Three of the four Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages in Iraq of whom a video was released today have been in Palestine working as Palestinian Solidarity activists, International Solidarity Movement reports.

Following up on my post few days ago, here comes the good news: Two Saudi businesswomen swept to an unprecedented victory in elections to the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday in the first polls in which women stood as candidates in the conservative Muslim kingdom.

In the wake of Boris Johnson, Blairwatch and many other bloggers have put themselves down as being prepared to publish the ‘Bush-Blair Al Jazeera memo’ should it become available.

To join the growing call for disclosure and internet publication visit Blairwatch here, and get “I�ll publish the al Jazeera memo” button from here.

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A “trophy” video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked two investigations after it was posted on the internet.

I have to wonder how the spin on this is going to shape up. If at all it’s going to shape up!!

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Just when you think the StarTrek-influence has gone on long enough you get this.

While only in prototype form and years away from fielding, US Air Force unveiled hand-held laser gun weapon, known as the Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHaSR) system. The PHaSR is about the same size and weight of a fully [...]

 I was delighted to hear this from MoCha; a member of CheckPoint 303:

we are “CheckPoint 303″, a new electro-oriental underground band, our music deals with the daily life of the Palestinian people, the struggle and hardship but also the beauty and the trivial aspects of life in Palestine, things that obviously [...]

November 28th, 2004 I said: Jordan Crwon Prince Hamza, Out and Call to all lurkers.

Finally, the international workshop to protect the rights of migrant workers was held in Bahrain.

I say finally because this workshop was not allowed to take place in all Gulf countries, until General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) decided to partner with the International Federation of Free Unions, the International [...]

A tremor was felt also in the neighbouring United Arab Emirates, prompting many people to evacuate buildings.Witnesses in high-rise buildings said they felt the ground shaking beneath them for about a minute. Many residents evacuated their buildings and waited on the streets.Quake of 6.1 magnitude,
hit some 58 km (36 miles) southwest of Bandar Abbas at [...]

17 women contesting alongside 54 male candidates for the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia.Women’s participation in the elections is expected to grab attention worldwide.Women members will vote today and tomorrow and businessmen will vote on Monday and Tuesday at the chamber’s Sheikh Ismail Abu Dawood Hall.Hmmm… separation here? What will they do [...]