Arabs for Israel: meet the Egyptian woman who campaigns against Sharia – Telegraph Blogs

Posted by Matt in October 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Islam, Arabs For Israel, Brother, Campaigns, Catholic Herald, Doctors, Egyptian Woman, Fedayeen, Israel, Israelis, Jewish State, jews, Meet Woman, Met, Military Leader, Muslim Countries, Sharia Law, Stroke, Telegraph

I recently met an Egyptian writer called Nonie Darwish, the founder of the unlikely sounding Arabs for Israel. What makes her story so amazing is that her father was a senior Egyptian military leader (and founder of the Palestinian Fedayeen) who was killed by the Israelis, and Darwish had grown up being taught to hate [...]

The Path of a Pandemic

Posted by Matt in May 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disease, Autumn, Birds, Brother, Butcher, Flu, Globe, Holidays, Microbes, Pandemic, Path, Pig, Pigs, Slaughterhouse, Teenage Boy, Teenager, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving 2005, Virus

How one virus spread from pigs and birds to humans around the globe. And why microbes like the H1N1 flu have become a growing threat.
Around Thanksgiving 2005 a teenage boy helped his brother-in-law butcher 31 pigs at a local Wisconsin slaughterhouse, and a week later the 17-year-old pinned down another pig while it was gutted. [...]

South Africa: The Next Failed State?

Posted by Matt in October 27th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Africa, Accountability, Africa South, Botswana Africa, Brother, Confidence, Control Corruption, Crossroads, Failed State, Foreign Policy, Future Crime, Impartiality, Judiciary, Rocky Road, South Africa, State Utilities, Sub Saharan Africa, Unruly Elements, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Africa

Will South Africa follow its brother Zimbabwe?
South Africa is at a crossroads. There is a growing crisis of confidence in the country’s future. Crime is out of control; corruption in high places is endemic (accountability practically nonexistent); state utilities are collapsing; the impartiality of the judiciary is threatened by unruly elements bent on imposing their [...]

Air Force Purge Stemmed From Future War Fights

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., Air Force Chief, Air Force Chief Of Staff, Brother, Buzz, Chief Of Staff, China, Doubts, Future War, Gates, Interchange, Moseley, North Vietnamese, Outgoing Air, Peer Competitor, Purge, Russia, Sentiments, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Vietnam

Gates expressed doubts that the United States will get into a shooting war with a “peer competitor” like Russia or China any time soon. After he was fired, the outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. “Buzz” Moseley, echoed those sentiments. Not Wynne.
“My response to Secretary Gates in that interchange was my brother was shot [...]

German report: Assad’s brother-in-law attempted coup

Posted by Matt in June 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Syria, Arab League, assad, Brother, Coup, damascus, Disclosure, German Report, Hizbullah, Intelligence Officers, Intelligence Sources, Military Intelligence Chief, Mugniyah, Rebellion, Report Stated That, Retaliation, Turnover, Welt

The report stated that Assaf Shawkat, Syrian military intelligence chief and Assad’s brother-in-law, planned to sieze control of the government while the president was hosting a meeting of the Arab League in Damascus in February. Shawkat was detained along with a hundred other Syrian intelligence officers.
According to Die Welt, Assad was informed of the turnover [...]

China Demographic Crisis: Too Many Boys, Elderly

Posted by Matt in April 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Demographics, Birth Rate, Brother, China Crisis, Demographic Crisis, Elderly, Family Planning, Lulu, Maomao, Opposition, Population Growth, Proportion, Seniors, shanghai, Three Decades, Urban Families

It has been three decades since China’s one-child policy was introduced as a temporary measure to slow the country’s population growth. But there’s rising opposition to the policy amid criticism that it’s creating another demographic crisis.
The trends are exemplified in the city of Shanghai, which has the lowest birth rate and the highest proportion [...]