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July 2005
Hejaz Railway Quiet Demise
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 that [...]
Check the bride at the door
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 [...]
Tagged Jordan, Palestine, WeddingNews Illusion
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 is merely [...]
Tagged Media, NewsGlobal Voice meets Jordan Bloggers
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 at, [...]
Active Denial System: A 'Human Fried' Machine in Iraq
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 millimeter-wave [...]
The Female Robot!
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 a human. [...]
In Case of Emergency (ICE) numbers in your cell phone
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 that paramedics [...]
CFL ALERT: BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO LOBBY AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAR TORTURE AND INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
SEND YOUR PREWRITTEN LETTER NOW, OR WRITE YOUR OWN:
http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/CFLWeb/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1019
Breaking the Ice: Palestinian-Israeli Unity Project
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 [...]
Tagged PeaceWhy does the terror story keep changing? Ask these guys!
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 �move on� from [...]
