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Get this: Muslims actually contributed to science 800 years ago

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:30:23 GMT

clipped by: willhelm
clipper's remarks: And don't you freakin forget it. Funny how they are Muslim scientist, not Arab scientists.

Clip Source: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

scientists using the Hubble space telescope reported the first sighting with visible light of a planet circling a star other than our own sun. It orbits 25 light years away around one of the brightest stars in the sky, called Fomalhaut.

Isn't that a curious name for a star? Not obviously mythological, it sounds as if it derives from some forgotten French astronomer. Not so; it is, in fact, from the Arabic fum u'l haut, meaning “mouth of the fish”. And Fomalhaut is not alone in having an Arabic derivation - there are well over 100 others, including Betelgeuse, Aldebaran and Deneb. How did the Arabs get to name stars?

The answer, as these two revealing books make clear, is that they once led the world in astronomy. Muslim scientists were mapping the heavens, and pondering our place in them, while Europeans were still gazing at the night sky with baffled awe.

Morocco Attractions

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:05:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.travelodestination.com

Morocco – Land of Contrasts

Morocco is a land of contrasts. Here fertile plains fade away into the eerie beauty of the barren Sahara and the infinite Atlantic coastline creates a striking contrast with the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. A journey through the archaeological ruins of Roman and Islamic cities will tell the story of Morocco’s 6000 years of art, architecture and culture. A cultural heritage was forged by the original Moroccans, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, Portuguese, French and Spaniards.

Tags: Mix of differnt cultures, morocco, morocco attractions, places to visit in morocco, travel to morocco

UN: Arab World Rife with Illiteracy & Lacks Innovation

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:45:35 GMT

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Clip Source: www.themedialine.org

U.N. report finds one third of Arabs illiterate and only $10 per person spent on scientific research.

The level of education, research and innovation in the Arab world is appalling, a new United Nations report has claimed.

The report, produced as part of a partnership between the United Nations Development Program and the United Arab Emirates-based Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, found that despite the efforts of scientists and researchers throughout the region, the Arab world makes up only 1.1% of global scientific publishing and the low level of investment into research has led to relatively low levels of innovation throughout the Arab world.

Tags: arab, education

secret plan to ditch the dollar

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:56:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: this is interesting- hmmmmm-
ge did I spell that right?- kidding- anyways- am not surprised they want to quit trading in dollars

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

The Americans, who are aware the meetings have taken place – although they have not discovered the details – are sure to fight this international cabal which will include hitherto loyal allies Japan and the Gulf Arabs. Against the background to these currency meetings, Sun Bigan, China's former special envoy to the Middle East, has warned there is a risk of deepening divisions between China and the US over influence and oil in the Middle East. "Bilateral quarrels and clashes are unavoidable," he told the Asia and Africa Review. "We cannot lower vigilance against hostility in the Middle East over energy interests and security."

Tags: what, economy

Study of Muslim Population Full of Revelations

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:36:21 GMT

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Clip Source: www.kentucky.com

Study of Muslim population full of revelations

The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly one in four people in the world practice Islam, according to a report last week that was billed as the most comprehensive of its kind.

The project, three years in the making, also presents a portrait of the Muslim world that might surprise some people. For instance, Germany has more Muslims than Lebanon, China has more Muslims than Syria, Russia has more Muslims than Jordan and Libya combined, and Ethiopia has nearly as many Muslims as Afghanistan.

"This whole idea that Muslims are Arabs and Arabs are Muslims is really just obliterated by this report," said Amaney Jamal, an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University who reviewed an advance copy.

The report provides further evidence that although the heart of Islam might beat in the Middle East, its greatest numbers lie in Asia: More than 60 percent of the world's Muslims live in Asia.

Self-Defense is Not a Crime of War

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:58:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: UN Watch Oral Statement
Delivered by Colonel Richard Kemp, 16 October 2009
UN Human Rights Council: 12th Special Session

Clip Source: www.unwatch.org

Thank you, Mr. President.

I am the former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan. I served with NATO and the United Nations; commanded troops in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Macedonia; and participated in the Gulf War. I spent considerable time in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, and worked on international terrorism for the UK Government’s Joint Intelligence Committee.

Mr. President, based on my knowledge and experience, I can say this: During Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli Defence Forces did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare.

Israel did so while facing an enemy that deliberately positioned its military capability behind the human shield of the civilian population.

Hamas, like Hizballah, are expert at driving the media agenda. Both will always have people ready to give interviews condemning Israeli forces for war crimes. They are adept at staging and distorting incidents.

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Tags: arabs sacrifice their own citizens, colonel richard kemp testimony, hamas rockets attacks on israel, hezbollah, media propaganda, u.n. human rights council

Dollar facing 'power-shift': analysts

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:13:53 GMT

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Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

Dollar facing 'power-shift': analysts

The dollar's position as the world's leading reserve currency faces increased pressure as the financial crisis allows emerging economies greater influence on the world stage, analysts said.

"Three conclusions stand out very clearly. Firstly, the shift in economic power away from the G7 economies is continuing. "Secondly, there is a growing acceptance amongst those winners that one consequence of this power shift will be to strengthen their currencies.

"And finally, as long as the US economy is not strong enough for any rise in interest rates to be conceivable for a long time, the dollar's underlying downtrend will remain in place," added Juckes.

"In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning -- along with China, Russia, Japan and France -- to end dollar dealings for oil," wrote The Independent's Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk.

GOP member shoots target with Democratic opponent's initials

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:12:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More:

Many of the targets were basic silhouettes, though others were figures wearing traditional Arab head scarves, called kaffiyeh, and holding rocket-propelled grenades. Napolitano said the faces of those figures appeared to be white, though he understood why they would be assumed to be Arabs. He said critics of the event are simply angry that a Republican minority continues to exist in such an overwhelmingly Democratic area.

"I absolutely have no regrets. I don't care what the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee or any of them say — I know that they're offended by the simple fact that we're here and we won't go away and we won't be quiet," he said. "For the Democrats, who are supposed to be the party of minority rights, they're not being very sensitive to our rights."

These people live in bizarro backwards-world, I swear.

Clip Source: www.sfgate.com

A South Florida Republican said it was a mistake to shoot at a target with the initials of the Democratic congresswoman he is trying to unseat.

Organizer Ed Napolitano defended the gathering, as well as the use of targets that appeared to be gunmen with traditional Arab head scarves.

"That's our right," said Napolitano, president of the Southeast Broward Republican Club. "If we want to shoot at targets that look like that, we're going to go ahead and do that."

Lowry declined to comment to The Associated Press. He initially told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that shooting at a target with the letters "DWS" — a not-so-veiled reference to Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz — was a "joke," but then said it "was a mistake."

Wasserman Schultz

represents a liberal district that includes a stretch of South Florida from Fort Lauderdale to Miami Beach. She is expected to easily win re-election, though Lowry and three other GOP candidates are vying to face her.

Tags: republicans, guns, intimidation, politics, violence, incivility

Oil-trading to switch from US$

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:12:20 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Secret Plan to Ditch the U.S. Dollar's Dominance Uncovered

Arab states have launched a secret plan with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading.

In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.

The plans

may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices, but it also augurs an extraordinary transition from dollar markets within nine years.

Iran announced late last month that its foreign currency reserves would henceforth be held in euros rather than dollars.

months after Saddam Hussein trumpeted his decision, the Americans and British invaded Iraq.

Tags: oil-trading

u.s. dollor plan

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:29:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: there is your proof

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Arab states have launched a secret plan with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading.

Secret meetings have already been held by finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil to work on the scheme, which will mean that oil will no longer be priced in dollars.

The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong, may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices, but it also augurs an extraordinary transition from dollar markets within nine years.

The demise of the dollar

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:19:44 GMT

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Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

The demise of the dollar

In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading

oil will no longer be priced in dollars.

The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong

This sounds like a dangerous prediction of a future economic war between the US and China over Middle East oil

Tags: dollar, economy

The demise of the dollar

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:15:58 GMT

clipped by: JICWyllie

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

Brazil has shown interest in collaborating in non-dollar oil payments, along with India.

"The Brits are stuck in the middle and will come into the euro. They have no choice because they won't be able to use the US dollar."

The plans, confirmed to The Independent

may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices,

The current deadline for the currency transition is 2018.

Tags: 1-exchange rates, 1-policy, 2-change, 2-risks, 3-forecast, 4-intl

Gulf oil to drop dollar-denominated pricing

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:42:29 GMT

clipped by: enbar
clipper's remarks: Starting in 2018, the Gulf states will no longer sell their oil for dollars. They will instead use a "basket" structure which will include Chinese, Japanese, and European currencies, gold, and a yet-to-be-created common Gulf currency. This could, to put it mildly, have very far-reaching effects.

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

The demise of the dollar

Against the background to these currency meetings, Sun Bigan, China's former special envoy to the Middle East, has warned there is a risk of deepening divisions between China and the US over influence and oil in the Middle East. "Bilateral quarrels and clashes are unavoidable," he told the Asia and Africa Review. "We cannot lower vigilance against hostility in the Middle East over energy interests and security."

"America and Britain must be very worried. You will know how worried by the thunder of denials this news will generate."

Tags: bad_news, economics, energy, financial_crisis, global, international, news, oil

The demise of the dollar

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:47:50 GMT

clipped by: jay8h

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

Iran announced late last month that its foreign currency reserves would henceforth be held in euros rather than dollars.

The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong, may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices, but it also augurs an extraordinary transition from dollar markets within nine years.

NYT Archives 1946- 48: Terrorism and Kidnapping in Palestine

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:34:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: These are premium articles, so only the first paragraph is available for free. I'm searching the archives for articles on Palestine as far back as 1875. I hope to find free articles. I might purchase some of the premium articles.

Clip Source: select.nytimes.com

PALESTINE TERROR HITS AT TRANSPORT; Five Britons and Four Arabs Hurt, Five Critically--Two Trucks Blasted on Road

March 5, 1947, Wednesday

Terrorist attacks on British forces continued today despite the imposition of martial law on nearly one-third of Palestine's Jewish population

Clip Source: select.nytimes.com

November 14, 1947, Friday

PALESTINE GUNMEN SLAY FIVE BRITONS; Kill 4 Leaving Haifa Theatre and Bomb Jerusalem Cafe in Reprisal Attacks

Clip Source: select.nytimes.com

November 18, 1946, Monday

Five Die in Palestine Blasts As Laying of Mines Spreads; Four Britons Killed When Truck Strikes Bomb on Highway Near Tel Aviv-- Curfew Imposed After Shootings

Clip Source: select.nytimes.com

July 8, 1948, Thursday

IRGUNISTS KIDNAP 4 BRITONS AS SPIES; Israeli Army Disavows Act, Urges Release -- Haganah Spy Suspect Is Suicide

Clip Source: select.nytimes.com

April 26, 1947, Saturday

Five Britons Slain Near Tel Aviv; Police Post Razed, Guard Fooled

Two Jews drove a stolen postoffice truck laden with explosives into one of the most heavily guarded police compounds

Tags: nyt archives, palestine, terrorism, kidnapping, zionism, britain