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ACTION ALERT: A Zionist to head the first Arabic School in NY

by Haitham Sabbah August 17, 2007

This must be the one of the worst jokes I’ve heard, ever… [Hat tip: Akram Awad] NY’s 1st Arabic School Occupied by a Zionist Principal! ISLAM PROF IS ‘ZION’-HEARTED By CHUCK BENNETT and JOHN MAZOR New York Post – August 15, 2007 The new principal of the city’s controversial Arabic-themed school is an ardent Zionist [...]

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How to Condom Israel?

by Haitham Sabbah October 2, 2006

Ask this Iranian TV channel… Typo… yeah… wrong spell checking… poor editor! The irony about this is contextual. Think of it… condemn(ing) Israel by condom(ing) it!!! [Photo credit: ET & Thomas Erdbrink]

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Raining Red Aliens in India

by Haitham Sabbah June 4, 2006

As bizarre as it may seem, the sample jars brimming with cloudy, reddish rainwater in Godfrey Louis�s laboratory in southern India may hold, well, aliens. In April, Louis, a solid-state physicist at Mahatma Gandhi University, published a paper in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Astrophysics and Space Science in which he hypothesizes that the samples�water taken [...]

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David Copperfield to ‘magic’ girl pregnant

by Haitham Sabbah October 20, 2005

David Copperfield says he plans to impregnate a girl on stage – without even touching her.

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The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners

by Haitham Sabbah September 18, 2005

A Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe. Agents for the firm have told would-be customers it is developing collagen for lip and wrinkle treatments from skin taken from prisoners after they have been shot. The agents say some of the [...]

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Tongue-eating bug found in fish

by Haitham Sabbah September 17, 2005

I thought I was dreaming when I read this: A gross creature which gobbles up a fish’s tongue and then replaces it with its own body has been found in Britain for the first time. The bug was discovered inside the mouth of a red snapper bought from a London fishmonger. The 3.5cm creature had [...]

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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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Erotic images can turn you blind

by Haitham Sabbah August 16, 2005

Researchers have finally found evidence that erotic images make you go blind. The effect is temporary and lasts just a moment, but the research has added to road-safety campaigners� calls to ban sexy billboard-advertising near busy roads, in the hope of preventing accidents.

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Man pulls car with ears while standing on eggs

by Haitham Sabbah May 20, 2005

A Chinese man pulled a car with his ears while walking on eggs without breaking them. He can also pick up a 25kg bicycle with his mouth while standing on eggs.

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Australians torture Australian in Kuwait Jail

by Haitham Sabbah May 18, 2005

“You’ve shown nothing but racism because I am an Arab and a Muslim,” the ABC quoted him as writing. “I am absolutely sure I will be exonerated and will face you and confront you before the law when you will be asked about your failure to assist me.” – Tallaal Adrey Australian citizen who says [...]

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CORRECTED: Newsweek retracts story on Koran

by Haitham Sabbah May 17, 2005

Please read in second paragraph “had uncovered Koran abuse” instead of “had uncovered Korean abuse.” A corrected story follows.

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Chimpanzee Art at Auction

by Haitham Sabbah May 13, 2005

Three rare paintings by chimpanzee artist Congo, completed in the late 1950s, will be sold at London’s Bonhams auction house next month. The lot is estimated to sell for $1,130-$1,500. Congo, who was born in 1954, produced some 400 drawings and paintings between the ages of 2 and 4. It was not immediately known if [...]

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Hufu Flesh-Flavored Tofu

by Haitham Sabbah May 13, 2005

That’s right. The founder and CEO of Hufu, LLC — the company that produces hufu, a type of tofu that simulates the texture and flavor of human flesh — claims that his company’s product “tastes like beef but a little softer in texture and a little sweeter in taste.

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British Girl, 8, ‘was tortured for being witch’

by Haitham Sabbah May 11, 2005

A girl aged 8 was stuffed into a bag after being denounced as a witch and was moments from being drowned in a canal by her family, a court was told yesterday. She had been starved, beaten, cut with a knife and had chilli peppers rubbed in her eyes in the plot to kill her, [...]

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Donkeys win lunch break

by Haitham Sabbah May 11, 2005

British donkeys get lunch break as part of “employment rights.” For more than a century, teams of donkeys have carried tourists down the beach at Blackpool, one of Britain’s top tourist destinations. But only now are they to get a compulsory lunch break.

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