Wars on the internet aren’t really a new thing – hostile elements have resorted to cyber attacks for years already. When Estonia removed the Soviet occupation monument from Tallinn’s centre in 2007, Russian hackers arranged several and repeated DDOS attacks against many Government web servers and also newspapers.
Israelis, however, are encountering different problems on the internet. Their intelligence agencies warn people of risks in using social networking sites, like Facebook. Accoring to the BBC, there …

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced an inquiry into the Iraq war, but revealed that it will be heard in secret and will not report until after the next election, which can be as late as 3rd June, next year.
Naturally this secrecy provoked anger and the move was branded yet another whitewash, the Daily Mail reports.
Brown promised that the investigative panel will be independent of Government and would be given access to all documents and material, …

A 33-year-old Fata Lemes, a Muslim from Bosnia, and a cocktail waitress in London, sued her employer. The reason – “sexual harassment”. Particularily, she refused to wear an “indecent” dress for work, the Daily Mail reports.
The woman told a tribunal that she was “not used to wearing sexually attractive clothes”. The bright red dress she was made to wear, seemingly made her feel she “might as well be naked”.
Here’s the photo of the dress …

Yemenite terrorists brutally murdered nine foreigners they kidnapped three days ago, the bodies of the victims, including three children, were found in the mountains of northern Yemen.
One of the victims was a British man. His South Korean wife, three German children and their father were also brutally murdered, the Times reports.
Just a few hours earlier, the bodies of three German women, who were among the same group, were found by shepherds.
The foreigners had been working …

Tens of thousands of Iranians came to the streets today to protest the official outcome of last Friday’s presidential election, which they say was rigged.
The protesters defied a ban to protest, and chanting crowds, some wearing green campaign colours, greeted Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated candidate, as he slowly moved through the streets on the back of a four-wheel drive car, the Times reports.
“The vote of the people is more important than Mousavi or any …

Last week we saw the launch of two much-anticipated smartphones – Apple iPhone 3G S and Palm Pre. Of course, for devout Apple fans, the iPhone is the best smartphone ever made. And for Palm fans it’s naturally the Pre. And honestly, it is about taste really.
But which of those super-hyped phones is best objectively, if we take into account only the specifications? Let’s take a look at them and perhaps it would give someone …

The coalition partners of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lined behind him today, after he declared support for a demilitarized Palestinian state in his yesterday’s speech. It was feared before that Netanyahu’s speech may damage both relations with USA and inside the Cabinet.
Israel’s Foreign Minister and the leader of Yisrael Beiteinu party, Avigdor Lieberman said that Prime Minister’s speech outlined “the balance between our aspirations for peace and the aspiration for security”, AP reports.
“Netanyahu opened …

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered an investigation into claims of fraud in last week’s presidential election, Jerusalem Post reports.
According to the newspaper, Khamenei ordered the Guardian Council to examine the allegations by pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims widespread vote rigging in Friday’s election. The government declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner in a landslide victory.
Mousavi wrote an appeal to the Guardian Council, a powerful 12-member body that’s a pillar of Iran’s …

70% of Britons say they did not tihnk the amount of taxes they paid was reflected in the services they received, according to Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Only 15% said they would be prepared to pay more money to get better services, Ananova reports.
The most unpopular tax, according to the survey, was, naturally, council tax. 40% of the people polled said that it was the tax they most resented paying.
Well, of course taxes in …

Dutch freedom fighter, member of parliament and leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, Geert Wilders said in an exclusive interview to the Jerusalem Post that European Union is “one-sided and always against Israel”, adding that “nothing will happen” if Israel “depends on the Europeans” to stop Iran’s genocidal threats against Israel.
Wilders said that European Parliament has always been biased against Israel. “European Parliament should not be involved in foreign politics,” he told the newspaper.
Wilders also …

If someone tells you they ‘koogled’ something, they might not have made a spelling mistake – there’s a new search engine now, called “Koogle”, and according to the site manager, it’s a kosher search engine for Orthodox Jews.
Site manager Yossi Altman said that Koogle appears to meet the standards of Orthodox rabbis, who restrict use of the web to ensure people avoid viewing sexually explicit material, according to the Daily Mail.
Altman said that Koogle omits …

38-year-old Jacqui Fleming became Britain’s and Europe’s first swine flu victim who has died of the disease. Health officials said, however, that she had a pre-existing health condition before contracting the virus.
Fleming, who had recently given birth prematurely, died at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Scotland, according to the Daily Mail. Her child, who is believed to have contracted the flue, is in critical condition.
There are a total of 1,226 swine fly victims in …

Both Fatah-led Palestinian Authority and terror organisation Hamas dismissed the speech delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas said it’s a “racist” attempt to deny Palestinian national rights, and according to PA, it “sabotages” regional peace efforts.
Hamas said that Netanyahu wants to recognize “Palestine as pure Jewish land, denying the Palestinian people any rights to their land”, according to Ha’aretz.
“Netanyahu attempted to play with words in order to mislead people, claiming he wants peace. …