Breaking News: So, as expected before, the Jordanian government lead by Dr. Badran has resigned today. King Abdullah II entitle the head of ‘Jordanian National Security Council’ - Dr. Maarof Al-Bakheet to form the new government (Source: JTV)
According to BBC Arabic (link in Arabic), Economist published a research that reports the status of Political and democracy freedom in the Middle East. On a scale of 10, the five top most are, Israel - 8.2, Lebanon - 6.55, Morocco - 5.20, Iraq - 5.05 and Palestine - 5.05.
While Jordan scored 4.45, the bottom [...]
Just got these from a friend in Jordan. Click on picture for bigger photo size 
The first is “Tagi3″ and second is “A Smiley Face.”
Third is “Mgalli3″ and last is “Etla3 Men Rasi.”
Dare not ask for translation. This is just for Jordanians 
Flickr is blocked again in UAE? I just heard that from SC. This is also confirmed here and here.
What the heck is all this about? Since I lived in UAE for few years, I know that Etisalat have this sort of stupid unexplained actions.
But anyway, may this slow down the UAE spam on Flickr [...]
WAN Press Freedom Report: The Arab World One of the Most Troubling Regions
The World Association of Newspapers’s press freedom review was presented to its Board, meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 14 November. The report states that the Middle East and North Africa is one of the most troubling regions in the world for press freedom, [...]
ONE of the greatest living US writers has praised terrorists as "very brave people" and used drug culture slang to describe the "amazing high" suicide bombers must feel before blowing themselves up.
Kurt Vonnegut, 83, said it was "sweet and honourable" to die for what you believe in, and rejected the idea that terrorists were motivated [...]
One in three people believes that women who behave flirtatiously are at least partially responsible if they are raped, Amnesty International report published in UK today reveals. A similar number think that women are partially or wholly responsible for being raped if they are drunk, and more than a quarter believe women are responsible if [...]
A French woman has admitted attempting to open an aeroplane door mid-flight so that she could smoke a cigarette. Doh..
Opss… did I say Bin Laden? Correction: BUSH sought to bomb Aljazeera!
***More updates below***
Kevin Maguire And Andy Lines of the Daily Mirror from the UK broke this story today - apparently Bush planned to bomb the Al Jazeera HQ in Qatar:
PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a "Top Secret" [...]
November 22nd, 2004 I said: Gladiators of Iraq and War correspondent Kevin Sites, in his own words about his Falluja shooting video.
EXCLUSIVE-US tax breaks help Jewish settlers in West Bank
Source: Reuters By Adam Entous The United States says Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank threaten any peace between Israel and the Palestinians -- yet it also encourages Americans to help support settlers by offering tax breaks on donations. As Condoleezza Rice flew in on Monday for another round of peace talks, ... Despite truce, still no sign of school supplies in Gaza
Under its truce with Hamas, Israel has permitted shipments of frozen meat, soft drinks, cookies, jam, shampoo, clothing and other items. However, the amounts are insufficient for the entire population. In September 2007 - three months after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, and after the main cargo crossing, Karni, had ... A Monopoly of Incompetence, Corruption, Failure and Thuggery
Years of silence by Palestinian "Sheiks" and intellectuals led us to where we are now. Arafat ruled the PLO and Fatah with iron fist, using bribery, intimidation even physical liquidation to silence every one. There was never a call for accountability of decisions, failures even financial corruptions. Time for a ... We are running out of time for a two-state solution
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent At the end of my conversation with Sari Nusseibeh at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the highly respected president of Al-Quds University - and cosignatory of "The People's Choice," a peace plan that he formulated with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon - told ... Woman beat, threatened by 'modesty squad'
Jerusalem woman who left ultra-Orthodox life after her divorce gagged, beaten by group of self-proclaimed 'chastity guards'
Aviad Glickman
A 31-year-old Jerusalem woman was cruelly beaten and threatened with death by members of the 'modesty squad' who took it upon themselves to interrogate her about her relationships ...
