Saudi: 40 lashes for 75-year-old woman "mingling with young men"

The woman was arrested by the religious police for asking two young men, who were not relatives of hers, to bring her five loaves of bread."A 75-year-old widow in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not...

Pakistan police block Sharif supporters at assembly

After the Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld bans on former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother, Shahbaz, from elected office, Sharif supporters rallying the Pakistan government....

Palin on Ahmadinejad: 'He Must Be Stopped'

"By SARAH PALIN | September 22, 2008Governor Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, was scheduled to speak today at a rally in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance here of President Ahmadinejad of Iran. Her appearance was canceled by rally organizers...

Judge Elizabeth Halverson is taken ill

UPDATE: 11:13PM EST - Saturday August 9Judge Elizabeth Halverson became ill yesterday in the middle of her testimony, in what was day five of the hearings. " Judge Halverson suffered what her attorney called a...

Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors

As if things couldn`t get any worse for the survivors of the cyclone in Myanmar, now heavy rains are pelting the homelss people waiting for aid to arrive that is already delayed due to political matters. It is...

al-Qaida's American wants Bush met with Bombs not Flowers

"al-Qaida's American Seeks Bush Attacks Al-Qaida's American-born member Adam Gadahn lashes out at the U.S. and its allies in this image taken from a new video posted Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, marking the terror...

Saudi King Pardons Rape Victim Sentenced to 200 Lashes

Well we can never imagine what she's gone through, but at least her ordeal won't include 200 lashes and six months in prison."Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a female rape victim who had been...

Perceived Insult To Islam Turns To Assault on Reason

" Sudan: Officials seize a British teacher’s approval of students ‘Muhammad’ teddy bear to play the culture card This Week’s Top Scrooge - November 30, 2007 By ALEXANDER I suppose there are worse...

Briton faces lashes in Sudan over teddy named Mohammed

" Briton faces lashes in Sudan over teddy named Mohammed By Caroline Gammell and Aislinn Simpson Last Updated: 5:46pm GMT 26/11/2007 A British primary school teacher in Sudan is facing 40 lashes and up to six months in prison after allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear...

Saudi rape VICTIM sentenced to 200 lashes 'admits to affair'

"Saudi rape VICTIM sentenced to 200 lashes 'admits to affair' Last updated at 13:05pm on 26th November 200A teenage rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes in Saudi Arabia has confessed to cheating on her husband, according to authorities in the kingdom. The Saudi Justice...

PM lashes out at Air NZ criticism

"....The scrap relates to a row that began earlier this month over the airline - which is two-thirds owned by taxpayers - ferrying Australian troops bound for Iraq to Kuwait. The New Zealand government, which does not support the war, expressed disapproval over the...

Shifting Sands: Iraq PM Bashes Bush

       NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actual experience.      Iraqi...

Tropical Storm Hits Rain-Starved Florida

Hurricane season has officially begun, and Tropical Storm Barry is wasting no time. In this case, though, Florida could really use the rain. UPDATE:"Tropical storm Barry weakened into a tropical depression as...

Party-goers to be flogged and thrown in jail

I can't begin to count the number of times I've heard my friends on the Left describe Conservatives as wanting to establish a "Theocracy" in America.  Maybe it just boils down to understanding what a theocracy is.....for that, all we have to do is to look at the Magic...

Ice storm lashes much of U.S.; 19 dead

"The ice storms that have been blamed for at least 19 deaths continued to lash much of the nation Sunday, as crews tried to restore power to hundreds of thousands and slick roads spawned accidents."

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