News & Events - December 2007

Muslims now distrust us so much that they automatically assume the United States had a hand in Bhutto's assasination? Is this George W. Bush's legacy?


"Shame on the killer Musharraf, shame on the killer U.S." mourners cried, as her [Bhutto's] husband, Asif Ali Zardari, accompanied the closed coffin draped with the green, red and black tricolor of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party on the funeral procession to the mausoleum in the village of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071228/ts_nm/pakistan_dc_21

2007-12-28 01:31:28 · 6 answers · asked by ? 7 in Current Events

The aspiring journalist is a female

2007-12-28 01:16:17 · 3 answers · asked by Gugs 1 in Media & Journalism

Firefighters make case on Web, 12/27/07

2007-12-28 00:46:08 · 2 answers · asked by kagriff2 1 in Media & Journalism

the cartoon changed from the innocent cartoon to violence and evil harmful war subliminal message in it dont u agree

2007-12-28 00:06:08 · 9 answers · asked by hi5 4 in Current Events

2007-12-27 23:48:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

would you roll over and play dead, or do the fastest freestyle ever recorded??

2007-12-27 23:24:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

organise everything so quickly?
It normally takes days for the pork pies and cream cakes to get delivered. I think we can learn from these people

2007-12-27 23:13:49 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Bhutto had blocked the rise of any political heirs apparent and it will take some time for a credible replacement to emerge.

Was Bhutto really a champion of democracy or just another power hungry politician ?

2007-12-27 23:08:29 · 20 answers · asked by Dr Watson (UK) 5 in Current Events

Two college students were convicted of robbery after their college internship fell through and they needed more tuition money.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071227/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bank_robbery_tuition

2007-12-27 23:04:07 · 12 answers · asked by A Toast For Trayvon 4 in Current Events

I have been to this counry and it is without doubt the only country I have ever visited in the world where I have been afraid. This is barbarianism at its greatest.

2007-12-27 20:57:28 · 4 answers · asked by Val K 4 in Current Events

Out of:

1. Hugo Chavez (venuzuela)

2. Ahmadinejad (iran)

3. Kim Jong Il (N. Korea)

4. Mugabe (South Africa)

----------------------

And who was the courageous most democratic and humanitarian out of:

1. President Bush :-)

2. John Howard :-)

3. Tony Blair :-)

4. Merkel :-)


My vote

Worst- Chavez
Best- Bush

2007-12-27 20:52:43 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I ask because Sky news and the BBC have been falling over themselves to get comment on their fallen leader Benazir Bhutto from people in Leicester and Birmingham who they claim are representatives of just such a community. I'm confused either they are British or they are Pakistani and surely their leaders are British politicians such as Keith Vaz and not those based thousands of miles away in another country? The impression I am left with from these people is one of crocodile tears, here is a group of people who support terrorism within their nation state, support terrorism overseas and then cry foul when a popular politician is asssainated by Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden, the very people they have supported. Benazir Bhutto was a feudal leader who stupidly returned to a country which had hanged her father, a country which made her brothers vanish, which had already kicked her out for corruption, she was effectively returning to a military dictatorship and sadly paid the ultimate price.

2007-12-27 20:47:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

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2007-12-27 20:18:54 · 8 answers · asked by Lexi!! 1 in Current Events

I understand about the whole "national sovereignty" thing, but he himself has gone on the record against the Al Qaida and Taliban elements that escaped justice. Why not just let the U.S. send in some air power and intelligence gathering assets to take care of a mutual problem? Is al Mushariff being a little disingenuous when he speaks out against the terrorists who have infiltrated the lawless regions of western Pakistan?

2007-12-27 19:56:31 · 5 answers · asked by Joey Rocks 1 in Current Events

2007-12-27 19:27:01 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

He has no facts, he uses other peoples opinions and shouts them over the guests that are telling him the facts. That is like most right-wing ding bats though.

2007-12-27 16:46:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

Please watch this and tell me what you think of Fox "NEWS"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6737097743434902428

Thanks

2007-12-27 16:24:26 · 3 answers · asked by GObama 2 in Media & Journalism

Can someone check this.. I had to write about a couple at a banquet. It's for the play of Julius Caesar...
Social News: On May 28,1599

A sunny warm evening tonight Julius Caesar and his wife Calpurnia have decided to throw a party at a near by banquet in Rome. The party is a ‘goodbye’ party for Caesar because he will be departing to a military battle in Spain. Therefore, family and friends have arrived with and food and drinks as a way of celebrating together. The family and friends in attendance where Octavius Caesar ( Julius Caesar grandnephew &heir), Mark Antony ( a loyal friend and supporter of Caesar), Brutus ( Caesar’s best friend), Portia ( Brutus wife), Cicero ( a Roman senator), Lepidus, and more. When Portia entered Calpurnia couldn’t help but notice that the gold beaded dress Portia was wearing was the dress that she was looking for to wear for this special event . Continued in the details part

2007-12-27 16:17:58 · 3 answers · asked by Julia 2 in Media & Journalism

I see it as an unfortuante, tragic, FREAK occurance. But I feel like the media always has to make a tragic story like this into something FAR bigger. What do you think?

2007-12-27 15:42:23 · 5 answers · asked by fraucarlson 6 in Media & Journalism

seems like there was no other way for the tiger to escape.

2007-12-27 15:38:46 · 7 answers · asked by ? 6 in Current Events

I've heard people pronounce the country PACKistan and POCKistan and I'm wondering which is the correct way to pronounce it?

2007-12-27 15:27:42 · 9 answers · asked by blasianbeauty_613 2 in Other - News & Events

Look at the lives taken by terrorism-is it really worth it? Bhutto's killing is just an example of the loss to the world. Rajiv Gandhi was an earlier example. The west has suffered similiarly. Just how does one tackle this menace?

2007-12-27 15:27:00 · 9 answers · asked by Mithrandir 3 in Current Events

CNN, Foxnews, BBC news, AP, Reature, NBC, ABC, CBS, or your local channel?

2007-12-27 15:23:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

My zip code is 10458 I have cable, the channel now is 123 I went on the website n it did not tell me anything. Help.

2007-12-27 15:21:48 · 3 answers · asked by *diamondprincess* 1 in Media & Journalism

Given a current geo-political issues on terrorism,

1. Every Country is getting affected by the same problem called
"Terrorism".
2. Every moderate human being (which constitutes more than
90%) feels "Wipe out the Terrorism"
3. Relgious Moderates (again which constitutes more than 90%)
feels "Religious Extremism needs to be eradicated").
Somehow Spiritual Thinking (every religion reaches the same
destination) is also on the rise.

At the core, Terrorism somehow related to the following
1. Patriotism
2. Religious Extremism
3. Ethnic Extremism

Is it not, Patriotism somehow fuelling the terrorism?
As a human being, are we not connected without borders.

Please share your thoughts and your valuable comments on my vague feeling on this new world order.

PS:
A popular tamil saying originally said by saint thirumular says “ondre kulam oruvane thevan” which means “one people and one God”. I think this saint foreseen the new world order.

2007-12-27 15:04:12 · 10 answers · asked by Hari Krishnan 3 in Current Events

Bush's old house where he lived as a child was set on fire by on arson.

Why, and who do you think would do such a stupid thing?

2007-12-27 15:00:45 · 8 answers · asked by jchanman33 4 in Current Events

Those guys must study and know their audience but does such low life actually watch their "news" shows? Do journalism schools teach this to the students? How low can it go?

2007-12-27 14:58:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

and how do you think this will turn out?

2007-12-27 14:54:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I live in a rural area. My neighbors are scaring me. Their names are Mohammad and Borack and they're from Iran.....I think. Last week I saw them at the country store buying fertilizer and and a barrel of diesel fuel. They were acting really suspicious. I'm worried they're gonna blow something or someone up. Should I call the FBI?

2007-12-27 14:48:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I have a problem with anyone saying Bhutto was a martyr. Not just because of the religious overture, but the fact she stood for so much in the face of extremists. She was the beacon of change (pardon the cliche) in a country so deeply rooted in corruption, it seems obvious, almost natural, that anyone willing to go against it would be challenged. But she was murdered. Let's not hide behind the martyrdom and say this was "suppose" to happen. If anything, she was the next step in righting a wrong that's left (almost) concrete extremist governement so deeply ingrained, the president Musharef didn't provide adequate protection. This was plain and simple murder...it wasn't religious...it was political. Al Queda was the murderer, but those who let this happen should be held accountable as well. I will stop my rant with that....what's ur opinion?

2007-12-27 14:39:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events