As Angelina Jolie and other collectors of African babies rally against Madonna, accusing her of putting the entire industry at risk, African leaders are meeting in Cairo to consider the problem.Many African leaders and economists have expressed concerns that Western demand for African orphans is now so great that they cannot continue to meet it. […]

The Dixie Chicks have voiced support for beseiged cleric Sheikh Mahal, following his controversial speech at a mosque last month in which he made an unfortunate analogy that suggested women invited rape. The country singers have expressed their concern at the disproportionate media and community outrage, saying they empathise.”We know what […]

Iraqi prison authorities have reported that Saddam Hussain has escaped Baghdad prison, fleeing thanks to an elaborate escape plot hatched by his brother Barzan “Schofield” al-Tikriti.
Barzan “Schofield” al-Tikri minutes before he escaped.
Iraqi government sources claim that, after his brother was captured by American forces, Barzan gassed an unidentified number of Kurds in order to be […]

Celebrating the end of Ramadan this year, Muslims in the West were divided once again over the dates on which the months of Ramadan and Shawwal officially begin. The division is caused by a mixture of community politics and differing opinions in Islamic jurisprudence, and is a source of much controversy, debate, and domestic disputes.
Young […]