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Kanoute facing Palestine shirt fine

published by You on 10 January, 2009 - 02:20

Kanoute facing Palestine shirt fine

Freddie KanouteSevilla striker Frederic Kanoute is facing a fine from the Spanish football federation for revealing a T-shirt expressing support for Palestine during a match.

Kanoute lifted his Sevilla shirt over his head after scoring in the team's 2-1 Copa del Rey win over Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday to display a black T-shirt on which the word "Palestine'' was printed in several languages.

The federation's Competition Committee is expected to study the incident on Friday.

Yellow card

Kanoute, who was born in France but plays internationally for Mali, is a practicing Muslim.

Feed aggregator

published by You on 9 January, 2009 - 16:16

Salaams

The most astute of you may have noticed a new item on the left (for logged in users only atm) titled "feed aggregator". It aggregates feeds.

It used to be up top before, but then it got turned off for some reason. Now it has been turned back on.

questions, suggestions, improvements - let them come.

Israel shelled Palestinians after evacuating them

published by You on 9 January, 2009 - 14:32

Israel shelled Palestinians after evacuating them, UN says

At least 30 people were killed in the Zeitoun district of Gaza after Israeli troops repeatedly shelled a house to which more than 100 Palestinians had been evacuated by the Israeli military, the UN said today.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in a report it was "one of the gravest incidents since the beginning of operations" against Hamas militants in Gaza by the Israeli military on 27 December.

Israel criticised after 'shocking' discovery of exhausted children

published by You on 8 January, 2009 - 22:20

Israel criticised after 'shocking' discovery of exhausted children

Four exhausted children have been discovered cowering in a house next to the bodies of their mothers by staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which today accused the Israeli military of "unacceptable" delays in allowing medics safe access to injured Gazans.

The Red Cross workers found the small children, who were so weak they could not stand, sheltering next to the bodies of their mothers in a house in Zeitoun, southeast of Gaza City. Another man was found alive, but again too weak to stand. At least 12 bodies were lying on mattresses.

Obama camp 'prepared to talk to Hamas'

published by You on 8 January, 2009 - 22:09

Obama camp 'prepared to talk to Hamas'

The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon President Bush's doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say.

The move to open contacts with Hamas - which could be initiated through the US intelligence services - would represent a definitive break with the Bush presidency's ostracising of the group.

The Guardian has spoken to three people with knowledge of the discussions in the Obama camp.

a hot weather warning

published by You on 8 January, 2009 - 06:33

In the midst of a cold snap - a hot weather warning

As temperatures stay stubbornly well below freezing, it may feel like the last issue on anyone's mind, but the government has been warned it may need to start thinking about introducing emergency hot weather payments to help poorer households keep cool.

The Department for Work and Pensions is studying a specially commissioned report from the Met Office which concludes that the weather may become so hot that Britain's poor and elderly people may need state help to pay their summer energy bills as they reach for air conditioners to prevent themselves dying from heat exhaustion.

Bombing to make the Gaza prison even more secure for Israel

published by You on 8 January, 2009 - 05:16

Bombing to make the Gaza prison even more secure for Israel

There are two persistent myths about the aim of Israel's onslaught on Gaza: the first that it is an entirely defensive move, a way to end the rocket fire of Hamas; and the second that it is designed to restore the army's credibility after its failure to cow Hizballah in 2006.

No doubt the Israeli army has been itching to repair its battered image, and for sure the rocket attacks from Gaza create domestic pressures that are only too clear to an Israeli government about to face an election.

Gaza conflict fuelling anger in UK, Muslims warn Brown

published by You on 8 January, 2009 - 03:04

Gaza conflict fuelling anger in UK, Muslims warn Brown

Anger within Britain's Muslim communities over the Gaza conflict has reached "acute levels of intensity" that could have repercussions for national security, leading Muslims will warn Gordon Brown today.

In a letter to the prime minister, representatives of Muslim organisations will say the Israeli government's use of "disproportionate force" to combat threats to its security has "revived extremist groups" and "empowered their message of violence and perennial conflict".

Bosses slam 'throw a sickie' ad

published by You on 7 January, 2009 - 04:12

Bosses slam 'throw a sickie' ad

An advert for a cold and flu medicine has been criticised for encouraging workers to "throw a sickie".

The TV and web "Take a Benylin Day" ad offers advice on what to tell the boss when calling in sick and reviews the best DVDs to watch while at home.

The Federation of Small Businesses said the adverts were "outrageous".

The advertising company behind the campaign, JWT, said it had taken the advice of experts that taking a day off sick could help recovery from illness.

Read more @ BBC News.

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