How We See The World

A Muslim student had to pay extra for security checks when applying for a visa to visit the United States, because his name was Mohammed. Mohammed Umar Haleem Khan, 22, was told by US Embassy officials that "a lot of bad people" shared his name. The Manchester Metropolitan University student had to pay an extra $80 (£45) to have his fingerprints checked against a US terror suspect database. An embassy spokesman said it could not say how visa applications are assessed. "We do have expedited procedures for exchange visitors and students that should allow us to process the visa before the travel date," he said. "In general, there are any number of reasons w…

The lead actor in the movie "United 93" will miss the film's premiere Tuesday in New York City because the U.S. Embassy is denying him a visa. British actor Lewis Alsamari plays the main hijacker in the film, which depicts the final hours of the passengers on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001. Although Alsamari was granted asylum in the United Kingdom in 1998, American authorities are less keen to welcome him across the Atlantic. "I was born in Iraq but have lived in Britain since 1995 and am about to apply for British citizenship," he told contactmusic.com. Source - http://www.courant.com

Take That have opened their reunion tour in Newcastle, with former member Robbie Williams joining them briefly on stage - but only in hologram form. Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald are playing 29 dates, a decade after originally splitting up. Williams appeared for the introduction of Could It Be Magic before the others took over and the hologram faded. More than 9,000 fans watched eight costume changes and huge light shows around a circular stage. Women reliving their teenage years were among the audience at Newcastle's gig. One fan, Julia Higgins, 35, of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, said: "Jason is my favourite, and I think h…

Not like, houses :p ! I mean like, watercolors and that. I am just starting, or i have for a while, but in my own style. Now I am taking classes for it. Here is the only one I have so far, small enough to scan. The others are on huge canvases and I don't havea HUGE scanner :wink: It's not paints....it's runny colored tissue paper. I do use a paint brush, or small sponge to make the color run and form. The darker spots are india ink.

I didn't put this in WoM cos it's not really about her music. These pics put a smile on my face: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006170146,00.html :nice:

Today in Catalunya is a very special and important day because is Sant Jordi, and today we celebrate this day buying roses and books, the roses for the girls and the books to the boys. Is a great day! Everybody likes to go around and walk all over the streets up and down buying and looking books and roses. It isn't just a day from the people who have girlfriends and boyfriends is a day for everybody and it's one of the most beautiful days of the year! Then I just want to say Happy SANT JORDI to everyone!:D

Untold Stories by Alan Bennett (Faber/Profile) The Sale of the Late King's Goods by Jerry Brotton (Pan Macmillan) Bad Faith by Carmen Callil (Jonathan Cape) The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer (Abacus) The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis (Allen Lane) Mozart's Women by Jane Glover (Pan MacMillan) The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton by Kathryn Hughes (Fourth Estate) The Sailor in the Wardrobe by Hugo Hamilton (Fourth Estate) Post War by Tony Judt (William Heinemann) The Great Wall by Julia Lovell (Atlantic Books) Ancient Americans by Charles C Mann (Granta) Rosebery by Leo McKinstry (John Murray) Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale (Faber) Before the Fall-Out …

Dems split as impeachment whispers get louder Some see anti-Bush movement as distracting from key issues, boosting GOP By Michael Powell The Washington Post Updated: 4:06 a.m. ET March 25, 2006 HOLYOKE, Mass. - To drive through the mill towns and curling country roads here is to journey into New England's impeachment belt. Three of this state's 10 House members have called for the investigation and possible impeachment of President Bush. Thirty miles north, residents in four Vermont villages voted earlier this month at annual town meetings to buy more rock salt, approve school budgets and impeach the president for lying about Iraq having weapons of mass destr…

I so hope Portsmouth don't...they've been in excellent form recently with 14 points from 6 games...let's hope it's Birmingham and West Brom!

Newcastle United striker (and arguably the best player in the history of the Premiership) Alan Shearer was taken off injured during the 4-1 win over local rivals Sunderland. The forward is retiring at the end of the season after a long reign as the clubs number 9. This means he has only 3 games left for his home town team. This season could be over for him, however, as fears he has torn a ligament in his knee grow in the North East. :( Shearer's career could be over. Overshadows completely what a great win the mackem game was. Hope it's not as serious as it's thought to be.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A controversial television seance airing on Monday will claim it has reached the spirit of John Lennon, but viewers will have to pay $9.95 (5.58 pounds) to find out what the peace-loving Beatle has to say. The special, being carried on pay-TV service In Demand, was organised by the producers of a 2003 attempt to channel the late Princess Diana. That show failed to find LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A controversial television seance airing on Monday will claim it has reached the spirit of John Lennon, but viewers will have to pay $9.95 (5.58 pounds) to find out what the peace-loving Beatle has to say. The special, being carried on pay-TV service In Dema…

Unfortunately I only have a german article about this topic now.... for german speakers: http://focus.msn.de/politik/ausland/rassismus_nid_27925.html?DDI=3303 Well...the main topic of it is: at easter there were some extremely right people in Potsdam (german city in east Germany) who smashed an afro-german man! People of this city feel really ashamed now.... anyways......this article is about that the german governemtn now wants to create so called "no-go-areas"....that means that there will be areas you have to pay a lot of attention because there the danger of being "smashed" by those extremely right groups is very high....this is also especially for "…

I'm thinking of buying Norton Internet Security 2006 - does anybody know how much would it cost to renew after the first 12 months?

Drugs companies 'inventing diseases to boost their profits' By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent London Times | April 11, 2006 PHARMACEUTICAL companies are systematically creating diseases in order to sell more of their products, turning healthy people into patients and placing many at risk of harm, a special edition of a leading medical journal claims today. The practice of “diseasemongering” by the drug industry is promoting non-existent illnesses or exaggerating minor ones for the sake of profits, according to a set of essays published by the open-access journal Public Library of Science Medicine. The special issue, edited by David Henry, of Newc…

Danish troops have found dozens of mortar rounds in southern Iraq which could contain chemical weapons according to initial tests. The 36 120mm shells appeared to have been buried for at least 10 years, the army said. All showed traces of blister gases, the army said, a group of chemical compounds which include mustard gas. The comments are published on the Danish army website, according to Reuters news agency. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3386357.stm

Anyone else watch it? Its a good show. It was on scifi channel for a couple years but was cancelled. Its one of my favorite shows of all time. If you havent seen it you should download some episodes or something.

It was 35 years ago that Mr Tickle first made an appearance, kicking off generation after generation's love for the Mr Men and the Little Miss books. The Mr Men were the creation of Roger Hargreaves who came up with the Mr Tickle character when his young son Adam asked what a tickle looked like. Now decades later there are more than 40 Mr Men characters and 30 Little Misses. An exhibition to mark the anniversary has opened at the Animation Art Gallery in London. Adam took over the Mr Men empire in 1988 when his father died suddenly at the age of 53. He had never attempted to draw any of the Mr Men before he was plunged into the world of children's …

MSNBC.com 2 million scores ignored in ‘No Child’ loophole AP: With help of states, U.S. government, schools duck potential penalties The Associated Press Updated: 3:17 p.m. ET April 17, 2006 Editor's Note: More than four years after President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act, nearly 2 million children’s test scores aren’t being counted under the law’s required racial categories. An Associated Press review found states are exploiting a legal loophole that is giving a false picture of academic progress. The law also is creating financial gain for some private consultants, and leaving teachers increasingly skeptical that all children will be able to read…

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alright, I saw the movie a couple weekends ago and thought it was pretty bad. The plot seemed a bit empty to me. What does everyone else think about the movie? :)

Think we need a thread for this. BBL is the British Basketball League and has teams in: Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton, Sheffield, Milton Keynes, London, Chester, Plymouth, Guildford and a team based in Scotland (not entirely sure where though). So.... Has ANYONE ever heard of it?

Lyra Belacqua. Philip Pullman heroine and star of upcoming movie The Golden Compass. But who will play her? The thousands of girls who turned up for the first audition for the role were hoping the answer would be "Me! me! me!" An icy night followed by a windy morning were not the ideal conditions for queuing in Cambridge. But they came in their thousands. Nine-year-old Hannah, from Derby, had given up a lot to attend the auditions. She's taken part in the World Ladies Snooker Championship and was meant to be playing in the billiards competition on Tuesday. "I like drama and I like billiards, but I had to choose between the two," said Hannah. "I thi…

Last night I made it my duty to go to the Manchester passion, as screened live here in the uk on BBC3 and later repeated on BBC2. One of the many things, I can say it was something I was glad went too. It was mega mint, it was a musical/play on the story of jesus christ's crusfixtion and resurecrution. It was so good I had to watch it again when I got home on the TV. The story as I was told and read as a kid was a 21st century adapation, and the idea using various manchester athems, made the mancs extremly proud. They played tunes by Joy Divison love will tear us apart. this was when Judas betrayed jesus, on the last supper. Oasis wonderall, and The…

sry i couldnt find any topics about the rovers, so i started a new one. but if there already is one, let me know!

Google has launched its latest salvo against rivals such as Yahoo and Microsoft, unveiling a free online calendar service. The web calendar lets people store appointments, receive reminders and share schedules with others. It is tied in to Google's e-mail service, Gmail, automatically offering to add the date information in a message to the calendar. The calendar is Google's latest effort to offer all-purpose web services. Earlier this month, it raised $2.07bn (£1.2bn) through its second share sale in seven months. It plans to use the cash from the sale to fight off stiff competition and stay ahead as the world's most used search engine. Google Calend…