Archive for June, 2009

The Flying Dutchman and the Press

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), has already made four trips to the United States this year. He has also been to Italy and Denmark and is planning a couple of new trips to the US later this year, plus trips to Canada and Australia. for more click here

Somali Islamists cut off hands, feet of thieves

Monday, June 29th, 2009

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An Islamic court in Somalia on Thursday cut off a hand and foot from each of four men convicted of stealing phones and guns, drawing hundreds of onlookers as the weeping men were punished at a military camp. for more click here

Women in Iran’s protests: head scarves and rocks

Monday, June 29th, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. for more click here

Mir-Hossein Mousavi slams Iran’s leaders

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Opposition leader Mousavi speaks out after days of quiet, blasting the supreme leader and state-controlled media. He pledges to continue his campaign to have Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection annulled. for more click here

El Salvador: Ghosts at the Polls

Monday, June 29th, 2009

“If they kill me, I shall arise again in the Salvadoran people,” said Archbishop Oscar Romero 29 years ago, just two weeks before he was gunned down by a sniper while saying mass. for more click here

The Impact of Islam on Free Speech in America

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Americans are proud, and rightly so, of the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, which, among other things, protects speech from government control. The Amendment says in part: “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” for more click here

False Health-Scare Ad on CNN

Monday, June 29th, 2009

A right-wing group called Conservatives for Patients’ Rights is airing a political attack ad against the idea of a public option for health insurance by turning upside down an analysis showing that 119 million Americans would jump from their private health insurer to a government plan if one existed. for more click here

The Fire Last Time

Monday, June 29th, 2009

The bloody scenes in Tehran, with at least 19 protestors killed so far in clashes with government forces, may seem like a repeat in miniature of the violence there more than 30 years ago. The glaring difference is that the protestors who toppled a corrupt, oppressive regime in 1979 have become the corrupt, oppressive regime in 2009. for more click here

Scotland ‘must build’ £25bn Grand Central travel hub in capital

Monday, June 29th, 2009

SCOTLAND should create a “Grand Central” rail-air hub at Edinburgh Airport to form the heart of a national high-speed rail network, a think tank has proposed. for more click here

BURKA OFF!

Monday, June 29th, 2009

LEGIONS of Brits last night called on the Government to follow the French and ban the burka.

A massive 96% of Daily Star readers who called our phone vote demanded the outlawing of the Muslim masks in the UK. for more cick here