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Egypt assembly adopts draft constitution: "Muslim Brotherhood constitution"

Egypt assembly adopts draft constitution: “Muslim Brotherhood constitution”

Published by on November 30, 2012

Egypt’s constituent assembly has adopted a draft constitution after a marathon all-night session that began shortly afternoon on Thursday and ran until Friday morning. The assembly – boycotted by liberals and Christians – has been accused of rushing through approval of the document, which is at the centre of a political crisis pitting Mohamed Morsi, the Islamist president, against several opposition parties. The… Read more →

Hamas says Gaza conflict, U.N. recognition go together

Published by on November 30, 2012

(Reuters) – Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state won by his rival Mahmoud Abbas should be seen alongside Gaza’s latest conflict with Israel as a single, bold strategy that could empower all Palestinians. Meshaal said the short war which claimed 162 Palestinian lives and five Israelis was concluded on terms set by his Islamist… Read more →

Congress implored to denounce sexual-orientation therapy

Published by on November 29, 2012

In the latest attack on therapies aimed at helping gay patients who want to become heterosexual, a congresswoman from California said Wednesday that she was introducing a resolution calling on Congress to denounce the practice. Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat, is proposing the resolution as two lawsuits move through federal court challenging a new California law to ban minors from receiving “sexual-orientation… Read more →

Butler Univ: Ignore ‘American-ness, Maleness, Whiteness, Heterosexuality’

Published by on November 29, 2012

If you’re a white heterosexual middle-class young male who’s attending Butler University, don’t register for Political Science 201: Research and Analysis; your perspective is unwanted there. In that class, taught by a black female professor, the students are requested to ignore their “American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status” when they write or speak. You would think that, when confronted with such obvious… Read more →

Judge rules atheist court case seeking removal of Jesus statue

Published by on November 29, 2012

HELENA, Mont. –  A lawsuit seeking the removal of a Jesus statue near a Montana ski resort will go on after a national group of atheists and agnostics produced a local member who says he is offended by the religious symbol whenever he swooshes down the slopes. The Knights of Columbus and four individuals had asked a judge to throw… Read more →

Debunking the Palestine Lie

Published by on November 28, 2012

This video is a year old, but it is still as relevant today as it was then. This video debunks the Palestinians’ claim and shows that Abbas has been lying about the origins and history of the conflict. Palestinian leaders have rejected partition plans that would have given them much more land for their independent state than the Jews were… Read more →

Al-Qaeda in Maghreb ‘threatens Mali with war’

Published by on November 28, 2012

Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive footage of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Its fighters helped rebels seize the northen half of Mali after a military coup toppled the civilian government in March. In a video address, the group’s senior commander Abu Musaab Abdulwadood calls for peaceful dialogue in Mali. But then later in the video he says his fighters are… Read more →

EU rejects French report linking GM maize to cancer

Published by on November 28, 2012

AFP - The EU’s food safety agency definitively rejected Wednesday a bombshell French report linking genetically modified corn to cancer, saying it failed to meet “acceptable scientific standards.” “Serious defects in the design and methodology of a paper by Seralini et al. mean it does not meet acceptable scientific standards,” the European Food Safety Authority said in a statement. “Consequently it… Read more →

Islamists Vow Demonstrations in Support of Morsi

Published by on November 28, 2012

Egyptian President Muhammed Morsi seems unshaken by the massive protests that shook Cairo on Tuesday night. He has shown no interest in retreating from his recent power grab and the Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood is planning to hold even larger pro-Morsi demonstrations on Friday. It didn’t take long before it was almost impossible to get through Tahrir Square, in the… Read more →