Here is a good one: A man is out walking in New York when he sees a girl being savaged by a fierce dog. He fights off the dog by beating about the head with a stick and saves the girl’s life. The girl’s mother rushes over to him: “Thank […]
Video Missionary Wasim Saroya of Bosnia just sent the link. Recorded by Aljazeera TV
Sorry for innocent bear. Pravda Ru: The British NATO contingent wastes up to 100,000 USD of their taxpayers’ money per aircraft per hour, every single day since February 17, bombing kids, strafing water supplies, murdering babies, targeting civilian structures, in Libya. Now in Norway a polar bear has been shot […]
Rfi. France: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has told RFI that its internal election on Saturday was an exercise in democracy. The previously banned group appointed three new senior figures for the organisation’s newly formed Freedom and Justice party. The Brotherhood says a new political “era” in Egypt should be inclusive and […]
Gordon Ramsay claims his wife’s father stole $2.3 million from their company to fund a secret second family, writes Jonathan Wynne-Jones By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Sunday Telegraph He is notorious for the fiery rows that boil over in his restaurants’ kitchens, but now Gordon Ramsay has turned up the heat […]
France24: Despite a persistent negative stereotype about French hygiene practices – which at least one historian says has a ring of truth – a study has found that the French may actually be more fastidious than their European neighbours. If cleanliness is next to godliness, then the French – and […]
by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, globalresearch.ca TRIPOLI, July 28, 2011 The division of Libya into three separate countries is part of the US-NATO imperial design. It is part of a project shared by the U.S., Britain, Italy, and France. The NATO war launched against Libya in March 2011 was geared towards […]
Scholars from different religions answer the question Question: What role does humour play in life? ABDUL RASHID is a member of the Ottawa Muslim community, the Christian-Muslim Dialogue and the Capital Region Interfaith Council. Humour is a natural human characteristic and an essential component of a complete human personality. Although […]
Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community Sunday to “revive” their search for a peace plan for Libya, saying force was not the answer. “I exhort the international organisations and those who bear political and military responsibility to revive with conviction and determination the search for a peace plan for […]
By AP Maktoob.com DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Muslims living in the world’s tallest tower will have to wait even longer to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan. Mohammed al-Qubaisi, Dubai’s top Muslim cleric, said Sunday that Burj Khalifa residents living above the 80th floor should […]
A new study has suggested that the height of a child may be determined, in part, by knowing how far apart the mom and dad were born. If the mom and dad were born in the same town, their children are slightly shorter on average than the kids of parents […]
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken to French President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss eurozone finances and the US credit rating being downgraded. Downing Street said that, in a phone conversation, they agreed on “the importance of working together”. Meanwhile, Chancellor George Osborne, who is on holiday, spoke to […]
Met police commander Adrian Hanstock says situation in north London suburb ‘escalated out of all proportion’. The Metropolitan police has admitted it “had not anticipated” the extreme violence that saw police attacked and buildings and vehicles set alight during sustained rioting in Tottenham, north London. As questions were asked about […]
Day after 300,000-strong protests across Israel Netanyahu warns ‘government can’t satisfy everyone’ PM announces formation of special economic team to address soaring costs of living; team includes government ministers, academics and experts from private sector. …. “We will listen to everyone,” Netanyahu said at a government meeting Sunday. “We won’t […]
The British Foreign Office has condemned Israel’s plan to build 930 new housing units in the illegal settlement of Har Homa in the southern East al-Quds (Jerusalem). “I condemn yesterday’s announcement by the Government of Israel to approve the construction of over 900 housing units which will expand significantly the […]
Israel’s Supreme Court has opened deliberations on former Israeli President Moshe Katsav’s appeal of his seven-year sentence for rape and other sexual offenses. The hearing Sunday is pivotal for Katsav, who was sentenced in March for raping an employee when he was a Cabinet minister in 1998. He was also […]
Senior doctors join more than 1,000 residents who have resigned over wages, endangering system Hundreds more residents handed in their resignations Sunday, effectively joining the 1,000 who already resigned at the end of last week. Joining the residents were also 100 specialists from Rambam Hospital in Haifa. Senior doctors at […]
TOKYO — A new robot using high-precision tactile sensors and flexible motor control technology has taken Japan one step closer to its goal of providing high-quality care for its growing elderly population. Developed by researchers at RIKEN and Tokai Rubber Industries (TRI), the new robot can lift a patient up […]
…. The site added a feature where parents-to-be can include their unborn child on the list of family members on their profiles. In the family member section, the user can select “Expected: Child.” “For years, people have been using Facebook to share the joyous news of expecting a child and, […]
Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq (Photo Jean Marc Boulu). To get an idea of today’s ‘humane’ treatment of prisoners of war, do take a look at these images in Google. Prisoners of […]