By Tina McCloughy,on May 3rd,2013 A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to 10 years in jail,saying the millionaire had shown a cavalier disregard for potentially fatal consequences. James McCormick made an estimated $77.8 million from the sales of his non-working detectors — which were based on a novelty golf ball . . . →Read More:Jailed for selling fake bomb detectors:UK By Alizeh Khattak,on May 28th,2012 By Humayon Dar Overseas students,also known as international students,contribute immensely to many western economies,which have an open access policy to their higher education. It is estimated that overseas students bring about £5 billion annually to the UK in terms of tuition fees and living expenses. . . . →Read More:International students provide revenue,diverse skills and cultural exchange By Maryam Rahman,on December 29th,2011 Saudi Arabia –Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015,when women will also run for office for the first time,a Saudi official said on Wednesday. . . . →Read More:Women no longer need male guardian’s approval to contest or vote in election:Saudi Arabia By Tina McCloughy,on September 12th,2011 If Pakistan is an Ally,Why Are We Trying to Break Up Their Country? After ten years of fighting unwinnable wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,many Americans recognize that the wars in the Middle East are really about oil and natural gas,rather than terrorism. Bush’s decision to invade Afghanistan (instead of Saudi Arabia – . . . →Read More:Breaking Apart an Ally? By Bahram Zackarya,on July 1st,2011 The chairman of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization has censured Saudi Arabia for the execution of an Indonesian maid over killing her employer. Head of Nahdlatul Ulema Said Aqil Siradj condemned Saudi Arabia for beheading Ruyati binti Sapubi,saying that the Saudis are still living in the era of ignorance,IRNA reported Wednesday. . . . →Read More:Indonesia group raps Saudi beheading of a Woman By Maryam Rahman,on June 17th,2011 Saudi Arabian women plan to start driving their cars Friday,one month after Manal al-Sherif — a key figure in a social media campaign against a ban on female drivers — was arrested when she posted a YouTube video of herself driving around the city of Khobar. . . . →Read More:Saudi Kingdom:Women Start Driving Their Cars Today By Joseph Hannan,on April 19th,2011 You invade Bahrain. We take out Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. This,in short,is the essence of a deal struck between the Barack Obama administration and the House of Saud. Two diplomatic sources at the United Nations independently confirmed that Washington,via Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,gave the go-ahead for Saudi Arabia to invade . . . →Read More:EXPOSED:The US-Saudi Libya deal By Maryam Rahman,on April 12th,2011 Two Frenchmen were arrested today in Mecca,Saudi Arabia for wearing berets in a local park. The repressive religious Saudi regime recently introduced laws which forbid public displays of Frenchness. As well as the beret ban,it is also illegal to wear a stripey vest or a string of onions around one’s neck,or to . . . →Read More:Saudi Arabia introduces beret ban By Omar Farooque,on April 4th,2011 The sectarian divide of the Muslim World has been the cause of serious conflicts in the past,and continues to have its toll,particularly for the last thirty years,with external forces exploiting this weakness. The countries which have suffered most are Afghanistan,Iraq,Iran,Palestine’ Lebanon and Pakistan,and the one being targeted now, . . . →Read More:Our sectarian divide By Omar Farooque,on February 9th,2011 ‘The Arab world is on fire,”al-Jazeera reported last week,while throughout the region,western allies “are quickly losing their influence”. The shock wave was set in motion by the dramatic uprising in Tunisia that drove out a western-backed dictator,with reverberations especially in Egypt,where demonstrators overwhelmed a dictator’s brutal police. Observers compared it . . . →Read More:It’s not radical Islam that worries the US – its independence | |
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