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[Rabz]

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun.

1 less man to count the barrels of oil.

[deshimon]

Innalillahi oinnailahi rajiun...... May his soul rest in peace.

[Rifat]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15379068

19 October 2011 Last updated at 17:15 ET Help

A Saudi restaurant in Damam city, the capital of the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia, has started charging costumers who do not finish their meals.

The restaurant, named Marmar, hopes to encourage people to order only the food they need.

Customers, some of whom were surprised by the charges, said they welcomed the idea.

Ghada Nassef reports.

[Navo]

Is it just me or does anyone else find Imran Khan's political campaigning to be a bit shallow and vacuous? Maybe he will be more honest than the rest (which isn't saying much) but he really doesn't seem to have any concrete solutions for Pakistan's many current problems. This latest clip about a major political rally he spoke at is pleasant to look at but at the end is just another example of social network stuntbaji. He might be charismatic but I can't help but think he's a dhandabaj:

[FaHiMa]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/19/kim-jong-il

Kim Jong-il

One of the most condemned leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, Kim Jong-il left North Korea diplomatically isolated and economically broken

Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken, and divided from South Korea.

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[Rabz]

The Great Leader is Dead !!
Long Live the Great Leader Junior !!

[Neel Here]

Originally Posted by Navo
Is it just me or does anyone else find Imran Khan's political campaigning to be a bit shallow and vacuous? Maybe he will be more honest than the rest (which isn't saying much) but he really doesn't seem to have any concrete solutions for Pakistan's many current problems. This latest clip about a major political rally he spoke at is pleasant to look at but at the end is just another example of social network stuntbaji. He might be charismatic but I can't help but think he's a dhandabaj:

imran khan is pakistan army/ISI's candidate. the bhuttos are not acceptable and nawaz is not acceptable because of his actions against musharraf.

[Alien]

Originally Posted by Rabz
The Great Leader is Dead !!
Long Live the Great Leader Junior !!

We lost a great nuclear armed golfer. RIP.

[NoName]

It used to be the Best Korea, not anymore, what a shame ='(.

[Kabir]

Okay...I'm a bit concerned about my mental state. I came here thinking Kim Jong Il was the definition of an idiot...but seems like I'm in a world of mine own.

[NoName]

It was sarcasm.

[Equinox]

Yep no such thing as racism in the US of A:

Eight U.S. soldiers charged over death of 'racially-bullied' teenage Asian-American who 'committed suicide' on duty in Afghanistan

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1hIS2WCIx

[shiplu]

a man got stabbed to death today in london in broad daylight, its shocking as it has in daylight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fbsw...ature=youtu.be

[Naimul_Hd]

The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia sails from Limassol, Cyprus in this April 2009 photo. The ship ran aground off the coast of Isola de.




The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lays on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012

[nakedzero]

A narrow stadium exit turned into a death trap. Crowds of Egyptian soccer fans fleeing supporters of the opposing team armed with knives, clubs and stones rushed into the corridor, only to be crushed against a locked gate, their rivals attacking from behind, survivors and witnesses said.

The result was the world’s worst soccer violence in 15 years, with 74 people crushed, suffocated or stabbed to death.


SOURCE

[Murad]

পার্লামেন্টে পর্নো ভিডিও, ফেঁসে যাচ্ছেন আরও বিধায়ক! (ভিডিও)

অনলাইন ডেস্ক | তারিখ: ০৮-০৩-২০১২


ভারতের কর্ণাটক রাজ্যে বিধানসভায় বসে পর্নো ভিডিও দেখায় হইচই ফেলে দিয়েছিলেন তিন মন্ত্রী। এ বিষয়ে একটি তদন্ত কমিটি গঠন করা হয়। কমিটি তদন্ত করতে গিয়ে দেখেছে, শুধু তিন মন্ত্রীই নন, বিধানসভার আরও অনেক সদস্য এ কাজ করেছেন।
তদন্ত কমিটি বলছে, অভিযুক্ত ওই তিন মন্ত্রী ছাড়া আরও ১৫ জনেরও বেশি বিধায়ক বিধানসভার অধিবেশন চলার সময় পর্নো ভিডিও দেখেছেন। এ যেন কেচো খুঁড়তে সাপ বেরিয়ে আসার মতো ব্যাপার!

ভারতীয় গণমাধ্যম বলছে, পর্নো ভিডিও দেখার বিষয়টি এখন দিন দিন খুব নোংরা ঘটনার দিকে যাচ্ছে। এনডিটিভি তাদের এক প্রতিবেদনে জানিয়েছে, পর্নো ভিডিও দেখায় অভিযুক্ত সদস্যদের বিচারকাজ করতে অনেক দেরি হচ্ছে। তবে এই দেরি হওয়ার কারণ সম্পর্কে তদন্ত কমিটি জানিয়েছে, আরও অনেক বিধায়ক এর সঙ্গে জড়িত আছেন বলে তদন্ত প্রতিবেদন দিতে দেরি হচ্ছে।

অভিযুক্ত বিজেপির সাবেক তিন মন্ত্রী হলেন লক্ষ্মণ এস সাবাদি, সিসি পাতিল ও জে কৃষ্ণা পালেমার। তবে এখনো তাঁদের বিরুদ্ধে কোনো ব্যবস্থা নেওয়া হয়নি। তবে ওই তিন মন্ত্রী পদত্যাগ করেছেন।

তবে তদন্ত কমিটি ধারণা করছে, তারা ১৩ মার্চের মধ্যে তদন্ত প্রতিবেদন জমা দেবে।

আজ বৃহস্পতিবার অভিযুক্ত তিনজনকেই তলব করেছে তদন্ত কমিটি। তবে অভিযুক্ত সেই মন্ত্রীদের ভাষ্য হচ্ছে, এ ঘটনায় তাঁরা মোটেও অনুতপ্ত নন। তাঁরা বলেছেন, ভিডিওতে তাঁরা একটি ডকুমেন্টারি দেখছিলেন। এতে নারী নির্যাতনের একটি দৃশ্য ছিল। এনডিটিভি।

তবে তদন্ত কমিটিরা কার্যক্রম নিয়েও প্রশ্ন উঠেছে। কেননা, তদন্ত কমিটির সবাই বিজেপির দলের সদস্য। তাই এ তদন্ত কমিটি নিজের দলের বিচারকাজ কতটুকু স্বচ্ছভাবে করবে, সেটি নিয়েই প্রশ্ন তুলেছে বিরোধী দল।

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/da...08/news/231072

Video Report

[FaHiMa]

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Chinese Man Sues Wife for being Ugly, and Wins
Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Northern Chinese resident Jian Feng divorced and sued his wife for $120,000 and won! The story goes that Mr. Feng was deeply in love with his beautiful wife until they had a baby girl...

http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/20455/48/

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by FaHiMa
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http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/20455/48/

Hmm...interesting.

It was only then that his wife confessed that she had received intense plastic surgery to look radically different. Feng divorced and sued his wife under the terms that she had gotten him to marry her under false pretenses!

and what about those girls who use heavy make up to deceive us (males) ? Using make up to look beautiful should be treated as 'fraud case' too then !

[Purbasha T]

Main reason:

''Feng was horrified at how ugly the baby was and demanded to know who his wife had cheated on him with because the baby resembled neither of the parents.''

[mar umpire]

is this from a movie

[FaHiMa]

Bosnian Muslim Senad Hadzic walks to Mecca via Syria
A Bosnian Muslim man has walked 5,650km (3,503 miles) to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, and says God kept him safe in war-torn Syria.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20093919

[Navo]

Seeing the above posts reminded me of something. A couple of months ago I discovered that Kim Jong Il's grandson goes to a branch of a school I attended!

[NoName]

Originally Posted by mar umpire
is this from a movie

It will be made into one, no worries.

[One World]

After days of death of Damini, the victim of gang rape and severe assault in a public bus in Naya Delhi, India and arresting of all the alleged criminals by police, the Indian Jurisdiction & Law makers get innovative to change the old regulations that do not satisfy the punishment of general demand against such heinous crime.

So, they are now seriously thinking to make the rapist impotent for good applying medical techniques (treatments?). Despite my sympathetic conscience supports the action proposed wholeheartedly and also wants similar ruling employed from our government, it is also disturbed by the very thought of, the socio-cultural effect that will result from such implied impotence.

Moreover, it may aspire homosexuality in reverse, considering the fact that the number of rape is alarmingly on the rise in New Delhi and India is topping the list of maximum number of AIDS patients.

http://www.notundesh.com/details.php...gory=খবর

[Murad]

Saturday, February 2, 2013

'Pork found' in UK prison Halal food

Animals intended for halal meat are traditionally slaughtered by hand in accordance with Islamic law. This photo has been taken from BBC.
BBC Online

The Ministry of Justice is to suspend a UK firm supplying meat to prisons after tests found that it may have provided pies and pasties described as Halal - but with traces of pork DNA.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said the "local authority" involved was investigating, while the MoJ said the products have been withdrawn.

UK Justice Minister Jeremy Wright said the incident was "absolutely unacceptable".

Under Islamic law, Muslims are strictly forbidden to eat pork.

In a statement, Wright said the Prison Service was investigating the incident "as a matter of urgency".

He added: "This is an absolutely unacceptable situation and one which we regret greatly.

"Clearly this must be distressing for those affected and they can be reassured we are doing everything we can to resolve the situation."

'Immediate steps'

The MoJ said it commissioned tests after the "recent high profile incidents" in which beefburgers sold by some supermarket chains were found to contain horsemeat.

It said the results of the tests, undertaken by an independent agency, became known on Thursday.

A spokesman said: "All prisons have been informed about this very regrettable incident and we reported this issue to the Food Standards Agency immediately.

"We are taking immediate steps to suspend the contract with the relevant sub-contractor."

A spokeswoman for the FSA said it was "informed" that a number of meat pies and pasties supplied to UK prisons - labelled and served as Halal - could have contained traces of pork DNA.


She said: "The local authority is investigating how this contamination came about and whether these products have been distributed further across the UK."

She added that the supplier and the local authority were based in the same area, but declined to say where.

Under Islamic law, the eating of pork is strictly prohibited for Muslims, as is the consumption of meat which has not been slaughtered in the correct way.

Halal meat is defined as meat slaughtered by hand and blessed by the person doing the killing, however some Muslims believe a mechanised form is also now acceptable.

Food and farming minister David Heath said people "have a right to expect that the food they are eating is correctly described".

He insisted: "I have made it clear that I want an urgent meeting with major retailers and suppliers first thing next week to get to the bottom of this completely unacceptable situation."

Editor of the Muslim News, Ahmed Versi, said the development was disturbing.

"This is very serious because no Muslim would ever eat pork meat - anything to do with pork - and it must be very distressing for those in prison who have been given this meat to realise they may have been eating food which was contaminated with pig."

Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust charity, said: "This lapse will have offended and distressed high numbers of Muslim prisoners and their families so apologising, suspending the supplier and investigating the incident are the right steps for the Ministry of Justice to take."

http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/01/traces...-food-3377996/