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This is a cross-post by Joseph Weissman
Last night I watched Britain’s Witch Children on Channel Four, which should be available on 4od. The programme highlights how African evangelical pastors in London identify children within their congregations as ‘witches’ or ‘demon-possessed’. I would highly recommend you to watch this programme if you haven’t already, in order to [...]

So, here is Cameron:
“Turkey’s relationships in the [Middle East] region, both with Israel and with the Arab world, are of incalculable value. No other country has the same potential to build understanding between Israel and the Arab world. I know that Gaza has led to real strains in Turkey’s relationship with Israel. But Turkey is [...]

The final count for the constituency Labour Party nominations are in with David Miliband winning out with 165 nominations and brother Ed Miliband an undeniably close second with 147.
David Miliband also has the nominations of 81 Labour MPs, 102 local Labour groups and picking up the support of Labour Students as well.
There is little doubt [...]

I have a religion.
Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, currently running third in the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary race, thinks the constitutional guarantees of religious freedom in the US may not apply to Muslims:
At a recent event in Hamilton County, Ramsey was asked by a man in the audience about the “threat that’s invading our [...]

This Is a Cross-Post From a Rabbit’s Eye-View of the Hyperborean North.

Despite previously having being willing to galavant abroad to where he neither was requested nor required, the President of the Calvinistic Republic of Scotland has appealed to propriety and rules when declining a request for him or ministers to be questioned by the US [...]

After the “Freedom Flotilla” was stopped from entering Gaza, Israel reported that many of the medicines intended for that territory were past their expiration dates.
Now, in a report by Al-Jazeera, a Gaza health ministry official confirms that various countries and organizations frequently donate expired and useless medical supplies, which end up in garbage dumps. [...]

Reuters reports:
Britain wants to trade more with Sudan, a vast African country whose president is wanted for genocide and war crimes, Britain’s new minister for Africa said on Monday.
On his first official visit to Sudan, Henry Bellingham said Britain’s new government sought to encourage companies to invest more in Sudan, particularly in its oil and [...]

This offering could have been published by John Tyndall’s National Front:
Stuart Littlewood seems to wonder why Jews are over-represented. With Purim in mind, we may be able to suggest an answer. We are dealing here with an exilic cultural setting that preaches for lobbing, influence and control. Shaping politics, media and thoughts [...]

Albarn proudly boasts:
Gorillaz have become the first ever big British band to play in Damascus in Syria.
Damon Albarn, Bashy, Kano and former Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, were among those who performed a one-off show in the Syrian capital on Sunday.
Damon told Newsbeat it was something he’d wanted to do for some time: [...]

A new tweet from the editor of The Guardian:
Massive leak of 92k secret files exposes true nature of Afghan war http://is.gd/dHVoW
Alan Rusberger
The true nature of the war detailed at The Guardian:

Hundreds of civilians killed by ISAF forces.
Increased Taliban attacks.
Fear Pakistan and Iran fueling insurgency.
A secret “black” unit of special forces hunting down Taliban leaders and [...]