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Arab MK Muhammad Barakei walked out of a police interrogation on Sunday after accusing the police of rudeness, although the two sides dispute what the rudeness was about. Barakei's spokesman, Barhoum Jaraisey, said the Hadash MK left the police station after being called "motek" - Hebrew for "darling" - and accused the officer of "lacking manners." Judea and Samaria police spokesman Shlomi Sagi acknowledged that the officer used the term, but it was as a slip of the tongue when asking Barakei to speak more slowly so the investigator could write down what the MK was saying. The officer immediately...

Iran's shipping IEDs into Iraq by Dan Darling August 5, 2005 During the trials of the 1998 embassy bombers, the one-time head of bin Laden's Praetorian Guard, Ali Mohammed, made a number of unusual statements that would forever change the world of counter-terrorism. Here are some of the more revealing statements made by Mohammed: “I was aware of certain contacts between al-Qaida and al-Jihad organization, on one side, and Iran and Hizballah on the other side,” Mohamed said. “I arranged security for a meeting in the Sudan between Mughniyah, Hizballah’s chief, and bin Ladin.” “Hizballah provided explosives training for al-Qaida...

Workers at the English National Opera have been banned from using the term of endearment "darling" to each other. "The policy, set out in a document called Dignity at Work, singles out the word 'darling' as part of a code of conduct which addresses workplace protocol. It tells employees: 'The use of affectionate names such as 'darling' may constitute sexual harassment.'". A grievance procedure is available for those who are made uncomfortable by hearing the word. ("'Darling' ban for opera workers", BBC, Apr. 22). A spokesman, however, said there was a grandfather clause: "Existing staff who call each other 'darling'...