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Shattering a ‘national mythology’ By Ofri Ilani:

Of all the national heroes who have arisen from among the Jewish people over the generations, fate has not been kind to Dahia al-Kahina, a leader of the Berbers in the Aures Mountains. Although she was a proud Jewess, few Israelis have ever heard the name of this warrior-queen who, in the seventh century C.E., united a number of Berber tribes and pushed back the Muslim army that invaded North Africa. It is possible that the reason for this is that al-Kahina was the daughter of a Berber tribe that had converted to Judaism, apparently several generations before she was born, sometime around the 6th century C.E.

Transcript of Obama speech
By: Barack Obama
March 18, 2008 02:22 PM EST

“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”

Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America’s improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787.

Tracing human diversity through the ages
STANFORD SCIENTISTS FIND SURPRISING LINKS
By Lisa M. Krieger
Mercury News
Article Launched: 02/22/2008 01:35:17 AM PST
A coalition of Stanford scientists has released the most detailed road map yet of human diversity, offering insight into the emergence and restless migration of the world’s populations.

Using the Stanford Human Genome Center to study genetic variations in almost 1,000 individuals from 51 populations, the team has completed the largest analysis to date of human diversity. The data is published in today’s issue of the journal Science.

Published February 22nd 2008
The in depth studies can be found at the article’s source, here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331949,00.html

“White Americans are both genetically weaker and less diverse than their black compatriots, a Cornell University-led study finds.

Analyzing the genetic makeup of 20 Americans of European ancestry and 15 African-Americans, researchers found that the former showed much less variation among 10,000 tested genes than did the latter, which was expected.

They also found that Europeans had many more possibly harmful mutations than did African, which was a surprise.

Rasta says make love not war. For love making is the invocation of the life force whereas war is death and destruction.

Thus I Lion say to Babylon, have more great sex and spice up your wretched lives. But keep it clean, keep it safe keep it loving and rspectful.

Sex is joy, it promotes health and it is great for rejuvenation. The body releases many joy inducing chemicals durning sex. The ones most studied are known as Endorphins.

Beyond the gardens of pleasures, Endorphins released during orgasm also stimulates immune system cells, helps target illnesses like cancer, and promotes youth by fighting wrinkles.

Chad’s ‘orphans’ returning home

Chad has given permission for 103 children who were caught up in a trafficking scandal to be reunited with their families, Unicef says.

Six French aid workers were convicted of trying to abduct them, describing them as orphans from war-torn Darfur.

The children have been staying in an orphanage in Chad, and are to be handed over to relatives in the coming days.

Their return home has been delayed until Chadian officials could indentify the correct guardians, Unicef says.

The UN agency said the French charity involved, Zoe’s Ark, had left very little paperwork about the children’s identities.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica is again considering the legalization of marijuana.

A seven-member government commission has been researching possible changes to the Caribbean country’s anti-drug laws.

Deputy Prime Minister Kenneth Baugh says the commission is now preparing to report to the prime minister on the legalization issue.

In 2003, a government commission recommended legalizing marijuana in small amounts for personal use.

But legislators never acted, saying it might entail the loss of their country’s U.S. anti-drug certification. Countries that lose it face economic sanctions.