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Time Magazine Cover asks if Bibi Netanyahu will Make Peace… 1996
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Facebook and the Middle East after the Arab Spring
The Facebook IPO may or may not be a good business investment, but the Facebook phenomenon hasn’t faded in one area of the world– the […]
Saudi ban on women’s sports blamed for rising obesity (Zambarakji)
Angie Zambarakji writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: A girl’s school in Saudi Arabia has defied a ban on sport for girls by letting […]
Minority Births the Majority? On how the whole idea of White People is Made Up
The news is going around breathlessly that 50.4% of births in the US in the past 12 months were to families categorized as ethnic minorities, […]
Egypt’s Tantawi Pledges no first Strike Abroad, Fair Elections at Home
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi addressed Egyptian troops on Wednesday and attempted to raise their morale for praising them as the guarantors of Egypt’s security. Al-Masrawi […]
Omar Khayyam (130) On Forgiveness and Falling off the Wagon
I singlehandedly keep this bar afloat. My heart has bled with repentance a couple thousand times. But if I don’t go on sinning, what would […]
Thomas Jefferson on Polytheism and Atheism (Poster)
Charges of Afghan Army Torture Prevent British Detainee Transfer (Stickler)
Angus Stickler writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: British troops have been banned from transferring suspected Taliban prisoners to the Afghan authorities because of […]
Top 10 Green Energy Good News Stories Today
1. The Department of the Interior has given the green light to a power transmission line that is intended to bring power from Google, Inc.- […]
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