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Swiss Islamophobia Betrays Enlightenment Ideals
Switzerland on Sunday voted by 58 percent in favor of banning minarets.This campaign poster was banned for being racist, but apparently the goal of the poster, now that is all right. Swissinfo surveys the headlines in Switzerland Monday morning and...
Solar Power Costs Falling
Solar Power Costs 50% Lower than Last Year : CleanTechnicaThin-film solar is leading the way down to greater affordability. Higher finance costs have hurt recently, but those are expected to ease, while the equipment is likely to get cheaper.Solar i...
Border Police Kill 27 Taliban in Afghanistan; US Mil. concludes Afghanistan is not Like Iraq
Afghan border police say they killed 27 Taliban fighters in Khost Province.If the Afghan security forces were that good, however, then they wouldn't have allowed several captives in a prison, including several Taliban commanders, escape.This is th...
Zardari Turns Nuclear Arsenal over to PM Gilani
By far the most important news coming out of Pakistan has nothing to do with al-Qaeda or the Taliban. It is a tale of the maneuvering of a wounded, corrupt presidency to avoid snap parliamentary elections, and to avoid renewed scrutiny by a newly f...
Interview with Maz Jobrani: They\'ve never seen us laugh.
Irony of the decade: How the War on Terror spawned a whole troupe of Middle Eastern-American standup comedians. Q TV's interview with comedian and actor Maz JobraniEnd/ (Not Continued)...
IAEA Condemnation of Iran: An Omen of New Sanctions or a Symbolic Slap on the Wrist?
The board of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday condemned Iran for secretly building a new nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo near Qom, and called on it to mothball the new site. The resolution was backed by the per...

