Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...
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Large amounts of money from leading Iranian banks are reported to being transferred out of the country. Rafsanjani is reported to have enough votes from the Council of Experts in Qom to displace Khameini, delayed...
The preacher who does the work nobody wants to do. He is the real Truthcaster. Hot within his bowels he has to tell the truth. You pray to a piece of wood! he says.You pray to something crafted out of...
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" Recap Part one Some time ago I read a pamphlet on science in the Koran and it was aimed at the young Islamic students. The problem I found with the claims that selected verses in the Koran were expanded to...
Recap – from part 1… " Some time ago I read a pamphlet on science in the Koran and it was aimed at the young Islamic students. The problem I found with the claims that selected verses in the Koran...
Some time ago I read a pamphlet on science in the Koran and it was aimed at the young Islamic students. The problem I found with the claims that selected verses in the Koran were expanded to suit the needs of...
It is one of the oddest thing on earth: the monarch is homosexual, but the subjects both gays and lesbians can be jailed for their sexual-orientation. "Sultan Qaboos, 68, of Oman is the world's first gay king in...
A large number of foreign workers were rounded up recently during a concert at a closed compound in Riyadh. They were arrested for engaging in "Deviant Acts" during a private celebration of the Philippine Independence Day. ""Vice President Noli de Castro, also the ...
While Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s stellar reputation in the West as a reformer-statesman continues to inspire confidence among U.S. security officials and donor nations, he does not have the political base to succeed in the long term. Moreover, Washington’s...
Prime Minister Netanyahu made a major policy speech Sunday afternoon in Jerusalem. In it he said that he shared President Obama's view for peace. He called for immediate peace talks with the Palestinians. He...
While not exactly breaking news, I ran into this story (word for word and un credited) as news in a local publication, and went looking for further information and substantiation on the internet. "In his first...
Iranian President Ahmadinejad has threatened to jail opposition candidates for insulting him as the hotly contested Presidential Campaign ends. Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guard prepares for new...
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Israeli TV newscasters have taken offense at a photo of U.S. President Obama talking to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone, inside the Oval Office.The photo shows Obama's feet resting upon his desk in the forefront, with the full soles of both shoes facing...
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Similarities exist between the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the July 17, 1996, disaster involving TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island. In each case, government officials discredited and/or ignored the...
The best way for Israel to stop terrorist attacks in its territory is by first ceasing its occupation of all Arab lands and the continual, unrestrained building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. In 1967...