Donna Simpson has an unusual ambition: she wants to be the world’s fattest woman. Telegraph.co.uk Previous 1 of 2 Images Next Donna Simpson , who weighs 600lbs, tucks into a McDonalds at her home in in Old Bridge, New Jersey Photo: BARCROFT Donna Simpson uses a mobility scooter to carry the family’s $750 a week food shop Photo: BARCROFT Miss Simpson, 42, from New Jersey, USA, already holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s biggest mum. She was 520lbs when she had daughter Jacqueline, three, becoming the largest woman to give birth. Related Articles The mother of two eating herself to death … Continue reading Donna Simpson: woman who wants to be world’s fattest

JNews will provide a critical Jewish perspective, but one that arises out of deep empathy for both Israelis and Palestinians Miri Weingarten guardian.co.uk, The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most destabilising conflicts in the world. Yet consumers of media receive confusing messages about what is happening in the region, who is responsible for the regular outbreaks of violence and what could and should be done to reach a comprehensive and just peace. All too often, the experiences, concerns and needs of ordinary people on the ground are lost in a fog of partisan rhetoric. And the ubiquitous use of … Continue reading New voice on the Middle East conflict?

By Qurat ul ain Siddiqui Abdul Sattar Edhi, the founder of the Edhi Foundation, is arguably the most renowned philanthropist in Pakistan. – Eefa Khalid/Dawn.com dawn.com Abdul Sattar Edhi, the founder of the Edhi Foundation, is unarguably the most renowned philanthropist in Pakistan. He began his work in 1951 with the opening of a free, one-room medical clinic in Karachi. Currently, his foundation runs 250 centres across the country and houses more than 2,000 children at any given time. The centres also provide free burial of unclaimed bodies, free health care and dispensaries, rehabilitation of drug addicts, free assistance for … Continue reading “Pakistan is at a critical make-or-break stage”

By Jawed Naqvi A journalist holds a placard during a protest against the attack on media by members of a Hindu hard-line political party Shiv Sena, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. — AP dawn.com We could be witnessing a rare and overdue shift in the Indian media’s approach to issues that were hitherto seen as taboo. It is not common in this era of easy jingoism to find journalists, with their own notions of patriotism and nationalism, questioning axioms of state policy towards, say, its intelligence outfits. This ice has now been broken. A tentative though absorbing discussion … Continue reading Are Indian media’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ really dirty enough?

Dawn.com US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. — Reuters photo JERUSALEM: Israel’s relationship with the United States, a defining feature of the troubled Middle East, was under severe strain as diplomats scrambled on Saturday to save newborn US-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians. A senior US official predicted “a dicey period here in the next couple days to a couple of weeks” as Palestinians demanded the reversal of a new Israeli settlement plan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, which includes pro-settler parties, reacts to unusually blunt criticism from Washington. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Israel’s behaviour “insulting” … Continue reading ‘Insulted’ by Israel, US scrambles to save talks

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Undercover with Britain’s violent Left: Amazing story of how Special Branch officer infiltrated anti-racist groups By Sophie Freeman the dailymail.co.uk A Metropolitan Police officer has told how he routinely engaged in violence while working undercover among British anti-racist groups. The man, known only as Officer A, was a member of the Special Demonstration Squad, a secret unit within the Met’s Special Branch with a remit to prevent violent public disorder on the streets of London. In order to maintain his cover, Officer A became involved in violence against members of the public and uniformed police officers. Protest: The National Front … Continue reading Special Branch officer infiltrated anti-racist groups

Posted by Zeresh In 1997, Demi Moore played a rough and tough female soldier in the movie G.I Jane. Well, it’s time for G.I. Jane to make way for the real life terrorist Jihad Jane, a blonde, blue-eyed American woman from Pennsylvania. You just can’t make such stuff up. Colleen LaRose was arrested in October 2009 in connection with a plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilk. LaRose, popularly known as Jihad Jane, is the third woman to have been charged in the US with terror violations in recent years. However, her plans to “scare the nonbelievers into submission” by … Continue reading Jihad Jane to the rescue

Jihad Jamie: Racial profiling under scrutiny after second white Islamist arrested US citizen Jamie Paulin-Ramirez detained in connection with alleged conspiracy to kill Danish cartoonist Daniel Nasaw in Washington and Henry MacDonald, Ireland correspondent guardian.co.uk, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez. Photograph: AP The use of racial profiling as a counterterrorism tool has been fatally undermined after a second white American woman was arrested over an alleged Islamist murder plot, critics of the policy said today. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, a nursing student from Colorado, was detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged conspiracy to kill a Danish cartoonist. News of her arrest came … Continue reading Are we going to profile white blond women as potential terrorists now?

Comment is free In search of the real Pakistan With extremism on the rise, it is more important than ever to support the tolerant, peaceful elements of Pakistani society Amil Khan guardian.co.uk A different side of Pakistani society … Labourers decorate a mosque in Islamabad. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images What exactly is Pakistan all about? The international media will tell you it’s one of the most dangerous places on earth, beset by sectarian warfare and religious extremism. Well-heeled Pakistanis beg to differ. Their country, they say, is made up of an irrepressible population that likes to buy the latest fashions, … Continue reading It is more important than ever to support the tolerant, peaceful elements of Pakistani society