January 2010

My Shared Google Reader Items

• Biden calls for 'viable' Palestinian state
  Visiting vice-president seeks to keep peace process on rails after Israel says it will expand East Jerusalem settlementThe US vice-president, Joe Biden, has said the Palestinians deserve a "viable" independent state with contiguous territory, hoping to reassure them of America's support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighbour […]
• Bakon Vodka
  Shared by Kate Kate DO want! The delicious taste of a pig infused with the delicious taste of vodka! http://www.rssmeme.com/story/1846801/bakon-vodka Shared eight times. Tagged drinks (63) . No, that's not a typo. Bakon Vodka ($30) is a new premium-quality potato vodka infus […]
• Egypt's top cleric dies aged 81
  Shared by Kate Rest in Peace Sheikh Tantawi. You will be missed but may your ideas prevail. Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81. […]
• Israel sued over dead US activist
  A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, opens in Israel. […]
• Egypt's top cleric dies aged 81
  Egypt's top Muslim cleric, Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81. […]
• PEACE ACTIVISTS RALLY FOR ANTI-WAR ISRAELI MP
  from the Morning Star Israeli leftwingers rallied outside a Tel Aviv court on Tuesday before the “political” trial of MP Mohammed Barakeh, who leads the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, or Hadash. From 2006-9 Mr Barakeh participated in hundreds of rallies against Israel’s bloody 2006 assault on Lebanon and the illegal separation wall in the West Bank […]
• Israeli go-ahead for new settlement homes casts cloud over Biden visit
  • 1,600 homes to be built in East Jerusalem settlement• Vice-president says the deal undermines trustJoe Biden, the US vice-president, condemned a plan by Israel to build 1,600 homes on occupied Palestinian land in an East Jerusalem settlement.The Israeli interior ministry's approval of the plan cast a cloud over a visit to the country by Biden just ho […]
• Bakon Vodka
  http://www.rssmeme.com/story/1846801/bakon-vodka Shared eight times. Tagged drinks (63) . No, that's not a typo. Bakon Vodka ($30) is a new premium-quality potato vodka infused with a savory bacon flavor. Distilled from Idaho potatoes and possessing a perfect hint of...Visit Unc […]
• Israel and Syria in nuclear bids
  Israel and Syria both tell a conference in Paris they want to use nuclear power to generate electricity. […]
• Interview with Gaza rights defender: "Siege began in 1967"
  BRUSSELS (IPS) - For the first time since September 2006, Mahmoud Abu Rahma, a leading figure in the Palestinian human rights group Al Mezan, has been granted permission to travel outside Gaza. More than 30 applications to leave the Strip had previousl […]