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Tony Blair is godfather to Rupert Murdoch’s daughter

by SR Editor September 6, 2011

Meet the Godfather: Wendi Deng reveals that Tony Blair is godfather to one of the media tycoon – Rupert Murdoch’s young children.

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Ship Of Fools – False Flags On The High Seas

by SR Editor November 12, 2010

Did you hear about the ‘kidnapping’ of passengers on a Flotilla to Gaza? Did you hear about ‘ransom demands’ by the ‘captain’ of the ship?

NO???

Just what I thought…. you know why? It’s all BS!

Nothing but a cheap and slimy way to get the attention of the press… but it does not seem to be working.

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Fireworks Light Up Dubai as Gaza Sleeps in Darkness

by SR Editor November 24, 2008

By Nadia W. Awad Dubai was the center of attention again last week as it spent $20 million on an exorbitantly lavish, all-night party to celebrate the opening of its latest hotel, the Atlantis Palm Jumeirah. Described as the party of the decade, no expense was spared. Two thousand celebrities accepted an all-expenses-paid invitation to [...]

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Now, a kilometre-high tower in Dubai

by Haitham Sabbah October 6, 2008

Even as the Burj Dubai, touted to become the world’s tallest building nears completion, plans have been announced for a new kilometre-high tower in Dubai – UAE. The project, inspired by Islamic design and geometry, will be located at the upcoming New Dubai development area near Jebel Ali.

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Dubai: Vertical City, 2.4 km (1.5 miles) Tall

by Haitham Sabbah September 15, 2008

If you think you have seen it all, think again and watch this. The following article was published on Khaleej Times, 10th Sept. Dubai – Stretching its six intertwining building components into a tower 2.4 kilometres high, Dubai City Tower is expected to be the latest architectural vision to capture the attention of citizens. The [...]

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Shameless in Ramallah

by Khalid Amayreh June 3, 2008

In order to obtain a certificate of good conduct from Israel and her guardian-ally, the United States, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) is betraying the very people it claims to represent and its enduring national cause in ways unprecedented in living memory. This scandalous betrayal assumes many forms, including brazen “security coordination” with the occupation [...]

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Piss On Bush!

by Haitham Sabbah January 13, 2008

I fell off my chair laughing and could not believe my eyes when I saw this funny picture: Don’t you just feel like doing it…. NOW :) Well, this is not the first time I come across some of this “art”. It actually reminds me of a Belgian one few years ago. This website report [...]

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What Starvation?

by Haitham Sabbah December 10, 2007

This is what starvation means (for some) in the Arab world! Now you know why half the world is starving! :-)

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Terrorism and Falafel

by Haitham Sabbah November 7, 2007

One of the traits of eating FALAFEL is the possibility of getting blacklisted in America or worse accused of being a terrorist. This news story revealed that the FBI planed to use records from San Francisco grocery stores to spot terrorists; they believed that a spike in falafel sales would lead them to secret Iranian [...]

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Miss Bahrain, Miss Arab World 2007 and Stereotypes

by Haitham Sabbah September 30, 2007

I admit I have missed the news when it was announced end of last July, but better late than never. Honored to be Bahraini by soul for living in Bahrain for the last four years, I am very happy to know that Wafaa Ganahi, a 23-year-old teacher from the Law Faculty of Bahrain University, won [...]

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Saudi Arabia: Sex-segregated sidewalks and women’s car driving

by Haitham Sabbah September 16, 2007

One more brain fart by Saudi Mutaween: Saudi Arabian religious police call for sex-segregated sidewalks – Saudi Arabia’s religious police are insisting that authorities of Medina, one of Islam’s holiest cities, should build separate sidewalks for women, the Kuwaiti Al-Qabas newspaper said Friday. The country’s Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of [...]

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GOP lobbying firm with close ties to Bush hired to help Allawi oust Malaki

by Haitham Sabbah August 25, 2007

“The revelation that lobbying firm Barbour, Griffith and Rogers, whose president is a former US envoy to Iraq, is supporting former interim prime minister Ayad Alllawi, was first reported by IraqSlogger. The firm has sent hundreds of e-mails in Allawi’s name from an e-mail address it purchased, DrAyadAllawi@Allawi-for-Iraq.com, and it has purchased the Web domain [...]

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Democracy according to the “behold Bush!”

by Haitham Sabbah June 6, 2007

While watching the news last night, a breaking live broadcast of Bush speech in Prague was on air. I never liked to hear this dump, but for unknown reason I decided to listen to his remarks. While listening to him, I was speaking to myself. This is how it goes (transcript can be found here): [...]

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We are all criminals

by brownfemipower May 3, 2007

In the U.S., the issue is framed as “Immigration” The face of the issue is framed as a brown skinned Mexican man. And yet, all you have to do is scrape just a little under the surface to know what immigration really means and who it effects. 750+ Immigrants Detained in “Operation Return To Sender” [...]

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Mattressless American Occupation

by Haitham Sabbah January 26, 2007

This ironic one comes from the infamous Fox News: An American occupier in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: “send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.” What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company’s Web site, which [...]

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