Good times Indian. Are you craving some good Indian food? If you are, try this dahl recipe. It is certain to be solid and good times to show off your worldly side. Ingredients: 1 cup small red lentils 1 medium onion 1 small hot pepper 2 cloves garlic (or more if you like garlic) vegetable [...]
On August 5, 2010, a pod of 80 pilot whales was cruelly slaughtered on the beach of Leynar in the Danish Faeroe Islands. Once again, the grind was merciless, as even pregnant females fell victim to the knives of the Faeroe Islanders. Every summer, hundreds—sometimes thousands—of pilot whales are deliberately stranded before their spinal cords [...]
Reporters Without Borders hails the withdrawal of some of the most repressive provisions in the temporary law on cyber crimes in an amendment approved by the government on 29 August but continues to call for its repeal as it still grants the authorities arbitrary restrictive powers, above all because of its vague wording. The most [...]
MANAMA, Bahrain: The editor of the daily Al-Watan, Mahnad Abu Zeiytoun, was attacked and stabbed by two masked men as he left the newspaper’s offices near the capital, Manama, at around 3 a.m. on August 25. After asking him if he worked for Al-Watan, they tried to stab him in the face and heart but [...]
Amnesty International has urged the Slovak government to immediately end the segregation of Romani children in the country’s education system. This practice leaves thousands of Romani pupils in substandard education in schools and classes for pupils with “mild mental disabilities” or ethnically segregated mainstream schools and classes. In a briefing to the Slovak government, Steps [...]
A military court of appeal yesterday (1st Sept. 2010) rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist from the West bank village of Bil’in, imprisoned in Israel’s Ofer military detention center since 10th July 2009. The decision comes 8 days after the conviction of another Bil’in activist – Abdallah [...]
Morocco wants solar investment A plan supported by Siemens AG and Munich Re to develop renewable energy in the Sahara desert starting with a plant in Morocco lacks investors and is still being organized, the project chief said. “We’re in the very early stages, the letter-writing stage, and don’t have any investors yet,” Paul van [...]
CAIRO: Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni was questioned by prosecutors over the Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen last week from a local museum. Although no charges have been filed, many in Egypt are calling for the minister to resign or be removed from power. Hosni told reporters on Monday after the meeting with [...]
