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Comment / Overly democratic ways can prove deadly

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 06:20 PM PST

There is apartheid in the Middle East on the roads, too. Steps are taken to separate people according to their religion. It's a phenomenon that has escaped the notice of Jimmy Carter, Condoleezza Rice, Richard Goldstone and Scandinavian politicians, but it's there, white letters on a green background on traffic signs in Saudia Arabia. You can see it on highways leading to Mecca on which only Muslims can travel. Other drivers and passengers, impure heretics as they may be, are barred from using them. Out of revulsion they are relegated to another road. [...]


Comment / Overly democratic ways can prove deadly

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 06:20 PM PST

There is apartheid in the Middle East on the roads, too. Steps are taken to separate people according to their religion. It's a phenomenon that has escaped the notice of Jimmy Carter, Condoleezza Rice, Richard Goldstone and Scandinavian politicians, but it's there, white letters on a green background on traffic signs in Saudia Arabia. You can see it on highways leading to Mecca on which only Muslims can travel. Other drivers and passengers, impure heretics as they may be, are barred from using them. Out of revulsion they are relegated to another road. [...]


Pakistan death toll in bombing nears 100 – ‘Revenge is the only answer,’ says one anti-Taliban militia member – AP

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 05:29 PM PST


Pakistan death toll in bombing nears 100 – ‘Revenge is the only answer,’ says one anti-Taliban militia member – AP

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 05:29 PM PST


Blow for Afghan President Hamid Karzai as MPs reject most of his cabinet nominees – Telegraph

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 05:28 PM PST


Blow for Afghan President Hamid Karzai as MPs reject most of his cabinet nominees – Telegraph

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 05:28 PM PST


World’s tallest building – Dubai gears up for historic Burj Dubai opening – Gulf News

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST


World’s tallest building – Dubai gears up for historic Burj Dubai opening – Gulf News

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST


Jeddah: 4 million foreigners expected to perform Umrah – Arab News

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 03:59 PM PST


Jeddah: 4 million foreigners expected to perform Umrah – Arab News

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 03:59 PM PST


Jeddah: 4 million foreigners expected to perform Umrah – Arab News

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 03:59 PM PST


Jeddah: 4 million foreigners expected to perform Umrah – Arab News

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 03:59 PM PST


German car industry changes gears to suit global market – Deutsche Welle

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 02:10 PM PST


Obama Links Terror Plot Suspect to Al Qaeda – Fox

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 02:09 PM PST


Obama Links Terror Plot Suspect to Al Qaeda – Fox

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 02:09 PM PST


Jordan, PA Claim Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:55 PM PST

Jordan and the PA have asked Canada to seize Israel's 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls, currently on display in Toronto. Their claims are weak.


Jordan, PA Claim Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:55 PM PST

Jordan and the PA have asked Canada to seize Israel's 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls, currently on display in Toronto. Their claims are weak.


Searchers hunt for victims of Brazil mudslide – Death toll at upscale resort reaches 26 but that could double – AP

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:20 PM PST


Searchers hunt for victims of Brazil mudslide – Death toll at upscale resort reaches 26 but that could double – AP

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:20 PM PST


Global tinderbox: 2010 could be a year that sparks unrest – Economist

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:20 PM PST


Global tinderbox: 2010 could be a year that sparks unrest – Economist

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:20 PM PST


Walk a CROSS, America or Heavenbound

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST

Contact: David K. Sumrell, 757-717-9740; bradleydallasnorth.net MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- On November 23, 2009, Christian, Author, Poet and Illustrator, David K. Sumrell, announced in a press release his intentions to walk a CROSS, America on March 1, 2010. The starting date has been changed from March 1, 2010 to April 11, 2010, or 4/11/10, due to a wedding of his daughter's best friend, who is getting married on April 10, 2010. In October 2009, David was given news t Source: Bradley Dallas North [...]


Walk a CROSS, America or Heavenbound

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST

Contact: David K. Sumrell, 757-717-9740; bradleydallasnorth.net MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- On November 23, 2009, Christian, Author, Poet and Illustrator, David K. Sumrell, announced in a press release his intentions to walk a CROSS, America on March 1, 2010. The starting date has been changed from March 1, 2010 to April 11, 2010, or 4/11/10, due to a wedding of his daughter's best friend, who is getting married on April 10, 2010. In October 2009, David was given news t Source: Bradley Dallas North [...]


Saudi FM: Israel is acting like a spoiled child

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST

The Saudi foreign minister on Saturday criticized Israel's settlement construction and said the country acts like a spoiled child because the international community is not tough enough in pressuring it to make [...]


Saudi FM: Israel is acting like a spoiled child

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST

The Saudi foreign minister on Saturday criticized Israel's settlement construction and said the country acts like a spoiled child because the international community is not tough enough in pressuring it to make [...]


Iran warns: We will manufacture our own nuclear fuel

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST

Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Tehran's counterproposal to a United Nations-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its [...]


Iran warns: We will manufacture our own nuclear fuel

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST

Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Tehran's counterproposal to a United Nations-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its [...]


The Big 5-OH! by Sandra D. Bricker: Author Beats Cancer, Then Writes a Comedy for the Christian Book Market About What Comes Next

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:56 AM PST

Contact: Maegan Roper, Marketing Manager for Abingdon Press Fiction, 615-749-6420 MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- "Ovarian cancer is so deadly," says author Sandra D. Bricker, "because its symptoms are deceptively subtle." This is a topic Bricker knows well. In 2004, she was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. "After a couple of surgeries and radiation treatments," she explains, "my doctor told me I'd beaten it. I was over the moon. You dream of getting the news tha Source: Abingdon Press [...]


The Big 5-OH! by Sandra D. Bricker: Author Beats Cancer, Then Writes a Comedy for the Christian Book Market About What Comes Next

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:56 AM PST

Contact: Maegan Roper, Marketing Manager for Abingdon Press Fiction, 615-749-6420 MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- "Ovarian cancer is so deadly," says author Sandra D. Bricker, "because its symptoms are deceptively subtle." This is a topic Bricker knows well. In 2004, she was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. "After a couple of surgeries and radiation treatments," she explains, "my doctor told me I'd beaten it. I was over the moon. You dream of getting the news tha Source: Abingdon Press [...]


Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict – Telegraph

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:52 AM PST


Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict – Telegraph

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:52 AM PST


Yemen sends several hundred extra troops to al-Qaida strongholds – J’lem Post

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:51 AM PST


Yemen sends several hundred extra troops to al-Qaida strongholds – J’lem Post

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:51 AM PST


Nationalist Camp Hangs Hopes on 3 New Judges

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:35 AM PST

Israel's legal/political establishment tensely awaits a Sunday morning decision that could determine the future face of Israel's legal system.


Nationalist Camp Hangs Hopes on 3 New Judges

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:35 AM PST

Israel's legal/political establishment tensely awaits a Sunday morning decision that could determine the future face of Israel's legal system.


Nationalist Camp Hangs Hopes on 3 New Judges

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:35 AM PST

Israel's legal/political establishment tensely awaits a Sunday morning decision that could determine the future face of Israel's legal system.


Nationalist Camp Hangs Hopes on 3 New Judges

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:35 AM PST

Israel's legal/political establishment tensely awaits a Sunday morning decision that could determine the future face of Israel's legal system.


2010 Stamp Program Unveiled — U.S. Postal Service Recognizes Mother Teresa

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:24 AM PST

Contact: Roy Betts, U.S. Postal Service , 202-268-3207, 202-256-4174 cell, roy.a.betts@usps.gov WASHINGTON, Jan 2  /Christian Newswire/ -- Nobel Peace Prize honoree Mother Teresa, legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, Negro Leagues Baseball and Cowboys of the Silver Screen are among the subjects headlining the 2010 stamp program, the U.S. Postal Service announced on Dec. 30, 2009.   In addition, consumers get much-needed assistance in sending greeting cards: the first stamp designed Source: [...]


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