The Lord of the Rings theaterical version will debut in Toronto on Feb, 2nd 2006. Of course I will be knee deep in research papers and plus I will probably be too broke to go. Not to mention the fact I don’t have a suit nor white skin. I think you need to have both […]

The US has condemned the arrests of 26 gay men during a raid on a party at a hotel in the United Arab Emirates earlier this month.
Washington also warned the UAE that any attempt to administer hormone or psychological treatment would break international law.
Police launched on Tuesday disciplinary proceedings against an officer who published photos […]

Because really, what’s life without a little jail time?
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For the second time since the Amman bombings, hundreds of clan members of the Bani Hassan tribe, which Zarqawi can trace his roots to, have disowned him publically in a letter printed in the Jordanian newspapers bearing 370 signatures which I’m guessing is all the papers would allow them to print. This was done again […]

Palestine has long been known as the land of the olive tree, a plant embedded in the soil that requires a less than moderate amount of water yet still provides for millions of people. It is a national livlihood for Palestinians.
Recently dozens of illegal Israeli settelers snuck into the Palestinian village of Salem, near Nablus, […]

A visitor to my blog emailed me yesterday to ask me several questions about Amman as he is planning on visiting the city soon. Two of the questions were geographical in nature. The first about getting a map of Amman and the second was concerning “West Amman”.
Now a few months ago the first question […]

King swears in new gov’t By Alia Shukri Hamzeh
- The Cabinet, a mixture of technocrats and politicians, includes nine ministers who served in the former Cabinet of Adnan Badran, four public figures who previously held ministerial posts and 10 newcomers representing public and private sector as well as the civil service.
- […]

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