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Chairman Mao's Long Arm Strikes Korean Pet Shop The signboard of a pet shop in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province which provoked a diplomatic incident by substituting Mao Zedong's picture for a dog. This picture was posted on Web portal xiangshu (http://www.xiangshu.com). A pet shop in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province has bowed to international pressure over a sign in its window that showed the head of a dog emblazoned on Tiananmen gate. The gate in fact bears the likeness of chairman Mao Zedong. According to China抯 Global Times, the shop has now removed the offending composite picture after the Cheoin-gu district office...

John McCain can totally blame Barbra Streisand for his undiplomatic stumping on Iran. He said he wouldn't sing again if she would drop the politics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTuwBw9q3Sw hat tip The Corner http://corner.nationalreview.com/

Go to this link to see photos of how Islam deals with kids who steal bread. This is gruesome so be advised that it may make you sick at heart and stomach. Link http://www.haber3.com/haber.php?haber_id=102544 12 Mayýs 2006 17:42 Malum Ýran nükleer enerji meselesinden ötürü gündemden hiç düþmediðinden, bu görüntülere ilgi daha da büyük oluyor. Ancak bu arada, adamýn elinde mikrofon olmasýndan, çocuðun hiç direnmemesinden, kolunun altýndaki bezden ve þeriat kulallarýna göre elin kesilmesi gerekirken ezilmesinden þüphelenen birkaç kiþi konunun üzerinde duruyor. Önce Ýnternet'te basit bir arama yaparak ayný çocuðun baþýný iki elinin fotograflarda imzasý olan gazete ve fotografçýya ulaþýlýyor.Ýranlý fotografçý...

Sanaa: A total of 13 men accused of bombing a US destroyer and a French oil tanker were among the 23 Al Qaida suspects who escaped from the intelligence prison after digging a tunnel to a neighbouring mosque, official sources said. "The fugitives dug a 70-metre-long tunnel from inside the prison to a neighbouring mosque from where they escaped to an unknown place," the state-run website, 26 sepnet, quoted an unidentified security official as saying. The official did not rule out that the escapees received help from people outside the prison. Fawaz Al Rabyee, the alleged main accused in the...