China ramps up propaganda to quell unrest
China ramps up propaganda to quell unrest Last Updated: Thursday, July 9, 2009 | 4:16 PM ET Comments103...

29 dead, dozens wounded as blasts hit western India
29 dead, dozens wounded as blasts hit western India Last Updated: Saturday, July 26, 2008 | 3:06 PM ET Comments16...

Israel's anti-Arab parties
Israel's anti-Arab parties By Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank ...

Sons of beaches: a land girt by bigots
Sons of beaches: a land girt by bigots * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font By Tony Parkinson December 13, 2005 Page 1 of 2 AdvertisementAdvertisement BEFORE we get into the blame game over what went so awfully wrong at Cronulla, it is important to recognise how much Australians stand to lose collectively. In the iconography of this country, it is the beach cul...

Iraqi group urges prison abuse inquiry
Iraqi group urges prison abuse inquiry by Wednesday 16 November 2005 11:19 AM GMT Some detainees are said to have been abused Iraq's government faces calls for an international inquiry into abuse at a secret prison in Baghdad where inmates were reportedly tortured, beaten and starved. The call by the Sunni-based Iraqi Islamic Party on Wednesday comes after revelations that about 170 detainees, mostly Sunni, were illegally held at a centr...

Billions plundered from Iraq military
Billions plundered from Iraq military by Monday 19 September 2005 3:35 AM GMT Critics charge the Iraqi military is poorly equipped A billion dollars has been plundered from the coffers of Iraq's defence ministry, seriously affecting the government's ability to maintain law and order, the Independent newspaper says. "It is possibly one of the largest thefts in history," the paper said in its Monday edition, quoting Iraqi Finance Minister ...

Israel orders Palestinian land seized
Israel orders Palestinian land seized by Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Wednesday 24 August 2005 4:27 PM GMT The Israeli barrier in Maale Adumim has Palestinians worried Israel has issued orders to seize Palestinian-owned land to link a main Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank to Jerusalem, officials say, a step that could isolate Palestinians from Jerusalem. An Israeli government spokesman on Wednesday said orders were issued t...

Allah is GOD in "Aramaic", the language Jesus spoke
Allah is GOD in "Aramaic", the language Jesus spoke With Ramadan around the corner (generally accepted as tomorrow if the new moon is sighted) I felt like doing some research and it turns out what my friend said is true (god is "Allah" in Armaic") and hopefully the Christians that knock on my door every few months will come back soon (although they promised to visit soon last time we spoke). It is a historical fact that Jesus spoke the "Aramaic" language so n...