Archive for May, 2011
VIDEO: Obama renews Bush’s Patriot Act with little backlash
During the bush years, we fought hard against radical ideas, like signing the patriot act bill after 9/11. now some of what seem to be rad dat departures from american tradition have become normalized, hardly noticed. quietly and quickly, congress reauthorized the patriot act last week before ducking out for the holiday weekend. the senate [...]
Ch. 4 News report about Somali Olympic team inspires youth to fundraise
If you haven’t watched already the above report about Somali Athletes struggling to survive war and poverty while aiming to represent their home country, Somalia in the 2012 Olympics touched the hearts and minds of many, specially the Somali Diaspora youth. There is an online campaign to raise money for the team, and an advance [...]
VIDEO: Some Asians have surgery to look White (Caucasian)
A CNN report showed that some Asians are having plastic surgery to achieve a more ‘Western’ look. Young Turks Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss it. They did similar stories about black doing similar surgeries to look lighter or have different body features.
Disturbing Video: Somali Immigrants in Greece “can’t go out” to eat
Universal Tv did this special program about the Somalis in Greece and their current living situation. Reports say mobs are roaming through the streets, searching for immigrants in a mainly Somalis area, and beating them with sticks. People are not going out to seek necessary food or medical attention, out of fear. Addition to that, [...]
Cholera Kills 85 in Somalia
(AP) MOGADISHU, Somalia — The World Health Organization says a cholera outbreak in Somalia has killed at least 85 people and infected dozens of others. WHO spokesman Pieter Desloover says Mogadishu, Afgoye and Baidoa have been hit hardest by the disease. Banadir hospital in Mogadishu alone reported 85 deaths. Desloover says the cholera outbreak was [...]
Watch:”Gaddafi ready for truce” Says South Africa’s Jacob Zuma
Muammar Gaddafi is ready for a truce to stop the fighting in his country, the visiting South African president has said after meeting the Libyan leader, but he listed conditions set out by Gaddafi that have dashed previous ceasefire attempts. South Africa’s Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday that Gaddafi was ready to accept an African Union [...]
“Tupac Alive” says hacked PBS
False report is spreading through facebook and twitter like wild fire, because Hackers access PBS servers in retaliation for WikiLeaks report; The fake story reads: Prominent rapper Tupac has been found alive and well in a small resort in New Zealand, locals report. The small town – unnamed due to security risks – allegedly housed [...]
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Al Jazeera and the Arab awakening
(AJ) The Arab revolutions, the emerging new media ecosystem and Al Jazeera in North America. On this week’s show we feature an interview with Al Jazeera’s director general, Wadah Khanfar. Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Arab revolutions has, at times, prompted embattled leaders in the region to accuse the network of fuelling the protests. The [...]
VIDEO: Another Amazon activist killed in Brazil
Brazilian police have confirmed the killing of yet another Amazon environmental campaigner. Adelino Ramos was known for openly denouncing those who illegally cut the rainforest. His is just the latest in a long line of murders of such activists.
Short & Powerful Video: You are brothers/Wallaalo ayaa tihiin
This is funny in the beginning as two Somalis boys holding two regional flags, but ends with strong message, find out how.
Caadaysiga lugooyada oo qurbaha ku soo badanaya
Waayhanba bulshada Soomaalida ah waxaa ku dhex maaxayay fikiro aan diin iyo dhaqannoba raad ku leheyn, laakiin ah wax la iska caadeystay. Waa wax dadnimadeena wax u dhimi kara, dibna noogu soo laaban kara hadii aan la iska waanin. Fikradahan guracan way badan yihiin laakiin labo hadda taagan oo iswata aan ku soo qaadano.Waa mid [...]
VIDEO: America’s most feared creature, “BIGFOOT” caught on tape?
Washington woman claims to have accidentally caught Bigfoot on camera while hiking in the woods. You can see the alleged Bigfoot video above for yourself, the shot is a bit grainy. The footage was captured on an iPhone at Downriver Park along the Spokane river, according to KXLY.com.
VIDEO: ATL Model plunged from 10th-story window at hotel
ATLANTA (AP) — A 30-year-old woman died on her birthday and another woman was seriously injured when they plunged from a 10th-story hotel window at a hotel early Saturday morning, investigators said. Witnesses told police that 30-year-old Lashawna Threatt and second woman were “play wrestling” in a room at the W Midtown Hotel around 3:15 [...]
Typhoon Songda (major storm) hits southern Japan
(AJ) The first major storm of the season is now making its way across southern Japan. It has weakened somewhat, but Tropical Storm Songda is yet another natural disaster to hit the stricken country in recent times. This has been quite a long-lived storm, and we have been tracking its progress for more than [...]
Powerful Video: Somali Americans explain why MINNESOTA
If you didn’t know already, Minnesota is the home of Somalis in America. Estimates say, there are probably more Somalis in Minnesota than there are in the other 49 US States. Mogadishu Times presents a small documentary that lets the community tell why they love Minnesota.
Iceland Ranked Most Peaceful Nation, Somalia Worst
(AllGov)World peace has been on a downward trend in recent years, according to an annual gauge of domestic and foreign conflict. The 2011 edition of the Global Peace Index, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, concludes that the levels of world peace have dropped three years in a row. This year is shaping [...]
HD VIDEO of Highlights: Barcelona Wins over Man U
(NYT):In Dominant Display of Ball Control, Barcelona Wins the Champions League LONDON — With the fans at oIn Dominant Display of Ball Control, Barcelona Wins the Champions Leaguene end of Wembley Stadium singing and dancing, and those at the other sulking and leaving, the public-address announcer made the most obvious of proclamations: Barcelona was the [...]
Sad but Funny: Police sergeant arrested for using Mugabe’s ‘PRIVATE TOILET’
(The Guardian) When the call of nature comes, it cannot always be denied. Few have answered it in such an unfortunate fashion as Alois Mabhunu. While on duty at a trade fair, the Zimbabwean police sergeant could not hold on and allegedly dashed to the nearest toilet – disastrously, it transpired, as it was reserved [...]
Gov Victories Continue: Commander in Chief tells Shabaab out, while you can
Somali government forces backed by African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops on Friday seized new areas in the insurgent controlled part of the capital Mogadishu following heavy battles with Islamist gunmen, officials said. The Somali government troops retook large swathes of territory south and west of the main Bakara market in Mogadishu including a key road [...]
VIDEO: Egypt opens Gaza border, and Israel is furious over it
After 4 years under total lockdown, Gaza’s 1.5 million residents finally have a gateway to the outside world. Egypt’s dropped the stringent security that Israel insisted on for its border crossing with the blockaded region. Israel’s long struggled to keep Gaza’s borders watertight, depriving people there in the hope of forcing Hamas out of power. [...]
Somali teens shot dead in council estate alleyway
(The Independent) A gunman killed two teenagers with shots to the head after ambushing them in a darkened alleyway on a council estate. Mohammed Abdi Farah, 19, of Birmingham, died in the alley on the Fishermead estate in Milton Keynes on Thursday night. His companion, Amin Ahmed Ismail 18, from London, died in hospital several [...]
As drought worsens, US chipped in $14.5 million for Somalia’s food aid
(Muujis) State Department spokesman, Mark Toner said the United States approved $14.5 million contribution to the World Food Programme to benefit Somalis in need for food assistance. US was in a list of countries that were generally expected to take part in the efforts to help Somalia’s drought victims, not only because it could, and [...]
Fareed Zakara’s Marriage Problem, living separately
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria is having some apearant marriage problem with his wife, Paula Throckmorton. NYPOST: Fareed Zakaria and his stunning wife, Paula Throckmorton, have hit a rough patch. The host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” and Paula, who owns a jewelry-design business, are living separately while they work out their differences, sources say. The Upper [...]
Berlusconi takes his alleged mistress case to G-8 Summit, blames”dictatorship of leftist judges”
05/27/11 12:06 PM ET ROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has taken his claim that he is being persecuted by leftist judges to the G-8 summit, telling a clearly perplexed President Barack Obama that in Italy they represent “almost a dictatorship.” His comments carried on Italian TV news broadcasts from the summit in Deauville, [...]
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