Palestinian statehood is a “vital” component necessary for regional peace, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, in a message to mark Monday’s annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Archive for November, 2009
Palestinians to ask UN for state based on 1967 borders
Monday, November 30th, 2009Climategate: Follow the Money
Monday, November 30th, 2009Climate change researchers must believe in the reality of global warming just as a priest must believe in the existence of God.
Swiss vote to ban Muslim minarets in sharpest challenge to Islam in Europe yet
Monday, November 30th, 2009If you thought the Danish cartoon controversy caused a ruckus, get ready for this. Reports out of Switzerland suggest that voters have today approved a referendum to ban the construction of new minarets — spires situated next to Mosques for the Muslim call to prayer — across the country. News agencies say that the legally binding decision was backed by an astounding 57.5 percent of the population. A week ago, opinion polls put support for the move at just 37 percent.
Projection: Swiss vote to ban new minarets
Monday, November 30th, 2009GENEVA — Swiss voters approved a move to ban the construction of minarets in a Sunday vote on a right-wing initiative that labeled the mosque towers as symbols of militant Islam, projections by a widely respected polling institute showed.
Iran vows to expand its nuclear program
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Climate change data dumped
Monday, November 30th, 2009SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.
Sharing the Gospel: A Gathering Interview With Franklin Graham
Sunday, November 29th, 2009At the September 2009 Gathering Conference in Scottsdale, AZ, we had the opportunity to sit down with Franklin Graham and talk to him about his views on the gospel and the need to share it, as well as his thoughts on the role of believers when it comes to social justice issues. Here’s what he had to say…
Russian Officials: Bomb Caused Train Crash That Killed 26
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Investigators and rescue workers are seen amid wreckage and damaged coaches at the site of a train derailment near the town of Uglovka, some 400 km north-east of Moscow, Russia, 28 Nov 2009
Russian news media quote Russia’s railways chief, Vladimir Yakunin, as saying a second smaller device exploded near the crash site Saturday, about 400 kilometers northwest of Moscow.
Justice Department Says Acorn Can Be Paid for Pre-Ban Contracts
Saturday, November 28th, 2009WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration can lawfully pay the community group Acorn for services provided under contracts signed before Congress banned the government from providing money to the group.
