Religion News Service, Thursday, May 24, 12:12 AM Some 15,000 Muslims are expected at this weekend’s 37th annual convention of the Islamic Circle of North America in Hartford, where the theme of “Defending Religious Freedom: Understanding Shariah” reflects the worry that anti-Muslim activists are fanning fear of […]
(Reuters) – Germany dismissed a French-led call for euro zone nations to issue common bonds, a day before a European Union leaders’ summit which investors are looking to for new measures to counter the bloc’s debt crisis. After a torrid week, stock markets rallied on optimism that the Wednesday summit […]
WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Thursday urged the New York Police Department to purge its intelligence databases of information gleaned from its clandestine spying on Muslim neighborhoods. They also criticized the Obama administration for offering tepid responses to questions about whether it endorses such tactics. Lawmakers introduced a resolution Thursday […]
Wired.Com: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The second time’s the charm for SpaceX. This morning at 3:44 a.m. EDT the company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off of Launch Complex 40 at […]
Source: China Daily BEIJING – China on Monday voiced its opposition to a defense spending bill passed last week by the US House of Representatives that pushed for sales of […]
Washington Post: by Michael Gerson: In a blowout presidential election, a few large issues dominate. In a tight election, a range of smaller concerns — important to strategic constituencies in battleground […]
New York Times: ………As a two-day NATO summit meeting opened in Chicago, Mr. Obama remained at loggerheads with PresidentAsif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, refusing even to meet with him without an […]
by Fareed Zakaria http://www.fareedzakaria.com/home/Author.html Fareed Zakaria’s international bestseller The Post-American World pointed to the “rise of the rest”—the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, and others—as the great story […]
Dave Sanders for The New York Times: Late last year, the New York City health department unveiled the latest installment in a subway advertising campaign meant to illuminate the perils of […]
http://www.commongroundnews.org: For those who loved Shaima Alawadi, the Iraqi-born mother of five and California resident, the recent media storm around her case likely provides very little solace. Speculation about the motivation […]
THE second attempt by US authorities to try one of several alleged masterminds of 9/11 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-accused is a farce reminiscent of the trial of […]
BY: AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABBEWS WASHINGTON: France’s President Francois Hollande used his White House debut yesterday to restate his intention to get French combat troops home from Afghanistan this year […]
Source: NY Times. By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN Published: May 17, 2012 In 1953, after the early successes of Soviet espionage demonstrated just how difficult and dangerous the cold war would become, the Central Intelligence Agency began a top-secret program called MKUltra. It included exotic projects that decades later provided much critical fodder […]