Hague warned over UK abstention in Palestinian statehood vote
09 Nov 2011: Britain will face severe consequences in the Middle East when it abstains in a UN vote on whether to recognise the Palestinian territories as an independent state, senior Conservatives have warned. As the foreign secretary, William Hague, prepares to tellUK Police surveillance of Muslims set up with 'no regard for law'
01 Oct 2010: A secret police operation to place thousands of Muslims living in Birmingham under permanent surveillance was implemented with virtually no consultation, oversight or regard for the law, a report found today. Project Champion was abandoned in June afterPlot by Muslims to kill Pope' another Islamophobic ploy
20 Sep 2010: Six Algerian street cleaners arrested for planning to kill Pope Benedict were pronounced innocent and released without any charges. The six were arrested in London by British police on the basis of a conversation overhead. According to those critical ofFlirting with change that Britons can believe in
05 May 2010: DRAMA, suspense, irony and regret all clash in the chorus of confusion and contradiction in the build-up to Britain’s general election tomorrow. This political equivalent of Britain’s Got Talent pits Labour Party Prime Minister Gordon Brown,Frankie Boyle: BBC’s impartiality!
03 May 2010: Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle in an open letter to the BBC published in the British media has said that he was right to criticize Israel for being an “aggressive terrorist state.” Earlier this week BBC Trust issued a public apology for Boyle’sCharity Reprieve launches legal bid to name alleged terror suspect
15 Apr 2010: The charity Reprieve is today launching a legal battle to force the British Government to name a suspected terrorist who is being held in Afghanistan The man, who Reprieve today said is thought to be Yunus Rahmatullah, was one of two alleged terroristsSecret tape reveals Tory backing for ban on gays
04 Apr 2010: The Tories were embroiled in a furious row over lesbian and gay rightson Saturday after the shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, was secretly taped suggesting that people who ran bed and breakfasts in their homes should "have the right" to turn awayEU court ruling supports Somali and Portuguese migrants over UK child benefit claims
24 Feb 2010: The European Court of Justice has said some migrant families can stay in the UK and claim benefits - even if the main worker has left the country. The court, which deals with EU law, said some families must be allowed to stay when their child was inDubai assassination squad carried diplomatic passports
22 Feb 2010: The claim will intensify the pressure on Israel, whose foreign minister is due to meet David Miliband and other European envoys in Brussels today. Avigdor Lieberman will face questions about allegations that Mossad agents posing as Europeans andBinyam Mohamed: Lies, Truth, Torture and the missing paragraph
11 Feb 2010: Ministers were facing demands last night to hold a public inquiry into revelations that the security services knew a terror suspect from Britain had been tortured by the CIA. Senior judges ordered the Government to publish previously secret parts of aTony Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war at Chilcot inquiry
30 Jan 2010: That was Tony Blair's message Friday as he fought for his place in history against critics who contend it was folly to join the Americans in invading Iraq based on intelligence that was faulty and weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.MI5 'still using threats and blackmail to recruit Muslim spies'
05 Jan 2010: MI5 faces accusations that its officers have blackmailed and harassed vulnerable immigrants living in Britain as part of a campaign to recruit spies to report on Muslim communities. In one case, a man who escaped persecution in Africa where members of hisTory-linked Taxpayers' Alliance 'subsidised' by the taxpayer
21 Dec 2009: A campaign group which claims to represent the interests of ordinary taxpayers is using a charitable arm which gives it access to tax relief on donations from wealthy backers, the Guardian has learned. The Conservative-linked Taxpayers' Alliance, whichDavid Cameron must answer Lord Ashcroft question in full
15 Dec 2009: It’s all about trust. Many people don't like Mr Cameron [the Tory leader] and they are not sure whether he is genuine — focus groups always mention the car that followed him with his shoes and briefcase as he cycled to work. Others are attracted byCameron: Ashcroft's taxes nothing to do with me
07 Dec 2009: Tory leader David Cameron says it "is not a matter for me" whether Michael Ashcroft, the Conservative Party's billionaire deputy chairman, pays any tax in the UK. The Tory leader insisted that Lord Ashcroft's tax affairs are a private matter. But aslashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
