Monthly Archives: September 2010

Olive oil’s health benefits.

  And a tree (Olive) that springs forth from Mount Sinai, that grows (produces) oil, and (it is) relish for the eaters. 'QURAN' 23:20   The greatest exponent of monounsaturated fat is olive oil, and it is a prime component of the Mediterranean Diet. Olive oil is a natural juice which preserves the taste, aroma, vitamins and properties of the olive …

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A VOICE BEHIND A VEIL, By Khadijah Natalie Arbee

I am a muslim women. I wear the niqaab (face veil). I’m one of those to whom the new law in France would apply. I’m one of the ones being discussed by politicians, human rights groups and the media. I’m one of those whom many feel the need to liberate. I’m one of those you may think is oppressed. I’m one of …

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You Promised Me Democracy

You promised me democracy, But look what you have done to me. You robbed my past, and future stole, and a present left to me, crushed beyond a mending hope. Ten years before invading me, you broke my dams and bridges bombed, and power plants, and sewage lines, and water mains, You fed the plants with pesticide, The baby food …

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Kingdom slams UN double standard, Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal

NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia has urged the United Nations to implement the principles of its charter effectively without adopting double standard. It also criticized the use of veto power by some permanent members to block the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. Addressing the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal emphasized the need …

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UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis “Executed” US Citizen Furkan Dogan, By Gareth Porter

The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively, for the first time, that US citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli commandos. The report reveals that Dogan, the 19-year-old US citizen of …

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Income Gap Widens: Census Finds Record Gap Between Rich And Poor, By HOPE YEN

As the recession shook Americans' confidence last year, new figures show that weddings for people 18 and older dropped to the lowest point in over a hundred years. A broad array of new Census Bureau data released Tuesday documents the far-reaching impact of a business slump that experts say technically ended in June 2009: a surging demand for food stamps, considerably …

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