THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Gay marriage is officially legal in the UK after the Queen gave royal assent to the new laws, paving the way for the first same-sex weddings by next summer.
The Queen gave her approval to the Bill – one of the most radical pieces of social legislation of her reign – this afternoon.
It opens the way for the first legally recognised same-sex weddings to take place in England and Wales by next summer and brings the centuries-old understanding of marriage as being solely between a man and a woman to an end.
Many MPs took to Twitter to say they were "delighted" with the news. Mike Weatherley, Tory MP for Hove and Portslade, said it had been "completely at odds with an open and democratic society to exclude gay couples from the important institution of marriage". Read on and comment » | Rowena Mason, and John Bingham | Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Britain Needs Millions More Immigrants to Reduce Strain of Ageing Population
The Office for Budget Responsibility said that spending on the state pension, social care and healthcare will rise from 14 per cent of Britain's GDP to almost a fifth.
The report found that allowing more than 140,000 immigrants into Britain a year, equivalent to 6million people, would help increase the overall number of people who are in work and improve public finances.
Its analysis suggests that Britain's borrowing as a propotion of GDP would rise to 99 per cent if there is a steady flow of immigrants. If there was a complete ban on immigrants, borrowing would rise to 174 per cent of GDP.
David Cameron has pledged to reduce the levels of immigration into Britain to "tens of thousands" during this Parliament. Last year the number of immigrants dropped by 89,000 to 153,000.
The report says: "Our analysis shows that overall migration has a positive impact on the sustainability of the public finances over our 50 year horizon.
"There is clear evidence that, since migrants tend to be more concentrated in the working-age group relatively to the rest of the population, immigration has a positive effect on the public sector’s debt dynamics." » | Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent | Wednesday, July 17, 2013
My comment:
90% of them will be Muslim, no doubt. And millions more of them should secure their future and allow them to take over the United Kingdom. I wonder what they will call these isles? The United Islamic Kingdom? The Royal Family will, by that time, have 'reverted' to Islam, and all subjects will have been forced to submit to the will of Allah, of course. – © Mark
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'US Citizen Has No Right to Free Speech?' State Dept Spokesperson Grilled Over Snowden
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
'Obama Hypocrite of Century': Full Interview with Controversial Irish MP Clare Daly
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'Force Only Tool Left for Bahrain Régime, Opposition Has to Act'
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Polens Juden und Muslime bekämpfen Schächtverbot
Polens Oberrabbiner Michael Schudrich ist kein Freund des Streits. Aber in diesem Fall wählte der aus New York stammende, seit 1990 in Warschau tätige Geistliche deutliche Worte: Er könne nicht länger in seinem Amt verbleiben, er könne seinen "Glaubensgenossen nicht mehr angemessen dienen", wenn das gerade verabschiedete Gesetz nicht geändert werde.
Es geht um das Verbot des Schächtens, das der Sejm, das polnische Abgeordnetenhaus, gerade erlassen hat. Auch Polens Muslime protestieren gegen das Gesetz. Am Freitag hatte das Parlament den Regierungsentwurf, der das Schächten ohne vorherige Betäubung des Tieres erlaubt hätte, mit 222 gegen 178 Stimmen abgeschmettert. Vor allem die konservative Opposition stimmte für ein Schächtverbot, aber auch Abgeordnete quer durch die Bänke, auch aus der regierenden Bürgerplattform. » | Von Gerhard Gnauck, Warschau | Dienstag, 16. Juli 2013
Saudi Airlines Discriminating against Israeli Citizens - Refuses to Sell Tickets to Fliers with Israel Passports, de Blasio Probe Reveals
Something’s not kosher with this airline.
Saudi Arabian Airlines is discriminating against Israeli citizens by refusing to fly them from US airports — even when passengers are simply looking to transfer in Saudi Arabia to another country, The Post has learned.
The airline’s Web site asks for citizenship to book a ticket but has no option on a drop-down menu for anyone holding an Israeli passport. The oversight doesn’t appear accidental — the drop-down menu is so thorough it even has an option for Antarctica.
“No city in the world has closer ties to Israel than we do, and yet Israeli citizens are being discriminated against right here at JFK. It’s not only illegal; it’s an affront to who we are,” said Public Advocate, and mayoral candidate, Bill de Blasio, who conducted a recent telephone sting on the Mideast nation’s airline.
“We won’t stop with just exposing these practices. We’ll pursue this with authorities in Albany and in Washington until Israeli nationals’ rights are respected,” added de Blasio, who is demanding an end to the practice in a letter to the airline that was obtained by The Post. » | Beth Defalco | Monday, July 15, 2013
THE ALGEMEINER: NYC’s De Blasio Threatens to Pull JFK Airport Slot From Saudi Arabian Airlines for Blocking Israelis From Flights: Saudi Arabian Airlines discriminates against Israeli nationals attempting to fly the airline out of New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, the City’s Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said Monday, citing a probe his office conducted of the airline. ¶ At a press conference in Times Square Monday, De Blasio said that he sent a letter today urging Khalid Abdullah Almolhem, Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines, to change the policy or else face consequences. ¶ “Saudi Arabian Airlines uses U.S. airports and yet bans Israeli citizens from being able to fly on their airline,” he said. If the airline does not change their policy, “we will act to make sure they’re excluded from United States airports, starting with JFK,” De Blasio said. » | Zach Pontz | | Monday, July 15, 2013
Ägypten: Große Hetzjagd auf die Muslimbrüder
ZEIT ONLINE: Hass und Rachegelüste gegen die Muslimbrüder prägen die öffentliche Debatte in Ägypten seit dem Militärputsch. Besonnene Stimmen sind fast verstummt.
Ägypten verliert seinen Kopf. Seit die Armee Präsident Mohammed Mursi abgesetzt und die Machtverhältnisse umgekehrt hat, ist eine nationalistische Massenhysterie, bösartige Verhetzung und taumelige Militärbegeisterung zu spüren, die nahezu alle mitreißt. Selbst Blogger und Intellektuelle, Liberale und Mitglieder der Demokratiebewegung übertrumpfen sich dieser Tage mit aufpeitschenden Reden – vor allem gegen die Muslimbrüder.
"Volk und Armee kämpfen gegen eine Terrorgruppe, die versucht, die Welt davon zu überzeugen, dass in Ägypten ein Militärputsch stattgefunden hat", sagte der Sprecher der Protestgruppe Tamarod, Mahmoud Badr. Ein Talkshow-Moderator diffamierte die Muslimbrüder als "sadistische und extrem gewalttätige Kreaturen". Der liberale Kolumnist Khaled Montaser nannte sie "schlimmer als Kriminelle und Psychopathen". Sie verstünden nicht die Bedeutung von Heimatland, sie kennten nur die Bedeutung von Kalifat.
Ausgerechnet im Sender ON-TV des koptischen Milliardärs Naguib Sawiris hetzte ein Moderator dazu noch gegen die syrischen Flüchtlinge im Land und verdächtigte sie pauschal als Sympathisanten der Muslimbrüder. "Wenn ihr richtige Männer seid, geht zurück in euer eigenes Land und löst eure Probleme dort", rief er aus. » | Quelle: Zeit Online | Dienstag, 16. Juli 2013
Ägypten verliert seinen Kopf. Seit die Armee Präsident Mohammed Mursi abgesetzt und die Machtverhältnisse umgekehrt hat, ist eine nationalistische Massenhysterie, bösartige Verhetzung und taumelige Militärbegeisterung zu spüren, die nahezu alle mitreißt. Selbst Blogger und Intellektuelle, Liberale und Mitglieder der Demokratiebewegung übertrumpfen sich dieser Tage mit aufpeitschenden Reden – vor allem gegen die Muslimbrüder.
"Volk und Armee kämpfen gegen eine Terrorgruppe, die versucht, die Welt davon zu überzeugen, dass in Ägypten ein Militärputsch stattgefunden hat", sagte der Sprecher der Protestgruppe Tamarod, Mahmoud Badr. Ein Talkshow-Moderator diffamierte die Muslimbrüder als "sadistische und extrem gewalttätige Kreaturen". Der liberale Kolumnist Khaled Montaser nannte sie "schlimmer als Kriminelle und Psychopathen". Sie verstünden nicht die Bedeutung von Heimatland, sie kennten nur die Bedeutung von Kalifat.
Ausgerechnet im Sender ON-TV des koptischen Milliardärs Naguib Sawiris hetzte ein Moderator dazu noch gegen die syrischen Flüchtlinge im Land und verdächtigte sie pauschal als Sympathisanten der Muslimbrüder. "Wenn ihr richtige Männer seid, geht zurück in euer eigenes Land und löst eure Probleme dort", rief er aus. » | Quelle: Zeit Online | Dienstag, 16. Juli 2013
Latina Converts to Islam Growing in Number
WOMENSENEWS: NEW YORK -- For Zainab Ismail, a Bronx-born Hispanic woman, the turning point came in March 2009 after a wedding ceremony at a Catholic church.
"For some unknown reason, obviously now I know it was Allah--God--putting that thought and feeling in my heart, I no longer wanted to be Catholic. I didn't know what I wanted to be but I no longer wanted to be Catholic," Ismail recalls.
Less than three months later, Ismail embraced Islam and converted in June 2009.
"As a Latina, you are raised, if you got it, to show it, to flaunt it as much as possible," says Ismail, 44, raised in a Puerto Rican Catholic family.
Now she shows very little of her skin. Instead she wears the hijab, the Islamic veil or headscarf.
Since the 9/11 tragedy, the Hispanic community in the United States has witnessed a significant rise in conversions to Islam, especially among women, says Imam Shamsi Ali, a Muslim scholar and imam of the 96th street mosque in Manhattan, on the border of the city's Upper East Side and Harlem. They are "mostly educated, young and professional women."
Although 9/11 incited bias and discrimination against Muslims, many non-Muslims, who some had never heard about Islam, also started to question the meaning of the religion, explains Ali.
The percentage of new female converts to Islam in the U.S. has increased 9 percent since 2000, from 32 percent to 41 percent, according to the 2011 U.S. Mosque Survey, which interviewed leaders at 524 mosques across the country. Latinos--men and women--accounted for 12 percent of all new converts in the United States in 2011.
In 2006, the number of Hispanic Muslims was estimated at about 200,000 by the American Muslim Council, which has not provided any new figures since then. » | Hajer Naili | WeNews correspondent | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
"For some unknown reason, obviously now I know it was Allah--God--putting that thought and feeling in my heart, I no longer wanted to be Catholic. I didn't know what I wanted to be but I no longer wanted to be Catholic," Ismail recalls.
Less than three months later, Ismail embraced Islam and converted in June 2009.
"As a Latina, you are raised, if you got it, to show it, to flaunt it as much as possible," says Ismail, 44, raised in a Puerto Rican Catholic family.
Now she shows very little of her skin. Instead she wears the hijab, the Islamic veil or headscarf.
Since the 9/11 tragedy, the Hispanic community in the United States has witnessed a significant rise in conversions to Islam, especially among women, says Imam Shamsi Ali, a Muslim scholar and imam of the 96th street mosque in Manhattan, on the border of the city's Upper East Side and Harlem. They are "mostly educated, young and professional women."
Although 9/11 incited bias and discrimination against Muslims, many non-Muslims, who some had never heard about Islam, also started to question the meaning of the religion, explains Ali.
The percentage of new female converts to Islam in the U.S. has increased 9 percent since 2000, from 32 percent to 41 percent, according to the 2011 U.S. Mosque Survey, which interviewed leaders at 524 mosques across the country. Latinos--men and women--accounted for 12 percent of all new converts in the United States in 2011.
In 2006, the number of Hispanic Muslims was estimated at about 200,000 by the American Muslim Council, which has not provided any new figures since then. » | Hajer Naili | WeNews correspondent | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
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Fugitive Edward Snowden Applies for Asylum in Russia
BBC: Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, officials say.
The Federal Migration Service confirmed he had completed the relevant paperwork at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he has been for the past three weeks.
Mr Snowden is wanted by the US for leaking details of government surveillance programmes.
He has no travel documents so has been unable to take up asylum offers from a number of Latin American states.
"He reached the conclusion that he needs to write an application for temporary asylum, and this procedure has just been done," said Anatoly Kucherena, a lawyer with strong links with the Kremlin who helped Mr Snowden with the paperwork.
"For now he is not going to go anywhere. For now he plans to stay in Russia," he said.
Mr Kucherena said the fugitive had stated in the application that he faced possible torture and execution if he returned to the US.
If his application is accepted, he will be free to work and move freely in Russia, said the lawyer. » | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The Federal Migration Service confirmed he had completed the relevant paperwork at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he has been for the past three weeks.
Mr Snowden is wanted by the US for leaking details of government surveillance programmes.
He has no travel documents so has been unable to take up asylum offers from a number of Latin American states.
"He reached the conclusion that he needs to write an application for temporary asylum, and this procedure has just been done," said Anatoly Kucherena, a lawyer with strong links with the Kremlin who helped Mr Snowden with the paperwork.
"For now he is not going to go anywhere. For now he plans to stay in Russia," he said.
Mr Kucherena said the fugitive had stated in the application that he faced possible torture and execution if he returned to the US.
If his application is accepted, he will be free to work and move freely in Russia, said the lawyer. » | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
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'Neo-Nazi' Singer Vikernes in French Terror Arrest
BBC: A Norwegian musician with links to mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in France on "suspicion he was preparing a major terrorist act".
The French interior ministry said Kristian "Varg" Vikernes constituted "a potential threat to society".
He was arrested in central France after his wife bought four rifles.
Vikernes, described by French officials as a neo-Nazi, had in the past received a copy of a manifesto from Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. » | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian killer Anders Breivik arrested in France: A neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in southwestern France after investigators decided he might stage a large "terrorist act", Interior Minister Manuel Valls said. » | Reuters | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
LE FIGARO: Un Norvégien «susceptible de préparer un acte terroriste» arrêté en France : Le néonazi Varg Vikernes, musicien connu de la scène black métal norvégienne, constituait «une menace potentielle pour la société», assure le ministère de l'Intérieur. Sa femme, une Française, a elle aussi été arrêtée. » | Par Anne Jouan | mardi 16 juillet 2013
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Breivik-Sympathisant: Norwegischer Neonazi in Frankreich festgenommen: Er fiel den Ermittlern wegen fremdenfeindlicher und antisemitischer Kommentare im Internet auf: Ein norwegischer Neonazi ist in Frankreich festgenommen worden. Der 40-Jährige gilt als Sympathisant des Attentäters Breivik. » | als/AFP | Dienstag, 16. Juli 2013
The French interior ministry said Kristian "Varg" Vikernes constituted "a potential threat to society".
He was arrested in central France after his wife bought four rifles.
Vikernes, described by French officials as a neo-Nazi, had in the past received a copy of a manifesto from Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. » | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian killer Anders Breivik arrested in France: A neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in southwestern France after investigators decided he might stage a large "terrorist act", Interior Minister Manuel Valls said. » | Reuters | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
LE FIGARO: Un Norvégien «susceptible de préparer un acte terroriste» arrêté en France : Le néonazi Varg Vikernes, musicien connu de la scène black métal norvégienne, constituait «une menace potentielle pour la société», assure le ministère de l'Intérieur. Sa femme, une Française, a elle aussi été arrêtée. » | Par Anne Jouan | mardi 16 juillet 2013
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Breivik-Sympathisant: Norwegischer Neonazi in Frankreich festgenommen: Er fiel den Ermittlern wegen fremdenfeindlicher und antisemitischer Kommentare im Internet auf: Ein norwegischer Neonazi ist in Frankreich festgenommen worden. Der 40-Jährige gilt als Sympathisant des Attentäters Breivik. » | als/AFP | Dienstag, 16. Juli 2013
Turkey Slams Media Report It Aided Israeli Airstrike in Syria
Monday, July 15, 2013
Gay Marriage Clears the House of Lords
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Gay marriage is set to become law after clearing the House of Lords.
The Queen is expected to be asked to give her approval to the Bill – one of the most radical pieces of social legislation of her reign – by the end of this week.
It opens the way for the first legally recognised same-sex weddings to take place in England and Wales by next summer and brings the centuries-old understanding of marriage as being solely between a man and a woman to an end.
Peers gave their assent to the third reading of the Government’s same-sex marriage bill without a formal vote after a short debate in the Lords, also backing plans for a review of pension arrangements for gay couples.
Unless MPs object to the bill at the eleventh hour during a short Commons debate set to take place on Tuesday, it is expected to receive royal assent within days.
Baroness Stowell, the Government spokesman who steered the bill through the Lords, told a chamber packed with peers wearing pink carnations, that it was an “historic” achievement. Read on and comment » | John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor | Monday, July 15, 2013
The Queen is expected to be asked to give her approval to the Bill – one of the most radical pieces of social legislation of her reign – by the end of this week.
It opens the way for the first legally recognised same-sex weddings to take place in England and Wales by next summer and brings the centuries-old understanding of marriage as being solely between a man and a woman to an end.
Peers gave their assent to the third reading of the Government’s same-sex marriage bill without a formal vote after a short debate in the Lords, also backing plans for a review of pension arrangements for gay couples.
Unless MPs object to the bill at the eleventh hour during a short Commons debate set to take place on Tuesday, it is expected to receive royal assent within days.
Baroness Stowell, the Government spokesman who steered the bill through the Lords, told a chamber packed with peers wearing pink carnations, that it was an “historic” achievement. Read on and comment » | John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor | Monday, July 15, 2013
New Dark Age Alert! The World's Worst Place To Be Gay – BBC Documentary
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Young British Muslims Drink On The Sly
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Exclusive: Rudd's Sister Wants Putin-style Homosexuality Ban
NEWS.COM.AU: KEVIN Rudd's sister wants Australia to introduce a Vladimir Putin-style ban on schoolchildren being taught about homosexuality.
Loree Rudd - who says she is unlikely to help her brother on election day because she opposes his support for gay marriage - believes the maverick Russian leader's hardline view on homosexuality is more enlightened than Western leaders.
"It's like he (Putin) can see the problem ahead," Ms Rudd, 62, who has just returned from a visit to Russia, said.
"I think that there should be a law (in Australia) protecting children from the propaganda of homosexuality as normal. They're trying to build their family life and structure in Russia and people in the West don't seem to understand our family life and structures are breaking down.
"I guess the bottom line, if there's one thing I can say that can't be challenged, it's that society needs to protect its children as best they can." » | Kieran Campbell | News Limited Network | Sunday, July 14, 2013
Loree Rudd - who says she is unlikely to help her brother on election day because she opposes his support for gay marriage - believes the maverick Russian leader's hardline view on homosexuality is more enlightened than Western leaders.
"It's like he (Putin) can see the problem ahead," Ms Rudd, 62, who has just returned from a visit to Russia, said.
"I think that there should be a law (in Australia) protecting children from the propaganda of homosexuality as normal. They're trying to build their family life and structure in Russia and people in the West don't seem to understand our family life and structures are breaking down.
"I guess the bottom line, if there's one thing I can say that can't be challenged, it's that society needs to protect its children as best they can." » | Kieran Campbell | News Limited Network | Sunday, July 14, 2013
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 Face Inquiry Over Anjem Choudary Interviews
THE GUARDIAN: Media regulator Ofcom launches investigation after radical cleric was given airtime in wake of Lee Rigby's death in Woolwich
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are to be investigated by media regulatorOfcom over their decision to give airtime to radical cleric Anjem Choudray in the wake of the Woolwich attack.
The media regulator has launched an investigation into interviews with Choudray aired on Channel 4 News, BBC2's Newsnight and ITV's Daybreak in the days after the death of Lee Rigby in May after receiving complaints from viewers that the preacher's comments were offensive.
In a series of interviews following the murder on 22 May Choudray, who is banned from entering France by the nation's interior ministry, refused to condemn the killing. » | Mark Sweney | Monday, July 15, 2013
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are to be investigated by media regulatorOfcom over their decision to give airtime to radical cleric Anjem Choudray in the wake of the Woolwich attack.
The media regulator has launched an investigation into interviews with Choudray aired on Channel 4 News, BBC2's Newsnight and ITV's Daybreak in the days after the death of Lee Rigby in May after receiving complaints from viewers that the preacher's comments were offensive.
In a series of interviews following the murder on 22 May Choudray, who is banned from entering France by the nation's interior ministry, refused to condemn the killing. » | Mark Sweney | Monday, July 15, 2013
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Israel Used Turkish Military Base to Airstrike Syria Arms Depot - RT Source
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David Cameron Warned Arming Syrian Rebels Could Embroil Britain in All-out War
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: David Cameron abandoned plans to arm the Syrian rebels after being warned by military chiefs that it could embroil British forces in an all-out war.
Senior military figures have warned the Prime Minister that with the momentum on the side of President Assad's regime, sending small arms and missiles is unlikely to make a difference.
There are also growing concerns that arms sent to Syria could end up in the hands of extremists rather than moderate rebels, potentially presenting a long-term threat to British security.
More significant military intervention, such as introducing a no-fly zone over Syria, could mire Britain in a conflict for months because of the strength of the regime's air defences.
The move represents a significant climb-down by Mr Cameron. He and his Foreign Secretary, William Hague, have been keen to act. In May he demanded an end to the EU arms embargo to give him more options.
His wife, Samantha, was reportedly pushing for him to take a more robust response after being moved by the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Syria. » | Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent | Monday, July 15, 2013
Senior military figures have warned the Prime Minister that with the momentum on the side of President Assad's regime, sending small arms and missiles is unlikely to make a difference.
There are also growing concerns that arms sent to Syria could end up in the hands of extremists rather than moderate rebels, potentially presenting a long-term threat to British security.
More significant military intervention, such as introducing a no-fly zone over Syria, could mire Britain in a conflict for months because of the strength of the regime's air defences.
The move represents a significant climb-down by Mr Cameron. He and his Foreign Secretary, William Hague, have been keen to act. In May he demanded an end to the EU arms embargo to give him more options.
His wife, Samantha, was reportedly pushing for him to take a more robust response after being moved by the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Syria. » | Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent | Monday, July 15, 2013
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Snowden Has Enough Information to Cause US Government Worst Damage in History, Journalist Says
FOX NEWS: National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden possesses enough information to cause more damage to the United States government than “anyone else has ever had in the history” of the country, according to the journalist who first reported the former contractor’s leaked documents.
Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for The Guardian newspaper who first reported on the intelligence leaks, told Argentinian newspaper La Nacion that the U.S. government should exercise extreme care with Snowden because he has the potential to do further damage to the country.
“But that's not his goal,” Greenwald told the newspaper. “His objective is to expose software that people around the world use without knowing what they are exposing themselves to, without consciously agreeing to surrender their rights to privacy. He has a huge number of documents that would be very harmful to the U.S. government if they were made public.” » | FoxNews.com with contributions from The Associated Press | Monday, July 15, 2013
Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for The Guardian newspaper who first reported on the intelligence leaks, told Argentinian newspaper La Nacion that the U.S. government should exercise extreme care with Snowden because he has the potential to do further damage to the country.
“But that's not his goal,” Greenwald told the newspaper. “His objective is to expose software that people around the world use without knowing what they are exposing themselves to, without consciously agreeing to surrender their rights to privacy. He has a huge number of documents that would be very harmful to the U.S. government if they were made public.” » | FoxNews.com with contributions from The Associated Press | Monday, July 15, 2013
Ron Paul: NSA Whistleblower Snowden Is a 'Hero'
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Fault Lines: Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in America (2010)
Minorities have been even more profoundly affected. African-Americans have a 50 per cent higher prevalence of obesity and Hispanics 25 per cent higher when compared with whites.
How did the situation get so out of hand?
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Nouvelles manifestations à Istanbul
La police turque est intervenue ce samedi à Istanbul pour disperser des centaines de manifestants qui se rassemblaient pour marcher jusqu'au parc Gezi, dont le projet de réaménagement a déclenché en juin une vaste fronde antigouvernementale. Les forces de l'ordre ont eu recours à des gaz lacrymogènes et des canons à eau contre les protestataires. Le parc a été rouvert dans le calme mardi dernier après une nuit d'échauffourées entre manifestants et policiers. » | Source Reuters | samedi 13 juillet 2013
CrossTalk: Democracy Dystopia
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Saudi Arabia Re-emerges as Powerful Middle East Player
It may be the least revolutionary country in the world, but this week Saudi Arabia won the full support of the world's greatest insurrectionists.
Sayed Sami Hassan has been in Cairo's Tahrir Square since January 25, 2011, and in that time has seen off an American-backed dictator, a military junta, and an elected Muslim Brotherhood president. He is the sort of street rebel whom, at home, Saudi Arabia's autocracy most fears.
But this week he gave the absolute monarchs from across the Red Sea his absolute backing. "The Saudis are our brothers," he said, from his tent in Tahrir's continuous encampment.
"They are Muslims, they believe in God. President Morsi, now he was an agent of America and Qatar, but the Saudis are helping us."
The shifts of allegiance in the Middle East in the last three years have been as startling as the convulsions of the Arab Spring itself. But the latest has caught diplomats, analysts and, to the extent they notice the relationships their masters quietly foster, Egypt's ordinary people by surprise. » | Richard Spencer, Cairo | Saturday, July 13, 2013
US Slams Russia for Giving 'Propaganda Platform' to Snowden
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Turkey Parliament Curtails Army Powers
The original rules gave the military responsibility of preserving the Republic of Turkey, a clause previously used as a justification for coups.
It now says the army's main duty is to protect the nation from foreign threat.
The military has long regarded itself as the protector of Turkey's secular tradition and has staged three coups between 1960 and 1980.
But it has a history of tension with the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. » | Saturday, July 13, 2013
Hajj Pilgrims to Wear Masks to Prevent Spread of Mers Virus
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Saudi Arabia has issued a series of rules to pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the Hajj that will ban the elderly and force others to wear respiratory masks to prevent the Mers coronavirus turning into an epidemic.
Health ministry regulations for the piligrimage are the strictest in history as the government seeks to contain the spread of the new SARS-like condition which has affected 85 and killed 41.
Almost all those who have contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) have been in Saudi Arabia or had contact with people who contracted it there. The first recorded Mers death was in June last year in Saudi Arabia.
Tens of millions of Muslims from around the world are expected to take part in the Hajj this October. The emergence of the mysterious virus ahead of the pilgrimage has been described as the single biggest worldwide public health since the deadly Sars pandemic. Read on and comment » | Damien McElroy | Saturday, July 13, 2013
Health ministry regulations for the piligrimage are the strictest in history as the government seeks to contain the spread of the new SARS-like condition which has affected 85 and killed 41.
Almost all those who have contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) have been in Saudi Arabia or had contact with people who contracted it there. The first recorded Mers death was in June last year in Saudi Arabia.
Tens of millions of Muslims from around the world are expected to take part in the Hajj this October. The emergence of the mysterious virus ahead of the pilgrimage has been described as the single biggest worldwide public health since the deadly Sars pandemic. Read on and comment » | Damien McElroy | Saturday, July 13, 2013
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Die schönste Seite von Griechenland
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NSA Leaker Snowden Requests Political Asylum in Russia
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Diplomats Outraged by Obama "Selling" Ambassadorships to Political Donors
Snowden Announces He Will Seek Asylum in Russia - Audio
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'Snowden Saga Test of Leadership for Putin & Obama'
White House: Snowden Must Be Returned to US & Face Charges
Friday, July 12, 2013
More Rigid Islam in Indonesia
Yet intolerant Islam is on the march. The last synagogue on the crowded island of Java, sealed off by Islamic radicals since 2009, was torn down in May. On Lombok, not far from the Australian playground of Bali, there are families of the Ahmadiyah Muslim sect still living in camps after they were driven from their homes as heretics seven years ago.
This is Indonesia, where home-grown and imported variants of Islam jostle with a new democracy and rapid economic development. Also in play are other great faiths, Christianity and Hinduism included, and less well-known traditions, such as Javanese spiritualism. The results are by turns paradoxical, reassuring and worrying. » | Bernard Lane | Saturday, July 13, 2013
The Middle East Problem: Prager University
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No, I Will Not Keep Silent about Islam
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Brasilien: Rio de Janeiro erlebt neue Ausschreitungen
Snowden Asks Russia for Asylum
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Edward Snowden Meets Rights Groups at Moscow Airport
BBC: Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has met leading human rights groups and lawyers at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow.
He spoke to around 10 activists in the airport transit zone.
Mr Snowden told activists he was seeking political asylum in Russia. He had earlier dropped his application when Moscow said he could stay only if he stopped leaking US secrets.
The Kremlin reiterated its condition on Friday.
"Mr Snowden could hypothetically stay in Russia if he first, completely stops the activities harming our American partners and US-Russian relations and, second, if he asks for this himself," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. » | Friday, July 12, 2013
He spoke to around 10 activists in the airport transit zone.
Mr Snowden told activists he was seeking political asylum in Russia. He had earlier dropped his application when Moscow said he could stay only if he stopped leaking US secrets.
The Kremlin reiterated its condition on Friday.
"Mr Snowden could hypothetically stay in Russia if he first, completely stops the activities harming our American partners and US-Russian relations and, second, if he asks for this himself," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. » | Friday, July 12, 2013
Snowden Requests Asylum in Russia
U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden has requested political asylum in Russia, the RIA Novosti state news agency reported Friday.
The development comes after Mr. Snowden met Russian rights activists and lawyers at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.
The meeting took place in a room in the transit zone of the airport’s terminal F, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. » | Moscow | Friday, July 12, 2013
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Stasi 2.0? US Fed Workers to Spy & Snitch on Each Other
Lee Rigby: Military Funeral for Killed Soldier
BBC: The prime minister and thousands of mourners have attended the military funeral of Fusilier Lee Rigby at Bury Parish Church in Greater Manchester.
The 25-year-old soldier, from Middleton, was killed in Woolwich, south-east London, in May.
His commanding officer Lt Col Jim Taylor said in a eulogy that he had been "a true regimental character".
After the service, his body was taken for a private burial at Middleton Cemetery along roads lined by mourners.
The soldier's family, who were greeted by applause as they arrived with his son wearing a T-shirt showing the words 'My Daddy My Hero', have thanked people "across the world" for their "overwhelming support".
Fusilier Rigby's wife Rebecca said: "There are so many kind and generous people out there.
"It's just horrible that it takes something such as this to make you see how many good people there are." (+ video) » | Friday, July 12, 2013
The 25-year-old soldier, from Middleton, was killed in Woolwich, south-east London, in May.
His commanding officer Lt Col Jim Taylor said in a eulogy that he had been "a true regimental character".
After the service, his body was taken for a private burial at Middleton Cemetery along roads lined by mourners.
The soldier's family, who were greeted by applause as they arrived with his son wearing a T-shirt showing the words 'My Daddy My Hero', have thanked people "across the world" for their "overwhelming support".
Fusilier Rigby's wife Rebecca said: "There are so many kind and generous people out there.
"It's just horrible that it takes something such as this to make you see how many good people there are." (+ video) » | Friday, July 12, 2013
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Cuba-bound Jet Detour Sparks Speculation Snowden On Board
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Saudi Arabia Throws Down a Gauntlet by Targeting Missiles at Iran and Israel
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The disengagement of President Barack Obama’s America from the Middle East has forced the kingdom to square up to Iran and Israel
There was a time, not so long ago, when any missiles directed at Iran from Saudi Arabian soil would most likely have carried the insignia of the United States. But that was before al-Qaeda’s murderous campaign against American influence in the kingdom resulted in Washington relocating its military operations in the Gulf.
So we should not be surprised that the latest images of Saudi ballistic missiles directed at Iran and Israel bear the Saudis’ distinctive green emblem of two swords beneath a palm tree. These days, rather than looking to Uncle Sam to protect their interests, the Saudis realise they are very much on their own. As the Obama administration’s inept handling of last week’s removal of Egypt’s first democratically elected government has demonstrated, not even a military coup in one of its most important regional allies will evoke much of a response from the White House.
Indeed, with President Barack Obama determined not to allow the US to be drawn into any of the region’s poisonous disputes, whether Syria’s brutal civil war or the continuing controversy over Iran’s nuclear programme, former staunch American allies such as the Saudis have come to the reluctant conclusion that, so far as their own security is concerned, they must be more self-sufficient in protecting their interests.
This certainly explains the revelations by IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review that recent satellite intelligence photographs show the Saudis have built a new missile base deep in the desert, stocked with powerful Chinese-made DF3 surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 1,500 to 2,000 miles, which are targeted at Israel and Iran.
The fact that the Saudis find it necessary to point missiles at Israel is itself an alarming indictment of the Obama administration’s decision to turn its back on an erstwhile ally. If America were fully engaged in taking care of its allies, then there would be no need for the Saudis to target Israel. After all, as the recent WikiLeaks disclosures revealed, the Saudis share the same strategic objective as Israel: persuading the US to launch military action to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme – or, as one Saudi diplomat elegantly put it, to “cut off the head of the snake”. But with the Obama administration absent, the Saudis believe they have no option but to defend themselves against potential Israeli aggression. » | Con Coughlin | Thursday, July 11, 2013
There was a time, not so long ago, when any missiles directed at Iran from Saudi Arabian soil would most likely have carried the insignia of the United States. But that was before al-Qaeda’s murderous campaign against American influence in the kingdom resulted in Washington relocating its military operations in the Gulf.
So we should not be surprised that the latest images of Saudi ballistic missiles directed at Iran and Israel bear the Saudis’ distinctive green emblem of two swords beneath a palm tree. These days, rather than looking to Uncle Sam to protect their interests, the Saudis realise they are very much on their own. As the Obama administration’s inept handling of last week’s removal of Egypt’s first democratically elected government has demonstrated, not even a military coup in one of its most important regional allies will evoke much of a response from the White House.
Indeed, with President Barack Obama determined not to allow the US to be drawn into any of the region’s poisonous disputes, whether Syria’s brutal civil war or the continuing controversy over Iran’s nuclear programme, former staunch American allies such as the Saudis have come to the reluctant conclusion that, so far as their own security is concerned, they must be more self-sufficient in protecting their interests.
This certainly explains the revelations by IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review that recent satellite intelligence photographs show the Saudis have built a new missile base deep in the desert, stocked with powerful Chinese-made DF3 surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 1,500 to 2,000 miles, which are targeted at Israel and Iran.
The fact that the Saudis find it necessary to point missiles at Israel is itself an alarming indictment of the Obama administration’s decision to turn its back on an erstwhile ally. If America were fully engaged in taking care of its allies, then there would be no need for the Saudis to target Israel. After all, as the recent WikiLeaks disclosures revealed, the Saudis share the same strategic objective as Israel: persuading the US to launch military action to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme – or, as one Saudi diplomat elegantly put it, to “cut off the head of the snake”. But with the Obama administration absent, the Saudis believe they have no option but to defend themselves against potential Israeli aggression. » | Con Coughlin | Thursday, July 11, 2013
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Head to Head - What Is Wrong with Islam Today?
WIKI: Ijtihad »
Egypt Crisis: Crossroads Becomes 'Islamic Republic'
BBC: Supporters of Mohammed Morsi are camping out at a major crossroads in Cairo in protest at his overthrow by the army.
Makeshift tents have been set up in the street and in some cases entire families are living in the area.
Jim Muir in Cairo says the area has become a kind of "Islamic Republic" with those protesting insisting they will not move until the president is reinstated. (+ video) » | Thursday, July 11, 2013
Makeshift tents have been set up in the street and in some cases entire families are living in the area.
Jim Muir in Cairo says the area has become a kind of "Islamic Republic" with those protesting insisting they will not move until the president is reinstated. (+ video) » | Thursday, July 11, 2013
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Lee Rigby Funeral: Drum Parade for Murdered Soldier
BBC: The body of Fusilier Lee Rigby has arrived at his regiment's garrison church for a vigil on the eve of his funeral.
The soldier, from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was killed in Woolwich, south-east London in May.
Drummers escorted the cortege to Bury Parish Church, with onlookers applauding as it passed.
A service will take place for the family ahead of a full military funeral and private committal on Friday.
The father of one had served in Afghanistan and was a drummer for the regiment. (+ video) » | Thursday, July 11, 2013
The soldier, from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was killed in Woolwich, south-east London in May.
Drummers escorted the cortege to Bury Parish Church, with onlookers applauding as it passed.
A service will take place for the family ahead of a full military funeral and private committal on Friday.
The father of one had served in Afghanistan and was a drummer for the regiment. (+ video) » | Thursday, July 11, 2013
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Anne-Marie Waters | Islam Is Not A Peaceful Religion | Oxford Union
Muslim Brotherhood Leader's Arrest Ordered for 'Inciting Violence'
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Most Children Will Be Born Out Of Wedlock By 2016
The proportion of children born to unmarried mothers hit a record 47.5 per cent last year, according to the Office for National Statistics. The figure has risen from 25 per cent in 1988 and just 11 per cent in 1979.
If the trend continues at the current rate, the majority of children will be born to parents who are not married by 2016. » | Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent | Wednesday, July 10, 2013
My comment:
Sharia law will sort it all out. The West has lost its moral anchors. Eastern moral anchors will soon supplant Western ones. A culture which doesn't revere and respect itself will soon be consigned to the dustbin of history. This is what is happening right now in the United Kingdom. And we have nobody to blame but ourselves. British, nay Western, civilisation is in the process of being sent to the knackers' yard. – © Mark
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'Saudi Money to Egypt Will Go to New Pharaoh, Not People'
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Litany of Lies: NSA Leaks, Iran, Syria True Facts Shatter Voters' Faith in Obama
Snowden Asylum: Ecuador FM Slams Morales’ Jet Fiasco, Urges More Nations to Aid Leaker
Venezuela Is Edward Snowden's Best Option, Says Guardian's Glenn Greenwald
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
Hat er oder hat er nicht? Abermals Verwirrung um Edward Snowden
Ramadan: Gebetsruf im TV provoziert die Briten
«Channel 4 versucht tatsächlich, die islamische Praxis in den Alltag zu integrieren», so die Einschätzung des SRF-Grossbritannien-Korrespondenten Martin Alioth. Dass die erklärte Provokation des Senders so gut wirke, weise auf einen Zustand hin, der bekannt sei: Der Islam werde nicht als etwas Alltägliches wahrgenommen im Land. (+ Audio) » | dpa / rkuon | Dienstag, 09. Juli 2013
Rise of Greece’s Golden Dawn: A Presage of Doom
The People’s Association – Golden Dawn — usually referred to simply as Golden Dawn — is a right-wing extremist political organization in Greece. It is led by Nikolaos Michaloliakos, and has grown considerably since its inception to a widely known Greek political party with nationwide support.
Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party is gaining popularity in the midst of the country’s deepening financial crisis. The group has been implicated in torture cases, and for inciting a wave of racial violence sweeping the country.
An opinion poll published by KAPA Research in October showed that support for the extremist political group had grown from 7.5 percent of the population in June to 10.4 percent currently.
The Golden Dawn emerged from political obscurity into the mainstream in May after winning 7 percent of the vote in the Greek parliamentary elections. Since then, the country has reportedly witnessed an upsurge in racial violence connected to the right-wing group.
The party entered the international spotlight after some of its members reportedly participated in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of Bosnian Muslims. Its publication praises the Third Reich and often features photographs of Hitler and other Nazis.
Golden Dawn has manipulated a weak Greek state and disastrous austerity management by European bureaucrats to become, according to recent polls, the third-most popular political party in the country — a noxious omen for the eurozone and a worrying challenge and counterpoint to the very idea of the European Union itself, which received last year’s Nobel Peace Prize. » | Hatef Mokhtar | Thursday, March 14, 2013
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Italy: "Fighting in the Name of Allah"
Italian counter-terrorism authorities are monitoring several dozen Italian Muslims who have obtained combat experience in Syria and are now promoting jihad, or holy war, in Italy.
Somewhere between 45 and 50 Italian citizens -- mostly Muslim immigrants from North Africa, but also some Italian converts to Islam -- have been to Syria at least once to fight alongside rebel forces seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Many of these individuals, including several women, have returned to Italy and are using the Internet to spread jihadist propaganda and to communicate with other Islamic radicals.
Some of the Italian jihadists have links with a Belgian Salafist group, "Sharia4Belgium," and are actively seeking to recruit fellow Muslims to overthrow the democratic order in Italy, according to Italian law enforcement officials.
The revelations were made after a 24-year-old convert to Islam, Giuliano Ibrahim Delnevo, became the first Italian to die in Syria. Delnevo, who was raised in a Roman Catholic home in the northern Italian port city of Genoa, converted to Islam at the age of 20 after meeting a woman during a visit to Morocco.
In an interview with the daily newspaper Il Giornale, the director of Italy's Security Intelligence Department (DIS), Giampiero Massolo, said that Delnevo became increasingly radicalized due to exposure to Islamic propaganda on the Internet. » | Soeren Kern | Tuesday, July 09, 2013
HARDtalk: Nikos Dendias - Minister for Public Order, Greece
Egypt's Senior Muslim Cleric Warns of Civil War
Egypt: The Return of the King?
AL JAZEERA: Exiled royal proposes 'Spanish model' to restore balance in crisis-ridden country.
In Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany's bestselling 2002 novel The Yacoubian Building, an aging aristocrat declares: "It was a different age. Cairo was like Europe. It was clean and smart and the people were well mannered and respectable and everyone knew his place exactly…"
Fewer and fewer people remember Egypt as it once was, a glittering romantic metropolis and a genuine regional hub for culture and the arts - it is an Egypt that now only lives in the collective memory of some exiles, the result of dictatorships both republican and Islamic.
Prince Osman Rifaat Ibrahim was barely two years old when his family was forced to leave his native Egypt, after the 1952 Free Officers' revolution. As members of the dynasty of Mohamed Ali, founder of modern Egypt, they had become persona non grata. His father, Prince Amr Ibrahim, was blacklisted as a potential threat to the new order. He had been a high commander of the Special Police during World War II, and enjoyed a great deal of support among certain circles. As a grandson of Mohamed Ali's eldest son, he was viewed as a contender for the throne.
Overnight, their family lost everything, as the state confiscated extensive properties and all of their personal belongings, including priceless antiques and artworks, by order of the Revolutionary Command Council. There were three palatial homes in Cairo, three buildings in coastal Alexandria, and vast swaths of agricultural land on which they grew cotton, then a highly profitable crop. With nothing left in Egypt, they went into exile, first to Italy and later to Switzerland, where Prince Osman grew up among other Egyptian aristocrats.
Today, like the rest of the world, the 63-year-old prince watches from afar as chaos unfolds in Egypt, wondering whether there will ever be a happy ending to the story that began six decades ago.
"When this latest revolution started a little over two years ago, I was hopeful that it might be the end of nearly 60 years of military dictatorship," he told Al Jazeera. "Unfortunately it was not, and where we are headed is gloomy." » | Tanya Goudsouzian | Source: Al Jazeera | Monday, July 08, 2013
In Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany's bestselling 2002 novel The Yacoubian Building, an aging aristocrat declares: "It was a different age. Cairo was like Europe. It was clean and smart and the people were well mannered and respectable and everyone knew his place exactly…"
Fewer and fewer people remember Egypt as it once was, a glittering romantic metropolis and a genuine regional hub for culture and the arts - it is an Egypt that now only lives in the collective memory of some exiles, the result of dictatorships both republican and Islamic.
Prince Osman Rifaat Ibrahim was barely two years old when his family was forced to leave his native Egypt, after the 1952 Free Officers' revolution. As members of the dynasty of Mohamed Ali, founder of modern Egypt, they had become persona non grata. His father, Prince Amr Ibrahim, was blacklisted as a potential threat to the new order. He had been a high commander of the Special Police during World War II, and enjoyed a great deal of support among certain circles. As a grandson of Mohamed Ali's eldest son, he was viewed as a contender for the throne.
Overnight, their family lost everything, as the state confiscated extensive properties and all of their personal belongings, including priceless antiques and artworks, by order of the Revolutionary Command Council. There were three palatial homes in Cairo, three buildings in coastal Alexandria, and vast swaths of agricultural land on which they grew cotton, then a highly profitable crop. With nothing left in Egypt, they went into exile, first to Italy and later to Switzerland, where Prince Osman grew up among other Egyptian aristocrats.
Today, like the rest of the world, the 63-year-old prince watches from afar as chaos unfolds in Egypt, wondering whether there will ever be a happy ending to the story that began six decades ago.
"When this latest revolution started a little over two years ago, I was hopeful that it might be the end of nearly 60 years of military dictatorship," he told Al Jazeera. "Unfortunately it was not, and where we are headed is gloomy." » | Tanya Goudsouzian | Source: Al Jazeera | Monday, July 08, 2013
Car Bomb Rocks Shia Suburb in Beirut
Talk to Al Jazeera: Rafael Correa: 'Our Right to Grant Asylum'
New Islam-approved Search Engine for Muslims
For many observant Muslims, being able to “Google” something just isn’t an option.
Strict Islamic mores can make the Internet a treacherous place, with NSFW content like naked women and sacrilegious stories lurking near every click.
Enter Halalgoogling.
The new search engine, which launched on Sunday, mimics Google, but blocks sites and content “according to Islamic law,” reports The Express Tribune. » | Michele Laufik of MSN News | Monday, July 08, 2013
Noam Chomsky on HARDtalk
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Le record d'une nageuse iranienne invalidé
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Monday, July 08, 2013
Egypt: Islamists Call for Uprising after 50 Shot Dead on the Streets of Cairo
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has called for a national uprising in response to the deaths of more than 50 supporters of the deposed president, Mohammed Morsi, who were shot dead at a sit-in.
The army said it acted with “wisdom and prudence” after the headquarters of the Republican Guard was, it claimed, attacked by Muslim Brotherhood supporters who believe Mr Morsi is being held there.
But witnesses described being overwhelmed by tear gas and then coming under fire from all sides as protesters camped out in front of the base peacefully finished their dawn prayers at about 3.30am.
“People were still kneeling and suddenly we found that police were approaching and firing tear gas,” said Mustafa Gamal, 21, a law student.
Mohammed Hassan, 36, an agricultural engineer, said: “The police were shooting at us from one side and the army from the other. The guards standing in front of the base were shooting. I saw two people being killed. The bullets entered their heads and came out the side.” » | Richard Spencer, Robert Tait and Magdy Samaan in Cairo | Monday, July 08, 2013
Edward Snowden: 'The US Government Will Say I Aided Our Enemies' – Video Interview
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Égypte : le grand imam d'Al-Azhar "en retrait" jusqu'à la fin des violences
Le grand imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb d'Al-Azhar, la principale autorité sunnite d'Égypte, a annoncé lundi qu'il se plaçait "en retrait" jusqu'à la fin des violences en Égypte, qui ont fait au moins 42 morts dans la matinée. Dans un communiqué qu'il a lu à la télévision d'État, il a annoncé sa décision de se mettre en réserve. L'imam avait apporté jeudi sa caution à la mise en place d'une "feuille de route" présentée par l'armée pour mener la transition après le coup militaire qui a renversé le président islamiste Mohamed Morsi, à la suite de manifestations de masse réclamant son départ. Le patriarche copte orthodoxe Tawadros II et des responsables de l'opposition anti-Morsi ont également soutenu cette feuille de route. » | Source AFP | lundi 08 juillet 2013
Gewalt in Ägypten: Muslimbrüder warnen vor Bürgerkrieg wie in Syrien
Kairo - Nach dem blutigen Zwischenfall mit vielen Toten in Kairo schieben sich die Konfliktparteien gegenseitig die Schuld zu. Der Anführer der Muslimbrüder, Mohammed Badi, erhob schwere Vorwürfe gegen die Streitkräfte. Diese würden in dem Land Verhältnisse wie in Syrien herbeiführen wollen. Dort tobt seit mehr als zwei Jahren ein blutiger Bürgerkrieg. Die tödlichen Schüsse auf Zivilisten am Morgen verurteilten die Muslimbrüder als "fürchterliches Verbrechen". » | fab/jok//AFP/dpa/Reuters | Montag, 08. Juli 2013
Inside Story: US: Walking a Diplomatic Tightrope in Egypt?
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