Today thousands of people marched all across the U.S. to protest the genocide in Darfur that has lead to the death of 400,000 people and displaced at least 2 million. This comes in the midst of news that the UN has cut food supplies in half as well as the news of a possible peace […]

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The weather in Toronto has been great lately so I try and get out more often for a walk. Walking in Toronto is of course a lot different from walking back home in Amman. Notably there are sidewalks, a lot of park land and a lot of driver-pedestrian respect, which makes walking a whole lot […]

If you put the melodic pop stylings of Coldplay, the alt-rock melancholia of Switchfoot the piano virtuosity of Ben Folds into one big melting pot then you might get a sense of what The Fray is all about. But comparisons to a-list artists that have dominated the music charts in the past 6 years, The […]

The UN is cutting in half its daily rations in Sudan’s Darfur region because of a severe funding shortfall.
From May the ration will be half the minimum amount required each day. The cut comes as the UN said Darfur’s malnutrition rates are rising again.
Nearly 3m people depend on food aid after being driven off their […]

Two things that kill me…
1) People who still think Zarqawi is a fictional character dreamt up by the Mossad and the CIA in some hollywood basement in order to have an excuse for the US to remain in Iraq (as if they really needed one) despite his latest video
2) The media’s constant (or favorite […]

Over the last few weeks I’ve written about 10 different academic essays and with each one I made a discovery. Actually it wasn’t much of a ‘discovery’ per se, it was something I’ve known for about a year now but have only recently become so frustrated that I’ve been able to break the barriers of […]

Last night I watched Hotel Rwanda for the second time. In the film there is a scene where a camera man named Jack has just captured some horrible images of people being slaughtered and the main character Paul is convinced this footage will force people in the west to pay attention. Jack of course explains […]

I’ve put up a few tracks from the Goo Goo Doll’s latest album over the past few months, mainly the singles that have emerged before the release date such as ‘Better Days’, ‘Give a Little Bit’ and lately ‘Stay With You’. I finally got my hands on “Let Love In” yesterday and was amazed by […]

It’s no secret that the war on Iraq is not going so well and it has become even more apparent that there was never an exit strategy (perhaps they didn’t think they’d need one). But now with a growing insurgency the U.S. army needs help in devising a plan to counter it….
Fighting Insurgents, One Essay […]

pretty snazzy…
BATH, England — It has two seats, three wheels and so far has cost $2.9 million. Students at the University of Bath in western England, who on Monday unveiled the prototype of the CLEVER (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport), hope that it represents a greener future for transport.
The prototype, a skeletal speedster […]

I’m always reminded of mankind’s progress when I buy toothpaste at the pharmacy. There are at least 20 types of toothpaste on any given shelf and all of them differ in some way. You have the paste or the gel. There’s the mint flavored, the bubblegum flavored. There’s the one that looks white and the […]

Jordan says it has arrested several members of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, who it says were planning to carry out attacks in the country.
The detainees had received instructions from a Hamas military leader in Syria and were in the final stages of planning, a government spokesman said.
The Palestinian group rejected the allegations as “outright […]

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a movie or reviewed one, and this was a rental. Actually it’s one of those movies you die to go and see when it’s out in theaters but never get around to.
Lord of War tells the tale of an arms dealer (Nicolas Cage) and his rise to power […]

Jordanian King Abdullah is urging the international community to pressure Israel to dismantle its nuclear arsenal.
“If the world is demanding Iran doesn’t develop nuclear weapons it should also demand that countries which possess nuclear weapons disarm,” Abdullah said in an interview to Spanish newspaper El Pais. “For peace to be achieved in the region, Israel […]

At least 22 people have been killed and scores more injured in three explosions in the Egyptian resort town of Dahab, reports say.
The blasts occurred in quick succession in an area frequented by tourists at about 1915 local (1715 GMT). One resident told Reuters news agency that there were “body parts and debris in the […]