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As the 2024 presidential race heats up, a central paradox is becoming ever clearer: Many voters are growing disenchanted with, and are certainly not enthused, by the two main candidates, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who are 81 and 77 years old, respectively. With a little over six months to go before election day on Nov. 5, this can be seen in Biden’s relatively low approval ratings. Meanwhile, Trump’s ever-growing list of controversies and court cases might be buoying his populist political base but they are turning off many independents and more moderate Republican voters. One of the key implications...

Transcript - The Doha Debates Dec 12, 2011 – Khaled Almæena, [Editor-at-large of Arab News, the first English language newspaper in Saudi Arabia. He travels and speaks widely and is a regular contributor to regional and international publications]... Well, all Arab media is biased, unfortunately. But what we can do is use other means. And there is an alternative media across the Arab world which young people are using. Because nobody takes seriously a media that ignores the aspiration of 80 percent of the people - which would be biased. http://www.thedohadebates.com/debates/item/?d=114&s=8&mode=transcript

MAKKAH: A clinic in the Eastern Province that provides treatment to people possessed by jinns has volunteered to help Turki, a 29-year-old Saudi from Makkah who according to his father is possessed by a female jinn and has, as a result, been chained to a bed for more than six years. “I’ve spoken to the center and they’ve offered to help my son. They will provide accommodation, food and air tickets for him, his wife, me and his mother who is my ex-wife,” said Turki’s father. He, however, added that traveling to the Eastern Province is going to be difficult....

A random websurf today shows no shortage of prominent coverage in the Arabic language media including running commentary on the fiasco as well as in some cases detailed background explanations as to how the recent State Dinner security breach occured at the White House and uncleared people were able to come into close access with the President of the United States and visiting The Prime Minister of India.One such outlet is Arab Times in Arabic, located in the United States, but many other outlets are carrying it outside of the USA--including on some questionable sites. This appeared on Arabic...

WASHINGTON: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s religious life and her beliefs have become a topic of intense interest and scrutiny here — due to her recent meteoric rise from relative obscurity to Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential running mate. Press interviews with the two pastors she is most closely associated with in Wasilla, her hometown in Alaska — the Assembly of God and the Wasilla Bible Church — say her foundation and source of guidance is the Bible, and with that has come her conviction to act as God’s servant. “The churches that Sarah has attended all believe in a literal...

Sometimes it feels like we're always in a race with time. We're always in a hurry to get things done or racing to get somewhere fast or just trying to meet somebody else's deadline. Being in a hurry is part of our nature. Impatience to fulfill our most basic needs is imbued in our creation. A baby cries forcefully demanding its milk while a fully-grown corporate executive pounds his fist on the table demanding work be done. We're always racing but we never seem to catch up. Now, superstar Mel Gibson is telling us to relax and enjoy the ride...

After London, now the Egyptian tourist resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. Evil continues its rampage around the globe. Yet more innocents are slaughtered on the altar of hate. Where next, people ask. This is not the first such atrocity in Egypt. The 1996 attack on Greek tourists in Cairo, which left 18 dead; the September 1997 killing of nine German tourists outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and two months later the devastating massacres of 58 tourists in the Valley of the Kings; last year’s bombs in the Sinai resorts of Taba leaving 34 dead; the deadly bomb last April at...

While the outside world is trying to size up Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and decide whether or not he was involved in terrorist operations, the people of Iran are witnessing an impressive build-up of power around the newly elected president. Ahmadinejad has hit the ground running. Just two days after his election he sent emissaries to all the defeated candidates to warn them in no uncertain turns that they would have to cooperate with his administration or else. Even Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was beaten by Ahmadinejad, stopped sniping at his rival after receiving an offer he could not refuse. According to...

Egyptian Historian on Saudi Iqra TV: The Vatican's Mission of Destroying Islam was Delegated to the U.S. – Which Carried Out 9/11 on Assignment by the World Council of Churches The following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian historian Professor Zaynab Abd Al-Aziz, which aired on Saudi Iqra TV [1] on May 26, 2005. [To view this clip from MEMRI TV visit http://memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=708] Abd Al-Aziz: "The decision to impose one religion over the entire world was made in the Second Vatican Council in 1965." Host: "Huh?" Abd Al-Aziz: "Yes. A long time ago." Host: "They decided to Christianize the...

GAZA CITY, 20 May 2005 — Israel yesterday threatened to resume its policy of targeted killings of Palestinian activists as militants fired mortars and rockets at Gaza Jewish settlements for a second day. Dozens of projectiles fell on the settlements. A mortar shell exploded in an Israeli Army base just outside Gaza, causing some damage but no injuries. Two rockets hit the Karni crossing point into Israel, the military said. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz called military commanders in for consultations and let it be known that Israel would go back to targeted killing of Palestinians about to fire mortars...

International Women's Day Special    #597 - Dubai TV Blooper - Fun Pillow War in Tel Aviv Reported as Settlers' Anti-Withdrawal Demonstration Dubai TV - 3/9/2005 - 00:01:34    #596 - "Special Force" - Hizbullah's Computer Game: The Goal Is to Kill Israeli PM Sharon Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai) - 2/23/2005 - 00:01:40    #595 - Columnist Najem Abd Al-Karim: Jews in Holocaust Exaggerated; Algerians Really Put in Ovens Saudi TV Ch.1 - 3/2/2005 - 00:01:41    #594 - Hizbullah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Threatens the U.S. and Supports Syria in a Beirut Rally Al-Manar TV (Lebanon) - 3/8/2005 - 00:06:56...

International Women's Day Special    #590 - International Women's Day Special - Arab TV Channels Debate Wife-Beating in Islam and the Arab World (Compilation) 00:12:59    #589 - International Women's Day Special - Arab TV Channels Debate the Status of Women in the Arab World (Compilation) 00:09:03    #588 - Wife-Beating Debated on Lebanese TV Channels Heya TV - 12/30/2004 - 00:04:42    #587 - Saudi Cleric Sleiman Al-Odeh Explains Why He Supports Jihad in Iraq Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - 3/2/2005 - 00:02:32

The van ahead of me was weaving dangerously into heavy merging traffic. Keeping a safe distance behind, I finally managed to pull up to him to give him a piece of my mind. What I saw was a figure of a petrified Asian driver crouched low behind the wheel with a look of total terror. Glancing at the back seat occupants, I noticed three women who looked just as terrified as their driver. I quickly surmised that this driver was probably very new in town, and must have very little experience at the wheel. And how tragic it would have...

Special Coverage of Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference and Jihad on Saudi TV    #571 - Syrian Intelligence Officer and Top Iraqi Terrorist Reveal Beheading Trainings in Syria Al-Iraqiya TV (Iraq) - 2/23/2005 - 00:03:10    #570 - Anti-Zionist Rabbis Join Hizbullah and Hamas in a Beirut Pro-Palestinian Convention New TV (Lebanon), Al-Manar TV (Lebanon) - 2/23/2005 - 00:03:03    #569 - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir: Blue Stripes in Israeli Flag - The Nile and Euphrates Al-'Alam TV (Iran) - 2/18/2005 - 00:02:46    #568 - Sahar TV Banned in France for Airing Antisemitic Shows Zahra's Blue Eyes and Al-Shatat Sahar...

Special Coverage of Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference and Jihad on Saudi TV    #550 - Claiming of Responsibility for the Al-Hariri Assassination - No Subtitles Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - 02/14/05 - 00:00:50    #549 - Initial Reactions to the Assassination of Former Lebanese President Rafiq Al-Hariri Al-'Alam TV (Iran), Abu Dhabi TV - 02/14/05 - 00:01:44    #547 - Hizbullah Deputy Leader, Sheik Na'im Qassem: US President Bush Considers Himself God of the World, but His Perversion Is Evident Al-Manar TV (Lebanon) - 02/12/05 - 00:00:00    #546 - Debate on Female Circumcision in Djibouti 02/04/05 - 00:00:00  

Special Coverage of Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference and Jihad on Saudi TV    #545 - Islamic Science: Neil Armstrong Proved Mecca is the Center of the World Al-Majd (Saudi Arabia/UAE) - 1/16/2005 - 00:03:01    #544 - Oman Sultan Qabus Disapproves of Term 'Unemployment,' Listens to Citizens’ Requests Oman TV - 2/8/2005 - 00:03:28    #543 - Former Kuwaiti Minister Ahmad Al-Ruba'i: Iraq Was Destroyed by Arabs, Not by US ANB TV (London) - 2/3/2005 - 00:01:06    #542 - Mufti of Damascus: Husbands Should Not Divorce Wives out of Anger. Better to Wait Until She Dies, or Until He...

Special Coverage of Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference and Jihad on Saudi TV    #538 - Producer of Anti-Semitic Iranian TV Series "Zahra's Blue Eyes": A White Zionist Ship Sails Around the World, Kidnapping Babies to Use Their Organs Sahar TV (Iran) - 2/8/2005 - 00:03:10    #537 - Saudi Child Rahaf's Counter-Terrorism Poem Saudi TV Ch.1 - 2/8/2005 - 00:01:37    #536 - Pro-Saddam Egyptian Journalist Sayyed Nassar: Iraqi Elections Were a Theatrical Production Conducted by an American Film Maker. The Iraqi People Deserved Saddam Hussein Dream2 TV (Egypt) - 2/6/2005 - 00:02:46    #535 - Saudi Cleric Aed Al-Qarni...

Special Coverage of Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference and Jihad on Saudi TV    #529 - Iranian Minister of Defense Shamkhani: Our Missiles' Range Does Not Reach Europe Iran Ch.2 - 2/5/2005 - 00:00:46    #528 - Commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, General Safavy: US Forces in Falluja Took and Sold Dead Iraqis' Organs Iran, Channel 4 - 2/6/2005 - 00:01:30    #527 - Ayatollah Khomeini's Grandson, Hasan Khomeini: Bush Administration the Worst Terorrist Government Worldwide, but Will Not Attack Iran Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - 2/6/2005 - 00:00:39    #526 - Ali Larijani, Khamemei's Representative at the Iranian Security Council: Suspension...

War brings chaos in its wake in which the most extraordinary items can go missing. No one ever found out what happened to the brand new tanks and equipment for an entire US armored division, which went missing when supposed to be shipped to Italy in 1943. Now an even more serious loss has occurred in the fog of conflict. Almost $9 billion of Iraqi oil revenues handled by the US-led Coalition Authority in Baghdad have gone apparently missing. Iraqis will rightly want to know what has happened to this immense sum slated for the rebuilding and reconstruction of their...

Mention was made on a previous post (Mark Yannone-Libertarian or What ?) of a letter published by Arab News,entitled "World's Nightmare". Re-checking this morning,at the request of Mr. Yannone,I find the letter was written by a different contributor,and that Mark Yannone had nothing to do with it. There was a letter written by Mr. Yannone,that was published on this date,but the subject matter was different.My apologies to Mr. Yannone for this error !