Incredible close-up shots of mantises as they feed and disguise themselves on twigs By Daily Mail Reporter With bulbous eyes and their strange stick-like bodies, these mantises look like creatures from another planet. Perched on the tiny stem of a plant, one insect enjoys a lunch of tiny yellow aphids. Another picture shows a mantis about to pounce on an unwitting butterfly and one incredible shot even shows the creatures in larvae form, not much bigger than a thorn. This ball of liquid is probably the contents of this mantis’ stomach as they expose the fluid to the air to … Continue reading Praying mantids

Police sergeant who threw innocent woman, 57, headfirst on to concrete floor is jailed for six months By Arthur Martin Jailed: Sergeant Mark Andrews arrives at Oxford Magistrates Court, where he was sentenced to six months A judge branded two police officers liars yesterday as he jailed a sergeant who hurled a woman headfirst on to a concrete floor. Sergeant Mark Andrews was caught on CCTV dragging Pamela Somerville, 59, by her wrists across the floor of a police station in Wiltshire before throwing her into a cell. The footage shows him walking away as his 5ft 2in victim lies … Continue reading Pig and Woman

Neo-nationalism threatens Europe Giving way to nationalist groups from Scotland, the Basque country or Flanders would only highlight old differences Stewart Motha guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 September 2010 13.00 BST Article history Alex Salmond, SNP leader and first minister of Scotland, walks across a giant Saltire flag. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesThe prevailing view seems to be that the idea of Europe as a cultural, political, and even economic institution is under threat. What threatens Europe? A glib response would be: “It’s the UK, stupid!” We will find more than a grain of truth in this response. The UK straddles Europe’s … Continue reading Tribalism threatens Europe

Punjab govt goes after Hindu mythology cartoons “Amar Chitra Katha” was a Hindu mythology series that aired on a foreign television channel. PHOTO: PUBLICITY LAHORE: The Punjab government has formed a committee which will present a report on the airing of cartoons depicting Hindu mythology and if they can be banned in Pakistan. The committee is headed by Punjab government spokesman Senator Pervaiz Rasheed and comprises Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Cultural Wing President and MPA, Farah Deeba, MPA Khawaja Imran Nazir and other officials. Even though Indian TV channels are currently off-air in Pakistan, several cable operators are broadcasting Indian … Continue reading Sharif after Hindu mythology cartoons!

One of the most awe-inspiring sights in religion: Hundreds of thousands of Muslims gather at Mecca for Ramadan By Mail Foreign Service They have come in their hundreds of thousands, all devout, converging on one of the world’s holiest places. This was the scene at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the birthplace of Islam, yesterday as Muslims around the world celebrated Ramadan. The Grand Mosque houses the Kaaba, the most holy place in Islam, a square-shaped building that predates the religion itself. It is the Kaaba that Muslims around the world are facing when they pray towards Mecca. Ritual: Hundreds … Continue reading Muslims gather at Mecca for Ramadan

TV evangelist vows to build Christian centre at Ground Zero to counter ‘the lies of Islam’ By Daniel Bates Sharp tongue: Bill Keller is known for his inflammatory language An evangelical preacher has vowed to build a Christian centre at New York’s ground zero in protest at the mosque proposed to be built there. Bill Keller said he is raising funds to build a house of worship within a few blocks of where terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. As tension mounted ahead of the ninth anniversary of the attack this Saturday, Keller said Muslims … Continue reading Baptist Taliban – The Reverend Mullah Bill Keller!

Website takes on Muslim Brotherhood critics By Muhammad Shokry BBC News The site was launched in June by young Brotherhood supporters Supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood are squaring up to Western “Ikhwanophobes” – a term they have coined to refer to the group’s critics – via a new watchdog website. Ikhwanophobia.com highlights articles and statements by prominent Western media and political figures that are critical of the Brotherhood and Islam. In a section called Meet the Smearcasters, the site takes aim at Fox News personality Sean Hannity, televangelist Pat Robertson and far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders, among others. Western critics … Continue reading Muslim Brotherhood takes on critics!

Timothy Winter: Britain’s most influential Muslim – and it was all down to a peach The theologian is considered more significant within Islam than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He tells Tom Peck why he converted It was the sight of peach juice dripping from the chin of a teenage French female nudist that led a Cambridgeshire public schoolboy to convert to Islam. Thirty-five years later, Timothy Winter – or Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad, as he is known to his colleagues – has been named one of the world’s most influential Muslims. The hitherto unnoticed Mr Winter, who has an office in Cambridge University’s … Continue reading Britain’s most influential Muslim: Timothy Winter

Fears of Privacy Loss Pursue Ambitious ID Project by: Ranjit Devraj  |  Inter Press Service | Report New Delhi – Fears about loss of privacy are being voiced as India gears up to launch an ambitious scheme to biometrically identify and number each of its 1.2 billion inhabitants. In September, officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), armed with fingerprinting machines, iris scanners and cameras hooked to laptops, will fan out across the towns and villages of southern Andhra Pradesh state in the first phase of the project whose aim is to give every Indian a lifelong Unique ID (UID) … Continue reading Indian Big Brother danger?