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Manchester City's Mario Balotelli walks off the pitch after he is substituted against West Ham. Photograph: Paul Harding/Action Images
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Printable version  Domenech (right) chose Anelka to start France's first two games France striker Nicolas Anelka has been sent home from the World Cup after verbally insulting coach Raymond Domenech during the Mexico game. The Chelsea star missed training on Saturday after reports of a row with the France coach during their 2-0 loss. And he later refused to apologise when asked to by French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes. An FFF statement said the 31-year-old's half-time comments to Domenech were "totally unacceptable". The statement continued: "Faced by the refusal of the player to publicly apologise, he (Escalettes) took the decision in total agreement with the coach and the official members of the delegation present to exclude Nicolas Anelka from the squad." France captain Patrice Evra also attended the meeting with Anelka at the French training camp in Knysa. And Evra accused a "traitor" within the French camp of leaking the story to the media. "The problem of France is not Anelka, but the traitor among us. "We must eliminate the traitor from the group because he wants to hurt the team," the Manchester United full-back said. Anelka, a League and FA Cup double winner with Chelsea this season, has won 71 international caps. He scored twice on his debut against England in 1999 but later spent three years in the international wilderness after refusing to play for Les Bleus under coach Jacques Santini. Full story at bbc.co.uk | |
Cruel Israeli Attack Aid Ship to Gaza Two Confirm Dead
May 31, 2010
[video=www.youtube.com/v/wExyiIoNndc]Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country's siege on Gaza.
Up to 16 people were killed and dozens injured when troops stormed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday, the Israeli Army Radio said.
The flotilla was attacked in international waters, 65km off the Gaza coast.
Footage from the flotilla's lead vessel, the Mavi Marmara, showed armed Israeli soldiers boarding the ship and helicopters flying overhead.
Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal, on board the Mavi Marmara, said Israeli troops had used live ammunition during the operation.
The Israeli Army Radio said soldiers opened fire "after confronting those on board carrying sharp objects".
Free Gaza Movement, the organisers of the flotilla, however, said the troops opened fire as soon as they stormed the ships.
Israeli military also reports that four soldiers were injured and taken to hospital.
They also said the ships were now being towed to the Israeli town of Haifa, instead of Ashdod to avoid waiting journalists.
Earlier, the Israeli navy had contacted the captain of the Mavi Marmara, asking him to identify himself and say where the ship was headed.
Shortly after, two Israeli naval vessels had flanked the flotilla on either side, but at a distance.
Organisers of the flotilla carrying 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid then diverted their ships and slowed down to avoid a confrontation during the night.
They also issued all passengers life jackets and asked them to remain below deck.
Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin, reporting from Jerusalem, said the Israeli action was surprising.
"All the images being shown from the activists on board those ships show clearly that they were civilians and peaceful in nature, with medical supplies on board. So it will surprise many in the international community to learn what could have possibly led to this type of confrontation," he said.
Meanwhile, Israeli police have been put on a heightened state of alert across the country to prevent any civil disturbances.
Protests
Condemnation has been quick to pour in after the Israeli action.
Thousands of Turkish protesters tried to storm the Israeli consulate in Istanbul soon after the news of the operation broke. The protesters shouted "Damn Israel" as police blocked them.
Turkey is also reported to have summoned the Israeli ambassador to lodge a protest.
"(The interception on the convoy) is unacceptable ... Israel will have to endure the consequences of this behaviour," the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.
Ismail Haniya, the Hamas leader in Gaza, has also dubbed the Israeli action as "barbaric".
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, including a Nobel laureate and several European legislators, were with the flotilla, aiming to reach Gaza in defiance of an Israeli embargo.
But Israel had said it would not allow the flotilla to reach the Gaza Strip and vowed to stop the six ships from reaching the coastal Palestinian territory.
The flotilla had set sail from a port in Cyprus on Sunday and aimed to reach Gaza by Monday morning.
Israel said the boats were embarking on "an act of provocation" against the Israeli military, rather than providing aid, and that it had issued warrants to prohibit their entrance to Gaza.
It asserted that the flotilla would be breaking international law by landing in Gaza, a claim the organisers rejected.
-- Edited by mohawkvidtz on Monday 31st of May 2010 03:13:57 PM
An Ustaz who sold pictures to National Geography
June 1, 2010
Wow! that was my first impression when I look at his pictures.And i couldnt believe he is the photographer. Its true when people says that dont judge a books by its cover.
Some of his master pieces. Even Nation Geography has bought its pictures
The picture of the photographer himself
Full collection at http://www.digitalmukmin.com/
-- Edited by mohawkvidtz on Sunday 20th of June 2010 10:54:37 PM
Bicultural Marriage What Happen to the Child?
May 30, 2010
Nine years ago, I danced my newborn daughter around my North Carolina living room to the music of Free to Be...You and Me, the '70s children's classic whose every lyric about tolerance and gender equality I had memorized as a girl growing up in California. My Libyan-born husband, Ismail, sat with her for hours on our screened porch, swaying back and forth on a creaky metal rocker and singing old Arabic folk songs, and took her to a Muslim sheikh who chanted a prayer for long life into her tiny, velvety ear. She had espresso eyes and lush black lashes like her father's, and her milky-brown skin darkened quickly in the summer sun. We named her Aliya, which means "exalted" in Arabic, and agreed we would raise her to choose what she identified with most from our dramatically different backgrounds.
I secretly felt smug about this agreement—confident that she would favor my comfortable American lifestyle over his modest Muslim upbringing. Ismail's parents live in a squat stone house down a winding dirt alley outside Tripoli. Its walls are bare except for passages from the Qur'an engraved onto wood, its floors empty but for thin cushions that double as bedding at night. My parents live in a sprawling home in Santa Fe with a three-car garage, hundreds of channels on the flat-screen TV, organic food in the refrigerator, and a closetful of toys for the grandchildren. I imagined Aliya embracing shopping trips to Whole Foods and the stack of presents under the Christmas tree, while still fully appreciating the melodic sound of Arabic, the honey-soaked baklava Ismail makes from scratch, the intricate henna tattoos her aunt drew on her feet when we visited Libya. Not once did I imagine her falling for the head covering worn by Muslim girls as an expression of modesty.
Last summer we were celebrating the end of Ramadan with our Muslim community at a festival in the parking lot behind our local mosque. Children bounced in inflatable fun houses while their parents sat beneath a plastic tarp nearby, shooing flies from plates of curried chicken, golden rice, and baklava.
Aliya and I wandered past rows of vendors selling prayer mats, henna tattoos, and Muslim clothing. When we reached a table displaying head coverings, Aliya turned to me and pleaded, "Please, Mom—can I have one?"
She riffled through neatly folded stacks of headscarves while the vendor, an African-American woman shrouded in black, beamed at her. I had recently seen Aliya cast admiring glances at Muslim girls her age. I quietly pitied them, covered in floor-length skirts and long sleeves on even the hottest summer days, as my best childhood memories were of my skin laid bare to the sun: feeling the grass between my toes as I ran through the sprinkler on my front lawn; wading into an icy river in Idaho, my shorts hitched up my thighs, to catch my first rainbow trout; surfing a rolling emerald wave off the coast of Hawaii. But Aliya envied these girls and had asked me to buy her clothes like theirs. And now a headscarf.
In the past, my excuse was that they were hard to find at our local mall, but here she was, offering to spend ten dollars from her own allowance to buy the forest green rayon one she clutched in her hand. I started to shake my head emphatically "no," but caught myself, remembering my commitment to Ismail. So I gritted my teeth and bought it, assuming it would soon be forgotten.
That afternoon, as I was leaving for the grocery store, Aliya called out from her room that she wanted to come.
A moment later she appeared at the top of the stairs—or more accurately, half of her did. From the waist down, she was my daughter: sneakers, bright socks, jeans a little threadbare at the knees. But from the waist up, this girl was a stranger. Her bright, round face was suspended in a tent of dark cloth like a moon in a starless sky.
Full article at Oprah
Richest Man in the world car
May 20, 2010
Warren Buffett is among the richest man in the world. He own Berkhire Hathaway which a company that invest in other business.Have you wonder what he drive?
Do you think of Ferrari or Lamboghini?
You are wrong fellas. This is the car that he drive. A car that cost below RM70 000. But please remind this guy can buy the entire Dubai.
And this is his house. Just a normal English house. Not a big mansion
You must think that he is a rich stingy. But he is not. He donate 80% of his wealth to Melinda & Gates Charity.
He just wanted a simple life style
India Shocks Defending Champions
May 10, 2010
IPOH: Defending champions India kept up their smashing form in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament and scored a 4-3 win over world champions Australia yesterday.
It was a memorable win for India, whose last victory over Australia was in 2003 in a four-nation tournament in Sydney.
India took a 3-0 lead in the first half with two goals by Tushar Khandker (19th, 33rd) and the other by skipper Rajpal Singh (22nd). Australia pulled two goals back early in the second half with Trent Milton and Christopher Ciriello scoring in the 38th and 40th minutes respectively.
Shivender Singh put India 4-2 up in the 61st minute before Mark Peterson replied in the 69th minute.
India remained on top of the standings on 10 points while Australia have six points and are still in with a chance to make the final.
India’s assistant coach Harender Singh complimented his players for their ability to keep their cool and also to execute the game plan well.
“It was a tough match but the early goals helped us. We made some silly mistakes to let them back into the game in the second half. But the players rallied well to defend the lead and take the match,†he said.
South Korea bounced back into contention for a place in the final after demolishing China 5-3 in an earlier match.
The win gave the Koreans seven points from four matches and they face a must win situation in their remaining fixtures against Australia tomorrow and against Pakistan on Saturday.
The Koreans trailed by a third minute penalty corner goal by Sun Long before they equalised in the 25th minute through Cho Suk-hoon, who beat goalkeeper Su Rifeng from the top of the D.
Nam Hyun-woo made a penalty corner conversion in the 29th minute to put South Korea in front and You Hyo-sik stretched the lead to 3-1 in the 32nd minute.
China hit back right after resumption with Yu Yang scoring off a melee in the 37th minute but South Korea regained their two-goal lead through Yoon Sung-hoon in the 39th minute.
China were reduced to 10 men when Sun Zhixin was yellow carded and South Korea forced a penalty corner in the 46th minute, off which Lee Seung-il scored. The Chinese however reduced the deficit in the 59th minute through Meng Jun.
Source The Star
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