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Pakistani TV host is sacked after haranguing couples for 'immoral behaviour' in public parks
Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:07 AM EST (the Mail online)
A Pakistani TV host has been sacked after an episode of her morning TV programme showed her ambushing young couples and demanding to know whether they were involved in immoral behavior. Samaa TV host Maya Khan was filmed charging around a park in Lahore, Pakistan, asking young …
Tennessee Tea Party wants to remove slavery from history books
Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:03 AM EST (Daily Kos)
Right! Let's just conveniently ignore that some of the founders owned slaves and denied people who weren't white or male the right to vote. Let's ignore the three-fifths compromise.
She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:46 PM EST ()
A young woman in Milwaukee called the cops when someone threw a brick through her window. One of the cops who came to help raped her. Her revulsion in the aftermath was so visceral that she vomited as she ran outside.
An unusual peace conference - in a West Bank settlement!
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:22 PM EST ()
Makor Rishon reports on an interesting, if quixotic, conference that took place at Ariel University. They were there to debate "What is the best peace plan?" It was sponsored by an Israeli organization that had already held similar conferences in Tel Aviv, eastern Jerusalem …
Bollywood on board: Finnair cabin crew become YouTube sensation with dance routine
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:16 AM EST (the Mail online)
We've all seen those iconic dances from famous Bollywood films, but not many of us will have been treated to a live performance on board a flight. So passengers aboard a Finnair flight from Helsinki to New Delhi, were pleasantly surprised when the plane's staff put on a routin …
Serbian hooligans spoil European handball championships
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:06 AM EST ()
Attacks by Serbian nationalists on Croatian fans have overshadowed the otherwise well-organized European handball championships in Serbia. The attacks came ahead of the Serbia-Croatia semi-final.
Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes Sharia law
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:05 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed almost 1,000 people in Nigeria, will continue its campaign of violence until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member has told the Guardian.
On remembrance day, Norway offers Holocaust apology
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:02 PM EST (JPost.com)
Norway apologized for the first time on Friday for the country's complicity in the deportation and deaths of Jews during the Nazi occupation in World War Two."Norwegians carried out the arrests; Norwegians drove the trucks and it happened in Norway," Norwegian Prime Minister Je …
Gingrich Can't Find His Race Card; Loses Edge in Fla. Debate and Polls
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:10 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
When you're running for president against a guy with endless streams of money and the backing of major political players, you really can't afford to have a less-than-stellar night in a nationally televised debate.
Twitter sparks free speech fury by announcing it will censor messages country-by-country
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:06 AM EST (the Mail online)
It was credited with fanning the flames of unrest across the Arab world as citizens took to the streets in protest and decades-old regimes fell. It helped co-ordinate the Occupy movement that swept across the globe, and was blamed for playing a key part in last year's devastat …
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