An US nationwide survey released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found that 15% of US adult population – nearly 35 million adults – hold deeply anti-Semitic views, an increase of 3 per cent from a similar poll conducted in 2009. According to experts, old stereotypes about Jews and money appear to be more widely accepted among Americans as the downturn in the economy persists. 2011 Surve…
Nov 4 2011 | Posted in
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information, which could be used as more ammunition against the incumbent, comes months before what will likely be a close campaign between Barack Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The 36-page promotional booklet was exclusively obtained by Breitbart, and was sent out to colleagues within the publishing industry in the early 1990s. A later biography, which can still be found on Act…
Tripoli: “Operation Mermaid Dawn”. “Operation Mermaid Dawn” has succeeded, after six months of civil war, the events concluded in just a few hours, the rebels have reached the centre of the Libya’s capital, Tripoli. Libya in the hands of the Libyan people Muammar Gaddafi’s defenders have fled, and thousands of civilians went out to cheer the the rebels while they were ad…
…with their single parents near the towns of Nelspruit and Bushbuckbridge, which lie 50 miles apart in South Africa’s eastern Mpumalanga province. The couple reportedly met again at university in 2006 and fell in love. Their families did not meet throughout their five-year relationship, until they were brought together last week to discuss wedding arrangements. In many African cultures it is…
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…ha – was stolen in Toulouse five days before the first shooting. Its number plate was picked up by closed-circuit TV cameras at the school, police sources said. The dead were Jonathan Sandler, a 30-year-old rabbi and teacher of religion originally from Jerusalem, and his two sons, aged 4 and 5. The fourth person killed was 7-year-old girl Myriam Monsonego, daughter of the head teacher. She d…
…ed the best form. Angelina Jolie has meanwhile become dependent on amphetamines and obsessed with weight loss. At a certain point the actress was weighing just 43 kilograms, very little for a woman of 1,72 meter in height. Tabloids wrote that she was influenced also by her African missions in refugee camps. Shockingly, Angelina Jolie told Brad Pitt that if adults and children in Africa have nothin…
…usiness degree among other academic qualifications. He divorced Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa’s candidate for the African Union top post, in 1998. Another wife, Kate, committed suicide in 2000. Jacob Zuma, who became president in 2009, recently celebrated his 70th birthday and has 21 children. A statement on the president’s website said there would be no cost to the government f…
Apr 15 2012 | Posted in
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e Foreign Office files, future president Barack Obama’s father appears on a list of Kenyan students as “OBAMA, Barack H” – they shared the same name. Barack Obama and his father in 1971 At the age of 23, Barack Obama Sr. enrolled at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to study economics with classmates including Ann Dunham, a 17-year-old white American from Kansas. The couple had a short marriag…
…ack Yamaha scooter stolen in Toulouse on 6 March and “shot at everybody who was near him, children or adults”, according to local prosecutor Michel Valet. The dead were Jonathan Sandler, a 30-year-old rabbi and teacher of religion originally from Jerusalem, and his two sons, aged four and five. The fourth person killed was a seven-year-old girl, Myriam Monsonego, daughter of the head t…
US activist group Invisible Children has released the second part of its video Kony 2012, which highlights the activities of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony. The first 30-minute film attracted some 100 million views online, but was criticized for simplifying the issue. The follow-up has been made without input from the group’s co-founder Jason Russell, who suffered a mental breakdown follo…
…y common in young women. They usually go away on their own within a year or so and only pose a cancer risk when they last long-term. Researchers at the University of South Carolina in Columbia studied 326 white and 113 black students taking part in a wider federal health study. All were given Pap tests – lab exams of cells scraped from the cervix – and HPV tests every six months throug…
Kenya has announced discovery of oil for the first time in the country after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil. President Mwai Kibaki said the discovery was made in the country’s north-western Turkana region. Mwai Kibaki said it was “the first time Kenya has made such a discovery” and called it a “major breakthrough”. Kenya is a regional business an…
…arve out a desert homeland began a rebellion in the west African state in January. A regional group, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), has placed on alert a peacekeeping force of 2,000 soldiers, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. After a coup by disgruntled military officers in Mali a week ago, Ecowas has threatened to close land…
ry’s economic woes, with state subsidies and charitable donations drying up. One of Italy’s leading galleries, the Maxxi Museum of Contemporary Art, said its funding had been cut by 43% in 2011. When its board of directors failed to approve the 2012 budget last week, the Culture Ministry took steps to replace them with a government-appointed administrator. International concern was als…
Maria Menounos had to strip down in Times Square after she lost her bet on the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl. If the Patriots lost, Maria Menounos would “bare all“, said the bet. The correspondent A.J. Calloway, Giants fan, would have to wear a Patriots cheerleader outfit, if they won. In a cold weather Maria hosted an entire broadcast of her show “Extra” in a red…
A-list Oscar nominees get thousands of dollars in gifts from companies hoping to associate their products with their celebrity, while D-listers get bags of swag valued in the hundreds of dollars. “It’s something they anticipate from year to year,” said Lisa Gal of Hollywood Baskets, who puts together a high-end gift bag that goes to 30 Oscar nominees and presenters who stay at t…
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…The Stars contestants and professionals, including Katherine Jenkins and Derek Hough, are among the big names to have used the system to treat dancing injuries. The practice was first used in Japan in 1978 to treat rheumatoid arthritis. On Sunday, Demi Moore will turn 50 after a whirlwind year which has seen her enter rehab and come to terms with her split from Ashton Kutcher. …
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Paris Hilton had some hot competition in the form of her successor Kim Kardashian as they were both on board for P Diddy’s yacht party in Cannes last night. It is not clear whether their paths crossed – but the two ladies were seen waltzing around in their respective glamorous ensembles. Kim Kardashian poured her ample curves into a stunning lace outfit which consisted of a crop top a…
May 23 2012 | Posted in
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…has found that Scandinavian populations have the highest occurrence of exfoliation glaucoma. They also have the highest consumption of caffeinated coffee in the world. The new study assessed more than 120,000 people in the UK and U.S. who were over 40 and not suffering from glaucoma. They completed questionnaires about how much coffee they drank and their medical records were checked for a history…
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Lady Gaga is notorious for her love of outlandish heels so she will probably be in the front of the fashionista queue to get her hands on the latest pair of fantastical footwear. The “front heel” Scary Beautiful shoes were designed by South African student artist Leanie van der Vyver as a critique on the fashion industry’s quest for perfection. Dutch shoe maker René van den Berg fabricated…
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…icle unassisted upon arrival at the hospital, where he walked in without difficulty.” The hospital remains sealed off by security forces. President Abdel Aziz came to power in a military coup in 2008 in the West African nation. He won presidential elections a year later held under an agreement with coup opponents. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is seen by the West as a bulwark against Islamists in…
he list include television host Ellen DeGeneres and singers Rihanna and Lady Gaga. Forbes’ highest-paid women in 2012: 1 – Oprah Winfrey, $165 million 2 – Britney Spears, $58 million 3 – Taylor Swift, $57 million 4 – Ellen DeGeneres, $53 million 5 – Rihanna, $53 million 6 – Lady Gaga, $52 million 7 – Jennifer Lopez, $52 million 8 – Gisele Bundc…
A tape has emerged on the eve of the presidential debate of President Barack Obama making controversial “race” remarks about the government’s response in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Speaking to an audience of predominantly black ministers at Hampton University in 2007, Barack Obama said that the response to Katrina was lacklustre because “the people down in New Orleans, they don’t care ab…
…siness deals. Nicolas Sarkozy, who once welcomed Gaddafi as a “brother leader” during a state visit to Paris, was said to have received millions from the Libyan despot to fund his election campaign in 2007. The conspiracy theory will be of huge concern to Britain which sent RAF jet to bomb Libya last year with the sole intention of “saving civilian lives”. A United Nations mandate which san…
…a says the banknotes were a “humble gesture” to express South Africa’s “deep gratitude”. Nelson Mandela, 94, is one of the world’s best loved figures after spending 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid. Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus was the first to use the new banknotes when she spent 160 rand, about $18 on some nuts, beetroot, a watermelon and a cucum…
