‘Ground Zero mosque’? The reality is less provocative Millions of Americans are furious about the ‘Ground Zero mosque’. But it doesn’t exist Charlie Brooker The Guardian, Monday 23 August 2010 Article history ‘Ground Zero mosque’ protesters under the media spotlight. Photograph: Michael Nagle/Getty ImagesThings seem awfully heated in America right now; so heated you could probably toast a marshmallow by jabbing it on a stick and holding it toward the Atlantic. Millions are hopping mad over the news that a bunch of triumphalist Muslim extremists are about to build a “victory mosque” slap bang in the middle of Ground Zero. … Continue reading American Idiots ?

You are here: Incredible photo of the ‘twin star’ that is the Earth and Moon taken from 114 million miles away By Daily Mail Reporter It is an image that should put us firmly in our place. Set against the inky blackness of space our Earth can be seen with the smaller Moon orbiting around it from a distance of around 114 million miles. Taken by Nasa’s Messenger deep space probe the incredible image illustrates how insignificant we really are. Earth can be seen at a distance of around 114million miles in an image taken by Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft A … Continue reading Earth and Moon – from 5.945702e-06 Pc

DNA tests reveal ‘Hitler was descended from the Jews and Africans he hated’ By Allan Hall Revealing: The DNA tests on relatives of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler show he was probably descended from Jewish people and North Africans Adolf Hitler is likely to have been descended from both Jews and Africans, according to DNA tests. Samples taken from relatives of the Nazi leader show that he is biologically linked to the ‘sub-human’ races he sought to exterminate. Journalist Jean-Paul Mulders and historian Marc Vermeeren used DNA to track down 39 of the Fuhrer’s relatives earlier this year. They included an … Continue reading HITLER – An African Jew?

The moment an angry crowd protesting against Ground Zero mosque turns on man in a skullcap… because they think he is a Muslim By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 7:02 PM on 23rd August 2010 Comments (150) Videos Add to My Stories This is the terrifying moment a man is verbally abused because a crowd demonstrating against plans to build a mosque near New York’s Ground Zero believe he is a Muslim. The powerfully built black man who is wearing a type of hat similar to that worn by Muslim men is called a ‘coward’ and verbally abused by … Continue reading Ask Not If You Hate America – Ask If America hates YOU!

Chinese meditation technique boosts brain function: study dawn.com The research to be published in the upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences involved 45 test subjects, about half of whom received IBMT, while a control group received relaxation training. — File Photo WASHINGTON: A Chinese-influenced meditation technique appears to help the brain regulate behavior after as little as 11 hours of practice, according to a study released on Monday. Researchers at the University of Oregon and Dalian University of Technology charted the effects of integrative body-mind training (IBMT), a technique adapted in the 1990s from traditional … Continue reading Chinese meditation technique boosts brain

Archaeologists hail unique find in Albania dawn The bust of an athlete and the decorated foot of a bronze statue were discovered by an Albanian-French archaeological expedition in the remains of a Roman section of the site in southern Albania. -AFP Photo APOLLONIA: Archaeologists unearthed a Roman bust from the 2nd century AD hailed as the most important archaeological find of the last 50 years in Albania, experts said Friday. “It is an exceptional discovery, the most important in the last 50 years in Albania because the bust is still intact,” French professor Jean-Luc Lamboley, who led the dig at … Continue reading Albanian Archaeologist Find

No Spinzone: Poppycock and prejudice By Anjum Niaz dawn.com On Ellis Island stands the building that once sent shivers down an arriving immigrant — whose fate lay in the hands of the immigration officer, the same as today. – (File Photo) “My husband cut himself while shaving one morning on board the ship. The wound turned septic when we landed in New York. The authorities checked his face and declared him unfit to enter the US,” a Hungarian woman writes in her journal while describing her ordeal as an immigrant to the US 100 years ago. “With five little children, … Continue reading American Mentality: Poppycock and prejudice

dawn.com An aerial view shows water covering huge areas in the southern Punjab province. -AFP Photo Pakistan Militants can take advantage of crisis, says Zardari MEDIA GALLERY Earth: Art of a changing world WASHINGTON: Environmental woes as witnessed in Pakistan’s devastating floods threaten the unity of the nation, exacerbating the threat of extremists, a US government report said. The study prepared for US lawmakers warned that Pakistan’s ecological problems would likely get worse due to climate change, potentially inflaming tensions with nuclear-armed adversary India. The report said that Pakistan faced critical risks to food security in the coming decades due … Continue reading Environment threatens Pakistani state: US report

By Huma Yusuf dawn.com The inaugural edition is thus a collection of the best short stories submitted for the short story competition The Life’s Too Short Literary Review, the first edition of a magazine featuring new Pakistani writing, is now on the stands. The cover illustration depicts a parked ambulance on a typical Pakistani street — implying perhaps that this review is a saviour for the ongoing literary boom, which threatens to go bust in the absence of local publishing outlets. Indeed, editor Faiza Khan declares at the outset that the review is on a mission to encourage, promote and … Continue reading Short and sweet

dawn.com Locals fight to get food donated by a local charity at Karamdad Qureshi village in Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab province August 21, 2010. – Reuters World Salzburg Festival holds benefit gala for Pakistan DISTRESSED For the tail end it’s crumbs only ISLAMABAD: Nearly a month after Pakistan’s worst ever natural disaster flooded a fifth of the country and hit 20 million people, the spectres of social unrest and extremism are stalking the nation. Torrential rains have had a catastrophic impact on the impoverished, nuclear-armed nation, causing economic losses that could see Pakistan default on an IMF loan … Continue reading Floods raise spectre of social unrest