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Th 11p / 10cQatar </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/jon-stewart-on-obamas-interview-with-al.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6576979996263250958</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-27T02:18:17.091-08:00</atom:updated><title>Obama's first interview as president (Al-Arabiya TV exclusive)</title><atom:summary /><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/obamas-first-interview-as-president-al.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-5203153538421519755</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-22T06:03:33.136-08:00</atom:updated><title>Jon Stewart with Abdulrahim Fukara, Al-Jazeera's Washington DC Bureau Chief</title><atom:summary>.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cAbderrahim </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/jon-stewart-with-abdulrahim-fukara-al.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6255620128444050347</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-22T05:57:46.889-08:00</atom:updated><title>Gideon Levy / Gaza war ended in utter failure for Israel</title><atom:summary>from Haaretz.coman interesting article about the total failure of the Israeli military operations in Gaza and the enduring damages they have left...by Gideon LevyOn the morrow of the return of the last Israeli soldier from Gaza, we can determine with certainty that they had all gone out there in vain. This war ended in utter failure for Israel.This goes beyond the profound moral failure, which is</atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/gideon-levy-gaza-war-ended-in-utter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-2440217044048757973</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-17T23:30:07.992-08:00</atom:updated><title>The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever»</title><atom:summary>from www.thinkprogress.organ interesting article on the appointees of president Bush who helped make his presidency the worst at all... for full list, see the link: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/17/bush-43-worst/Next week, “change is coming to America,” as President George W. Bush wraps up his tenure as one of the worst American presidents ever. He wasn’t able to accomplish such an ignominious</atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/top-43-appointees-who-helped-make-bush.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-5756187588041076328</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-17T22:09:49.381-08:00</atom:updated><title>Jewish Vs Palestinian Girl On U S Television</title><atom:summary>Apparently, this conflict will go on for decades and decades without being solved!!</atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/jewish-vs-palestinian-girl-on-u-s.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6065545240331967018</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-17T00:05:31.665-08:00</atom:updated><title>Forgive and Forget?</title><atom:summary>from the new york timesby Paul KrugmanLast Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration. “I don’t believe that anybody is above the law,” he responded, but “we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.”I’m sorry, but if we don’t have an inquest into what happened during the Bush years — and nearly </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/forgive-and-forget.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-4301706872363907292</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-16T11:26:48.754-08:00</atom:updated><title>Look into my eyes... the story or the oppressed and the oppresser!</title><atom:summary /><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/look-into-my-eyes-story-or-oppressed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6112334484637622783</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-16T11:16:25.893-08:00</atom:updated><title>For people in Gaza ... Try not to cry</title><atom:summary /><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/for-people-in-gaza-try-not-to-cry.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6338975059080799685</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-15T21:08:05.123-08:00</atom:updated><title>In the US, Gaza is a different war</title><atom:summary /><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-us-gaza-is-different-war.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-2056299059790225379</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-15T05:58:56.039-08:00</atom:updated><title>Jon Stewart on remaining days of Bush!</title><atom:summary>.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cSix Days Seven</atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/jon-stewart-on-bush.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-2301264459918891375</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-15T00:52:48.159-08:00</atom:updated><title>Jon Stewart on Gaza and the extreme American bias!</title><atom:summary>.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cStrip </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/jon-stewart-on-gaza-and-extreme.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-2300068508767640390</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-14T01:14:06.078-08:00</atom:updated><title>JibJab's Latest Original:  2008 Year in Review</title><atom:summary>Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!</atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/jibjabs-latest-original-2008-year-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-3313177810875882062</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-09T21:06:40.373-08:00</atom:updated><title>What You Don’t Know About Gaza</title><atom:summary>from the New York Times By RASHID KHALIDI  Published: January 7, 2009NEARLY everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Below are a few essential points that seem to be missing from the conversation, much of which has taken place in the press, about Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip. THE GAZANS Most of the people living in Gaza are not there by choice. The majority of the 1.5 </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-you-dont-know-about-gaza.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-5071826908532243267</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-08T23:39:51.572-08:00</atom:updated><title>A Song for Gaza</title><atom:summary>Yes we will never go down ...</atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/song-for-gaza.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-1061496556373112583</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-07T00:09:06.034-08:00</atom:updated><title>Robert Fisk: Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask</title><atom:summary>(from the Independent)Wednesday, 7 January 2009So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty civilian refugees dead in a United Nations school, three more in another. Not bad for a night's work in Gaza by the army that believes in "purity of arms". But why should we be surprised?&lt;!--proximic_content_off--&gt;                      &lt;!--proximic_content_on--&gt;</atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/robert-fisk-why-do-they-hate-west-so.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-3059222527197363745</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-06T01:03:20.936-08:00</atom:updated><title>This brutality will never break our will to be free</title><atom:summary>Khalid Mish'al       The Guardian,                 Tuesday 6 January 2009For 18 months my people in Gaza have been under siege, incarcerated inside the world's biggest prison, sealed off from land, air and sea, caged and starved, denied even medication for our sick. After the slow death policy came the bombardment. In this most densely populated of places, nothing has been spared Israel's </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-brutality-will-never-break-our.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6715982040410087446</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-03T23:48:40.827-08:00</atom:updated><title>Israel's 'victories' in Gaza come at a steep price</title><atom:summary>from The Christian Science MonitorThe Jewish ethical tradition means embracing Palestinians, too.       By Sara Roy       from the January 2, 2009 editionCambridge, Mass. - I hear the voices of my friends in Gaza as clearly as if we were still on the phone; their agony echoes inside me. They weep and moan over the death of their children, some, little girls like mine, taken, their bodies burned </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/israels-victories-in-gaza-come-at-steep.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-6614494782965771797</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T22:29:38.995-08:00</atom:updated><title>Palestine's Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood (Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi)</title><atom:summary>(from The Hunffington Post)The Israeli campaign of 'death from above' began around 11 am, on Saturday morning, the 27th of December, and stretched straight through the night into this morning. The massacre continues Sunday as I write these words.  The bloodiest single day in Palestine since the War of 1967 is far from over following on Israel's promised that this is 'only the beginning' of their </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/palestines-guernica-and-myths-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-4231252111972726145</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T22:15:01.586-08:00</atom:updated><title>Robert Fisk: The self delusion that plagues both sides in this bloody conflict</title><atom:summary>From The IndependentIsrael has never won a war in a built-up city, that's why threats of 'war to the bitter end' are nonsense&lt;!--proximic_content_off--&gt;               Wednesday, 31 December 2008During the second Palestinian "intifada", I was sitting in the offices of Hizbollah's Al-Manar television station in Beirut, watching news footage of a militiaman's funeral in Gaza. The television showed </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/robert-fisk-self-delusion-that-plagues.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-4749920049052916261</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T21:53:53.345-08:00</atom:updated><title>Fares Akram: Dancing missiles, singing drones – what a way to begin the new year</title><atom:summary>(Article from The Independent)             Friday, 2 January 2009         I don't know how I fell asleep, after a tense and trying end to the final hours of 2008. After all, Wednesday was the fifth day of Israel's bombing onslaught and a false alarm had sent us scurrying into the basement of our apartment building in panic. But, in any case, I woke abruptly when my mobile bleeped with a new text </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2009/01/fares-akram-dancing-missiles-singing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-2558820239997289046</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-17T03:42:18.859-07:00</atom:updated><title>Pictures of Atlantis Hotel &amp; Waterfront, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai</title><atom:summary>Here are some dazzling photos of the new Atlantis Hotel and Waterfront in Palm Jumeriah, Dubai which will open very soon. Millions of dollars will be spent for the opening ceremony, as well as bringing Hollywood celebs.</atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2008/09/pictures-of-atlantis-hotel-waterfront.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AfkoWbA2OEE/SNDevUlBsdI/AAAAAAAAABc/t3xUTBsC-zI/s72-c/untitled.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-4086365540123478921</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-02T03:37:16.551-07:00</atom:updated><title>Top 50 Research &amp; Development Insititutions in the World</title><atom:summary>Source: http://www.webometrics.info/top1000_r&amp;d.asp  (for more, please see the entire list)                                                                                                                                                                              POSITION                                                                                                                           </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-50-research-development.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836412777751698888.post-3347889875222311601</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-02T03:28:33.998-07:00</atom:updated><title>Burj Dubai now a record 688 meters tall and continues to rise</title><atom:summary>Source: Emaar PropertiesDubai, UAE; September 1, 2008: Burj Dubai, the iconic tower being developed by Emaar Properties PJSC, has reached a new record height of 688 meters (2,257.2 ft). The tower became the world’s tallest after surpassing North Dakota, USA’s KVLY-TV mast (628.8 metres; 2,063 ft) in April 2008. Currently at over 160 storeys, the tower also has the largest number of floors in any </atom:summary><link>http://unconventiality.blogspot.com/2008/09/burj-dubai-now-record-688-meters-tall.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Love Syria!!)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AfkoWbA2OEE/SL0Us4kk0MI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MUI7RDuQuL8/s72-c/dubai_01_598x533.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>
