Archive for November, 2006

No comment… TRIPOLI — President Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to personally distribute Libya’s oil wealth among the poor, warning of a backlash because of the growing wealth gap. “I will intervene in the name of the revolution and confine the [revenues from] oil to the 200,000 poor families,” he told a meeting of the General [...]

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This was the title of tonight’s 20/20 special on Dubai. Most people in the Arab world know much of Dubai’s achievements in the Gulf when it comes to building a top notch tourist destination. For the first 10 minutes of the 20/20 episode made its American audience just as aware of these achievements. From the [...]

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Article of Interest at BBC News: Tears & Blame Amid Gaza Dead. Quoting: “My cousin Rami has a daughter of six months old. She was cut into pieces. They had to collect her body pieces and put them in a plastic bag. I couldn’t recognise her.”

Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourself for some irony: Trent Lott is the Senate’s new ‘minority whip’. Get it? Since bloggers were in part responsible for his downfall a few years back here’s what some have to say. In other news worth watching: CNN’s Glen Beck interviews the first Muslim Congressman and asks him the essential [...]

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I’m torn between liking this idea and hating it as well. I’ve been to Mecca and Medina (thank God) and I admit I was always taken aback by some of the hotels that were so luxurious they served as a stark contrast to their humble surroundings and humble beginnings. I feel it’s almost a contradiction [...]

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According to the latest “10 Foot Poll” the consensus seems to be that both Iran and Michigan are in danger of being invaded by the US as a reaction to North Korea’s nuclear test last month. Meanwhile, Syria is safe…for now. On to more serious issues: The Jordanian Parliament returns to a normal session at [...]

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Sine 2004 about 9 Israelis have been killed by the very crude Qassam rockets that militants have fired into Israel. This past Wednesday a 57 year old Israeli woman died, the first Israeli casualty in the past 16 months. A total of 13 Qassam rockets had landed that day and during her funeral 4 of [...]

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It started with ‘Da Vinci Code’ and ended with ‘Deception Point’ as I’ve only recently managed to cover all of Dan Brown’s books. My conclusion? Brown is a pretty bad writer. I’m sorry, I know there are big fans of the guy out there but he’s frankly a bad writer. So what makes it for [...]

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