Many have tried. All have failed. But with a new computer game, you can make peace in the Middle East. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

he most arbitrary and distorted borders in the world are in Africa and the Middle East. Drawn by self-interested Europeans. The unjust borders in the Middle East — to borrow from Churchill — generate more trouble than can be consumed locally.

What if new borders were drawn in the Middle East, ones that cut along cultural/religious boundaries? picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Israel states that the Jewish people arose in the Land of Israel and was exiled from its homeland. Schoolchildren are taught that this happened during the period of Roman rule, in 70 CE. The nation remained loyal to its land, to which it began to return after two millennia of exile. Wrong, says the historian Shlomo Zand. There never was a Jewish people, only a Jewish religion, and the exile also n... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Harvard researchers have discovered half a dozen new genes involved in autism that suggest the disorder strikes in a brain that can't properly form new connections. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Somethings shaking off the Juan de Fuca Plate (the kid in me likes saying "Juan de Fuca")and its unlike anything scientists have heard in 17 years. picked by browntrout 8 months ago

The military cannot automatically discharge people because they're gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal. picked by muppet 6 months ago

The middle ages (5th - 15th Centuries AD), often termed The Dark Ages, were actually a time of great discovery and invention. The Middle ages also saw major advances in technologies that already existed, and the adoption of many Eastern technologies in the West. This is a list of the ten greatest inventions of the Middle Ages (excluding military inventions). picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Well, at least that is the claim by Hamas Member of Parliament Ahmad Abu Halabiya who explains that the Jews are using artificial earthquakes to destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

‘Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to have their backsides tattooed,' the vicar wrote on his blog. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Former President Carter said Monday that Hamas — the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel — is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."

Actually, maybe not

But Carter warned that there would not be peace if Israel and the U.S. continue to shut out Hamas and its main backer, Syria. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Click on a region of the world and view all the earthquakes there in the past 7 days. It's constantly updated, so earthquakes that that occured minutes ago are posted. Neat! picked by tundramonkey 2 years ago

Were starting to get used to it.

As of this post the most recent was at 1 o`clock today (v-day 1:18p.m. now) picked by jLoSsDh 10 months ago

This is in honor if the death of Jerry Fartwell. All fear originates from the internal, it is an emotional response to a percieved danger, according to Yoda hate follows. So if homophobes don't percieve gays as a physical threat, what are they so scared of? Themselves being what most they hate. picked by blurmore 2 years ago

Did the United States turn down Israeli requests for military hardware to help it prepare for a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities? picked by AfroMosHi 4 months ago

Homosexuals have been designated an area in a Copenhagen cemetery for those who want to be buried among people who shared their sexual orientation. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Sega and Dubai properties firm Emaar plan to open a number of indoor theme parks across the Middle East and North Africa. picked by punthe 11 months ago

Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Take a 50-second trip through 5000 years of conflict. picked by amador 2 years ago

"The research that eHarmony has developed, through years of research, to match couples has been based on traits and personality patterns of successful heterosexual marriages," picked by kxmk 2 years ago

More than two dozen Israeli motorists manoeuvred around the dead body of a road accident victim lying in the middle of a busy intersection, failing to stop to help in an incident captured by a traffic camera. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago