Current Events - July 2007

"More than five hundred Sudanese refugees have fled to Israel in the last two months to escape genocide in Darfur.
Now Israel is threatening to deport them."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A516C172-220E-42AF-A3F4-41935E58EEAC.htm

Jewish ethics would call for giving shelter to the needy. Israel will not give aid to the needy. Is Israel a jewish state or just another secular state? and if so, how can it continue to claim to be an exception? What makes Israel exceptional if it does not follow the Jewish religion exceptionally? Why does Israel deny safety to the Sudanese refugees? Why does it deny safety to the Palestinians?
Israel allow jews to immigrate there but no one else. A NAZI policy?

2007-07-09 02:13:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now brothers and sisters, lately talks in Africa been the forming of a United State of Africa. Do you guys there think it will suceed?

2007-07-09 02:06:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Maddie is ever found ( we pray she is) do you think she will blame her parents when she is older for the fact that she was kidnapped if in fact when she is older she knows she was or is kidnapped?

It is well documented by the media that they left her alone whilst went out for a meal so it wouldnt be hard for her to find out when she is older.

2007-07-09 01:30:31 · 22 answers · asked by mollymoosmummy 3

I read this quote in a story about Sen Orrin Hatch:

"There comes a point where the White House has to say, 'Hey, look there are certain confidential things in the White House that we're not going to share with Congress, just like there are certain confidential things in Congress that we're not going to share with the White House,'" Hatch, R-Utah, said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

So my question is this:

With the exception of classified information, do any of the Branches of American Government have the right to withhold any information from each other or the American Citizens?
If any American government official(s) (OGs) withhold any important information, should the American Citizens then be held responsible in the aftermath which might occur due to such information?

For example, if a GO(say Bush) lobbys for illegal alien amnesty, then it is found in a decade that major businesses backed him for this reason, should The People be required to give compensation to Mexico(ans)?

2007-07-09 01:16:51 · 3 answers · asked by Too Curious 3

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/12840

2007-07-09 01:02:07 · 17 answers · asked by bb2002 2

Imagine you're on a crashing Boeing plane in the future. As you go into the ground at several hundred miles an hour, won't it be good to know that the environment will be okay?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19667870?gt1=10150

2007-07-09 00:27:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know the latest on that little girl? Have they found her yet? There hasn't been any news about her lately...... x

2007-07-08 23:39:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

David Cameron has said he thinks that married couples should get tax breaks. What do you think of this? Do you feel that single parent families should be the main priority? or do you feel that married couples should get some support?

2007-07-08 23:09:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

enjoy a vicarious pleasure in someone else's misery?
Um...Could it be that they have been judged before & are now
venting their spleen to even out scores in some vague kind of defence mechanism?

2007-07-08 22:15:03 · 11 answers · asked by Faith 6

What do you guys think of the new 7 wonders of the world as compared to the old? I think these are the old... :
- Pyramids in Egypt
- Taj Mahal in India
- Great Barrier Reef in Australia
- Great Wall in China
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy
- Statue Of Liberty in America
- Eiffel Tower in France
and here's the NEW 7 wonders :
- Chichén Itzá in Mexico
- Christ Redeemer in Brazil
- Great Wall in China
- Machu Picchu in Peru
- Petra in Jordan
- The Roman Colloseum in Italy
- Taj Mahal in India
personally i have no clue on Petra and Christ Redeemer. i really have no idea WHAT they are, except from photos seen in the news. I think Machu Picchu, Taj Mahal and the Great Wall deserve their titles most. SOmehow, am a little disappointed that The Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Eiffel Tower, my personal favourites, didn't make the cut. *sigh...* what do YOU think??

P.S : correct me if im wrong on any of the abovementioned wonders. (=

2007-07-08 22:04:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just think of all the orphans created by the tens of thousands of people in Iraq that have died (so far). Wouldn't the orphans be a great source of recruitment for Al Qaeda? What would they have to live for? No family, no money, no life, and they at least can be martyrs.

2007-07-08 19:09:04 · 15 answers · asked by Robert B 2

TRAGIC END: Four-year-old Shearwey Ooi Ying Ying is dead, three days after she was reported missing. She is believed to have been murdered and her bone fragments strewn in at least four different places – a cemetery, river and an apartment dumpsite in Paya Terubong and another river in Jalan Air Itam.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/9/nation/18250550&sec=nation&focus=1

2007-07-08 18:36:16 · 7 answers · asked by k.chow 2

I was just curious....
Here in America it's not brought up in the news much anymore. I heard there was an arrest in the case, but I'm not sure if that's true or not.

2007-07-08 18:27:01 · 5 answers · asked by Lyndsey G 3

What's going on in New Orleans, that has caused the Vietnamese community to be so successful in their rebuilding efforts while other communities seem to be doing nothing except taking the government handouts and complaining that they haven't been treated fairly?

I was unaware that this was going on until I saw a snippet of a news program about the thriving re-built Vietnamese communities. The story hinted that the difference is that they were willing to get in there and do the nasty cleanup and rebuild their homes themselves vs. waiting for the government to fix it for them.

What's the real story? Anyone from NO have any thoughts/ comments on that? Are there other communities that have been really successful at rebuilding? What percentage of the city has been rebuilt at this point?

2007-07-08 17:32:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will people fall in line and demand an end? I am not saying things will get better, but I believe as a people we have loss too much with no end in sight.

2007-07-08 14:26:29 · 9 answers · asked by bboy244 3

2007-07-08 14:25:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

It gets so hard to tell,. so much back wash from people who..talk gibberish,..I personally rank Liberals and Democrats for the most part as being one and the same creature,.. The great media-mongers trying to constantly Bash a president that has had the backbone to Be a Proud American, and continues to be.

2007-07-08 13:34:24 · 7 answers · asked by Joseph 2

spread out too thin.

2007-07-08 12:58:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

This little girl's story, which (thankfully) ends well, is only one in a growing number of lawless acts taking place in Nigeria, where the people are incredibly improverished, and a few officials bought and installed by oil companies give away the country's riches.

Read this and give your opinion: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_on_re_af/nigeria_kidnapped_girl

Do you think the conditions there contribute to this kind of activity? Do you think terrorism is far behind, which will be blamed on 'radicals' or 'muslims' or whatever?

2007-07-08 12:46:43 · 5 answers · asked by nora22000 7

In a speech by Barrack Obama, he talked about how New Orleans was "plagued by poverty, failing schools and high crime and murder rates for far too long before the catastrophic storm even hit."

Does the fact that democrats have run that city for the past 40 years kinda show that democrats really can't run anything? If there was high crime rate and poverty in that city and a democrat was running the show, what does that say about democrats? Obama said it himself that that city was falling apart even before the storm hit.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19628910/

What are you thoughts on this?

2007-07-08 12:45:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

it was posted world wide all over the news just days after the war first stared.. i know this is some what of a touchy subject as many people have lost their lives and many people are still grieving over loved ones, i know i lost a family member to the war.. all i asked was did anyone else think it was a cover up... thankyou all for your opinions.... just so you all know i'm british not american.... feel free to discuss further christinerichards1@btinternet.com..............

2007-07-08 12:41:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians are getting killed. For every scirmish when an Iraqi dies, someone in their family will hate the Americans and become a radical. It can only grow. I think it the battle is already over, fighting a lost war. What are your thoughts.

2007-07-08 12:29:43 · 14 answers · asked by Lee Edward 1

Just heard this...does anyone know if its true?

I SO hope it is!!!

2007-07-08 10:21:37 · 8 answers · asked by bb2002 2

Here we go, they don't want smokers in the pubs, now they are putting more money on beer etc. Are we not allowed any fun in this country without having to pay tax on it? Do you think the Government are going silly worry about less important things?

2007-07-08 10:10:38 · 38 answers · asked by Lisa T 6

i have been looking on sky news, and lots of other forums, cant find one article on sewer rats. omg do you think he is just speculating. surely not , if anyone finds out what this is about even if it appeared in the newspapers in portugal , please let us know, bb2002 wont mind doing a bit of translating on the subject.

2007-07-08 09:47:13 · 10 answers · asked by dollyk 6

The only answer I can come up with is that it would be deemed 'politically incorrect' and the people would start moaning.
Why can't authorities simply get the message across to muslims and other cultures that if they want to stay in our country (as most of them are immigrants which Tony let in!) then they have to abide by "our" rules, and intergrate into our way of life instead of complaining about how polictically incorrect society is (BBC has to be seen with at least 1 asian, black, white, welsh, scottish, and english man on the news...)
Any views anyone?

2007-07-08 07:47:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

When are you going to give california and texas back to the mexicans?

2007-07-08 07:37:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If we were able to understand this reality, we would comprehend our life started to be build-ed when the construction of the Cosmos begun, 15 thousand millions years ago with the Big Bang explosion. Our life is so brief like a lighting in a storm, with an average of 77 years. Which way is convenient for us to do in order to take care of it to the maximum? How we may transcend to the Plenitude of Being and Existing in God, where there is not matter, no space no time? Is this SALVATION?

2007-07-08 07:36:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

and I am very surprised there are so many nasty people who put them down when they need your support. Its disgusting and freaky to think people can put down a family who have had their daughter taken from them. I didn't know that we had so many perfect people in the world "except me" that have never made a mistake be it serious or otherwise. No body is perfect "except me" and one day those who put down this family will make a mistake of their own.... WATCH THIS SPACE.....

2007-07-08 06:19:40 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

During Live Earth Leonardo diCaprio introduced Al Gore as "our global messenger of hope" - do you think that's true? I thought he was just an ineffectual failed politician. Do you think too much is being made of Al Gore, or are you actually buying his 'godlike' status as the one who's going to 'save the world' from climate change? Plus what do you think Gore's next move will be - i.e. how can he top this round of global mega-concerts?

2007-07-08 02:12:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous