August 2005

Opera 10-year online anniversary party

by Haitham Sabbah August 31, 2005

Opera is celebrating their 10-year online anniversary and giving away a free Opera registration code to remove ads!

648 Dead, 322 Hurt in Iraq Bridge Stampede

by Haitham Sabbah August 31, 2005

At least 648 people were killed in a stampede on a bridge Wednesday when panic engulfed a Shiite religious procession amid rumors that a suicide bomber was about to attack, officials said. It appeared to be the single biggest loss of life in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion.

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BlogDay2005 is here!

by Haitham Sabbah August 31, 2005

Today is the DAY! Here is my the result of my quest in random order: 1. From Mauritian: The Carine’s Page, Life of a Mauritian girl residing in Singapore. 2. From South Africa: Cherryflava pics, a blog edited and photographed by Jonathan Cherry. Shot mainly on location in Cape Town. 3. From American Samoa: Stuck [...]

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Water revives Iraq’s ‘Garden of Eden’

by Haitham Sabbah August 30, 2005

Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes are making a comeback after being ravaged during Saddam Hussein’s reign.

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China worries about naked net chat

by Haitham Sabbah August 30, 2005

A Chinese researcher has warned of a new threat to public health and morality — naked internet chatting. Up to 20 000 Chinese log on to chat rooms each night in various states of undress and communicate using web cams, the Shanghai Daily newspaper said on Tuesday. China has tightened policing of the web following [...]

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Topless virgins vie for Swaziland’s king

by Haitham Sabbah August 30, 2005

In the Royal Village of Swaziland – More than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become the King of Swazilandï¿½s 13th wife on Monday in a ceremony which critics say ill befits a country with the worldï¿½s highest HIV/AIDS rate. King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africaï¿½s last absolute monarch, arrived dressed in a leopard-skin loincloth to watch [...]

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How Long Will I Live?

by Haitham Sabbah August 30, 2005

How Long Will You Live? God knows… But here is a ‘Life Expectancy Calculator’ for you.

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Self-driving car

by Haitham Sabbah August 30, 2005

GM will launch an actual self-driving system in its 2008 Opel Vectra.

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Billions Enslaved

by Haitham Sabbah August 30, 2005

Click picture to get larger size to read the Wonderful Text!!

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God Bless The World – Not Just America. Spam and Ignorance!

by Haitham Sabbah August 29, 2005

As usual, daily Spam, but this one was interesting A couple of days ago, I received a spam email from Orville Records (I don’t know who the hell are they). Subject: New Anthem for World Peace by Greg Jones garnering global accolades! Here is an excerpt: New Anthem for World Peace garnering accolades worldwide. FREE [...]

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Blog Day 2005

by Haitham Sabbah August 26, 2005

An Israeli blogger, Nir Ofir has a brilliant idea: In one long moment on August 31st, bloggers from all over the world will post a recommendation of 5 new Blogs, Preferably, Blogs different from their own culture, point of view and attitude. On this day, blog surfers will find themselves leaping and discovering new, unknown [...]

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Sabbah in the Christian Science Monitor

by Haitham Sabbah August 25, 2005

It was brought to my attention that I was mentioned in the Christian Science Monitor, which made me super excited. I was eager to find any sound bites from my interview with Charles Levinson – Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor, who interviewed me over the phone while I was in Jordan (he was in [...]

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Scientists do(n’t) Mix God and Science

by Haitham Sabbah August 24, 2005

Should Scientists Mix God and Science? At a recent scientific conference at City College of New York, a student in the audience rose to ask the panelists an unexpected question: “Can you be a good scientist and believe in God?” The answer was quick and sharp. “No!” declared Herbert A. Hauptman, a Nobel laureates who [...]

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TV host urges US to kill Chavez

by Haitham Sabbah August 24, 2005

Very interesting POV. Harini Calamur (TV producer, film maker, writer & teacher) writes: When Osama asks for Bush and Blair’s head – he is a nasty terrorist. But, when Pat Robertson, the founder of Christian Coalition and a former Presidential candidate and someone who makes our rabid right wingers seem like flower power children – [...]

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Google Talk!

by Haitham Sabbah August 24, 2005

Yes, it’s Google’s own instant messaging system, for text and also voice communications. Google Talk goes beyond text-based instant messaging using a computer keyboard to let users hold voice conversations with other computer users. If confirmed, the combined computer text and voice-calling service would put Google in competition with a similar service pioneered by Skype, [...]

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