July 2005

On this day!

by Haitham Sabbah July 31, 2005

On this day, last year, I said: Kerry is a mass-murderer. Bush is psycho. Whatï¿½s a voter to do?

Early last century, the biggest threat to the Hejaz Railway was Britain’s T.E. Lawrence and his camel-mounted Arab rebels, who sabotaged the desert track to attack trains packed with Turkish soldiers. Today, a lack of passengers and improved highways may kill off the Hejaz Train once and for all, a quiet demise for a train [...]

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On this day!

by Haitham Sabbah July 30, 2005

On this day, last year, I said: Clone Steak Safe, Unless It Isnï¿½t.

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Check the bride at the door

by Haitham Sabbah July 30, 2005

Over a week ago, tens of thousands of people attended what they thought to be the biggest Palestinian wedding ever, in addition to the huge media coverage. A mass wedding ceremony sponsored by the Islamic Jihad organization in the Gaza Strip, 222 Gazan couples got married in Gaza city on Friday, 22 July 2005. But [...]

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News Illusion

by Haitham Sabbah July 30, 2005

Watching the daily news, I get bored. I can blindly guess what is going to be said. Here is some of the keywords: occupation, war, killed, terrorism, arrest, bomb, democracy, victims, Islam, oil, Arab, Americans, Bin Laden, Zarkawi, etc… My conclusion is: Mark Twain once concluded, “the very ink with which all history is written [...]

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Global Voice meets Jordan Bloggers

by Haitham Sabbah July 29, 2005

In my to-do-list, I always wanted to meet some/all of Jordan Bloggers, and that wish came true last night. On top of that, it was more pleasant to have Ethan Zuckerman from Global Voice attending and sponsoring this meeting. Having said that, you can imagine how interesting it was. Starting from the place we meet [...]

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Active Denial System: A ‘Human Fried’ Machine in Iraq

by Haitham Sabbah July 28, 2005

Scientists are questioning the safety of a Star Wars-style riot control ray gun due to be deployed in Iraq next year. The Active Denial System weapon, classified as “less lethal” by the Pentagon, fires a 95GHz microwave beam at rioters to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds. The non-lethal technology uses [...]

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The Female Robot!

by Haitham Sabbah July 28, 2005

Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised – a “female” android called Repliee Q1. She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow her to turn and react in a human-like manner. She can flutter her eyelids and move her hands like [...]

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In Case of Emergency (ICE) numbers in your cell phone

by Haitham Sabbah July 27, 2005

UK paramedics have launched a campaign with Vodafone to encourage mobile phone owners to program emergency contact details into their phones: By entering the acronym ICE – for In Case of Emergency – into the mobile’s phone book, users can log the name and number of someone who should be contacted in an emergency. So [...]

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Hollywood Zombie!

by Haitham Sabbah July 27, 2005

Worth 1000 show us what happens when the Photoshop geniuses freak, and celebrities are forced to walk among us. Some of these are truly disturbing, others… well, Worth 1000!

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Logogle

by Haitham Sabbah July 27, 2005

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iBO in Dubai

by Haitham Sabbah July 26, 2005

iBO is a space dedicated to world club culture – bringing the most talented DJ’s, VJ’s, musicians and performers to a little slice of hot heaven in Dubai.

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CFL ALERT: BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO LOBBY AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAR TORTURE AND INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS

by Haitham Sabbah July 26, 2005

SEND YOUR PREWRITTEN LETTER NOW, OR WRITE YOUR OWN: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/CFLWeb/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1019

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Breaking the Ice: Palestinian-Israeli Unity Project

by Haitham Sabbah July 26, 2005

On January 1st, 2004, a small sailing boat has left the Straits of Magellan in South America, on board; 4 Israelis and 4 Palestinians. During their journey, they have crossed the wildest sea on earth, they have climbed on ice and glaciers and marched towards their destination, an unclimbed mountain, carrying heavy loads and sledges [...]

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Why does the terror story keep changing? Ask these guys!

by Haitham Sabbah July 26, 2005

Matthew Parris writes: I name the four powers who are behind the al-Qaeda conspiracy AT TIMES of national emergency, the habit of the news media to drop a story or a lead in mid-air when it seems to be going nowhere unsettles the public. The media betray a sort of sheepish wish to ï¿½move onï¿½ [...]

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