Mohamed Siruhan

The inspector general of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday his office has investigated three more SEC employees, including two staff attorneys, and an agency contractor for using their government computers to view pornography. According to the latest semi-annual report from SEC inspector general David Kotz to Congress, his office also looked into charges that an employee at the SEC’s Washington headquarters told investors last year that a company that the agency charged with running a Ponzi scheme was legitimate; the employee was himself an investor with the company and was put on administrative leave pending further investigation. Kotz also investigated a lawyer in a regional office for allegedly disclosing confidential information about an FBI informant in a case. As of the end of March, the agency had not acted on his recommendation that the lawyer be disciplined. Kotz told Congress that the agency’s information technology security group gave him “...

Details pulled five years ago by an investigator in France from a notorious series of obscene Internet photographs resulted in the imposition Tuesday of what is believed to be most severe sentence ever in a Connecticut child pornography prosecution. A federal judge in Bridgeport sentenced truck driver William Oehne, who is 50 years old, to 45 years in prison for taking pornographic photographs of the 9-year-old daughter of a former girlfriend and using the Internet to distribute the images to pedophiles around the world. Specifically, U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall sentenced Oehne to 30 years for the production of child pornography and a consecutive 15 years for distribution of child pornography. In their argument for severity, federal prosecutors attacked the insidious nature of child pornography in the Internet age, describing it as a crime that makes children victims for life when pedophiles around the world continuously trade exploitive images of them. "As a r...

A meeting of Church of England bishops in York this week has broken up without agreement on whether gay clergy should ever be allowed to be chosen for promotion to bishoprics. The leadership of the established church remains tied in knots over how far it can comply with the Equality Act in its treatment of gay people. Church lawyers have told the bishops that while they cannot take into account that someone is homosexual in considering them for preferment, they also cannot put forward clergy in active same-sex relationships and, even if they are celibate, must consider whether they can "act as a focus for unity" to their flocks if appointed to a diocese. Conservative evangelicals remain bitterly opposed to the ordination of gay people, even though many clergy are more or less openly gay, and some are in same-sex partnerships. ReadMore

A minister accused of sexually assaulting two women he once worked with resigned Sunday in an apparent bid to spare the French government the kind of notoriety the opposition has faced since its leading man, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was charged with attempting to rape a Manhattan hotel maid. A preliminary investigation was opened last week against George Tron, who served as a junior civil service minister, after two women alleged that he had attacked them between 2007 and 2010. One of the women said she was inspired to come forward after a housekeeper at a luxury Manhattan hotel claimed she was sexually assaulted by Strauss-Kahn, 62, a leading presidential hopeful in next year’s elections for the rival Socialist Party. He resigned his post as International Monetary Fund chief after charges were filed in New York. ReadMore

The world famous Roswell “incident” was no UFO but rather a Russian spacecraft with “grotesque, child-size aviators” developed in human experiments by Nazi doctor and war criminal Josef Mengele, according to a theory floated by investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen. Her book, “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” is about the secretive Nevada base called Area 51. One chapter offers the new Roswell theory, citing an anonymous source who says Joseph Stalin recruited Mengele and sent the craft into US air space in 1947 to spark public hysteria. Like past theories, Jacobsen writes that the US government was involved in a cover-up of the UFO report, which has spawned space alien legend and turned this southern New Mexico town into a tourist attraction. Bill Lyne, who self-published a book called “Space Aliens from the Pentagon” in 1993, agrees that the Roswell incident was faked, but he thinks the hoax was perpetrated by the US...

California: Some shut themselves inside to pray for mercy as they waited for the world’s end. Others met for tearful last lunches with their children, and prepared to leave behind homes and pets as they were swept up to heaven. And across the globe, followers of a California preacher’s long-publicized message that Judgment Day would arrive Saturday turned to the Bible, the book they believe predicts Earth’s destruction on May 21. The doomsday message has been sent far and wide via broadcasts and websites by Harold Camping, an 89-year-old retired civil engineer who has built a multi-million-dollar nonprofit ministry based on his apocalyptic prediction. After spending months traveling the country to put up Judgment Day billboards and hand out Bible tracts, Camping follower Michael Garcia planned to spend Friday evening with his family at home in Alameda, near the Christian media empire’s Oakland headquarters. They believe it will likely start as it becomes 6 p.m...

A man who claims to have had sex with 1,000 cars has defended his "romantic" feelings towards vehicles. Edward Smith, who lives with his current "girlfriend" – a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, insisted that he was not "sick" and had no desire to change his ways. "I appreciate beauty and I go a little bit beyond appreciating the beauty of a car only to the point of what I feel is an expression of love," he said. "Maybe I'm a little bit off the wall but when I see movies like Herbie and Knight Rider, where cars become loveable, huggable characters it's just wonderful. "I'm a romantic. I write poetry about cars, I sing to them and talk to them just like a girlfriend. I know what's in my heart and I have no desire to change." He added: "I'm not sick and I don't want to hurt anyone, cars are just my preference." Mr Smith, 57, first had sex with a ca...

Magadmi was the first to recite the Holy Qur’an on Saudi and Indian radio stations. His recitation was marked by a sweet sound and beautiful tone, accompanied by a unique intonation. Considered the master of the Hijazi recitation style, people called him the sheikh of Hijaz reciters of the Holy Qur’an. “Hijazi recitation style of the Holy Qur’an, with its touch of passion, has a special influence on listeners. Sheikh Magadmi is the best reciter of that style,” wrote Secretary-General of the International Holy Qur’an Memorization Organization Abdullah Bin Ali Basfr in Al-Huda magazine. Born in 1921 in the Souk Al-Lail District in Makkah, Magadmi lost his eyesight at the age of three following a smallpox epidemic. ReadMore

Chris Whitehead wore a girls' knee-length skirt to classes at Impington Village College, near Cambridge, Cambs. He is protesting against a school uniform policy which bans boys from wearing shorts during the summer months. He also addressed 1,368 pupils at morning assembly wearing the black skirt, which boys are permitted to wear due to a loophole in the policy. Chris believes that forcing boys to wear long trousers during the sizzling summer months affects concentration and their ability to learn. He said: ''In the summer girl students are allowed to wear skirts but boys are not allowed to wear shorts. ''We think that this discriminates against boys. I will march in a skirt with other boys waving banners and making a lot of noise. ''I will be wearing the skirt at school all day in protest at the uniform policy and addressing the assembly with the student council, wearing a skirt.'' Teachers at Impington Vi...

An Orthodox Jewish newspaper on Monday apologized for digitally deleting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton from a photo of President Barack Obama and his staff monitoring the raid by Navy SEALs that killed Osama Bin Laden. The Brooklyn weekly Di Tzeitung, which says it doesn’t publish images of women, printed the doctored photo Friday. It issued a statement saying its photo editor hadn’t read the “fine print” accompanying the White House photo that forbade any changes. The newspaper said it has sent its “regrets and apologies” to the White House and the Department of State. A second woman, Counterterrorism Director Audrey Tomason, also was deleted from the photo, which captured a historic moment in the decade-long US effort to apprehend the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Di Tzeitung said it has a “long standing editorial policy” of not publishing women’s images. It explained that its readers “believe that women should be appreciate...

The sons of Osama Bin Laden have criticised the US authorities for carrying out his "arbitrary killing". A statement given to the New York Times newspaper said the family wanted to know why the al-Qaeda leader had not been captured alive. Relatives who survived the 2 May raid in Pakistan should be freed, it said. Another statement appeared on a jihadist website saying the burial of Bin Laden at sea "demeans and humiliates his family". Osama Bin Laden was shot dead by US special forces during a raid on his home in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad. ReadMore

An Indian academic has developed a new Arabic grammar based on word meanings with the support of a research scholar. He believes it would make Arabic learning much easier, especially for non-Arabs. Speaking to Arab News, professor K.M. Muhammad, former head of the Department of Arabic Language at Calicut University in Kerala, said the new Arabic grammar based on semantics focuses on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for or denote. “Research scholar O.K. Abdul Gafoor who prepared the new grammar under my supervision has got his Ph.D. for this work,” he pointed out. READmore

Singer Whitney Houston is undergoing treatment again for drug and alcohol addiction, her spokeswoman said. The multiple Grammy Award-winning star has enrolled in an out-patient program rather than a residential facility. "Whitney Houston is currently in an out-patient rehab program for drug and alcohol treatment. Whitney voluntarily entered the program to support her long-standing recovery process," publicist Jill Fritzo said. Houston, 47, one of the top-selling female artists of all time with hits like "I Will Always Love You," launched a comeback in late 2009 after battling drug addiction for years. READmore

Women who drink lots of coffee may cut their risk of developing one type of breast cancer, according to a new study, but experts are urging caution. The Karolinska Institute findings are based on nearly 6,000 women and suggest drinking more than five cups a day halves a woman's risk. But cancer experts say the evidence is not proof enough and women should instead focus on leading a healthy lifestyle to cut their cancer odds. ReadMore

Homosexual men are more likely to have had cancer than heterosexual men, a US study has suggested. The study of more than 120,000 people in California has led to calls for more specialist support. Lesbians and bisexual women also had poorer health after cancer than heterosexuals, according to research published in the journal Cancer. Cancer Research UK said more research was needed as the reasons for any difference were unclear. In the 2001, 2003 and 2005 California Health Interview surveys, a total of 3,690 men and 7,252 women said they had been diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. ReadMore

The Doggfather wraps up an incredible six months of entertainment in Abu Dhabi The inaugural Yas Island Show Weekends in Abu Dhabi wrapped up last Friday with a spectacular finale featuring the American superstar rapper, Snoop Dogg. READ MORE

Saudi authorities have refuted a BBC report claiming that the Zamzam well in Makkah is polluted and that drinking the holy water could cause diseases such as cancer. Zuhair Nawab, president of Saudi Geological Survey (SGS), denied the allegation and said his organization has taken adequate measures to ensure the safety of Zamzam well and its water. The BBC said it had asked a pilgrim to take samples from the Zamzam water taps in Makkah and the Zamzam water being sold in bottles to compare them with the water on sale illegally. ReadMore

Fox News is not alone, though. BBC and Sky News made a similar mistake. As did ABC. Even the Modesto Bee mixed up the President and the world's most infamous terrorist, asking, "How did @modbee readers react to news of Obama's death?" read more. .. Times Of India Mistakes Obama for Osama [Osama is DEAD] Fox Headline FAIL: 'Obama' Bin Laden Dead? mediaite.com

BBC among news channels which made basic error reporting Bin Laden's death. BBC News accidentally reported that Barack Obama had been killed in its coverage of Osama Bin Laden's death. On the corporation's website a ticker along the top of the screen was accidentally labelled: 'Obama dead' before being hastily corrected. The error happened at 11.19pm as the news was just breaking - and minutes before the U.S. President gave a live speech confirming the kill. Mistake: The BBC and U.S television networks incorrectly reported that Barack Obama, right, was dead rather than Osama Bin Laden, left. The BBC however was not alone in making basic errors in its reporting and U.S. TV networks committed a series of embarrassing blunders too. Shortly after 11pm a reporter for MSNBC Tweeted that it was Mr Obama, not Bin Laden, who was dead. 'Obama shot and killed,' Norah O’Donnell posted on Twitter, citing NBC Chief Pentagon Correspondent Jim Miklaszewski as her sou...