IDF launches YouTube Gaza channel

It wouldn't be total spectrum domination without a youtube channel. "In the midst of its Gaza operations, the IDF is entering yet another conflict zone: the Internet. The Israeli army announced yesterday the creation of its own YouTube channel, through which it will...

CBC goes shareable with Stage6

"CBC has put more of its programming online, following a deal announced in March with DivX that has added a selection of its shows and clips to the recently launched video-sharing site Stage6.  Footage from...

David Blaine to spend a week in 'human aquarium'

"NEW YORK -- Take a deep breath. David Blaine's latest stunt is spending a week living in an acrylic sphere filled with water. The 33-year-old magician, shirtless and with an oxygen tube in his mouth, slid into...

The History of Gaza: Wikipedia / March 28th

From Wikipedia:"Strategically located on the Mediterranean coastal route, ancient Gaza was a prosperous trade center and a stop on the caravan route between Egypt and Syria. The city was occupied by Egypt around...

Background on the Gaza Strip

"The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (the DOP), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provided for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank....

Two People Killed in Explosion in Israel

"JERUSALEM - Two Israelis were killed in an explosion in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip border on Tuesday, casting a pall over nationwide elections. Islamic Jihad, a violent Palestinian militant group, claimed responsibility. Israeli military officials said the...

Israel votes with future Mideast map at stake

"JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel headed to the polls in a a momentous election that could redraw the map of the Jewish state and uproot tens of thousands of settlers from the occupied West Bank. Acting premier Ehud...

Key Facts About Israel's Election

"WHAT'S AT STAKE: Voters will elect a 120-member parliament, or Knesset, Israel's 17th."Some good background information here. 

Knives are Out for Katherine Harris

"Great moments in backstabbing: Ed Rollins, Katherine Harris's former political strategist, gives an interview to the Orlando Sentinel explaining why he told her she should get out of the race."The Daily Show had a great run at Katherine Harris last night.   Very funny.

Champions of Web 2.0 see a shift to more participation by the public - The Bo...

By Scott Kirsner | October 10, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO -- ''What year is it again?" asked the guy in front of me at the bar, obviously having a flashback even before he'd downed his first glass of wine. At the Web 2.0 Conference here last week, the calendar may have said...

Conservative Website Publishes 'Death Threat' from High School Teacher

From Justin Raimondo:"I do want to get something out of the way immediately, and that is the recent death threat against me published by David Horowitz's Frontpage. Yes, that's right: I said death...

Media: Neutral or Neutered?

A damned good point on the Daily Kos today:"There's been some inspiring reporting coming out of the shattered towns of Louisiana and Mississippi -- reporters showing their humanity on their sleeves, reporters not afraid to ask the impertinent but possibly live-saving...

KFOXTV.com - News - Las Cruces Family Dollar Fire

Las Cruces Fire Investigators are looking for clues as to what caused a fire at a Family Dollar Store. The fire happened in the 100 block of West Picacho just before one this morning.

Schiavo Autopsy Shows Massive Brain Damage - Yahoo! News

LARGO, Fla. - The autopsy released Wednesday on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding she was severely and irreversibly brain-damaged and blind as...

People's Daily Online -- "Monsters" emerge in the Kanas Lake

Seven tourists from Beijing witnessed two huge black objects emerging from beneath water at the Kanas Lake in Xinjiang Autonomous Region at 7:50 p.m. on June 7, 2005. They saw the two objects leaping forward one after another in the lake. Two minutes later they disappeared...
 

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