The U.S. terror war as seen through the eyes of a prisoner khalid awan
When we first began corresponding with Khalid Awan in 2007, we had no idea why he was serving time in U.S. federal prison. We soon discovered Awan was one of the first of thousands of Muslims taken...
created by Arifmuhammad41 | 43 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 533 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Dear Sir / Madam
I am 46 years old, Canadian citizen and native of Pakistan (Muslim). I was an immigration consultant in Canada and also member of Canadian Bar Association as part of my business , I had an...
opinion by Arifmuhammad41 | 45 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 239 views | 1 recommendation | 2 comments
Fake elections in Slovenia confirmed what whole Europe was thinking."The US election may have happened half a world away, but for many Slovenians, Barack Obama’s victory hit close to home. It looked like any other polling place. The walls were adorned with American flags,...
created by Zlender | 52 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago 128 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
At this times of World recession at least gas prices are dropping. I save about 17eur on a full gas tank. " Fuel prices went down again and dropped to multi year lows, following the fall of...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 24 wks ago 290 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
After a long campaign it looks like Slovenia got a new government. The results are still not official and theoretically they can still change. But one thing is certain left winged parties won this elections."The opposition SocDems (SD) hold a paper-thin lead over their main...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 135 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Every year Ljubljana comes to life when dancers, actors and other performerms take over the streets for 4 days. Shows are free and anyone can stop by and watch. I attended ballet dance show this year and it was...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 407 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Robovox arrived to Ljubljana to give people a voice. I heard that it will come to Ljubljana but still seeing a 8m high robot is quite impressive." RoboVox is a large (8m high) interactive public sound...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 513 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
President Bush is making his last visit to Europe today, starting with an EU summit in Slovenia. Already the two powers have hammered out a warning to Iran."US President George W Bush is holding talks with EU...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 278 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
" A FOUR-year-old American girl shot herself in the chest after grabbing a gun from her grandmother's handbag while on a trip to the local supermarket.The girl was critically injured in the incident overnight, which happened when she grabbed the gun while sitting in a...
Ljubljana was bursting with life on Saturday 5 May when around 30.000 people participated traditional "Path around Ljubljana" march. The march along the route of the fortified boundary of occupied Ljubljana takes...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 269 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Finally we see drops in apartment prices hopefully rents will go down too so I'll stop thinking about moving to New York to save some money."While the prices of one-bedroom flats continued to rise in Ljubljana in...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 293 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Though I like everything that can make my travels smoother and faster I think there are 2 bigger problems. First is security control which in my experience takes a lot longer than simple passport control and the...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 396 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
According to organizers there were around 35.000 people on a first all European union protest in Ljubljana. Aims of the protest was to bring the increasing differences in wages and profits, as well as the falling...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 367 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
"The Ljubljana City Museum is showcasing an exhibition of sculpted dresses by top Italian fashion designer Roberto Capucci. The highlight among some 40 robes on display are dresses that were featured at the Venice...
created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 280 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Slovenia is taking over presidency of EU and we are all a bit curious and worried what this will bring to our day to day lives. Collaps of traffic system? Hordes of EU officials in our regular caffees? Or maybe...
created by Butch Durias | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 225 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments