Huda Azra Ibrahim Nunu, a Jewish female lawmaker has been named as one of Bahrain’s ambassadors in what vould be called a first in modern Arab history.
It’s not known where she will be posted, rumors in the news suggest Nunu is slated to become her country’s ambassador to the United States. Bahrain, a small [...]
Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who may be among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact with the outside world.
The photos, taken from a small airplane in a remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest, show men outside thatched huts. Their necks are craned upwards, pointing their bows [...]
The Vatican announced Thursday (via a general decree) that it will excommunicate anyone who attempts to ordain a woman as a priest and the woman herself, effective immediately. The decree was signed by Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith.
Regina Nicolosi, a program coordinator for Roman Catholic Womenpriests, [...]
Three teenagers, two 17 and one 16, who were accused of forcing girls as young as 12 into prostitution have reached plea agreements and been sentenced to a juvenile detention center. The agreement will keep them in detention no longer than their 19th birthdays. In exchange for their pleading guilty, prosecutors dropped other [...]
American Idol Clay Aiken is going to be a daddy. Reportedly, the woman who is responsible for producing several of Clay’s records will be repsonsible for producing his child. Jaymes Foster, a LA-based record producer whose house Clay lives at when he is in LA, is due in August with Clay’s baby he gave her [...]
Sen. Barack Obama is considering a trip to Iraq before the November elections, the Illinois Democrat said Wednesday.
Obama told the New York Times that his campaign was considering a trip overseas after he secures the Democratic presidential nomination and that “Iraq would obviously be at the top of the list of stops.”
Details of the trip [...]
Gary Dourdan was recently found asleep in his car in Palm Springs, CA. Soon after, narcotics were found in his vehicle. Although he claimed they were not his, he recently pleaded guilty to all the charges that were not dropped. The charge of possession of heroin was dropped, but not for the [...]
Houston city officials seem willing to spend a lot of money in the face of economic hard-times to defend the police department’s ban on beards. The City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to authorize spending up to $150,000 to defend the city in a lawsuit challenging the no-facial hair policy. Four police officers filed [...]
A highly decorated Green Beret, Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth died a painful death in Iraq this year. He died not on the battlefield. He died in what should have been one of the safest spots in Iraq: on a U.S. base, in his bathroom.
The water pump was not properly grounded, and when he turned on [...]
Michel Fourniret, 66, was given the maximum sentence by the jury in northeast France having been accused of seeking young virgins to rape and kill. He was sentenced to life in prison, and he cannot be considered for parole before serving 30 years behind bars. His wife, Monique Olivier, 59, also was convicted [...]