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Cartoon: Abu Mahjoob

Arko Datta, India, Reuters.
Woman mourns relative killed in tsunami, Cuddalore, India, Tamil Nadu, 28 December.

Update: There are so many winning photos related to the Arab world. Mostly Palestine and Iraq. I could not resist but posting some of them here.

People in the News: 1st prize singles
Sniper victim in morgue, Gaza
Kristen Ashburn, USA, Contact Press Images.

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CNN chief news executive Eason Jordan resigned Friday, saying the controversy over his remarks about the deaths of journalists in Iraq threatened to tarnish the network he helped build.

What was his confession? Jordan told the audience at World Economic Forum on January 27 that U.S. forces had deliberately targeted journalists — a charge he later [...]

“This unprecedented strange incident amounts to a real terrorist act.”

This is how Col. Al Musallam described what happened last night when “Masked gang sets shop ablaze.” GDN, Bahrain Tribune and Akhbar Al Khaleej; all published the story with more or less the same vague description. It makes you feel worried that this attack really amounts [...]

AMMAN (JT) — The Arab Bank on Monday decided to “gradually” close its New York branch, saying that the current operation environment in the US is not in line with the financial institution’s strategy.

The Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted an Arab Bank statement as saying that the vision and strategy of the group are now [...]

In a dramatic about-face, one of the soldiers who testified that he had seen Capt. R., the Givati company commander, shoot 13-year-old Iman al-Hams to death at point-blank range last October near the Girit outpost close to Rafah, admitted to the Southern Command Military Court on Sunday that he had lied.

Following the developments, the court [...]

Nevertheless, those Palestinians and Iraqis who decided to cast their vote, and those who were able to get to the polling stations in spite of the difficulties and dangers, did so for one overriding reason: to get rid of the foreign occupiers.

Our Best Arab Blog Awards (arablogger.com) is now so popular. This candidates to Riyad-Saudi Municipality Board Members is spaming us. He sent below attached letter to “admin [at] arablogger [dot] com”. requesting to vote for him.

I found this very funny. He does not look to know how to switch on a PC. I advise [...]

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Isam had a nice post regarding the new revisit of JordanPlanet. So this is my comments to his post, which did not make it there, maybe it is too lengthy. Anyway…

The fact that you are using Drupal gives you a powerful tool in hand, yet it all depends on the mission of JP.
For example, [...]