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Flesh of Your Flesh - Should you eat meat ? The New Yorker
Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:32 PM EST (New Yorker)
"Americans also love to eat animals. This year, they will cook roughly twenty-seven billion pounds of beef, sliced from some thirty-five million cows.
A Healthier Way To Pay Doctors
Seeded on Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:31 PM EDT (TIME)
"It's hard to feel sorry for America's family doctors. Any job that averages $179,000 per year and lets you be your own boss is a job most folks wouldn't turn down.
Nobel Prize Snubs: Which Great People Never Won?
Seeded on Fri Oct 9, 2009 11:30 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
There have been many great persons in history who have been snubbed. This is a great article with pics and short notes. Why were they snubbed ?
American leverage in South Asia
Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:09 PM EDT (BBC News)
"In recent days three top American generals have turned their guns on Pakistan, accusing elements of its main intelligence agency, the ISI, of supporting Taleban and al-Qaeda militants."
Should US citizens and resident aliens speak English ?
Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:44 PM EDT
Living in Los Angeles, CA we come across a whole range of people who don't speak one word of English. Los Angeles being a melting pot of so many different people from all over the world.
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South Africa denies Dalai Lama visa
Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:07 PM EDT (United Press International)
"We are shamelessly succumbing to Chinese pressure," Tutu told CNN.
Why We Need Designated Smoking Areas
Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:40 PM EDT
Have you ever had cigarette smoke blown in your face while waiting in a line to buy movie tickets or outside the airport for curbside check-in? I have experienced this countless times; at the park, beach, and inside a restroom when I'm doing my business and suddenly I smell smok …
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UAE Committed to Transparency
Seeded on Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:04 AM EST (http://khaleejtimes.com)
"It is this resolve that makes the difference as businessmen see Dubai and UAE as their preferred destination for investment and commerce.
The sister we missed
Seeded on Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:53 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)
"Aasiya Hassan was probably beheaded in a Buffalo suburb just hours before the Malaysian Muslim women's group Sisters in Islam brought us together this month for the launch of Musawah, a global movement for justice and equality in Muslim families.
Single-faith nation is an open invitation to Taliban
Seeded on Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:35 PM EST (Times of India)
"Many questions demand answers. The Pakistani army has an estimated strength of 12,000 in the region of Swat. Why was it unable, or unwilling, to subdue an insurgent force of some 3,000? The Pakistani army is not a pushover.
Slumdog Subtext
Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:06 PM EST (The Nation)
" But there is another undercurrent in this film, almost a subliminal message, that is less talked about but of equal concern to Hindus.
A Gulf Over Debt Bailout Lies Between Two Divided Arab Emirates
Seeded on Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:55 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)
"Will oil-rich Abu Dhabi bail out neighbor Dubai, currently groaning under $70 billion of debt racked up by its government-owned companies? Don't count on it".
The Saudi-isation of Pakistan
Seeded on Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:25 AM EST (www.newsline.com.pk)
" Islamisation of the state and the polity was supposed to have been in the interest of the ruling class – a classic strategy for preserving it from the wrath of the working class. But the amazing success of the state is turning out to be its own undoing.
India is 'prepared' after Mumbai
Seeded on Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:22 AM EST (BBC News)
"India is "better prepared" against terrorist attacks such as the ones on Mumbai nearly three months ago, the Indian home affairs minister has said."
In China, A Different Brand of Buddhism
Seeded on Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:12 AM EST (The Washington Post)
"While statistics are hard to come by, monks, followers and experts say that growing numbers of middle-class Chinese are turning to Tibetan Buddhism, driven by the perception of a spiritual vacuum in society and aided by the voluminous information available on the Internet.
Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use
Seeded on Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:30 PM EST (The New York Times)
"After three days of pressure from angry users and the threat of a formal legal complaint by a coalition of consumer advocacy groups, the company reversed changes to its contract with users that had appeared to give it perpetual ownership of their contributions to the service.
Saudi King Dismisses 2 Officials in a Shuffle
Seeded on Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:05 PM EST (The New York Times)
"The changes are seen as an effort to moderate the power of hard-line clerics in Saudi Arabia's religious establishment, which wields tremendous power but has come under strong criticism in recent years.
Saudi activist: Female minister 'first step' but more needed
Seeded on Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:51 PM EST (CNN)
"The appointment of a woman to Saudi Arabia's influential council of ministers is a "first step" for women's rights in the country, but it's unclear if she will have any real power, an outspoken advocate said Sunday."
Economy, opportunity spur interest in India
Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:06 PM EST
Rana Rosen can hear the stress in her friends' voices when she calls home from India. It's getting increasingly difficult for them to get by, they tell her.
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Britain capitulates to terror
Seeded on Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:59 PM EST (Spectator Live)
"If anyone had doubted the extent to which Britain has capitulated to Islamic terror, the banning of Geert Wilders a few hours ago should surely open their eyes.
FBI woman sexually harassed me: 26/11 accused
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 1:17 PM EST (Times of India)
"MUMBAI: The probe into the November 26 Mumbai terror attack took an unusual twist with one of the accused, Faheem Ansari, levelling sexual harassment allegations against a woman officer of America's Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Blog your way to your bank
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 11:53 AM EST (rediff News)
"What would you call somebody who is only 23 and quit the job the very next day after getting a 30 per cent rise? At a time when jobs are being slashed all around the world? "
Moral dilemma of our times - Irfan Hussain
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 12:30 AM EST (www.dawn.com)
"In Pakistan, where we are at the sharp end of the struggle against jihadi killers, the outcome of this debate can mean the difference between life and death. In Sri Lanka, the state has put human rights on the back burner as it has battled the Tamil Tigers.
Mumbai attackers 'creations of ISI': Menon
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 12:22 AM EST (Times of India)
"NEW DELHI: India on Thursday again came down heavily on Pakistan for the Mumbai attacks and the Indian embassy bombing in Kabul saying that the perpetrators of these attacks were "clients and creations" of ISI. ( Watch )
A Q Khan could be on Mossad hit list
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 12:17 AM EST (Times of India)
"In a recent book on the history of Israel's ace spy service Mossad, the author, Gordon Thomas, says that after they traced the travel paths of Khan's associates to Saudi Arabia and Tehran during Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's regime, Mossad moved these scientists from their "detain" list …
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A first-term Republican Congressman from New Orleans, Joseph Cao, had the guts to vote for today's health reform bill. He was the only Republican to do so, and for that he will probably be ostracized by his own party leadership, who stood universally against the President's plan.
Student stuns Iran by criticizing supreme leader
An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country's most powerful man to his face.
Flesh of Your Flesh - Should you eat meat ? The New Yorker"Americans also love to eat animals. This year, they will cook roughly twenty-seven billion pounds of beef, sliced from some thirty-five million cows.
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Dr. Wafa Sultan is a Syrian-born, American psychiatrist famous for her blistering critique of Islam in a debate with a Muslim cleric first aired on al-Jazeera television in 2006.
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Kids will be kids, but one cranky 2-year-old was acting too much his age for a Southwest Airlines flight crew who kicked him off a plane getting ready to leave for San Jose.
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