Most American Jews back military strike on IranOctober 1st, 2009 JERUSALEM - Fifty-six percent of American Jews support military action against Iran to prevent the Teheran regime from obtaining nuclear weapons, a new study has claimed. Thirty-six percent opposed such a move, according to the American Jewish Committee's 2009 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion.
Hitler's bullet-punctured skull is actually a woman's, claim US researchersSeptember 28th, 2009 LONDON - German dictator Adolf Hitler's suicide in his Berlin bunker is being disputed by some American researchers who claim that a bullet-punctured skull, which has long been thought to belong to the Nazi leader, was actually that of an unknown woman. Kept in Russia's federal archives, the four-inch skull fragment has a hole where a bullet reportedly passed through Hitler's left temple when he shot himself.
Palestine Islamic judge says Jews never lived in JerusalemAugust 27th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority's chief Islamic judge, Sheikh Tayseer Rajab Tamimi, has said there was no evidence to back up claims that Jews had ever lived in Jerusalem or that the temple ever existed. Tamimi claimed that Israeli archeologists had "admitted" that Jerusalem was never inhabited by Jews, the Jerusalem Post reports.
UK and US knew about Hitler's plans to exterminate Jews, says VaticanAugust 17th, 2009 LONDON - The Vatican's official newspaper has accused Britain and the United States of having detailed knowledge of Hitler's plans to exterminate Jews, but failed to stop it. The L'Osservatore Romano claims in a report that authorities in Washington and London ignored, downplayed or even suppressed intelligence reports about the Nazis' extermination plans.
Jewish leaders for republishing of Hitler's Mein KampfAugust 6th, 2009 BERLIN - Leaders of the Jewish community in Germany have called for a republication of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (My Struggle), which would be accompanied by a critical introduction and footnotes challenging Hitler's assertions. Currently, the German state of Bavaria has a 70-year exclusive copyright on publishing the book, which is due to expire at the end of 2015, leading to fears of a free-for-all among unscrupulous publishers, The Telegraph reported.
'World's most expensive chocolate' unveiled by Spandau Ballet starAugust 4th, 2009 LONDON - Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has launched the "world's most expensive chocolate bar". The 49-year-old singer delivered the gold leaf-covered special edition of a Wispa Gold bar worth 961.48 pounds to Selfridges.
Russian hairdresser turns robber into sex slave with torn genitals, Viagra hangover!July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - An attempted armed robbery of a hairdresser in the Russian town of Meshchovsk became a three-day sex ordeal for a would-be thief, leaving him with torn genitals and a Viagra hangover. The man, known as Viktor, tried to rob 28-year-old hairdresser, called Olga.
Jewish Iranians prefer Ahmadinejad to MousaviJuly 7th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Notwithstanding the anti-government protests in Iran, Jewish Iranians living in Israel and abroad think that Iran under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is much better than it would be under opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. At a conference of Iranian Jews in Jerusalem on Monday, leaders of the Mashadi Jewish community said that despite Ahmadinejad's blustery rhetoric against Israel, Iran is a safe place for Jews to practice their religion.
F1 boss Ecclestone insists he won't resign over comments praising Hitler's leadershipJuly 6th, 2009 F1 boss Ecclestone insists he won't resignLONDON — Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone insists he will not resign because of his comments praising Adolf Hitler's leadership. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Ecclestone defended his weekend comments that Hitler "got things done."
Ecclestone, F1's commercial rights holder, dismissed calls from the World Jewish Congress that he resign.
US dollar mostly down, gold up in European tradingJuly 1st, 2009 US dollar mostly down in Europe, gold upLONDON — The U.S. dollar was lower against most other major currencies in European trading Wednesday.
Now, repair decayed teeth with dental filling made of bile acidsJune 2nd, 2009 LONDON - People whose teeth have decayed due to excess sugar could now make them whole again, thanks to a new, non-toxic dental filling derived from bile. Currently used dental fillings contain either mercury or a chemical called bisphenol A, substances that help the fillings harden but are potentially toxic to humans and the environment.
China's first-ever sex-theme park torn down before openingMay 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - China's first-ever sexually explicit theme park proved to be 'too hot' for local authorities, and was torn down over the weekend. Love Land, which was slated to open in October in the southwestern city of Chongqing, features naked human sculptures, giant replicas of genitals and an exhibition about the history of sex and sexual practices in other countries.
Prince Charles to recall his Greek grandmother's heroismApril 25th, 2009 LONDON - Proud of the role that his grandmother, Princess Alice of Greece, played during the Second World War, Prince Charles is to appear in a film that will tell the stories of 12 figures who helped save Jews from the Nazis. In The Rescuers: Heroes of the Holocaust, Prince Charles praises the "very remarkable" mother of the Duke of Edinburgh, who hid Jews in the royal palace in Athens and withstood interrogations by German officials.
The Nazi clock that might have ticked away Hitler's last hoursApril 7th, 2009 LONDON - A Nazi clock that might have called time on German dictator Adolf Hitler's final hours in his bunker is now available at an antiques shop in England. Michael Fanthorpe, the owner of the shop in Dereham, Norfolk, describes the eagle-topped timepiece as a gilded bronze clock.
New tool to detect early signs of plaque build-upJanuary 16th, 2009 LONDON - A new dental probe developed by scientists will detect the very earliest signs of plaque build-up. The toothbrush-sized product has a blue light at its tip, which, when shone around the mouth and viewed through yellow glasses with a red filter, allows plaque to be seen easily as a red glow.
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