http://www.sandmonkey.org Thu, 08 May 2008 18:58:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hezbollah and the Sunni Militias are clashing in Lebanon right now. Live reports from Lebanon here , pictures of the clashes here. http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/05/08/lebanon-clashes/ I have been gone for this past week, but I wasn't absent in any way. I was running around helping an Australian friend do a report on May 4th. Here are glimpses of the days that passed by and the people that I met during. Going to the Hesham Mubarak center ... http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/05/06/this-past-week/ Today is Mubarak's Birthday (Happy Mubarak Day, people!) and the day of the new strike. There are two new organizational developments that differentiate this strike from April 6th: The Mahalla workers said they wouldn't join, and the Muslim Brotherhood decided to join. The scale of it this time, however, seems ... http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/05/04/may-4th-coverage/ A lot of people have been asking me about this new presidential decree that was just issued to create the two new governorates of 6th of October and Helwan, many outside of Egypt feeling mighty confused about it. I wish I could say that those in Egypt are less confused ... http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/04/28/planning-is-for-wussies/ They might steal it in Kinshasa! How does one steal a Penis, you might ask? Well, witchcraft of course.. Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional religions and witchcraft remains widespread, and where ritual killings to obtain blood or body parts still occur. Rumors of penis theft ... http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/04/24/watch-out-for-your-penis/ The prison that hosts both the generals accused of facilitating Harriri's assassination and the Fatah Al Islam terrorists is having a riot, with the inmates taking several of the prison personell hostage. However... Roumieh is Lebanon's main jail. The detainees there include four former generals held in connection with the 2005 ... http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/04/24/rioting-in-lebanese-prison/ For example: Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri: I am a journalist for the U.S. publication Tiger Beat. When I heard you would be taking Web questions, I was like OMG, I totes have to write to him!!! Here are three questions we’re asking celebrities this month: 1. If you could be any character on “Gossip Girl,” who would ... http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/04/24/the-questions-you-didnt-know-zawhiri-answerd/ Well, do you think GMT should be replaced with Mecca Mean Time? Yeah, didn't think so! http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/04/24/how-about-no/ A Tunisian family is suing a 30 year old man for "raping their 20 year old daughter through phone sex". It seems that while they were having phone sex, the girl kinda punctured her hymen. The argument is that the two of them had sexual relations, even through the ... http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/04/24/phone-rape/ MY HEAD IS EXPLODING! http://www.sandmonkey.org/2008/04/23/snoop-dogg-singing-a-german-folk-song/