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'Most unfortunate names' revealed

published by You on 25 February, 2009 - 11:08

'Most unfortunate names' revealed

What do you call some of the most unlucky people in Britain?

Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still.

It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK.

Joining them on the list are Terry Bull, Paige Turner, Mary Christmas and Anna Sasin.

And just imagine having to introduce yourself to a crowd as Doug Hole or Hazel Nutt...

Read more @ BBC News

Texting death crash peer jailed

published by You on 25 February, 2009 - 11:04

Texting death crash peer jailed

A Labour peer who sent and received text messages minutes being he was involved in a fatal crash on the M1 has been jailed for 12 weeks.

Lord Ahmed was driving his Jaguar when he collided with a car stopped in the outside lane of the motorway on Christmas Day 2007.

The driver of the vehicle, Martyn Gombar, 28, was killed.

Lord Ahmed, 51, of Rotherham, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court. He had admitted driving dangerously.

Mr Gombar was Slovakian but was living in Leigh, Greater Manchester, at the time of his death.

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71 Year old Pensioner fined for skating.

published by You on 24 February, 2009 - 22:26

A man has been found guilty of dangerous skating after he was filmed rollerblading down the main street of Southport.

Geoff Dornan, 71, told reporters his health had suffered since his skates were confiscated.

A row erupted between Mr Dornan and a local resident who claimed he was nearly knocked over by the skating pensioner.

Links with video:

One and two.

I think the complainant was plain jealous. I would be - I can't skate and I am slightly younger!

Al-Qaeda founder launches fierce attack on Osama bin Laden

published by You on 24 February, 2009 - 18:12

Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, who goes by the nom de guerre Dr Fadl, helped bin Laden create al-Qaeda and then led an Islamist insurgency in Egypt in the 1990s.

But in a book written from inside an Egyptian prison, he has launched a frontal attack on al-Qaeda's ideology and the personal failings of bin Laden and particularly his Egyptian deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Twenty years ago, Dr Fadl became al-Qaeda's intellectual figurehead with a crucial book setting out the rationale for global jihad against the West.

Jack Straw vetoes Iraq minutes release

published by You on 24 February, 2009 - 17:44

Straw vetoes Iraq minutes release

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has vetoed the publication of minutes of key Cabinet meetings held in the run-up to the Iraq war in 2003.

He said he would use a clause in the Freedom of Information Act to block the release of details of meetings in which the war's legality was discussed.

Releasing the papers would do "serious damage" to Cabinet government, he said, and outweighed public interest needs...

Read more @ BBC News

Too right it would - it would show the cabinet government of being morally and ethically bankrupt.

5 Ways People Are Trying to Save the World (That Don't Work)

published by You on 24 February, 2009 - 00:55

Between the hybrids, the reusable canvas shopping bags and cloth diapers, everybody's doing their little bit to save the world. Entire industries have sprang up to cater to us socially-responsible types who want to leave behind a better world for the robots to inherit once they take over.

But, most of the time, making you feel better is about all it does. For instance...

#5. Buying Organically Grown Food

Why People Do It:

Seems like a no-brainer. Organic food eliminates the use of chemical fertilizers, hormones and pesticides. Getting rid of all those nasty chemicals means healthier foods and less contamination to the planet.

When terrorism isn’t newsworthy

published by You on 23 February, 2009 - 19:26

Imagine if a Scottish Muslim had pled guilty to threatening to blow up Glasgow Cathedral and behead one Christian a week until all British troops were pulled out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

There would be outrage, right? It would be splashed over the front page of every newspaper in the land. It would be the top of all news bulletins.

There would be volumes written on what motivated him, his family background and his beliefs. There would be a rich stream of analysis from a variety of positions. Government would be asked what it was doing to avoid such a thing from happening.

So when news came into the Scottish-Islamic Foundation office this week of one Neil MacGregor pleading guilty to threatening to blow up Glasgow Central Mosque and behead one Muslim a week until all Scottish mosques were shut down, we thought it couldn’t possibly be true.

There had been no build up to such a trial, no coverage during it and none on the verdict. We Googled it, and nothing came up. Not a sausage, nada, zilch.

Oldham MEP Davies shocked by Gaza’s destruction

published by You on 23 February, 2009 - 19:10

Davies shocked by Gaza’s destruction

AN OLDHAM Euro-MP has spoken of his horror and anger after witnessing the destruction caused in Gaza.

Lib-Dem Chris Davies was the only British politician to gain access to Gaza during the bombing and is the first to have returned since its end.

Israel launched its 22-day operation in response to militants firing rockets at its towns. About 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died during the conflict.

Mr Davies described the sight of schools that had been flattened, of tower blocks with entire sides missing, and of hundreds of tents erected on waste ground in a bid to shelter the homeless.

Norwegian government ditches police hijab plan

published by You on 23 February, 2009 - 13:54

Controversial "hijab proposal" withdrawn

Justice Minister Knut Storberget has decided to withdraw the proposal to permit Muslim women to wear hijab with the Norwegian police uniform. This follows increasing protests from the political opposition as well as from within the three government coalition parties and also the police.

Making the announcement at a press conference, Storberget said he had decided to stop the process, after his department had earlier announced that it had accepted a proposal from the Police Directorate to allow the hijab, in what they said was a move as part of a desire to secure broad recruitmet to the police.

Storberget refused to comment on his department's handling of the issue, but said he took the full responsibility for it.

Guantanamo man arrives back in UK

published by You on 23 February, 2009 - 13:51

Guantanamo man arrives back in UK

A British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years has arrived back in the UK.

Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed, 30, landed at RAF Northolt in London on Monday afternoon, accompanied by Metropolitan Police officers.

Mr Mohamed says he was tortured while in custody on suspicion of terrorism.

He said in a statement the worst moment of his captivity was when he realised his alleged torturers were receiving material from UK intelligence agents.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said his release was the first step towards the goal of closing Guantanamo Bay.

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