Extremely high in antioxidants, berries rank among my favorite foods. So here is my list of different kinds of berries that are extremely high health benefits. More...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Eating berries for better health...
Berries have been shown to be some of the healthiest foods on the planet. Every month or so it seems new research is being published and new berries are being discovered and analyzed for their health giving properties. As well as multi level marketing companies jumping on the bandwagon to make a fast buck.
The man who exposed the great climate change con trick...
Imagine how wonderful the world would be if man-made global warming were just a figment of Al Gore’s imagination. No more ugly wind farms to darken our sunlit uplands. No more whopping electricity bills, artificially inflated by EU-imposed carbon taxes. No longer any need to treat each warm, sunny day as though it were some terrible harbinger of ecological doom. And definitely no need for the $7.4 trillion cap and trade (carbon-trading) bill — the largest tax in American history — which President Obama and his cohorts are so assiduously trying to impose on the US economy.
Imagine no more, for your fairy godmother is here. His name is Ian Plimer, Professor of Mining Geology at Adelaide University, and he has recently published the landmark book Heaven And Earth, which is going to change forever the way we think about climate change. More...
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Pet Airways takes to the air!!!
One trip for their Jack Russell terrier in a plane's cargo hold was enough to convince Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel that owners needed a better option to get their pets from one city to another.
Today, the first flight for the husband-and-wife team's Pet Airways, the first-ever all-pet airline, took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y.
All commercial airlines allow a limited number of small pets to fly in the cabin. Others must travel as checked bags or in the cargo hold — a dark and sometimes dangerous place where temperatures can vary wildly. More...
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Tiger Park in India has no tigers...
One of India's main tiger parks - Panna National Park - has admitted it no longer has any tigers.
The park was part of efforts by the central state of Madhya Pradesh to save the famous Royal Bengal Tiger from extinction.
State Minister of Forests Rajendra Shukla said that the reserve, which three years ago had 24 tigers, no longer had any.
A special census was conducted in the park by a premier wildlife institute, after the forest authorities reported no sightings of the animals for a long time.
The park was part of efforts by the central state of Madhya Pradesh to save the famous Royal Bengal Tiger from extinction.
State Minister of Forests Rajendra Shukla said that the reserve, which three years ago had 24 tigers, no longer had any.
A special census was conducted in the park by a premier wildlife institute, after the forest authorities reported no sightings of the animals for a long time.
This is the second tiger reserve iin India, after Sariska in Rajasthan, where numbers have dwindled to zero. More...
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Un prêtre mis en examen pour proxénétisme aggravé...
Il n’y a pas besoin d’être à la tête d’un réseau et de profiter financièrement du travail de prostituées pour être poursuivi pour proxénétisme. Etre suspecté d’avoir «fait office d’intermédiaire entre une personne se livrant à la prostitution et une autre exploitant ou rémunérant la prostitution d’autrui» est une autre possibilité. Derrière ce cadre juridique se cache une réalité. Celle d’un prêtre du diocèse de Metz pris dans la tourmente judiciaire depuis presque quinze jours. Suite...
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- Les français s’en fichent de la religion ! Et ils ont raison…
- L'évêque le plus ignoble du monde s'appelle Nicolas Lopez...
- Irlande/enfance: un rapport dénonce des décennies d'abus et accable l'Eglise...
- Pédophilie : un prêtre arrêté en France...
- Un ancien curé risque 5 ans pour abus sexuels sur enfants...
Khadafi accuse la Suisse de «financer le terrorisme».
Vendredi, le colonel Khadafi avait accusé la Suisse de «financer le terrorisme». Et voilà que le nouveau chargé d'affaires suisse à Tripoli a enfin reçu son visa. Le moins que l'on puisse dire est que les relations sont tendues depuis l'arrestation du fils Khadafi il y a juste un an à Genève.
L'ambassadeur Daniel von Muralt ayant pris sa retraite en janvier en pleine crise diplomatique, il ne restait depuis lors qu'un seul diplomate accrédité à Tripoli. Il devrait donc être rejoint bientôt par le nouveau chargé d'affaires, qui attendait son visa depuis des semaines. Suite...
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Microsoft va offrir une version gratuite d'Office...
Microsoft va présenter plus en détail Office 2010, lors de la Worldwide Partner Conference qui a débuté aujourd'hui et se déroulera jusqu'au 16 juillet à la Nouvelle-Orléans. Office 2010 devrait être disponible au cours du premier semestre de l'année prochaine. La suite bureautique bénéficie de différents apports (comme l'ajout du montage vidéo dans PowerPoint), mais c'est surtout l'arrivée d'Office Web qui soulève l'intérêt. Suite...
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John Pilger: 'I have watched the political ground shift beneath my feet'
He has pursued almost a crusade, a missionary like zeal against the Western world, its inadequacies and corruptions, for almost 40 years. Few politicians of recent times have escaped the withering criticisms, the icy blast of his rhetoric. He once disparagingly called South African former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel "a long haired biker of the 1980s".
Maybe, just maybe the driving force for journalist John Pilger's life work in exposing the rogue activities of politicians and countries, rooting out the tragedies from which he alleges their policies too often flow, come from his mother, back in Australia more than 50 years ago.
Pilger still recalls asking her about some wealthy people whom they saw one day in the expensive Belle View suburb of Sydney where, as he puts it now, the "robber barons" of Australia lived. "I grew up in pretty humble circumstances near the best beach in the world, Bondi, in Sydney. What my mother said one day was, 'These people are not better than us, just better off.'" More...
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Man. Utd. to open cafes in India...
English football champions Manchester United are to open their first cafe in the western Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) later this year.
The venture is the first of several the club plans for Indian cities.
Leading English football clubs are now poised to aggressively target India, where they see a huge untapped marketing opportunity.
The venture is the first of several the club plans for Indian cities.
Leading English football clubs are now poised to aggressively target India, where they see a huge untapped marketing opportunity.
Last month, a soccer academy in nearby Pune was opened with the backing of Liverpool Football Club. More...
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Microsoft to offer free Office software...
Microsoft is to launch a free online version of its Office software in the latest challenge to its arch-rival Google.
The move, in an intensifying war between the two giants, will see it catching up on products that Google launched three years ago.
The move, in an intensifying war between the two giants, will see it catching up on products that Google launched three years ago.
Google announced plans last week to challenge Windows with a free operating system. Microsoft introduced a new search engine, Bing, last month. More...
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Top British music conductor and his wife die in Switzerland's suicide clinic...
One of Britain's greatest conductors and his wife have taken their own lives at the Swiss assisted suicide clinic, Dignitas.
Sir Edward Downes, 85, and his 74-year-old wife Joan travelled to Switzerland to end their lives, his family said in a statement.
Sir Edward, who was Principal Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic from 1980 to 1991 had suffered with near blindness for the past 15 years and was going deaf.
Sir Edward Downes, 85, and his 74-year-old wife Joan travelled to Switzerland to end their lives, his family said in a statement.
Sir Edward, who was Principal Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic from 1980 to 1991 had suffered with near blindness for the past 15 years and was going deaf.
Lady Downes had terminal cancer and 'he could not go on living without her', said Sir Edward's agent Jonathan Groves. More...
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Popular Iranian singer Namjoo gets 5-year jail term...
Iran has sentenced renowned Iranian singer-composer Mohsen Namjoo to five years in prison over what has been described as insulting religious sanctities.
After an Iranian Quran scholar filed a complaint against Namjoo, taking his musical performances of Quran verses to court, the Iranian judiciary gave the popular Iranian musician, who was absent from the hearing, a five-year prison sentence. More...
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"The Oriental Post": Africa’s first Chinese newspaper...
China's involvement in African affairs has grown considerably since the 1990s. An indication of Beijing's influence in the continent, the first daily newspaper printed in Chinese has arrived in Botswana.
Half of it desert land and wedged between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, Botswana makes most of its revenue from mining minerals (diamond, copper etc). The country manages to retain economic and institutional stability and enjoys freedom of the press - rare achievements in that part of the world. More...
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Breast is still best...
Despite widespread awareness of the importance of breastfeeding to the human child, mothers in developed countries demonstrate low rates of compliance with global recommendations. Nursing past six months is the exception rather than the rule. Bottle-feeding infants has become normal. Exclusive and extensive breastfeeding has become a pastime primarily for the rich with some interesting exceptions. Nordic countries exhibit the overall highest European breastfeeding rate with England ranking lowest. UAE ruling class mothers exclusively breastfeed the longest among Arabs while Iraq suffers the lowest breastfeeding rates. US Whites and Native Americans are most likely to breastfeed while Blacks and Hispanics are the least likely. More...
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- Do we really need to drink milk?
- Daughter breast-feeds father to overcome cancer...
- Chinese mum bathes her baby in her breast-milk!!!
- Angry breast-feeding mums to storm Facebook...
- 8-years old and still ... breast-feeding?
- Breast ironing in Cameroon. WTF!
- Does breast-feeding lead to increased intelligence?
Lettre ouverte à Brice Hortefeux (cinquième éborgné par un tir policier de flashball.)
Joachim Gatti est la cinquième victime éborgnée par un tir de flashball (voir Œil pour œil en ce qui concerne les quatre premières). Trois fractures au visage, le globe oculaire fendu en deux et la paupière arrachée : voici l’effet que peut causer cette "arme à létalité atténuée". Le NouvelObs.com résume le contexte : "Les faits remontent à mercredi dernier, 8 juillet. A la suite d’un ordre de la préfecture de Seine-Saint-Denis, une quinzaine de personnes sont évacuées dans la matinée, sans heurts, des locaux d’une ancienne clinique à Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis). Suite...
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Le créateur du web,Tim Berners-Lee, appelle à un web sans censure...
Cela ressemble presque à un vœu pieux. Mais ces derniers mois, Internet a été davantage perçu comme une menace pour les gouvernements que comme une opportunité. Alors qu'il y a vingt ans Time Berners-Lee esquissait les premiers schémas du World Wide Web (plus spécifiquement le protocole HTTP et l'hypertexte), le père du Web a rappelé lors d'une conférence organisée par la BBC pour célébrer les vingt ans du web les menaces qui pèsent sur le Réseau des réseaux, avec l'inévitable tentation de la censure. Suite...
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L’affaire Orelsan secoue les Francofolies...
Absent, mais omniprésent. Hier, Orelsan restait l’un des principaux sujets de conversation aux Francofolies de La Rochelle, qui s’en seraient bien passées. Aujourd’hui devait être le grand jour du rappeur, programmé initialement ce soir. Mais c’est déjà sa semaine, depuis l’annonce de sa déprogrammation brutale il y a quinze jours.
A l’origine de cette annulation, toujours et encore sa vidéo de « Sale Pute », clip posté sur Internet il y a deux ans, où le Caennais met en scène un personnage ivre et désespéré, qui, après avoir surpris sa femme avec un autre homme, lui promet les pires horreurs via un mail. « Une illustration de la jalousie maladive qui peut virer à la folie », se défend l’artiste. Une chanson outrageusement misogyne, « apologie de la violence faite aux femmes » pour ses détracteurs. Suite...
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Monday, July 13, 2009
A temple in India where the devotees offer alcohol to the deity!!!
This temple in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district doesn't have an idol or a priest and devotees don't make floral offering. They offer liquor to the deity -- a saint who lived in the area around 150 years ago and was said to enjoy his drink in the evening and had a knack of clairvoyance and curing people.
Welcome to the Khabees Baba temple situated in a forest area near Sandana town in Sitapur district, some 80 km from Lucknow, where devotees offer liquor to the deity.
According to locals, the temple was built around 150 years ago in memory of a saint named Khabees Baba, who devoted his life worshipping Lord Shiva in Sitapur. More...
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Sarkozy MPs back bad-boy rapper in anti-Ségolène gesture...
A rapper whose work boasts of the sexual torture he planned for an unfaithful girlfriend has won support from an unlikely quarter: the French Government.
Orelsan, 27, a white, middle-class artiste from rural Normandy, became the centre of a cultural storm at the weekend after the last-minute cancellation of his appearance at Les Francofolies, a prestigious music festival at La Rochelle, on the Atlantic coast. The festival organisers dropped the rapper after a threat by Ségolène Royal, the Socialist leader of the region, to withdraw a public subsidy.
Orelsan, 27, a white, middle-class artiste from rural Normandy, became the centre of a cultural storm at the weekend after the last-minute cancellation of his appearance at Les Francofolies, a prestigious music festival at La Rochelle, on the Atlantic coast. The festival organisers dropped the rapper after a threat by Ségolène Royal, the Socialist leader of the region, to withdraw a public subsidy.
The singer’s offence, in Ms Royal’s eyes, was a two-year-old song called Sale Pute (Dirty Whore), which caused an outcry from feminist groups when the internet video began attracting attention in March. In it Orelsan plays a man who threatens his girlfriend with grievous bodily harm. “I want you to get pregnant and lose the kid/We’ll see how you s*** when I’ve smashed your jaw/I will rip your belly/break your arm . . .” Orelsan chants. More...
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Obama orders investigation into alleged Afghanistan massacre that Bush administration 'tried to cover up'
President Obama has ordered an investigation into an alleged massacre in Afghanistan amid claims that the Bush White House tried to cover up the atrocity.
Up to 2,000 Taliban fighters were reportedly killed after they surrendered to the US-backed warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum and his Northern Alliance troops in the early days of the Afghan War in 2001.
Up to 2,000 Taliban fighters were reportedly killed after they surrendered to the US-backed warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum and his Northern Alliance troops in the early days of the Afghan War in 2001.
Although allegations first surfaced in 2002 that prisoners were deliberately left to suffocate in overcrowded containers or shot dead through the walls, the Bush administration rebuffed demands for an inquiry. More...
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Saudi family sues genie, alleges harassment...
A family in Saudi Arabia has taken a genie to court, alleging theft and harassment, according to local media.
The lawsuit filed in Shariah court accuses the genie of leaving them threatening voicemails, stealing their cell phones and hurling rocks at them when they leave their house at night, said Al-Watan newspaper.
The lawsuit filed in Shariah court accuses the genie of leaving them threatening voicemails, stealing their cell phones and hurling rocks at them when they leave their house at night, said Al-Watan newspaper.
An investigation was under way, local court officials said. More...
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British soldier's torture video...
A BRITISH soldier screamed at hooded Iraqi prisoners calling them "apes" in a graphic video made public for the first time today.
The film was released on the opening day of an inquiry into the death of one of the detainees, hotel receptionist Baha Mousa, 26, in Basra, southern Iraq, in September 2003.
The film was released on the opening day of an inquiry into the death of one of the detainees, hotel receptionist Baha Mousa, 26, in Basra, southern Iraq, in September 2003.
UK troops subjected the Iraqis to humiliating and banned abuse, including making them scream in an "orchestrated choir" and forcing one to dance like Michael Jackson, the inquiry heard. More+video...
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Yemen executes a pedophile for rape and death of 11-year-old boy...
Un pédophile exécuté au Yémen pour avoir violé et tué un garçon de 11ans…
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India has found the answer to population control: late night TV!!!
India wants to use the distractions of late-night television - to help limit its birth rate.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has urged for rapid electrification of villages to pave the way for more TVs in homes.
'Electricity in our villages can help control population growth. Electricity will lead to television in houses, which will lead to population control.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has urged for rapid electrification of villages to pave the way for more TVs in homes.
'Electricity in our villages can help control population growth. Electricity will lead to television in houses, which will lead to population control.
'When there is no light, people get engaged in the process of population growth,' he said while addressing a function on World Population Day. More...
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Wedding couple's lost rings turn up by post in the nick of time!!!
A couple who lost a bag containing their wedding rings and £431 set aside to pay for their big day had a pleasant surprise on Saturday morning.
Jane Walker was due to marry Adrian Wadey at All Saints Church in Huntingdon, but she was in such despair she was on the point of cancelling.
Jane Walker was due to marry Adrian Wadey at All Saints Church in Huntingdon, but she was in such despair she was on the point of cancelling.
Then she contacted BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, which put out an appeal and the rings turned up in the post. More...
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- Ring that was lost 21 years ago turns up ... inside a fish!!!
- In Saudi Arabia you get a free wedding ... if you stop smoking!!!
- In India's Tamil Nadu, you get a gold ring if you give your baby a Tamil name!!!
- After the cell-phone found inside a buffalo, another one's found inside a fish!!!
- Watch recovered after 67 years under the sea ... and still ticking!
British Airways pilots vote to accept 2.6% pay cut...
British Airways pilots have overwhelmingly accepted 2.6 per cent pay cuts as part of a package of measures to save the airline £26 million, it was announced today.
The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said its members voted by more than nine to one in favour of the pay cut, as well as a reduction of 20 per cent in some allowances.
The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said its members voted by more than nine to one in favour of the pay cut, as well as a reduction of 20 per cent in some allowances.
Balpa said the turnout in the ballot was 83 per cent, with the result announced ahead of BA's annual meeting tomorrow. More...
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Lance Armstrong, le poids d'une rock star...
...La planète cyclisme tourne toutefois seulement autour du « Roi-Soleil ». Un héliocentrisme qui ne gêne pas Stapleton : « Aux États-Unis, c'est Lance Channel. On s'efforce de gagner les courses sur lesquelles il s'aligne. La majeure partie des commentaires et des regards se focalisent sur Armstrong, mais les médias américains parlent un peu de nous si Cavendish s'impose. On essaie de capter une petite part d'une audience globale supérieure. Armstrong influence donc directement notre stratégie. » Et dicte celle de la course. Au quotidien. Réveille la controverse. Jean-Pierre de Mondenard, médecin spécialiste du sport, avance : « Ce n'est pas un usurpateur en tant que tel. En valeur relative, c'est le meilleur, en valeur absolue, peut-être, en valeur réelle, je ne sais pas. C'est un coureur de très haut niveau, il utilise les mêmes produits que les autres. Armstrong n'a battu que des dopés. C'est un mutant ou un menteur, choisissez ! Il assure qu'il ne s'est jamais dopé, il peut le dire pendant 500 ans, c'est archifaux. Il a toujours fonctionné dans le dopage. » Article complet...
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CFF suisse: Qui fait une faute devrait passer à la caisse...
Les retards des trains doivent se répercuter sur le portemonnaie des employés des Chemins de fer fédéraux (CFF), selon le patron de l'ex-régie fédérale Andreas Meyer. Ce dernier justifie par ailleurs son salaire de plus d'un million par an.
«Nous pouvons ainsi créer de la pression afin de réduire les retards», a afffirmé Andreas Meyer dans un entretien au journal alémanique SonntagsZeitung de dimanche. Chaque employé devrait savoir lequel de ses actes a conduit à quel délai et combien de personnes ont été touchées. Suite...
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Procès du "gang des barbares": Alliot-Marie demande au parquet de faire appel...
La ministre de la Justice Michèle Alliot-Marie a demandé lundi au parquet de "faire appel des condamnations inférieures aux réquisitions de l'avovat général" dans le procès du "gang des barbares", a-t-elle annoncé devant la presse à la sortie du conseil des ministres.
La ministre de la Justice Michèle Alliot-Marie doit recevoir à 14H00 ce lundi une délégation du Crif (Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France) à la suite du verdict controversé rendu vendredi au procès du "gang des Barbares", a indiqué à l'AFP son président, Richard Prasquier. Suite...
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Written exams to be replaced by on-line tests?
Written exams are to be replaced by continual online testing to help pupils with 'exam phobia', a senior education figure has revealed.
Traditional GCSE and A-level exams could disappear within 10 to 15 years, according to Simon Lebus, chief executive of Cambridge Assessment.
Traditional GCSE and A-level exams could disappear within 10 to 15 years, according to Simon Lebus, chief executive of Cambridge Assessment.
And instead of three-hour written exams, pupils would undergo computer assessment.
Lebus said the new age of testing was not 'science fiction' as exam boards were investing millions of pounds into developing the new technology. More...
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Afghanistan: 'It's a war we just can't win, and there's no need for us to win it'
"If they, and the [sceptics], are really serious about Affers [Afghanistan], they need to shuffle in 500,000 troops at the very least. Even then, the job'll take at least the next seven years. It's a war we just can't win and there's no need for us to win it. The Afghans aren't a danger to Europe. They don't even know where it is. And forget this bollix about 'fighting them there, so we don't have to fight them here'. The plans for banjoing the Twin Towers weren't hatched in Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden had nothing to do with them.
"Far more lethal are the religious nutters, mainly in Saudi Arabia, but in other places too. And I don't just mean Muslims. If any attacks in Europe or the US are carried out, they won't be coming from Afghanistan. Full story...
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Australia's Indigenous Affairs minister Jenny Macklin accused of deceit...
Indigenous Affairs minister Jenny Macklin was advised by her department against formally consulting with Aboriginal people over the compulsory acquisition of their land because it would be too expensive, tie up too many resources, and was unlikely to get the outcome the government wanted, leaked documents reveal.
The explosive revelations are contained in a suite of sensitive government documents, including private briefings from the Department of Families, Housing, Communities and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) to the minister, copies of which have been obtained by the National Indigenous Times. More...
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Facebook group slams ad showing Israeli troops playing soccer by separation fence...
A Facebook group is trying to get Israel's leading cell phone operator, Cellcom, to pull a new TV commercial showing Israeli soldiers near the West Bank separation fence, arguing that the advert is "racist."
The commercial, produced by the Israeli branch of international advertising powerhouse McCann Erickson, shows IDF soldiers on patrol along the separation fence who stop their jeep when it is hit by a soccer ball from the Palestinian side of the fence. More...
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