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• Bill Gates: We Need A One World Government

  By enormousgherkin on February 1, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  “The UN system has failed” “You can make fun of it, but in truth it was sad how the conference in Copenhagen is run, how individual who behave like the UN system failed,” the 59-year-old said in view of the… Read More ›

• Guantánamo Diary exposes brutality of US rendition and torture

  By enormousgherkin on January 17, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  The groundbreaking memoir of a current Guantánamo inmate that lays bare the harrowing details of the US rendition and torture programme from the perspective of one of its victims is to be published next week after a six-year battle for… Read More ›

• Metal detector enthusiasts in Buckinghamshire have uncovered what is thought to be one of biggest hoards of ancient coins ever found in Britain.

  By enormousgherkin on January 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Paul Coleman from the Weekend Wanderers Detecting Club discovered more than 5,000 coins buried inside a lead bucket two feet under a field near Aylesbury. The hoard contains specimens dating back to the 11th Century – the late Anglo Saxon,… Read More ›

• Israel freezes Palestine tax funds over ICC bid

  By enormousgherkin on January 3, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Israel has halted the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinians following their bid to join the International Criminal Court, Israeli officials say. They said $127m (£82m; €106m) collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority last month would be held… Read More ›

• Eyeless in the West Bank

  By enormousgherkin on January 3, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Salah Suleiman is an 11-year-old fifth-grader from Isawiyah, a Palestinian village within Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries. He lost one eye after a bullet was fired at him by the Israeli police, and is now in danger of losing the sight in… Read More ›

• Settlers throw stones at U.S. consulate convoy in West Bank after destroying 5000 Olive Trees

  By enormousgherkin on January 2, 2015 • ( 8 )

  

  Settlers from the Adei Ad illegal outpost in the West Bank threw stones on Friday at an American consulate convoy, which arrived at the area to examine complaints that settlers destroyed Palestinian-owned olive groves the day before. One of the… Read More ›

• One of Konigludwig’s Residences

  By enormousgherkin on December 31, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  I hope that I am not revealing too much personal information about our leader!  This is where he does most of his work.  He spends much time researching and practicing introspection. Nice place Konigludwig.  I think you should invite us… Read More ›

• Feature: Palestinian youth keen on start-ups in E-zone

  By enormousgherkin on December 31, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Sitting down and facing their computers, members of nine companies in the mini technology park in Palestine are working in their own start-ups, trying to overcome borders and secure a place in the Arab market. The tech park, known as… Read More ›

• If UN Recognizes Palestine, Israel Must Annex in Judea-Samaria

  By enormousgherkin on December 29, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  Likud Central Committee chairman Danny Danon, who is challenging Binyamin Netanyahu for leadership of the party, on Saturday night called on Israel to respond to an expected UN recognition of the Palestinian Authority (PA) as the “state of Palestine” by… Read More ›

• Northern white rhino dies at San Diego zoo; only 5 left worldwide

  By enormousgherkin on December 29, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  (CNN) — A northern white rhino has died at a San Diego zoo, leaving only five worldwide and bringing the species closer to extinction. Angalifu, 44, died of old age Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Read more… Read More ›