<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Zap's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Zap's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:22:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:07:14 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>War and Family Left Behind, Lone Afghan Youths Seek a Life in Europe</title><description><![CDATA[PARIS — On the edges of a Salvation Army soup line in Paris, a soft-spoken Afghan boy told the story recently of how he ended up in Europe, alone.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/28/3201677-war-and-family-left-behind-lone-afghan-youths-seek-a-life-in-europe</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/28/3201677-war-and-family-left-behind-lone-afghan-youths-seek-a-life-in-europe</guid><category>world-news</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>boys</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:22:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Apostate' girl's father </title><description><![CDATA[Rifqa Bary, the Ohio girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and fled from her family in fear for her life, prevailed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/27/3198347-apostate-girls-father-</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/27/3198347-apostate-girls-father-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>rifqa-bary</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:05:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>ISLAMIC RAMADAN begins, blood keeps flowing</title><description><![CDATA[Islamic Ramadan Begins, Blood Keeps Flowing
 
By Lee Jay Walker
Tokyo Correspondent  - THE SEOUL TIMES]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Jay Walker]]></dc:creator><link>http://leejaywalker.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/25/3192326-islamic-ramadan-begins-blood-keeps-flowing</link><guid>http://leejaywalker.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/25/3192326-islamic-ramadan-begins-blood-keeps-flowing</guid><category>world-news</category><category>dhimmitude</category><category>obama-is-appeasing-islam</category><category>islamic-hatred</category><category>islamic-jihad-still-strong</category><category>islamic-sunni-fascism</category><category>islamic-sunni-radicalism</category><category>more-bloodshed-during-ramadan</category><category>no-christian-churches-in-saudi-arabia</category><category>no-equality-in-islam</category><category>non-muslims-and-dhimmitude</category><category>obama-and-ramadan</category><category>obama-and-the-myths-of-ramadan</category><category>ramadan-means-more-bloodshed</category><category>sharia-islamic-law-and-dhimmitude</category><category>sharia-islamic-law-and-persecution</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:36:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Saving the Worlds Women - The Feminist Hawks</title><description><![CDATA[How do big ideas spread on the Internet, and how are they changed in the process?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/25/3190178-saving-the-worlds-women-the-feminist-hawks</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/25/3190178-saving-the-worlds-women-the-feminist-hawks</guid><category>world-news</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>women</category><category>taliban</category><category>david-horowitz</category><category>muslim-women</category><category>jihad-watch</category><category>feminist-hawk-position</category><category>feminist-hawkism</category><category>tim-hwang</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:26:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hezbollah</title><description><![CDATA[Hezbollah is a military, political and social organization in Lebanon with strong ties to Iran and Syria, a bloc in Lebanon's Parliament and ministers in the cabinet. As a political party, Hezbollah runs schools and hospitals in Lebanon.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/25/3189900-hezbollah</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/25/3189900-hezbollah</guid><category>world-news</category><category>israel</category><category>lebanon</category><category>hezbollah</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:17:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Another step towards Hamastan</title><description><![CDATA[Hamas has denied repeatedly that they want to turn Gaza into an Islamist regime-- yet the evidence show otherwise.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/24/3188330-another-step-towards-hamastan</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/24/3188330-another-step-towards-hamastan</guid><category>world-news</category><category>israel</category><category>palestine</category><category>gaza</category><category>hamas</category><category>islamic-extremism</category><category>islamism</category><category>hamastan</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:14:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Photos of Palestinians in Gaza at the Start of Ramadan</title><description><![CDATA["Palestine Today published pictures of the general atmosphere in villages and cities in the Gaza Strip at the start of the Islamic month of fasting: Ramadan. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/24/3185918-photos-of-palestinians-in-gaza-at-the-start-of-ramadan</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/24/3185918-photos-of-palestinians-in-gaza-at-the-start-of-ramadan</guid><category>world-news</category><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>palestine</category><category>gaza</category><category>photos</category><category>egypt</category><category>holiday</category><category>arabs</category><category>ramadan</category><category>ethnoscapes</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:10:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hamas Woos Gaza Kids from UN Camps to Join 'Fun with Terror' </title><description><![CDATA[Hamas has embarked on a massive campaign this summer to woo Gazan children away from UNWRA (United Nations Works and Relief Association) summer camps to its own camps. At Hamas summer camps, kids learned to wage war against Israel and were indoctrinated with Islamic ideology.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ANNA-NYC]]></dc:creator><link>http://anna1220.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/24/3185631-hamas-woos-gaza-kids-from-un-camps-to-join-fun-with-terror-</link><guid>http://anna1220.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/24/3185631-hamas-woos-gaza-kids-from-un-camps-to-join-fun-with-terror-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>israel</category><category>terrorism</category><category>middle-east</category><category>palestine</category><category>gaza</category><category>hamas</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:46:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hezbollah Readies for War as UN Peacekeepers Can Only Observe </title><description><![CDATA[In a Lebanese village 10 miles west of the Israeli border, black-capped Hezbollah militiamen stand guard in front of a suspected weapons cache.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/21/3177903-hezbollah-readies-for-war-as-un-peacekeepers-can-only-observe-</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/21/3177903-hezbollah-readies-for-war-as-un-peacekeepers-can-only-observe-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>israel</category><category>lebanon</category><category>hezbollah</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:05:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Muslim Charity Teams Up with U.S. Government </title><description><![CDATA[I've written in a previous post about American Muslim charities that are using various vetting processes to reassure Muslims that their donations won't get them into trouble with the U.S. government. Here's another organization: American Charities for Palestine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/21/3177396-muslim-charity-teams-up-with-us-government-</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/21/3177396-muslim-charity-teams-up-with-us-government-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>palestinians</category><category>u-s-government</category><category>muslim-charity</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:33:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> Islamist Militants Restrict Somali Wedding Celebrations</title><description><![CDATA[In a typical Somali wedding, women wear brightly colored gowns, gold jewelry and elaborate hairstyles. They dance with men to the tunes of Somali love songs, performed by a vocalist and a pianist.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/21/3176349-islamist-militants-restrict-somali-wedding-celebrations</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/21/3176349-islamist-militants-restrict-somali-wedding-celebrations</guid><category>world-news</category><category>islam</category><category>somalia</category><category>islamists</category><category>sharia-law</category><category>wedding-dancing</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:11:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Saving the World's Women</title><description><![CDATA[IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. 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The militants fighting on fronts from Afghanistan to Pakistan fear they are losing the propaganda war among their own people.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3100009-why-are-taliban-issuing-code-of-conduct</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3100009-why-are-taliban-issuing-code-of-conduct</guid><category>world-news</category><category>taliban</category><category>code-of-conduct</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:32:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bombs Outside Mosques in Baghdad Kill at Least 29 </title><description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques around Baghdad within 45 minutes on Friday as worshipers attended prayer services, killing at least 29 people in what appeared to be a coordinated attack against followers of the anti-American cleric Moktada al-Sadr, Iraqi offic&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3099679-bombs-outside-mosques-in-baghdad-kill-at-least-29-</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3099679-bombs-outside-mosques-in-baghdad-kill-at-least-29-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>baghdad</category><category>bombs</category><category>moktada-al-sadr</category><category>shiite-mosques</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:22:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Islamic Supremacist Hizb ut-Tahrir Event Promoted with Beheaded Statue of Liberty </title><description><![CDATA[Islamic Supremacist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir's branch in Malaysia promoted its July 26, 2009 conference for a global Islamic Supremacist Caliphate with an image of a "beheaded" Statue of Liberty and NYC in smoking ruins.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3099398-islamic-supremacist-hizb-ut-tahrir-event-promoted-with-beheaded-statue-of-liberty-</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3099398-islamic-supremacist-hizb-ut-tahrir-event-promoted-with-beheaded-statue-of-liberty-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>statue-of-liberty</category><category>hizb-ut-tahrir</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:12:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Muslims Abduct Two Christian Coptic Girls in Egypt</title><description><![CDATA[Mrs. Samira Markos, who lives in Alexandria, sent an appeal to Egypt4Christ advocacy, pleading with them to rescue her daughter from forced Islamization.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3099382-muslims-abduct-two-christian-coptic-girls-in-egypt</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3099382-muslims-abduct-two-christian-coptic-girls-in-egypt</guid><category>world-news</category><category>islam</category><category>girls</category><category>egypt</category><category>christians</category><category>kidnapped</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:07:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Women are not to blame for Canada's falling birthrate</title><description><![CDATA[Declining birthrates will have catastrophic consequences for western countries -- diminished productivity, inability to support an aging population, economic shrinkage -- and here I was throwing the whole problem on the laps of women.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkimija]]></dc:creator><link>http://alkimija.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3099037-women-are-not-to-blame-for-canadas-falling-birthrate</link><guid>http://alkimija.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3099037-women-are-not-to-blame-for-canadas-falling-birthrate</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:55:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Consulate in Jerusalem has a website that assumes Jerusalem is Palestinian - says nothing about Israel</title><description><![CDATA[You must go immediately to the website of the US Consulate in Jerusalem. Let me know whether you can find ANYTHING about Israel. As of 11:00 p.m. EST, every single entry/article/announcement is about the "Palestinians" or the "West Bank." NOTHING about Israel. Nothing. Nada. Zip.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zap]]></dc:creator><link>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3098110-us-consulate-in-jerusalem-has-a-website-that-assumes-jerusalem-is-palestinian-says-nothing-about-israel</link><guid>http://newsmix.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/31/3098110-us-consulate-in-jerusalem-has-a-website-that-assumes-jerusalem-is-palestinian-says-nothing-about-israel</guid><category>world-news</category><category>israel</category><category>palestinians</category><category>website</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>arabic</category><category>hebrew</category><category>u-s-consulate-in-jerusalem</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:38:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>