| |  Dino & Anty - 123 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  Gaddafi's new rascality by Thanos Kalamidas
The Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has an amazing way always to attract Europe’s anger and doubts and I have to admit that for me he’s a very controversial persona worth a psychiatric study and I’m not saying that trying to be | |
| |  September 2010 choices by The Ovi Team
September means autumn is coming, schools open, houses getting ready for the winter, last bits of sunny weekends, and last chances for late holidays. This is why Ovi choices for the month September are connected one way or another with nature i | |
| |  RMS Titanic Located by The Ovi Team
1st Sept. 1985; a joint U.S. / French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic the British luxury liner that struck an iceberg and sank in 1912 with the loss of 1,513 lives. 400 miles east of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. | |
| |  2nd Opinion - 124 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Little Ground Zero Mosque that Wasn't by N. L. Wilbur
You’ve heard about the “socialists” in Washington – the fascist, liberal, racist, Muslim-terrorist-loving hypocrites who added 10 quadrillion dollars to the national deficit with a slew of job-killing policies that will | |
| |  Italian report by Euro Reporter
Italian minister apologises after delivery room fightItaly's health minister has apologised to a woman for a fight between two doctors in the delivery room as she was about to give birth. The authorities are investigating | |
| |  Mary Ann Nichols meets Jack the Ripper by The Ovi Team
Aug. 31, 1888; The first attributed to victim of Jack the Ripper "Mary Ann Nichols" a prostitute from London's East End was found mutilated and murdered in London's East End close to Whitechapel Rd because of this and other murde | |
| |  Arjun's cartoon - 03 by Arjun Cartoonist
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| |  Perhaps Al-Shabab will save Somalia by Hezron H.N Nyawachi
Fighting in Mogadishu has intensified this week in the war-scarred capital even as Moslems are observing the Holy Month of Ramadhan. Islamic insurgents disguised as government soldiers stormed Muna hotel near the Presidential Palace in | |
| |  German report by Euro Reporter
German official espousing Nazi racial ideologyThe German official who authored a new doomsday book on the future of Germany appears to endorse Nazi racial ideology, Jewish leaders said. Thilo Sarrazin, a board member of the Ge | |
| |  Austin Mini by The Ovi Team
August 30, 1959; The first "Austin Mini 7" called an Austin Seven from the British Motor Corporation ( Sir Alec Issigonis ) goes on sale for £497 ( first shown on August 14th ) making it one of the cheapest saloon cars available in | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders - 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Who Made God? By Edgar Andrews: Chapter One by Jack Wellman
In Professor Edgar Andrews' book, Who Made God, the goal is not to refute atheistic assertions, but to develop a theory of everything (p. 10). This envelops both the material and non-material aspects of the universe. Who Made God? | |
| |  Marching against or working for Obama by Thanos Kalamidas
Seen on the news all those elements of the American conservative right to extreme right all the way to dangerously extreme right demonstrating in the very same place where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” spe | |
| |  Hurricane Katrina by The Ovi Team
Aug. 29, 2005; Hurricane Katrina a Category 5 Storm with sustained winds o | |
| |  SnakeBoots - 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Snakeboots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Art + Sex: Lace Panties, White Cube (aka: Naked in the Museum) by Lilika Ruby
Before I went to Art School, I went to the Kemper Museum. Hanging in one of the two main galleries was a group photography exhibit. I remember one photograph quite clearly. It was on the far wall – a temporary, movable wall, which you’ | |
| |  Global Justice and Inequity: Lessons Learned from Bhopal and BP Horizon Deepwater by Newropeans-Magazine
Bhopal and BP Horizon Deepwater Background Almost 26 years ago, on the night of 3rd December 1984, Bhopal (India) was enveloped in a poisonous miasmic cloud of methyl isocyanate gas, which gushe | |
| |  Shanghai bombing by the Japanese by The Ovi Team
August 28, 1937; Japanese warships and aircraft with machine guns and bombs are raging war on women and children in Shanghai including bombing and strafing railway carriages with schoolchildren, the rest of the world is protesting deeply but the J | |
| |  Life Undercover - 121 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Lev Shestov on "Athens and Jerusalem" and European Man by Emanuel L. Paparella
In the last seventy years or so there has been no philosophical dialogue on reason and revelation which did not include the thought of Karl Barth on the same. This was brought home to me not only in my college years by one of my philosophy profess | |
| |  Teachers in Chicago Given Back Pay by The Ovi Team
Aug. 27, 1934; teachers in Chicago have at last been given their back pay after suffering with no wages for long periods of time, 18,000 teachers were affected because Chicago did not have money to pay them and most will receive over $1,000. Many | |
| |  Arjun's cartoon - 02 by Arjun Cartoonist
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| |  How you call Muslims who slaughter Muslims? by Thanos Kalamidas
From the beginning of the invasion to Iraq we keep reading in the news about bombs and countless victims with young children a lot of times included in the victims; I suppose some think that these kids and their mothers are responsible for what ha | |
| |  Moomin World: Come and hug a Moomin by Asa Butcher
For the uninitiated, the Moomins are a family of cute and cuddly white trolls that live and play together in Moomin Valley. Created in Finland 1945 by Tove Jansson, the Moomins have appeared in countless comic strips, books, films and TV series | |
| |  Clothes unmade the Woman by Francine L Trevens
Their youth was a hoop skirt of circumspect possibilitiesMaturity's hobble skirt restricted untapped abilitiesAge was a huge bustle, with most frills behind itStill women made opportunity where they did not find | |
| |  Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by The Ovi Team
Aug. 26, 1920; The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution. | |
| |  Islamophobia in America by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
There is no doubt that Islamophobia is on the rise. It is no longer an isolated issue that is thriving in some bigotry-ridden corner in Europe. Thanks to its evil promoters, the beast has become a global phenomenon today. One such promoter is the | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
Sarkozy under fire from within his own ranks on Roma policyThe French government’s first ministers meeting after the summer recess will be held on Wednesday, marking the beginning of what could be President Nicolas Sarko | |
| |  American Nazi party by The Ovi Team
Aug. 25, 1967; George Lincoln Rockwell, the leader of the American Nazi party has been shot and killed by a sniper at a shopping centre in Arlington, Virginia. George Lincoln Rockwell founded the American Nazi Party in 1959 which was originally kn | |
| |  Lift Spirits - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Deluged and Drowning: The Pakistan Disaster by Binoy Kampmark
Much in what happens in political life is often inexplicable. Events often seem to rhyme to the tune of the absurd, egged on by the inexorable march of folly. And so, even as Pakistan is drowning, the attempt to deal with the insurgent | |
| |  St. Bartholomew's Day massacre by The Ovi Team
August 24, 1572; The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy in French) in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots (French | |
| |  Arjun's cartoon - 01 by Arjun Cartoonist
For more Arjun's cartoon collection, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The End of Fighter Aviation by Mark Jones
A fascinating thing occurs when a fighter pilot realizes his aircraft is equipped with a radar. It’s on his second or third flight after being assigned to a fleet model while he’s cruising on some jet route in the sunshine, snug wra | |
| |  European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism by The Ovi Team
The European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, which occurs on August 23, is the European commemoration day in memory of the victims of the totalitarian ideologies of Stalinism and National Socialism. It was designated by | |
| |  Irish Freedom by The Ovi Team
Aug. 23, 1920; the Friends of Irish Freedom condemned the British government and Prime Minister David Lloyd for its alleged mistreatment of the Australian Archbishop Mannix. In the middle of the high seas, the British navy arrested the archbishop | |
| |  The Rom: World Citizens Ahead of Time by Rene Wadlow
Wandering now from land to landWho is there here to feel my pain?” | |
| |  Free Trade Solution to Balancing Trade: Export-Import Coupons by Clifford W. Lazar
America's trade is unbalanced, and the results are lost middle clas | |
| |  Italy's conflict with Ethiopia by The Ovi Team
Aug. 22, 1935; Italy was in severe conflict with Ethiopia and the emperor of the African nation, Haile Selassie, feared a global conflict, “between the white and black races, (and) the very existence of humanity itself ….” Selass | |
| |  Show Bizz - 122 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  From Salonika to the Roma by Thanos Kalamidas
The first time I heard Nicolas Sarkozy talking about his roots in Salonika I have to admit that somehow I felt intrigued and looking forward for what was going to follow even though there are too few things that might connect me with the French Pr | |
| |  The Mona Lisa Stolen by The Ovi Team
21st Aug. 1911: The Mona Lisa, the famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci also called (La Gioconda) (painted between 1503 - 1506), was stolen today from the Louvre in Paris. The Painting was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia an employee of the Louvre who | |
| |  Can Homosexuals, Drug Abusers and Alcoholics Be Saved? by Jack Wellman
I know that the Bible says homosexuality is a sin | |
| |  Adolf Eichmann by The Ovi Team
21st August 1961; In Israel, Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi henchman, was transferred from Jerusalem to a police prison near Haifa where he was to await his trial for war crimes committed during World War II.SS Lieutenant-Colonel who | |
| |  Israel will attack Iran: Will Israel attack Iran? by Kourosh Ziabari
Those who mastermind the U.S.-directed psychological operation against Iran have obliviously forgotten that we're now accustomed to seeing the uninteresting, exhausting charade of "will attack Iran"; you put the subject for it, eithe | |
| |  Advocate the causes of distress Rohingyas in Bangladesh by Rohingya Human Rights
On behalf of the entire Rohingya community in Bangladesh, we undersigned Rohingya Youths from various countries are very much concerned and shocked by the recent inhuman treatment of Bangladeshi government and locals to toward innocent Rohingya re | |
| |  First Commercial Radio Station by The Ovi Team
20th August 1920; the first commercial radio station begins operating in Detroit, Michigan with call sign 8MK (Now WWJ (News radio 950)). The radio station was started by The Detroit News newspaper and is now owned and run by CBS. | |
| |  When help faces corruption by Thanos Kalamidas
To help the people in Pakistan it is one thing but how you can avoid the corruption is another altogether and days after the inhuman catastrophe that has hit the country nobody knows what is worst, the flood that took thousands of lives all the co | |
| |  Liberation of Paris by The Ovi Team
19th Aug. 1944; Liberation of Paris starts following the invasion by allied troops during operation Overlord.Despite repeated orders from Hitler that the French capital "must not fall into the enemy's hand except lyin | |
| |  Dino & Anty - 122 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoon, HERE! | |
| |  Ask, If You Mosque by Leah Sellers
A Mosque. A Temple. A Church. A Prayer Garden. All are Holy Ground. Sacred Space. Humanity’s Wailing Walls where we send Messages to the Heavens - to Great Spirit - to The Great Architect - to one Another | |
| |  The German alchemical growth miracle by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading the achievement of the German economy to how a growth of 2.2 percent in the middle of the economic crisis filled everybody with hope and the European administrations with a thrill. Personally I missed the thrill and I went straight away to | |
| |  Declaration of Neutrality by The Ovi Team
18th Aug. 1914; US President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality. With the outbreak of a general war in Europe in early August 1914, the great majority of Americans gave thanks for the Atlantic Ocean. Wilson and his advisers acted quickly | |
| |  2nd Opinion - 23 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Belgian report by Euro Reporter
Fighting criminal gangs at the European levelBelgium's Interior Minister Annemie Turtelboom (Flemish liberal) has asked the European Union to step up its coordinated efforts to tackle travelling criminal gangs. Another wor | |
| |  Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan: Diplomacy of Brotherhood by Kourosh Ziabari
The trilateral summit of the presidents of three Persian-speaking countries of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan wrapped up on August 5 in Tehran and recorded another unforgettable event in the memory of the three brother nations. With innumerable | |
| |  The Beatles Replace Pete Best by The Ovi Team
17th Aug. 1962; The Beatles consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison replace the group's drummer "Pete Best" with Ringo Starr.Best was never told why he was dismissed from The Beatles, as th | |
| |  Life Undercover - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Remembering the Kursk by Binoy Kampmark
A moment to ponder: the cruel deaths of 118 men, who perished with their nuclear submarine ten years ago during naval exercises in the Barents Sea. The tragedy was compounded by that sclerotic response typical of bureaucracies terrified of o | |
| |  The Slovaks, Olli Rehn and the EU continuing failures by Thanos Kalamidas
As it is normal I suppose, when I browse the news and if I see something about Greece I check twice most of time even reading the whole article. And it was the same this time and started with an news-agency focusing on EU mainly news. A six hundre | |
| |  Lift Spirits - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
A School road marking spelt wronglyWorker | |
| |  Show Bizz - 121 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The God Delusion Debate; Richard Dawkins vs. John Lennox by Jack Wellman
If Christians are to be always ready to give an answer for the reason of the hope that is within us (I Pet. 3:15) and not have any fear or be troubled about reasons for unbelievers questions about the existence of God, the Creator (v 14) , then | |
| |  Douglas' American-meter by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading the other day how “confused” Kirk Douglas felt about the NY Mosque plans and his demand from all the Muslims to condemn the sort of terrorism that brought down the Twin Towers I fell to a series of thoughts that left me totally | |
| |  Turks Attack Gaza by The Ovi Team
14th Aug. 1917; in Palestine Turks plundered and murdered some of the Jewish inhabitants. An Associated Press Official observed, “The attitude of the young Turks for the unfortunate non-Turkish races within their empire has been an open camp | |
| |  Dino & Anty - 121 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Swedish report by Euro Reporter
Wedding gift triggers bribery claims against Swedish princessA Swedish billionaire’s controversial wedding present to Crown Princess Victoria – the use of his private jet, yacht and luxury US ranch for her recent h | |
| |  Happy Lefthanders Day! by The Ovi Team
August 13 is designated International Lefthanders Day by Lefthanders International. It was first observed 13 August 1976. As its name suggests, it is meant to promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handers in a predominantly right- | |
| |  Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution by The Ovi Team
13th Aug. 1966; China has announced It's Cultural Revolution and that by reorganizing the current small farming collectives into great communes workers would be released to work in industry. With the Cultural Revolution ca | |
| |  Failure of the American Jewry - Part II by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
I fail to see anything great about Israeli democracy. Most of its leaders are corrupt and immoral, and have come from the military with records of war crimes. Some are psychopaths. Most are racists. And on the top of that, fascistic leanings ha | |
| |  Spanish report by Euro Reporter
No Spanish air traffic strike in AugustPassenger fears over a potential strike by Spanish air traffic controllers have been –temporarily – allayed following an announcement by unions. Spanish air traffic controller | |
| |  IBM Releases its First Personal Computer by The Ovi Team
12th Aug. 1981; IBM released its first PC, or personal computer, the IBM 5150 which sold for around $1,600 as a basic configuration but to get a fully working PC with 64 kb of RAM and a single 5 1/4 inch floppy drive and monitor cost $3,005. | |
| |  2nd Opinion - 122 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Isolating Iran is part of the "great energy game": Antony Loewenstein by Kourosh Ziabari
The Middle East is witness to continuous developments these days, such as Iran’s active diplomacy to attract the indispensable 118-member bloc of non-aligned countries to support its nuclear program, the growing isolation of Israel in Europe | |
| |  Girls love diamonds doesn't matter the blood drops by Thanos Kalamidas
Most of the states – if not all - in the African continent were colonized and victimized for centuries that are a fact. It is also a fact that the representatives of the colonial states except corrupted themselves, corrupted everything they | |
| |  Alcatraz by The Ovi Team
11th Aug. 1934; The Prisoners that are considered the most dangerous are sent to Alcatraz “The Rock" because it is considered to be one of the hardest prisons in the world to escape from due to the strong tides.Alca | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders - 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The sexiness of humanitarian aid by Binoy Kampmark
The journey to work was characterised by cold winds, the usual dreary outfits of a dour morning scene in Melbourne, embellished by ‘Antarctic’ fittings. But as the sun peaked briefly and the traffic lights were about to turn, two | |
| |  Failure of the American Jewry - Part I by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Voicing any fair criticism of Israel these days is hazardous. You are sure to be dumped as an anti-Semite. And this labeling is often so loosely used that it is unfair to all Arabs, and surely to some (so-called self-hating) Jews, who trace their | |
| |  Who I, Who We Might or Mightn't Be by Leah Sellers
Who Am I ? Who Are We ?I Am, Who ? We Are, Who ?Say, “How do you do” To you know WhoEvery second a Subtle and Revolutionary Action ( | |
| |  Storming of the Tuileries Palace by The Ovi Team
August 10th 1792, during the French Revolution, a mob — with the backing of a new municipal government of Paris that came to be known as the "insurrectionary" Paris Commune — besieged the Tuileries palace. King Louis XVI and | |
| |  Italy as a Museum: New Impressions of Italy by Emanuel L. Paparella
Once again this year (2010) I have taken 18 students from Broward College for a five week study trip to Italy. We have been back for three days now and are barely over the jet lag. Once again the students studied at the University of Urbino and tr | |
| |  The Unrivaled Legacy of Avicenna by Kourosh Ziabari
Historically, Iran has been a land of prominent, influential figures in science, letters, arts and literature whose impact on the global civilization will remain in place forever. Throughout its ancient history, Iran has intro | |
| |  Jesse Owens by The Ovi Team
9th Aug. 1936; Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal as part of the US 4X100 met | |
| |  How bizarre ...UFO by Thanos Kalamidas
Churchill ordered UFO cover-up, National Archives show The government took the threat of UFOs so seriously in the 1950s that UK intelligence chiefs met to discuss the issue, newly-released files show. Ministers even went on to | |
| |  Bulgarian report by Euro Reporter
Bulgarian Navy marks 131st anniversaryThe Bulgarian Naval Forces mark over the weekend the 131-year anniversary of their establishment in the presence of local and State officials and numerous events in the Black Sea cities of | |
| |  Nixon Resigns by The Ovi Team
8th Aug. 1974; Richard Nixon Announces his resignation following the Watergate Scandal during a nationally televised broadcast, follows report from the newspaper "Washington Post" at the time of the events. | |
| |  SnakeBoots - 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Cloning food, greed and misery by Thanos Kalamidas
The dilemma is pretty …tempting. From the one side you have millions starving and anything that could help them and save lives it’s worth to try from the other side you have the commercialize science in the name of greed with the starv | |
| |  Belgium report by Euro Reporter
Belgium have lowered the age for the Gardasil vaccine to 9 yearsIt has been revealed by the European Medicines Agency that Belgium have decided to change their vaccine policy, regarding the Gardasil vaccine, lowering the origi | |
| |  The Battle of Boyaca by The Ovi Team
August 7, 1819; Simón Bolívar declares victory to the British Legion in the | |
| |  Life Undercover - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  6 August 1945- 65Years of a Shattered World by Rene Wadlow
The new atomic energy will be at the service of the rulers; it will change their strength but not their aims. The underlying populations should regard this new source of energy with lively interest — the interest of victims. | |
| |  The monstrous little sister by Thanos Kalamidas
Her brother demanded from leaders from all around the world, from ambassadors and representatives to participate in her mourning and funeral. He called her a heroin of the nation and a woman example for the generations to come. The truth is that s | |
| |  An atomic bomb in Hiroshima by The Ovi Team
6th Aug. 1945; An atomic bomb was used containing more power than 12,000 tons of TNT and producing more than 2,000 times the blast of the most powerful bomb ever dropped before was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, killing an estimated 140,000 peo | |
| |  Hiroshima and the atomic bomb by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  How bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
Nude informationWashoe County Sheriff’s | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
Tax break for artist legacyFrench Labour Minister Eric Woerth was subject to yet more allegations of financial wrongdoing on Wednesday, in connection with the will of French artist Cesar Baldaccini. Left-leaning daily Liberati | |
| |  Freedom of the press by The Ovi Team
5th August 1735; New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.In 1732, Lewis Morris founded the New Y | |
| |  Lift Spirits - 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  How To Receive the Desires of our Heart by Jack Wellman
Every human alive has a desire of their heart. They aspire to be, they hope to become, they strive to do; something that is in their heart. An intense desire burns in every human heart to be something that they are not now at present. Some few | |
| |  Anne Frank Captured by The Ovi Team
4th Aug. 1944; The Nazi Gestapo captures 15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family in a sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse.Acting on tip from a Dutch informer, the Nazi Gestapo captures 15-year-old Jewish dia | |
| |  Show Bizz - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A flotilla of politics as usual by Thanos Kalamidas
The Gaza flotilla made it to the headlines once again only this time for a different reason, the United Nations decided to launch a panel that will investigate the incident which left nine people dead and the surprise came from Israel that announc | |
| |  North Pole Nautilus by The Ovi Team
3rd Aug. 1958; The US Nuclear Submarine Nautilus is the first undersea vessel to reach | |
| |  The Global Pecking Order by Leah Sellers
Oh the Global Pecking Order Cock-a-doodle-do Do-doodle-a-CockCrows the majestic Rooster from end-to-end Cluck, Cluck, Cluck We make our own | |
| |  Dino & Anty - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Following orders by Thanos Kalamidas
There is one phrase I always hated because it has become the worst but most commonly used phrase for all short of crimes in history, follow orders. When it comes the time to answer for any kind of horrific actions in all levels the answer remains | |
| |  The Rebellion of Treblinka by The Ovi Team
2nd Aug. 1943; Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka. The prisoners s | |
| |  2nd Opinion - 121 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  August 2010 choices by The Ovi Team
August means fun, summer, holidays at least for the biggest part of this globe so Ovi choices for august are …fun and they are the following. We hope you can check them and in a case you have any suggestion please con | |
| |  Boxer Rebellion by The Ovi Team
1st Aug. 1900; the Boxer Rebellion erupted and the Chinese were fighting the Europe | |
| |  Caption of the month by The Ovi Team
It’s ...honey mood and the caption of the month hasn't always got to be ...funny; it can be ridiculous! However, it is simple. Look at this photo and write a caption/speech bubble/thought bubble or anything else that captures your imagination | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders - 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  But seriously Europe by Thanos Kalamidas
While reporters witnessed the unbelievable act of the French police evicting with unexcused force African immigrants, mainly mothers and kids in a Parisian suburb the French president warns that the French nationality will be stripped from anyone | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
Sarkozy looks to strip citizenship from those who threaten policePresident Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday that France would strip foreign-born criminals of their French nationality if they use violence against police or publ | |
| |  Rhodesia Attack Mozambique by The Ovi Team
31st July 1978; Rhodesian troops, Jet fighters and Bombers attacked Guerrilla bases in Mozambique after crossing the border as they believe they are bases used by terrorists entering Rhodesia. | |
| |  SnakeBoots - 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Mosque Controversy: Signs of Religious Intolerance? by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
New York City is home to millions of people of all races and religions. It is probably the most ethnically diverse metropolis on earth. It is, therefore, not surprising that one will find one’s place of worship, whether it be a church, synag | |
| |  Sarah is back, tweeting by Thanos Kalamidas
In the beginning she was the guest star in a gig called the Tea-Party; then she took over the central stage and the gig turned into a mega-show where the good old ‘values’ that everybody tries to forget became the issue and in the end | |
| |  Lunar Rover Used For First Time by The Ovi Team
30th July 1971; Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin land on the moon with the first lunar rover used to begin exploring the moon's surface. | |
| |  Life Undercover - 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  David Cameron and the Pakistani equation by Thanos Kalamidas
It was national security, it is damaging the prospects for regional peace and I feel really strange finding myself agreeing with David Cameron and happy he opened his mouth and said some truths doesn’t matter how bitter they are especially t | |
| |  A Bible for the Not Religious by Clifford W. Lazar
Most adults declare that they are “Spiritual, Not Religious” or "Cultural, Not Religious". They say they seldom, if ever, attend church or synagogue. | |
| |  The Spanish armada by The Ovi Team
29th July 1588; the Spanish armada was defeated by the English fleet led by Sir Francis Drake. In 1588 the most powerful, best-organised, best-equipped army in Europe - the Spanish 'Army of Flanders' - had almost crushed the Dutch revolt i | |
| |  Lift Spirits - 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Did Jesus Believe in Evolution? by Jack Wellman
If you could ask Jesus about evolution, would He say He believed in it? You can find His answer in the scriptures. It is clearly obvious that Jesus did not believe in evolution and if you can believe in Jesus, which I do, then let His words prove | |
| |  Journalism under national security by Thanos Kalamidas
To say that the Watergate scandal marked American history is an underestimation of the real effect it had in international history and how much it changed the role journalism with those two tiredly connected. The two reporters who made the scandal | |
| |  World War I Begins by The Ovi Team
28th July 1914; following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by Gavrilo Princip, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, within one month countries across Europe had formed alliances and declared wa | |
| |  Show Bizz - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Iran's nuclear standoff: who is the loser? by Kourosh Ziabari
It's more than 8 years that the world's newspapers are filled with miscellaneous news, reports and commentaries concerning Iran's nuclear program. Controversy over Iran's nuclear program has spanned through two administrations in I | |
| |  How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Bear takes short ride in carThe interior of | |
| |  Tobacco's invasion to Europe by The Ovi Team
27th July 1576; Sir Walter Raleigh imports to England from the colonies tobacco. Raleigh w | |
| |  Dino & Anty - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  The Demise of the Tome Raider: The Case of William Jacques by Binoy Kampmark
People are imprisoned for an assortment of offences against the social order. These rarely involve infractions against reading books, or their acquisition, unless one so happens to be living in a state suspicious of the written word. B | |
| |  Teaching English in Italy: A Promising Job Market by Mirella Ionta
English became the prominent language of business, science, aviation and technology after World War II. English is the most taught foreign language in the EU and used as the primary linguistic means of communication by many international organizat | |
| |  Suez Crisis Begins by The Ovi Team
26th July 1956; The Suez Crisis begins when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the British and French-owned Suez Canal hoping to charge tolls that would pay for construction of the Aswan dam on the Nile.The Sue | |
| |  2nd Opinion - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  H. Helmy Gallery by H. Helmy
H. Helmy began painting when his niece and nephew asked him how a graphic he had designed on the computer would look on canvas. He bought art supplies, started painting, and hasn’t looked back. His love of nature serves as the source of his in | |
| |  Hungarian report by Euro Reporter
Hungarian PM reiterates intention to break with IMF when contract expiresGetting free of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be a step towards national self-determination, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. Ret | |
| |  Rum Runners by The Ovi Team
25th July 1921; Rum runners are now taunting US authorities by sitting outside of the three mile limit with flags and signs saying come and get it. At night they disappear under cover of darkness to areas not patrolled and small fishing boats unlo | |
| |  Space as Commodity by Mirella Ionta
Would Neil Armstrong have ever predicted that, when taking his first step on the moon in 1969, his Apollo 11 moon-landing and extraordinary human accomplishments in space exploration were going to help facilitate the generating of luxury space tou | |
| |  When Football insults reality by Thanos Kalamidas
Let’s talk football and since we are in the middle of the summer let’s talk about transfers. Actually the last time we talked football it was again about transfers and if I remember well it was all about Christiano Ronaldo and the unbe | |
| |  Senator Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to Chappaquiddick by The Ovi Team
25th July 1969; Senator Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving the scene of a crime ( | |
| |  2nd Opinion - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  Gone Phi$ing by Jack Wellman
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| |  Another brick in the wall by Aakanksha Tyagi
Indian economy and industrialization is growing rapidly. Growth numbers are increasing steadily like a wall rising with every added brick. Fast paced economic growth is leading to increase in urbanization. Towns are experiencing facelift with the | |
| |  Hamburg Bombing Raids by The Ovi Team
24th July 1943; Britain and the United States work together on bombing rai | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders - 114 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Behind the Niqab Bill - France's Religious Intolerance by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
There was a time in my life when France loomed big in my radar screen of the countries that I needed to visit. In my teenage years, I occasionally met French tourists, mostly college going students. Most of them spoke very little English. And yet | |
| |  Protesting Abu Tir's definition as an 'illegal alien' by Gush Shalom
Most activists were left outside, as were several of Abu Tir's family and friends, as "the courtroom was too small" | |
| |  John Dillinger Shot by The Ovi Team
22nd July 1934; John Dillinger Public Enemy number ONE career was finally ended dur | |
| |  SnakeBoots - 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  When in Greece the revolutionaries evolute to common criminals by Thanos Kalamidas
The last few months Greece manages to become headlines all around the world and not for good reason all the time. It was the economic failure and now it is the murder of a known journalist and blogger in the early morning hours on the 19th of July | |
| |  Trans-Siberian completed by The Ovi Team
21st July 1904; Decreed by a Czar, built by thousands of workers ove | |
| |  Life Undercover - 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
for more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The American Double Standards Unjustifiable: Eric Garris by Kourosh Ziabari
Things are getting more complex concerning Iran's nuclear program. The Brazil, Turkey-brokered Tehran Declaration according to which Iran agreed to ship 1,200 kilograms of its Low Enriched Uranium to Turkey for further enrichment to be used in | |
| |  Danish report by Euro Reporter
Row over Danish plan to cut immigrants' pay A bitter political row has erupted in Denmark over proposals by a member of the ruling party to slash the minimum wage for immigrant workers by half to help them gain a foothold | |
| |  Pancho Villa by The Ovi Team
20th July 1923; Francisco Villa ( Pancho Villa ) is assassinated in Parral, Chih | |
| |  First Olympics by The Ovi Team
23rd July 776 BC; the first Olympic Games start in Olympia Gre | |
| |  When true Finnish poll raises questions by Thanos Kalamidas
Another poll saw the Finnish media the last few days attracting the usual spotlights and one more time I have to express my scepticism for how they contact those surveys and about their timing. Actually I found the timing suspicious. The survey ha | |
| |  Finnish report by Euro Reporter
Finnish MP to head probe of deadly ethnic clashes in KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan has accepted European proposals for an international investigation into interethnic violence that killed hundreds in the south of the country last month | |
| |  Insulin Introduced by The Ovi Team
19th July 1923; with the introduction of Insulin which is not a cure but a remedy for Diabetes, the manufacturers and Medical Professionals are telling the public that Insulin will not cure diabetes but will save many lives caused by the disease a | |
| |  Lift Spirits - 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  The man who gave hope and dignity by Thanos Kalamidas
I am one of those very privileges and honoured to have seen Nelson Mandela, have spoken to him and have shaken a hand with one of the greatest men of our life time. And while I’m writing that I can hear you mentioning names like Einstein, Ch | |
| |  Italian report by Euro Reporter
Berlusconi wins confidence voteThe Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won a vote of confidence on an unpopular 25 billion Euro (32 billion dollars) austerity package. The two year plan was approved by 170 votes to 13 | |
| |  Nelson Mandela International Day by The Ovi Team
18 July is for the first time in history the Nelson Mandela International Day, adopted in November 2009 by the UN General Assembly, as a tribute to the founding president of the post-apartheid South Africa and his contribution to the culture of | |
| |  Show Bizz - 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Avenue 52 fits right in by Frank de Leeuw Van Weenen
In a music segment where most bands sound like all the others, Avenue 52 is fitting right in. Good quality recording, decent enough songs (the acoustic ballad, the ballad with power chords, the up-beat sing-along, etc) but it is not bringing anyth | |
| |  Estonian report by Euro Reporter
Estonia looks to boost euro supportThe Estonian Finance Ministry has announced that it will launch a campaign to increase support among the general population for the country joining the euro zone at the start of next year. Ac | |
| |  Potsdam Conference by The Ovi Team
17th July 1945; Following the defeat of Nazi Germany U.S. President Harry | |
| |  Dino & Anty 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Saudi Arabia's betrayal to the Islamic world by Kourosh Ziabari
The corrupt king of Saudi Arabia Malek Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz whose clandestine connections with the families of Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush have made him a notorious and unpopular figure in the Islamic world has recently made unbelievably | |
| |  Cyprus report by Euro Reporter
Angry residents call for end to exercises Tempers flared at the National Guard’s (NG) Kalo Chorio firing range in Larnaca yesterday, after dozens of nearby residents demanded an end to military exercises until after the | |
| |  East-West Schism by The Ovi Team
16th July 1054; Patriarch Michael I of Constantinople ex-communicates the representatives of the Pope officially starting the Great Schism of the Christianity. The East–West Schism, sometimes known as the Great Schism, d | |
| |  2nd Opinion 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Interracial Quest: Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Aloysius-Gonzaga
— with thanks to Professor Emanuel L. Paparella for his truthful Sundry Reflections on the Immigrant Experience in the EU and the US —I have often, in recent years, had to answer numerous questions | |
| |  Cocoons and fibers - Eye floaters as a source of inspiration for Carlos Castaneda? by Floco Tausin
The anthropologist and cult writer Carlos Castaneda (CC) has substantially contributed to the emergence of a Western New Age shamanism. From the 1960s until his death in April 1998, CC published more than ten books, all of which he declared as ant | |
| |  Bosnia Ethnic Cleansing by The Ovi Team
15th July 1995; Ethnic Cleansing by Bosnian Serbs in the "SAFE AREA" of Srebrenica with tales of rape, massacres and psychological torture, the 40,000 women, children and elderly people who were under the protection of Dutch peacekeepers | |
| |  Talking with Joshua Frank on the U.S., Israel and Middle East by Kourosh Ziabari
Joshua Frank is an American progressive journalist and noted anti-war columnist. His articles and commentaries have appeared on CounterPunch, Z Magazine, AntiWar.com, Truthout and Alternet. He is author of "Left Out! How Liberals Helped Reele | |
| |  Bulgarian report by Euro Reporter
Bulgarian ruling Party reshuffles Parliamentary headsRuling centre-right party GERB has decided to appoint MP Anastas Anastasov as the new Deputy Chair of Bulgarian Parliament. Anastasov, who is the head of Parliamentary Commi | |
| |  La Marseillaise by The Ovi Team
14th July 1795; "La Marseillaise" ("The song of Marseille | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 113 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Spanish South African one-eye by Thanos Kalamidas
Tears from both sides and Spain is the new holder of the world cup. Holland for the third time returns home with tears while Carlos, the king of Spain prepares shines his uniform to welcome the heroes. In the meantime South Africa ignoring the fin | |
| |  Spanish Report by Euro Reporter
Madrid fetes Spain’s World Cup winnersSpain’s triumphant World Cup football team returned home to a heroes’ welcome in Madrid on Monday, amid optimistic predictions that their victory over the Netherlands wou | |
| |  Live Aid Concert by The Ovi Team
13th July 1985; The Live Aid Concert was a series of rock concerts held to raise fu | |
| |  SnakeBoots 114 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Writing poetry by Abigail George
Inspiration comes with sweat, blood, tears, animosity; aggression. A poet can be inspired by the working classes, the middle classes, the upper classes, being undermined in some way in his job or a relationship, having grandiose ideas, being gi | |
| |  Pablo Neruda by The Ovi Team
Pablo Neruda born July 12, 1904 (d. September 23, 1973) was the pen name a | |
| |  Life Undercover 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  Stoning human rights by Thanos Kalamidas
I have no doubt that Iran is a beautiful country with a long history and contribution to world’s culture where there are beautiful hard working people but sadly a state and a society doesn’t judged by its natural beauty or the sweat of | |
| |  The Monkey Trial by The Ovi Team
10th July 1925; John T. Scopes, a science teacher in Tennessee, was charged with violatin | |
| |  Romanian report by Euro Reporter
Vlad the Impaler 'no worse than other princes'An exhibition in Romania aims to debunk the myths surrounding Walachian prince Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler, who inspired Bram Stoker's bloodsucking | |
| |  Lift Spirits 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Blue Jay Bombers and Parental Sacrifice by Jack Wellman
At the very end of this article, there is a story about a sacrifice that ended in death, with a father sacrificing his son so that others could live. This is just as Blue Jays, who have given their lives defending their nestlings. Parents do the s | |
| |  Austrian report by Euro Reporter
Bishop nomination is Vatican's demonstration of powerThe appointment of Ägidius Zsifkovics as new bishop of the Eisenstadt diocese has been branded a "reckless demonstration of power by the Vatican." Theolog | |
| |  Enigma Code Broken by The Ovi Team
9th July 1941; British cryptologists break the secret code (Enigma) used by t | |
| |  Show Bizz 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more ShowBizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  How bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
Ex-hot dog eating champion held in USFormer hot dog s | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
Anti-veil law risks being shot down by constitutional councilA proposed law against the wearing of the full Islamic veil in French public spaces is to be sent to France’s Constitutional Council after being voted on by th | |
| |  The looking glass world by David Sparenberg
the crisis that is predictedis already herewe are the crisisthe triumph of totalitarianismas in total waras in total deceptiontotal betrayalisand continues to bethe dead would speak out | |
| |  Dino & Anty 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Seemingly Endless Flibberty Gibbit by Leah Sellers
Oh the seemingly endless flibberty gibbit And the multitudinous flim flamsOf the Politicians, Wall Street and Corporate Cogheads Who keep pursuing the great | |
| |  Francis Gary Powers by The Ovi Team
8th July 1960; the US Pilot of a U-2 Spy Plane Francis Gary Powers is charged with espi | |
| |  H-B'd Ringo by Patrick McWade
For more For the Moment, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Mysticism and love in modern poetry by Abigail George
Words can be sensual, the theory and text seductive, luminous, healing, filled with tired misapprehension. It might even manifest great ideas or small. For the poet in transit the work that lies ahead of him is filled with trials, turmoil, writer | |
| |  President Carter's Book on Palestine by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Book Review: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter, Simon & Schuster, New York (2006)No American president has probably touched the lives of so many outside in a positive way than Jimmy Carter – the 39th presid | |
| |  Samantha Smith by The Ovi Team
7th July 1983; Samantha Smith, an 11 year old after Earlier in the year sending a letter to Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov asking why the Soviet Union wants to conquer the world. She was invited to Russia to meet the Soviet President and set | |
| |  2nd Opinion 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Has Israel lost its only Muslim ally or has Turkey found her lost identity? by Thanos Kalamidas
The incident with the Gaza flotilla raid in May was not the end of a long honey moon between Turkey and Israel but the end of a fragile relationship that survived only because the Americans and their allies in the Turkish army status quo wanted it | |
| |  The Shootist: The Duke of Dignity by Asa Butcher
As I sit writing this, the clock on the kitchen wall reads 1:43am; obviously, I cannot sleep. For the past half-hour my mind has been stuck on a film and the only remedy for this rare bout of insomnia is to write down these raging thoughts and exo | |
| |  The dollar by The Ovi Team
6th July 1785; The United States adopt the dollar as the main exchange unit. Uni | |
| |  SnakeBoots 113 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  Who cares about the Iranian people? by Kourosh Ziabari
The world countries are competing with each other in imposing new financial sanctions against Iran. While the Iranian people still hasn't forgotten the bitter memory of 8-year war with the Baathist Iraq which was masterminded and fostered by t | |
| |  Swedish report by Euro Reporter
Pirate party to host torrent site in Parliament The Pirate Party, who has a seat in the European Parliament, is aiming to get into the Swedish Parliament in the upcoming General Election in September. To up the ante, they | |
| |  Toxteth Riots by The Ovi Team
5th July 1981; riots have broken out in Toxteth, Liverpool with between 200 and | |
| |  Declaration of Independence and Dependence upon God - 4th of July History by Jack Wellman
A little known fact is that fifty-four of the fifty-six signatories of the Declaration of Independence were believers. These men understood the powerful influence that the Savoir God had on each and every individual who had signed this and pledged | |
| |  Polish report by Euro Reporter
Poland’s presidential TV debates - a draw?Pundits and politicians are saying that Jaroslaw Kaczynski performed better in the second TV debate ahead of Poland’s presidential elections on Sunday, but this won’t | |
| |  Life Undercover 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Life Undercover HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The consciousness of a poet: creativity and God by Abigail George
When all things seem to fall apart into a mess, subliminally we send messages to our sub-consciousness to put things right, facilitate order from the chaos and mayhem that ensues within the nexus of our brains; that is when the consciousness of | |
| |  Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and the South by Newropeans-Magazine
Towards the end of the 1970s, major commercial interests in the US started to campaign for the removal of responsibility for the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). High- | |
| |  A Call to Stop Factionalism for Urgent Reconciliation by Rohingya Human Rights
We, undersigned organizations are deeply concerned about ongoing and systematic mispropagandas of Burmese opposition group towards continuous ethnic cleansing, persuading the Burmese military regime by various means.The opp | |
| |  Lift Spirits 114 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Greenpeace's Statement on the Finnish nuclear vote by The Ovi Team
Helsinki, Finland, July 1, 2010: Finland’s parliament has lost any connection with the reality, at a time when the current reactor being built at Olkiluoto by French nuclear giant Areva is running at twice the original cost, and rising, a | |
| |  Friedman's Disingenuous Columns Hide Israel's Crimes by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Thomas Friedman is an Op/Ed columnist for the New York Times. He writes on a variety of subjects, including the Muslim world. In a recent article “Letter From Istanbul,” he wrote about the much visited city in Turkey. In his June 15 co | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Reforms face legal testThe government faced fresh opposition to its planned pension and labour reforms yesterday, from within its own ranks and beyond, as the Court of Audit said at least five provisions in the proposed change | |
| |  Show Bizz 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The shades of African writers by Abigail George
Literally African writers are caught up, swept away from a great height by words, clichés by other writers; be they American or European. African broadcasts, radio bulletins, screaming headlines that fill the reader with sheer terrifying horr | |
| |  July 2010 choices by The Ovi Team
July is the month for holidays in most parts of the world. So this month we have a bit of summer holidays. Our choices for July 2010's blog, site and photo of the month are the following. We hope you can check them and in a case you have an | |
| |  Caption of the month by The Ovi Team
Totally holiday mood and ...the caption of the month hasn't always got to be ...funny; it can be ridiculous! However, it is simple. Look at this photo and write a caption/speech bubble/thought bubble or anything else that captures your imagina | |
| |  Why (not) to Blame Petroleum by Patrick McWade
When one considers things, is it really right to keep blaming BP? This lil' booklet will help you see this POV...CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO BEGIN THE DOWNLOAD | |
| |  But ...seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
Sometimes I feel that my generation really misses the times of the cold war. We lived mainly the end of it and most of the time it is like a heroic fairy tale full of urban legends and myths. And since my generation nowadays controls all the eleme | |
| |  Biblical Signs of the End of the World and Christ's Return by Jack Wellman
Jesus ChristWhen Jesus Christ’s disciples asked Him about His return and the “end of the world” their focus was not on the physical end of the earth and its civilization per se. They had in mind the e | |
| |  The lotus flower by Moustafa Al Yassin
If I were in chargeI would change the yellow whiteand the white green.....and the green red.......and the red stone.......... and the stone human beingand the human being angel and the angel | |
| |  Dino & Anty 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Prof William O. Beeman: Iranians deny the arrogant literature of the west by Kourosh Ziabari
Prof. William O. Beeman is the head of anthropology department at the University of Minnesota. His inimitable and independent approach toward the current affairs of Iran, one of the most controversial countries of the world, resembles the attitude of Noam | |
| |  Being a writer and getting there by Abigail George
I see how the afternoon light hits the blank page and then I am even more terrified of what awaits. Against all odds, defying them, like magic, pulling the rabbit out of the hat or sawing a woman in half; a willing participant, I have to make it w | |
| |  Antoine de Saint-Exupery by The Ovi Team
29th June 1900, birth of the French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince), and for his books about aviation adventures, including Night Flight and Wind, Sand | |
| |  Finnish midsummer consumed by alcohol by Thanos Kalamidas
I have this strange déjà vu feeling around those days that I was thinking exactly the same things a year a go, that I even wrote the same things a year ago. It’s Sunday evening, midsummer weekend and the number of dead in Finland h | |
| |  Portuguese report by Euro Reporter
President defends Jose Saramago funeral no-showPortugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva has defended his decision not to attend the funeral of Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago. The author, who died aged 87, moved t | |
| |  Poetry pieces from the burning scale by Moustafa Al Yassin
Let’s burnLet’s burn there where we wantin the eyelashesin the faraway of autumnin the amputated eyelids forestin the river of icy veinin the spongy capital citiesin the counterfeits sea-shellswh | |
| |  2nd Opinion 116 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Canada zoo appeals for stolen tiger and camelsA zoo in Canada has pleaded for the safe return of a tiger and two camels that | |
| |  Missing Links, Missing History and Missing Evidence by Jack Wellman
Another purported missing link has been exposed as a fraud. Ignoring two decades of research contrary to the evidence, a book was quickly published called Darwinius. Simultaneously, the History Channel rushed to make a documentary of it, the Ameri | |
| |  Ebola Virus by The Ovi Team
27th June 1976; the world’s first recorded Ebola virus epidemic begins making its way through the area. By the time the epidemic is over, 284 cases are reported, with about half of the victims dying from the disease.Ebol | |
| |  BPBS by Patrick McWade
For more For The Moment, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Gs failure to understand by Thanos Kalamidas
The G8, the G20 and who knows how many other Gs lobbying, met in Canada and they patronized Europe into focusing on growth and national debt. I didn’t hear anybody saying anything about education, culture, tolerance or anything to do with th | |
| |  Kiss and sky by Moustafa Al Yassin
Cloud larger than kisskiss larger than skyso the evening passnear your eyesand the wondering little birds, slept near your wonderI have the best moment to confessto draw a traveler dream in our smiling earthbut | |
| |  International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by The Ovi Team
The 26th of June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was established by the United Nations in 1987. In its 2006 edition, the UNODC launched an anti-drugs campaign entitled "Do drugs control your life? Your life. Yo | |
| |  The despised state of Israel cannot survive for long: Christopher Bollyn by Kourosh Ziabari
Christopher Bollyn is an American journalist and researcher. He is widely known for his extensive researches on the September 11, 2001 attacks which reveal that Israel has been complicit in planning and carrying out the terrorist attacks that cost | |
| |  Czech report by Euro Reporter
Anti-smoking legislationRestaurateurs bar owners and anti-tobacco groups have slammed new anti-smoking legislation, saying it merely legitimizes and enforces existing practices. The new law, which will come into effect July 1, | |
| |  The terminal by Abigail George
In response to reading A few words on the soul by Wislawa SzymborskaWhat suggestive roledo you prefer?Saying goodbye?or arms an arc; multipliedopen wide - receivingquite willingly a warm bodys | |
| |  Show Bizz 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Caught by the river by Abigail George
An excerpt from a memoir My life was like a river in which debris of different kinds were caught up.Like dust melted in the water, that declined quickly, spirited tadpoles with the glinting, ink blot e | |
| |  Italian Report by Euro Reporter
Portraits of Apostles discovered in catacombs of St TheclaThe niche of the Apostles, at the site known as Ponticello di San Paolo, first revealed St Paul a year ago. Now he has been joined by Peter, Andrew and John. The fourth | |
| |  Honour of Love by Moustafa Al Yassin
Honour in the forgotten wallSimilar to the forgotten honour in the wallbringing the morning regards all over my sad gardensDrawing age as a wonderful flowererthat has been just waking up this afternoon, today.In h | |
| |  Dino & Anty 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty , HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Parables of Irony: Jose Saramago by Binoy Kampmark
A world of blindness that reduces those of civilized sight to barbaric sightlessness; a world where death ceases to reap, leaving the living unmolested. These were just a few visions put to print by the Portuguese writer and Nobel Laureate J | |
| |  Hungarian report by Euro Reporter
MSZP could drop candidateIn February the Budapest the Socialists appeared to have already chosen their Budapest mayoral candidate for the local government elections in autumn: Csaba Horváth was then the party’s choi | |
| |  The Antarctic Treaty System by The Ovi Team
23rd June 1961; The Antarctic Treaty System comes into force to regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, "all land and ice shelves south of 60°S latitude parallel". Antarctica is the Earth's only continent wi | |
| |  Let's chant: free, free Palestine by Kourosh Ziabari
Press TV - Seeing the footage dispatched from London to TV stations around the world following the massacre of peace activists onboard the Freedom Flotilla embarrassed me for several reasons. First and foremost, as an Iranian | |
| |  Belgian report by Euro Reporter
Divisions Expected to Widen After Belgian VoteBelgians will vote Sunday in elections that are expected to showcase the tensions between French and Flemish speakers that have prompted speculation that this country of 10.6 milli | |
| |  Cat by Abigail George
Cat stalks, watches with care a bird; just a fledgelingslowly eat a stunned distressed dim blind worm geniefrom Lilliputian land; cat nails wing to the hot groundimpulse to kill arises - leaves a bird with a feast of grey-blackfeat | |
| |  2nd Opinion 114 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  African cinema lost in translation by Abigail George
Television, films and churches formed a large part of the origins of my writing when I was younger. My childhood was not as bleak as some; I was happy, obedient, kind, patient, loved dogs, tennis and swimming; dancing wildly, joyfully in the sprin | |
| |  Mari Kiviniemi and the mellow fruit policy by Thanos Kalamidas
When Gordon Brown took over the PM’s seat in British government I was strongly opposed and that despite understanding that Britain has a representative democracy and the labours had won the elections therefore the seat belonged to the ruling | |
| |  Mississippi civil rights workers murders by The Ovi Team
21st June 1964; three civil rights field workers disappear after investigating the bur | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 112 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Father's Missing In Action - What Happens When Fathers Are Gone by Jack Wellman
This old photograph of me, “da da” is with my only gi | |
| |  Spanish report by Euro Reporter
Spain could test the euro to its limitNews that the head of the International Monetary Fund was in the country fuelled swirling rumours that Madrid is about ask for help. Spain has been hammered by collapse of its construction | |
| |  Monuments of Seven Boats by Moustafa Al Yassin
The night is trying to sleep over the mast of patiencelike the moonAnd the moon is lightning the bedroom which is overfilled with dreams and wishesAnd the moon firing a volcano of loveIn the whispers circles betwe | |
| |  SnakeBoots 112 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Poor People's March by The Ovi Team
19th June 1968; 50,000 people participated in “The Poor Peoples March | |
| |  Humoresque - Tuba by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Swedish report by Euro Reporter
Sweden backs whale hunt planMinister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren has joined forces with Denmark in seeking a compromise that would allow the world's foremost whaling nations Japan, Norway and Iceland to conduct le | |
| |  United Nations Commission on Human Rights by The Ovi Team
18th June 1948; The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted an International Declaration of Human Rights and a "Draft Declaration of Human Rights".The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a | |
| |  Lift Spirits 113 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Crimes by Israel, Sanctions for Iran by Kourosh Ziabari
The Iranian nation is not unfamiliar with the double standards of the superpowers anymore. The history of Iran's relations with the western and eastern superpowers is filled with deceitfulness, dishonesty and fraudulence. The recent U.S.-propo | |
| |  BP's loans from our children by Thanos Kalamidas
How much you charge an environmental destruction that will take years, probably decades to recover? The amount of life that is going to suffer for the next decades due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is unaccountable doesn’t matter wh | |
| |  Monuments of Seven Boats by Moustafa Al Yassin
The night is trying to sleep over the mast of patiencelike the moonAnd the moon is lightning the bedroom which is overfilled with dreams and wishesAnd the moon firing a volcano of loveIn the whispers circles betwe | |
| |  Life Undercover 114 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Helen Thomas - People's Journalist - Resign by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
This past week was a sad week in American journalism. Under mounting pressure and criticism, Helen Thomas, the dean of the White House press corps, decided to resign. She was one of the bravest, no-nonsense, journalists of our time. For the past f | |
| |  The end of a Hungarian uprising by The Ovi Team
16th June 1958; the leader of the anti Soviet uprising in Hungary Imre Nagy against Soviet Rule is hung for treason after The Soviet Union took back control of the country in the preceding November after sending in 200,000 troops and 2,500 tanks t | |
| |  Humoresque - Spork by Loren Fishman
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| |  Talking about EU visions by Thanos Kalamidas
It was not the report that made me stop and think but the title that headed the report. “Germany's Merkel wary of French EU vision” and when I actually swallowed what the report was saying I started laughing. oddly the title was | |
| |  Belgian report by Euro Reporter
DeadlockBelgium has a fresh crisis on its hands, with Sunday's legislative polls yet again throwing up two distinct and mutually hostile political blocs. The country, which has been mired in political instability caused | |
| |  A Corpse Flower In Bloom by David Barger
Judge’s gavel strikes punishment Hurtling coaster off wooden placement,And the prison releases their less offensive criminals:Same day our town receives a new face;A man convicted of five counts of rapeAgainst two | |
| |  Show Bizz 114 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Whither the Nobel Peace Prize? by Kourosh Ziabari
To the disappointed and dejected people of the world who had witnessed the dark and gloomy years of George W. Bush's presidency, Barack Obama's electoral slogan of "change" seemed to be an encouraging pledge of rebirth and revita | |
| |  Dutch elections: Bye bye Europe see you in 4 years time... by Newropeans-Magazine
It was a chaotic election night yesterday (June 9th 2010) in the Netherlands in which the two largest parties VVD (Liberals) and PvdA (Labor) ended up almost equal in size. In the end the Liberals won with 31 seats (Labor 30). From the 1 | |
| |  Waves of Warm Ocean by Moustafa Al Yassin
The noise of flameTouching the eyelids with the flames of the missingwhile the tears that running under there will never stop anything of the memory insideAnd the wishes and the Iraqi poemwhich passing between two wonders and a que | |
| |  Zebra Crossings by The Ovi Team
14th June 1961; following increasing numbers of accidents at uncontrolled zebra crossings a new type of road crossing with push button controls which will allow pedestrians to stop traffic with flashing lights is to be introduced next year. | |
| |  Do You Believe In Angels? by Jack Wellman
Did you know that there are angels all around us, watching over us, assigned by God Almighty, to each and every specific human? Look at the picture. We felt very protected on the day of a family excursion one day in Kansas. During a family get tog | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
Putin meets with Sarkozy in Paris amid warship rowRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris Friday. Putin also met with former French President Jacques | |
| |  Miranda Rights by The Ovi Team
13th June 1966; Chief Justice Earl Warren delivers The Supreme Court landmark Miranda vs. Arizona decision, "that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prio | |
| |  Humoresque - Rabbits by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The futility of UNSC resolutions by Kourosh Ziabari
Although the United Nations Security Council, which some politicians believe is one of the most undemocratic organizations in the world, voted in favor of a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its uranium enrichment program, the global pub | |
| |  Was The Bible Written By God or by Man? by Jack Wellman
Was the Bible written by man or by God Himself? If by man, then it could contain preju | |
| |  World Day Against Child Labour by The Ovi Team
Hundreds of millions of girls and boys throughout the world | |
| |  Dino & Anty 114 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Erdogan; the new hero of Islamic world by Kourosh Ziabari
The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred up international appreciation after he courageously blasted the Tel Aviv leaders for the bloody massacre of the peace activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla convoy of humanitarian aids whi | |
| |  The snake that crawls around Europe by Thanos Kalamidas
This is one of those times when proven right makes you so sad. When back in late 1980s very few we were talking about the rebirth of racism, prejudice and hate groups in Europe everybody was laughing pointing out that in most countries for example | |
| |  Saddle over the Horse of Memory by Moustafa Al Yassin
Still it is, mixing the first lines the father has been drawing over the white paperDescribing the first horse my eyes has ever seenBut that horse was running awaySo much has been mixed this lines.Forty YearsAnd still I am th | |
| |  Dutch report by Euro Reporter
Anti-Islam party's success worries Dutch MuslimsOpinion polls had predicted the anti-Muslim Party for Freedom would do well in Dutch elections this week - but not this well. Led by the controversial politician Geert Wilder | |
| |  American-Turkish relations and EU in the middle by Thanos Kalamidas
Waiting for Turkey to vote against new sanctions on Iran in the UN Security Council Robert Gates, the US defence secretary did the most unexpected comment blaming European Union’s rejection to the country as the reasoning for this negative v | |
| |  Saul Bellow by The Ovi Team
10th June 1915; Birth of Canadian-born American writer Nobelist Saul Bellow For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to have won th | |
| |  CANTO by David Sparenberg
We progressed until we reached the latest rung in the Inferno. There before us were two seething pits of new made hell, carved like gouged eye sockets in the fearsome, rude desolation of blind punishment.The first of suc | |
| |  Israel invites the world to revolt! by Kourosh Ziabari
Over the past 60 years, the racist regime of Israel has been continually scoffing the international community under the cover of "deliberate ambiguity" to develop one of the most perilous nuclear arsenals in the world. According to the F | |
| |  The Battle over Health Care Reform and the Biblical Health Care Plan by Jack Wellman
What was the reason for all of the battles on Capital Hill between Democrats and Republicans over National Healthcare Reform? The Democrats effectively halted the Republicans version and their 60-vote margin made it “filibuster-proof” | |
| |  Wrapped gift of goodness by David Barger
Where has the goodness hiddenBeneath the feet of humankindFor men betray their own designWhere wealth transfigures posture,And causes the face to split two fold,And women want in likenessThe power that dangles at hindsi | |
| |  2nd Opinion 114 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Drowning in Oceans of Oil! by Leah Sellers
Oil ! Glug, glug ! Chug, chug ! But those noises aren’t coming from oil hungry machines. No, they’re coming from dying Pelicans, dying Sea Birds, dying Manatee, dying Otters, dying Oysters, dying Shrimp, dyin | |
| |  Ageism in Academia, Happiness in Old Age by Emanuel L. Paparella
There is a subtle form of discrimination in Western societies which, while being illegal remains alive and well, especially in academia. At the same time the latest findings reveal that the majority of people get happier as they get older. Let | |
| |  Urgency by David Sparenberg
They took him outThey took him outAnd nailed him to a crossBecause he said, Love one anotherLove one anotherAnd when you hungerDo not argue, do not bickerShare your breadWhen you thirstPass over to | |
| |  Humoresque - Odormeter by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For moreOvi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Letter from America: Israel's Flotilla Attack by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
There is something absolutely rotten and hideous about the Government of Israel (GOI) and its supporters. On May 30 Israeli forces boarded an unarmed ship with an unarmed crew, carrying no munitions or weapons, 65 miles in the sea at 2 a.m. The Tu | |
| |  Maltese report by Euro Reporter
Labour MP 'acknowledges' corruption under pre-1987 Labour governmentsThe Nationalist Party has called on Labour leader Joseph Muscat to investigate former ministers after shadow minister Chris Cardona last month acknow | |
| |  Among Daisies by The Ovi Team
Ayla Mahler honours us with he last creation, a book of poems and artwo | |
| |  Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder by Valerie Sartor
I was just home in the US on a short vacation. I stood in line at my favorite grocery store and was somewhat startled when the pretty, young female cashier grinned at me. Both of her ears were pierced, adorned with big, black button like things; h | |
| |  Living with a father who suffers from bipolar by Abigail George
My father gives a unique, relevant and compelling voice to the invisible voice that prevails when it comes to the invisible thread of mood disorders. He has suffered from bipolar mood disorder from his late teens. During his own personal life expe | |
| |  In Memory of motherhood by Mbizo Chirasha
Written 30 April 2010, salutation to all mothers including my own mother who carried this freedom griot for times unforgotten.Pain scribbled signatures in mothers buttocksannouncing the beginning of sunsetsun | |
| |  Stephen King by Paul Woods
For more Insert Brain, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  False Profits of God - Overturning the Moneychangers Tables by Jack Wellman
Rarely do I get angry, but even Jesus got angry once when He overturned the moneychangers table in the Temple. There are still modern day moneychangers, and they use God to rake in multiple millions of dollars. “Call in today and you will | |
| |  Israel is already singled out by Kourosh Ziabari
By criticizing the final resolution of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the U.S. government once again demonstrated its indifference and unresponsiveness towards the international | |
| |  Humoresque - Chick by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For moreOvi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  US and EU to blame for Israeli Hubris by Hezron H.N Nyawachi
A deadly attack by Israeli Navy Commandoes on 31.05.2010 on the Turkish-flagged ship Mavi Marmara, an aid flotilla of seven ships carrying humanitarian supplies destined for Gaza with 700 activists aboard has caused international outrage the wo | |
| |  An Autograph by Leah Sellers
My sisters and I were tickled pink about being a part of the opening act for the well known country western star Willie Nelson. We had been asked to sing two songs at the opening performance of his huge outdoor concert at the Air Force Ba | |
| |  Lost twitter of dinosaurs by David Barger
Red-breasted Robin,Black crest Nuthatcher,Timid little Sparrow,And green flash of Hummingbird - All gather near feedersWhich hang from different treesFrom separate branches.Each species make their daily stop | |
| |  Caption of the month by The Ovi Team
The caption of the month hasn't always got to be ...funny; it can be ridiculous! However, it is simple. Look at this photo and write a caption/speech bubble/thought bubble or anything else that captures your imagination. | |
| |  The Unnatural Disasters in the Energy Sector by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
It has been more than a month since the April 20 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people. At the time of this write-up, British Petroleum made little headway with its much touted ‘top kill | |
| |  The NPT Review: Business as Usual Now, Disarmament Perhaps Later by Rene Wadlow
The Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has Article VIII calling for a review conference every five years to see how the terms of the Treaty are being respected and its goals promoted. As this Treaty, a cornerstone of ar | |
| |  Easter 2010 by David Sparenberg
What does it meanthat the dead have arisen and walk againWhat does it meanthat at the end of the rainbowthere will never again be a pot of goldWhat does it meanto climb the inverted tree of creationand find one | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1011 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  What if Iran had carried out the Gaza carnage? by Kourosh Ziabari
It's not unjustifiable to consider Israel as the absolute incarnation of fraudulence, relentlessness and brutality. Since its establishment, the Zionist regime has carried out actions which contravene the international regulations and cancel o | |
| |  Memorial Day and Miracles by Jack Wellman
Whether you believe in miracles or not, there are multiple thousands that have been do | |
| |  Days of the Mothers by Leah Sellers
Mother ! Mama ! Mommy ! Mom ! Children’s Voices, young and old, around the World call out to the Women who gave them Life. Incubated their once wriggling, squiggling cells and gave them Birth. | |
| |  Sex in the city by Patrick McWade
For more Then Again, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  When Israel politics leaves dead behind. by Thanos Kalamidas
Having work for most of my life with politics, politicians and political parties, proud for understanding - to a certain level - politics and an amateur student of history I have to admit that this last Israeli attack to the aid-carrying ships | |
| |  All I wanted was to be Free: Remembering Dennis Hopper by Binoy Kampmark
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| |  June 2010 choices by The Ovi Team
Just like every other month the last two years, our choices for June 2010's blog, site and photo of the month are the following. We hope you can check them and in a case you have any suggestion please contact us. And si | |
| |  Plumber by Paul Woods
For more Insert Brain, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A nuclear weapons free zone by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading the latest Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) members’ decision for a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East, I felt a hysterical laugh coming out of my mouth! What’s next? They will declare global peace and the end o | |
| |  On the Boorishness of the New "Brilliant" Atheists by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  Watergate Mole Goes Public by The Ovi Team
31st May 2005; the former member of the FBI "W. Mark Felt" | |
| |  Oral tradition by Patrick McWade
For more Then Again, HERE! Fpr more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Fighting against the stigma of mental illness by Abigail George
The trend in today’s society is that silence, shame, stigma, ignorance still exists around the burning, global issues of mental health. It is imperative that all of us fight against the silence and fight for the dignity for sufferers of m | |
| |  How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Pink HitlerAn advert for a clothing shop that features A | |
| |  Roman Error Reconstructed by David Barger
The wisher wells forsake their landsTo build atop of foreign sands;They would burn a houseFor the debt one owed - They | |
| |  Humoresque - Marco Pollo by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Hounds of Heaven Pursuing You - We Are All Prodigal Children of God by Jack Wellman
Who pursues us | |
| |  Peacebuilding in Eastern Congo Need for Reconciliation Bridge-Builders by Rene Wadlow
29 May has been set by the United Nations General Assembly as the day to honour UN Peacekeeping Forces. And honour them we do, as many serve in dangerous and hostile settings. However, we must also be aware of the limitations that peacekeepe | |
| |  Searching for Tranquality by Mitterand Okorie
Bruised prideNailed his hands on judgement’s crossLong before he knew his infamyThe thought of facing the worldProduced a smothering fearThat rattled the walls of his bellyThe thought of incine | |
| |  Cricket is back in Helsinki by The Ovi Team
On Saturday 29th May, EMPIRE CRICKET CLUB will once again be the only one of Finland’s 17 local cricket clubs to play on real grass!This Saturday EMPIRE CRICKET CLUB will play their first home game at their new ground at | |
| |  Urgent: International Action on Somalia(Part II) by Hezron H.N Nyawachi
The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia is working to save itself from collapse with news that the incumbent President Sheikh Shariff has struck a deal with the Prime Minister and House speaker they quit their offices for new leadersh | |
| |  Italian report by Euro Reporter
Letta promises “Hard but I hope temporary sacrifices”“The time has come for sacrifices”, accords to Paolo Bonaiuti, who called for a signal of fairness from top earners. Gianni Letta stressed: “Th | |
| |  Zombie by Paul Woods
For more Insert Brain, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  "Iran was not what we had thought" by Kourosh Ziabari
Although the relentless and incessant spates of mainstream media's psychological warfare have turned Iran into a hazardous and insecure region in the eyes of global public opinions, thousands of Western tourists "take the risk" of tr | |
| |  Humoresque - Hedgerow by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Have Scientists Really Created a New Life Form? It Does Not Represent the Creation of Life from Scratch or a New Life Form by Jack Wellman
The big news headline was that Craig Venter created a new life form from a test tube. It is a single-celled organism and Dr. Venter claims that the implications are enormous. It has been called a landmark achievement. Humans have never successfull | |
| |  Dormant Emotion by David Barger
The smallest infringement is a ruseWhere I am entertained in laughter,And tied by the bonds of sorrow,But where is my enlightenmentThat kindles each parting gift released?Where then is my muse?Electrified skies en | |
| |  Life Undercover 113 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The IMF's shadow by Thanos Kalamidas
It looks like the minute the International Monetary Fund put a foot in Greece cannot keep away from Europe and now with a new force warns Spain – they called it concerns - for problems and the time has come for some radical measures to ensur | |
| |  The NPT Review: Is Progress Possible ? by Rene Wadlow
Peace is | |
| |  Peel by Abigail George
Peel away the layers like the skin of an onionthighs, hair, teeth, physical body, lips that chantand enchant – this is Eunace the kitchen girl She makes lopsided grins and conversations,grimaces and denials - where d | |
| |  Humoresque - General Practitioner by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Tragic Loss of the European Spiritual Identity: a Revisiting by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow by The Ovi Team
23rd May 1934; Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and | |
| |  Striking Beauty by Moustafa Al Yassin
This yearI lovedhalf of the possibilitiesof my chanceAnd I walkedhalf stepsNo knowledgeBackwards and forwardsand I cut my dreamas a professional SharayarTo the rest of this Friday | |
| |  Dog Toothache by Paul Woods
For more "Insert Brain Here" HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Urgent: International Action on Somalia by Hezron H.N Nyawachi
A South Korean super tanker with US $170 million worth of oil aboard has been ceased together with its 24 crew have all been taken captive by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean coast. Said to be headed for the US from Iraq, the Samho Dream had 2 m | |
| |  Why Does God Allow Suffering? - The Purpose Behind It by Jack Wellman
Why does God allow suffering that He is fully capable to stopping? This question has not only challenged mankind for centuries. Witnessing atrocities and worldwide suffering on such catastrophic levels, can be a major stumbling block even for b | |
| |  Young and Old are Doing it by Aloysius-Gonzaga
could it be utterly authentic?even without being charismatic?how come we often have it syntheticafter believing that it’s fantastic?old folks called it enigmatic…while the young w | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1012 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirit, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Introducing the heritage of Khayyam by Kourosh Ziabari
May 18 is dedicated to the commemoration of Omar Khayyam in the Iranian solar calendar; the calendar which Khayyam has invented himself. To the Western world which has always been enchanted by the magnificence and glory of oriental culture, Omar K | |
| |  Senator Arlen Specter Loses the Pennsylvania Primary by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Last Tuesday, the Democrats in the Pennsylvania buried Senator Arlen Specter's hopes to compete as a Democratic Senator for his reelection bid in November, 2010. By many counts the 80 year-old Senator was a Houdini of Pennsylvania politics. He | |
| |  Humoresque - Death by the Chocolate Cake by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE ! | |
| |  Existences by Emine Koseoglu
Emine Koseoglu is an architect and academician whose research areas are environmental psychology, spatial legibility and perception. She takes photographs that force borders of perception.She, behind the camera, started to see the w | |
| |  Isolation and defamation: The cost of thinking differently by Kourosh Ziabari
Interview with Michael Behe on intelligent designMichael Behe is an American scientist and biochemist. Being an intelligent design advocate, he serves as a professor of biochemistry at the University of Lehigh in Pennsylvania. He is al | |
| |  Tara by Abigail George
Since you ask, most days I cannot remember.Why can’t I remember most days?My name is English, the town that I’ve lived inFor all of my childhood and my date of birth, that I know.Trivia, current affairs, vac | |
| |  Show Bizz 1013 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Inside the Revolution by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Book Review: Inside the revolution: How the followers of Jihad, Jefferson | |
| |  Shadowing the Sun by David Barger
Asphalt sizzles with steamFloating towards heavens’ gate,And the ground opens upWishing to speak of one last taleFrom a time when mountainsWere merely pebbles roaming about:A seed, descendant of the west, | |
| |  Dubbi Atomici by Alex Vannini
For more Curriculum, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Gifts for the Homeless by Jack Wellman
Few people may know that at one time I was homeless. In fact I was also jobless, penniless, foodless, family-less, fatherless, motherless, friendless, hopeless, for most of my life mother-less, and finally freedom-less. I ended up with a home a | |
| |  The Greek blaming game by Thanos Kalamidas
Let’s talk about football! I would love to write that and spend the next hour talking about the Europe league, the last games and my favourite football persona José Mourinho but …but the telephone rings and it is some friends from | |
| |  Sometimes I can be as happy as happy by Moustafa Al Yassin
glad I ammostly glad the same like the little star in my horoscopeI am watching the milky-wayglad as I wishbecause two days ago or moreI have burned a beautiful caravan in the journeyfrom here to the Mercury | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1013 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoon, HERE! | |
| |  The Shape of the Nuclear-weapon World - Part 3: Israel and a Middle East Nuclear-weapon Free Zone by Rene Wadlow
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| |  German report by Euro Reporter
Government to sidestep Bundesrat on nuclear power plant extensionThe centre-right coalition government is looking to bypass the Bundesrat upper house to push through one of its more controversial policy plans – extending | |
| |  The accident by Abigail George
There has been a deathA drowning in a riverA crowd has gathered to pay their respectsEmergency services are doing an effortless, bold drawingOf printing a memory and identityOn the child’s body.Circling, signal | |
| |  Humoresque - Circle of Life by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoon, HERE! | |
| |  Leo Strauss Redivivus: On the Esoteric and the Exoteric in his Philosophy by Emanuel L. Paparella
Recently, in a cyber-forum to which I participate, a controversy has been raging on whether or not the philosopher Leo Strauss, a former student of Martin Heidegger who taught at the University of Chicago in the fifties and influenced a whole gene | |
| |  An Environmental Implication: Fumes of Aircraft by Pallavi Saxena
There have been remarkable chapters in the history of science & technology which lead to splendid success in the production and manufacturing market. One of them is the aviation technology, it helps the people a lot to make travel as well a | |
| |  Bad Milk by Paul Woods
For more Insert Brain Here, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  I stand by Palestine forever by Kourosh Ziabari
In a recent interview which I conducted with the brave Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff, he told me that he has never seen a nation to be as strong and powerful as the Palestinian nation. I admire his statement. He is r | |
| |  Menu Fretin by Uzeyir Lokman Cayci
Uzeyir Lockman Cayci makes poetry with his graphics, moves feeling with his drawing and he sketches life with ink. Visit his Art Exhibition in the pages of Ovi Magazine, HERE and enjoy his latest creations. | |
| |  National Piercing Day by Patrick McWade
For more For The Moment, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Right Not To Kill: 15 May: CO Day by Rene Wadlow
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| |  How to Present the Gospel To Young Children by Jack Wellman
The young boy had the knife pointed at hi | |
| |  Black Homicide by Aloysius-Gonzaga
The fear of Black homicideexiled meand thoughts of homenow reverberate like an eerie midnight howl.The fear of Black homicidegave me a phobia for white coffin liveryand made me prefer oversea | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1013 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  State of mind by Abigail George
The 2010 Soccer World Cup marked the 11th year of my diagnosis of clinical depression.I was diagnosed with it when I was 19 years old; two years out of high school in Port Elizabeth – the windy city. It was also the city where | |
| |  Italian repport by Euro Reporter
Silvio and Veronica Discuss AlimonyFor Veronica Lario, yesterday was like the day after an exam, a moment in which to absorb the fact that a long, long chapter of her life was coming to a close. Nineteen years of marriage and | |
| |  Female Laughter by David Barger
Male red-breasted robinsCollide in midflight.It is spring and the battle for loveFills the open heavens; The two birds whisk a feet Away from my face(Which all are caught off guard)As they touch ground Flutt | |
| |  Humoresque - The Bald Eagle by Loren Fishman
For more Humoresque, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Why don't they publish us? by Kourosh Ziabari
From the Guardian and New York Times to the Washington Post and Reuters, I've submitted several op-ed pieces and articles to the world's mainstream media outlets and newspapers over the past years. All of my submissions were responded iden | |
| |  Pope John Paul II Shot by The Ovi Team
13th May 1981; Pope John Paul II, is shot in St Peter's Square in Rome in front | |
| |  Disappearing by the beast by Moustafa Al Yassin
He disappeared in the knowledge of the revolution of the breastequalling with all being Spartacusrising the voice of loveover the touching table of the last supperempty me I will empty youemptinesswhat | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1011 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Extreme Makeover - The Human Edition by Jack Wellman
This is the greatest and most extreme makeover that any human being will ever have in their life. And this extreme makeover is the most amazing transformation of anything that there is in the universe. Human beings are termed positional, declarati | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
French anti-hero tells court that he is ‘no Robin Hood’ at heist trialA French armoured van driver who became an Internet hero when he made off with millions in cash told his trial Tuesday that he was no Robin Hood | |
| |  Don't invite me by Mitterand Okorie
Hold your fireYou would need it on a winter morningDo not push meInto the claws of putrid opulenceWhere the road reeks of charred ashAnd secreted remnants of a misled soulDeceived by your fallaciou | |
| |  Life Undercover 1012 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A P.M with a mission impossible by Thanos Kalamidas
A few days ago, talking about the results of the British national elections I was talking about the old guard of the Labour Party that should reshape and regain control of a party that has been lost in the new-conservatism even though Tony Blair b | |
| |  Fire in Bosnia 1992 by Abigail George
The international press talkIn tongues reminiscent of oldBreathe air through iron lungsHere the colour of death is bold. War wounds are like stigmataEarth signs pale in comparisonThey wash over you like a | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1011 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Why I appreciate Press TV by Kourosh Ziabari
Following the eruption of turmoil in Iran which lasted for several weeks after the reelection of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 presidential elections, Press TV, a 24-hour English-language TV network run by Iran’s | |
| |  Vague, Passionate and Erratic: The Last Station by Binoy Kampmark
Tomorrow, I’ll go to the station and lie down on the track. Tolstoy’s wife becomes Anna Karenina herself. See how the papers will like that!Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren) to Leon Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), The Last Sta | |
| |  Where Went the Black Europeans? by Aloysius-Gonzaga
America has shown usIn diversity lies the power!The empire was the Nazi we knewBut apartheid was the Mussolini we slew.America has shown usIn assortment lies the power!I listened over the gre | |
| |  Show Bizz 1012 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Happy Mother's Day - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle by Jack Wellman
Below is a Mother’s Day poem in tribute to | |
| |  To All Those Who Supported us by Luis Portillo, Ph. D.
We greet you very warmly….We must first apologise for being all this late in thanking all those who supported us. That was not certainly because of the daily constraints that come after suspending a hunger strike, but it wa | |
| |  A Mother's Calling by David Barger
Miracle bearer;Obvious nurturing factor -Thoughtfulness unwritten.Hued potter’s clayEnding education of foolishness;Render tolerance controlledSettled beyond the guidance of stars.Decisive loving actio | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1012 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The day after in Downing Str. by Thanos Kalamidas
David Cameron has the majority but nit the keys for the Downing Street …yet! Gordon Brown on his side seems a bit dizzy from the unavoidable Nick Gregg enjoys becoming the star with the chance to be a star not only for ten minutes but for fo | |
| |  World Thalassaemia Day by The Ovi Team
Thalassaemia is the name of a group of genetic inherited disorders of the blood. More specifically, it is a disorder of the haemoglobin molecule inside the red blood cells. | |
| |  The European Veil Debate - the prelude to eliminationist politics by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Belgium is all set to become the first European nation to ban the Burqa (the face-covering veil that is worn by some Muslim women). The move will affect an estimated 650,000 Muslims in Belgium – 6 per cent of the population. Belgium | |
| |  Germany Surrenders by The Ovi Team
7th May 1945; Germany signs unconditional surrender at Rheims in France bringing to an end six years of war in Europe.From the news’ agencies at the time: | |
| |  The Greeks and Europe by Prof. Francesco Tampoia
"Today there are no more Frenchmen, nor Germans, nor Spaniards, nor Englishmen. There are only Europeans” G. G. Rousseau, 1772. Some years ago, New York Times, Daniel Mendelsohn as usual in a fascinat | |
| |  Eiffel tower by The Ovi Team
May 6th 1889; Eiffel Tower opens to the public. The Eiffel Tower is a 19th ce | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1012 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Theory of Spontaneous Generation of Life - Louis Pasteur Weighs In by Jack Wellman
In 1952 a graduate student in Chicago attempted to emulate prebiotic conditions on a young Earth billions of years ago. But organic life and DNA were never "created. * What biochemists cannot do given almost unlimited funding, time, and co | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Backlash from parties, unions on the wayMembers of the PAME union, which is affiliated to the Communist Party, are seen yesterday in central Athens through a banner with the word ‘crisis’ in Greek. A 24-hour genera | |
| |  Good Evening - Good Night by Moustafa Al Yassin
Good EveningGood NightHelloThe kings of the whole worldThe kings of the world have been sleepingin the dark cornersunder their crowns-a human beingunder their beings-a bedunder their beds | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Greek talking by Thanos Kalamidas
Even though I’m really proud to be Greek there are times like this last week that I feel really sad for the country I born and embarrassed for what people say for the country that mothered the western civilization. And when Finland’s M | |
| |  This is my story: Suffering in silence by Abigail George
The reason I am writing this is to help someone who is in the same situation where I found myself eighteen years ago so they can benefit from my own funny, unique, sometimes hurtful, painful, uncomfortable and even humiliating personal experien | |
| |  Emotions Unsaid — for Ola by Aloysius-Gonzaga
no call for a slow-downboo! join me and save us this onethough it has felt like a dream thus farlove is stuck, its emotions unsaid.a story to tell; maybe you heard?remorse to avert; perhaps you saw | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Sundry Musings on Political Correctness in Academia by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  Nueva agresion brutal a una ciudadana saharaui en El Aaiun bajo ocupacion marroqui by Luis Portillo, Ph. D.
Nueva agresión brutal a una ciudadana saharaui en El Aaiún bajo ocupación marroquí.El Aaiún (Sáhara Occidental ocupado), viernes 30 de mayo de 2010.Mamay Hnun, ciud | |
| |  Away by Abigail George
I have a secret to tell you with my mouth cupped to your earYou are as inescapable and permanent as the moonYou black dog as black as night, a ball cold, crypticOf mass destruction -As restrained as the sunlight that prettily di | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Why Prayers Are Blocked, Delayed or Denied - Why God Said No to Jesus, Moses, Hannah and Paul by Jack Wellman
There are three major roadblocks to prayer that prevents them from reaching the throne of God and results in them bouncing off the ceiling. They leave void and return empty. But God said no too many biblical heroes and heroines in the Bible. These | |
| |  A Russian Freeze: Halting Adoptions to the US by Binoy Kampmark
The Russian government is having an apoplectic fit. Not over those usual things – deadly weapons of nuclear import and American foot dragging on the subject, energy disputes that involve strangling neighbours into submission, and th | |
| |  Life Undercover 1011 by Thanos K & Asa B
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| |  May 2010 choices by The Ovi Team
Our choices for May 2010's blog, site and photo of the month:Blog of the month: an unfinished person (in this unfinished universe) | |
| |  Caption of the month by The Ovi Team
The caption of the month hasn't always got to be ...funny; it can be ridiculous! However, it is simple. Look at this photo and write a caption/speech bubble/thought bubble or anything else that captures your imagination. | |
| |  Show Bizz 111 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more ShowBizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Conquered Europe by Dr. Gerry Coulter
In 146 B.C. Rome brought Greece to its knees and within half a century Greek culture (especially its philosophy and science), had permanently changed Rome. Hence the quip: “Rome conquered Greece – but Greece conquered Rome”. W | |
| |  Diary of Anne Frank by The Ovi Team
30th April 1952; the diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish victim of the Holocaust is to be published in English titled "The Diary of a Young Girl". Her diary, later entitled "The Diary of Anne Frank", becomes one of the most popular b | |
| |  No War - No Food Agreement by Aloysius-Gonzaga
It’s “a no war – no food” agreementSo we are expected to buy more guns.It’s like the Nobel PrizeWhich often comes when it is palpableThat the honourable woman or gentleman | |
| |  Dino & Anty 111 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Have the Government Wars Replaced the Cultural Wars ? by Leah Sellers
Have the Government wars replaced the Cultural wars ? (Is there an redundant echo in this Chamber of Thought ?) This question posed by some political journalists and news talk show hosts (as of late) is in | |
| |  Estonian report by Euro Reporter
More International Meetings? Not Now.The next major international event Estonia will host after the NATO foreign ministers summit last week will most likely be the EU, Latin-American and Caribbean states summit in 2018. Since | |
| |  Dachau Concentration Camp by The Ovi Team
29th April 1945; Dachau concentration camp was liberated today when troops of the U.S. Seventh Army cleared the enemy guards from the camp where gruesome torture rooms and gas chambers were located. | |
| |  Richard Dawkins' Climbing Mount Improbable,Blind Chance or Intelligent Design? by Jack Wellman
Are humans just an accident by chance. Did life emerge from a pre-biotic soup? Or was there purpose and design behind human life? Richard Dawkins actually admits in his book, Climbing Mount Improbable that “The original replicator probably w | |
| |  Amarynthos raping justice (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Τις τελευταίες βδομάδες το ΔΝΤ και η κακομοιριά | |
| |  Mussolini's execution by The Ovi Team
28th April 1945; Italian partisans executed deposed dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci. Mussolini, ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943. | |
| |  2nd Opinion 111 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Greece's financial landmarks by Thanos Kalamidas
Greece is a country reference with historical landmarks not only for the nation but for the whole globe. Great battles, strangles for independence, freedom and democracy, the beginnings of philosophy and science, master personas, inspiring acts. A | |
| |  What does the Israel-backed UAE say? by Kourosh Ziabari
Speaking or writing as an Iranian citizen makes it difficult to weigh in on the latest remarks made by the UAE Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bin Zayid Al Nahyan, who likened Iran's legal sovereignty of it's Persian Gulf islands to the Zionist | |
| |  Ghetto Love Song — for Marsovka by Aloysius-Gonzaga
she felt ma pain, and shared ma cross,i got so much to remember- more than i can say-but ’am hoping to show ya, babi- more than i could say.mama used to tell me somethangs were meant to stayand i prayed | |
| |  Nazis occupy Athens by The Ovi Team
27th April 1941; Nazis take and occupy Athens in Greece. Although Metaxas admired Mussolini and Hitler, he was a patriot. When, through the agency of his ambassador in Greece Mussolini demanded the right of Italian soldiers to enter Greek territor | |
| |  The Shape of the Nuclear- weapon World by Rene Wadlow
The signing on 8 April 2010 of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Prague by Presidents Barack Obama and Dimitri Medvedev is a modest but symbolic step to signal better US-Russian relations. Prague was chosen also for its s | |
| |  Romanian report by Euro Reporter
Romanian prosecutor arrested for corruptionA prosecutor, two lawyers and two police officers were detained on Friday (April 23rd) for corruption. Nelu Carpen, head of the prosecution office in the town of Buftea, is accused of | |
| |  Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster by The Ovi Team
26th April 1986; an explosion and fire at the No. 4 reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine resulted in a nuclear meltdown sending radioactivity into the atmosphere. The Radiation fallout spread throughout Europe the Chernobyl disas | |
| |  How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Dreams can help with learningNapping after learning some | |
| |  Dutch report by Euro Reporter
Francis Bacon heirs battle Van Gogh foundation In life, Francis Bacon regarded Van Gogh as a kindred spirit and would constantly pay tribute to the genius of the Dutch master. He quoted his letters as inspiration saying it was | |
| |  Everyday in the Land of Bandit by Aloysius-Gonzaga
citizens come armed with no khakisweaponry comes hidden in heartsbandits are robbed by banditsthe suited up are to be feared the mostpoliticians are educated muggersthe police are lending guns | |
| |  Jesus Reveals the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelation by Jack Wellman
Have you ever puzzled over the Book of Revelation? Is it an enigma to you? From my understanding, it is not written in chronological order, like parts of the Old Testament. For example, the Book of Job would better be placed, chronologically, insi | |
| |  Italian report by Euro Reporter
Mills covered for BerlusconiBritish lawyer David Mills covered for Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi during two tax-fraud trials in the late 1990s, Italy's highest appeals court said Wednesday. The Cassation Court's co | |
| |  Life Undercover 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoon, HERE! | |
| |  Why do animals have to pay the tall for every single whim people have by Shavarsh Palabikian
Why do animals have to pay the tall for every single whim people have? Why should animals suffer, be mercilessly killed, tortured, chased, anywhere and anytime? Why, why, why? Due to the low evolution of the human race whole species have disapp | |
| |  Royal Shakespeare Theatre by The Ovi Team
23rd April 1932; The New Royal Shakespeare Theatre opens in Shakespeare | |
| |  Earth Day by Thanos Kalamidas
Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in held on April 22, 1970 and is celebrated in more than 175 countries ev | |
| |  Cyprus report by Euro Reporter
Turkey still refuses to probe missing issuePresident of the Committee of Relatives of Undeclared Prisoners and Missing Persons, Nicos Theodosiou, said that Turkey still refuses to comply with a ruling of the European Court of | |
| |  During the Toffee Past Times by Aloysius-Gonzaga
“The trees were squirrels’ landThe fathers were able menWomen were then adoredAnd the kids were raised at home.“We launched no space missionsBut humanity-glorifying visions | |
| |  Bay of Pigs by The Ovi Team
22nd April 1961; President Fidel Castro of Cuba will make his first public announcements since the insurgent forces invasion on the Bay of Pigs last week on TV and Radio nationwide, also the Russian leader Khrushchev has denounced the invasion and | |
| |  Micro-Credit Revolution key to alleviating poverty among Kenyan Poor by Hezron H.N Nyawachi
Kenya; it has been said, has the most vibrant micro-finance industry in Africa. The Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit closed last week with over 2,000 delegates, among them the ‘father of micro-finance’ Nobel Laureate P | |
| |  Mini skirts, volcano dust and earthquakes by Thanos Kalamidas
For long time I have targeted the Iranian dictators with articles, comments and posts. And sometimes these comments and articles are provocatively angry but I am one of the unlucky ones to have lived the full meaning of a dictatorship when I was g | |
| |  Student Protest Tiananmen Square by The Ovi Team
21st April 1989; 100,000 students gather at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to comme | |
| |  SnakeBoots 109 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  American War Crimes: The WikiLeaks Video by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
On Monday, April 5, the website WikiLeaks.org posted footage taken from a US military helicopter in July 2007 as it killed twelve unarmed civilians and wounded two children. The voices on the tape appear to believe their targets are carrying weapo | |
| |  Show Bizz 1010 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Happy Home (A Rhymer's Make-up Plea) by Aloysius-Gonzaga
goodbye to hullabaloolet’s welcome the love-galoredo me a favourand erase those nightmarish recollectionspostulations– hesitations– intermissionswill keep my chair positionl | |
| |  Lift Spirits 109 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A translation of the fragments of human bodies in war by Abigail George
What is this that is surfacing from kitchen table wisdom, mass graves, body farms, Hitler, Rwanda, genocide, mysterious gases, sulphur, explosive devices, atomic bombs, evil scientists, white masks and innocent civilians abandoned or murdered? You | |
| |  What Evolutionists Won't Tell You - Trade Secrets of Paleontologists by Jack Wellman
A logical beginning point to ask whether a theory is indeed true is to ask the experts in the field of that same theory, | |
| |  Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco by The Ovi Team
18th April 1956; Academy Award winning American film and stage actress Grace Kel | |
| |  But seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
What an irony, a couple of days before I was writing about the altruism of benevolent institutions like PJ Morgan and here comes Goldman Sachs to prove me right with the Securities and Exchange commission accusing them for fraud. Goldman Sachs is | |
| |  Portuguese report by Euro Reporter
Consumer Price Inflation Edges Up In MarchThe Statistics Portugal announced that the consumer price index or CPI rose 0.5% on an annual basis in March, faster than the 0.2% growth in the previous month. A year ago, the CPI was | |
| |  Kansas lynching by The Ovi Team
On April 18, 1932, Kansas was shocked by the lynching of Robert Read, in Rawlins County. Not since April 19, 1920, twelve years before, when Albert Evans was hanged at Mulberry, Crawford County, had there been a lynching in Kansas. | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Magazine, HERE! | |
| |  Living Up To Your Name by Jack Wellman
Names have meaning and whether your parents knew it or not, you may have been named after something or some trait or some past family lineage or trade. My source is the site, behindthename.com, which, if you click on it, will tell you the meaning | |
| |  Love Double Agents by Aloysius-Gonzaga
they come as best friendschiefly as girlfriendsoften after the female friendsfrightened by solitudealways on soul fishingdeadly but welcomingwacky and charmingenvious yet ostentatiousst | |
| |  Great Train Robbery by The Ovi Team
16th April 1964; at the old Bailey in London the great train robbers were sentenced to up to 30 years for their part in the Great Train Robbery. Seven of the defendants - Ronald Biggs, Charles Wilson, Douglas Goody, Thomas Wisbey, Robert Welch, Ja | |
| |  JP Morgan's altruism, profits and Europe by Thanos Kalamidas
When the entire world is reporting loses, when the number of unemployed international reaches sky heights and the number of people living in pennies is becoming uncountable; doesn’t anybody find it strange that banking companies like JP Morg | |
| |  Maltese report by Euro Reporter
Michael Jackson fans greet La ToyaMichael Jackson fans greeted his sister La Toya with enthusiasm when she called at The Point this evening. A small crowd of people of all ages waited for the singer, carrying Michael Jackson p | |
| |  Malta's George Cross by The Ovi Team
15th April 1942; the people from the tiny Island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea ( 121 sq miles ) are awarded The George Cross by King George VI. Malta played a crucial role in World War II owing to its proximity to Axis shipping lanes and the G | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1010 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  When Barack Obama met Steven Seagal by Thanos Kalamidas
US president Barack Obama has warned the world leaders of an increasing danger of a nuclear terrorist attack and I’m wandering where he was when they made all these films back in eighties and nineties and if he knows Steven Seagal! Mr. Presi | |
| |  Danish report by Euro Reporter
Copenhagen becomes COPENhagen City tries to rebrand itself as an international destination open for business following perceived failure of the climate talks. The epithet Hopenhagen, adopted by the city during last year’ | |
| |  Raindrop Baby (Original V2) by Michael Lee Johnson
I’m a raindrop babysilhouetted in the night,single-ringed single personminus the 24 carat gold.A harvester of night life,star crystal,a gather of sluts in my imagination, | |
| |  Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by The Ovi Team
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, one of the last major events in the American Civil War, took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, when President Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's The | |
| |  Sarah's tea and mystery by Thanos Kalamidas
And she’s back, that if she had ever gone and of course I’m talking about Sarah Palin who has managed to squeeze into headlines again. Actually this makes you realize how big problem the Republican party must have if six-pack Sarah has | |
| |  Polish report by Euro Reporter
Investigators say no problems with Polish planeRussian investigators said there were no technical problems with the Soviet-made plane that crashed and killed the Polish president and 95 others over the weekend, suggesting pilo | |
| |  Alcatraz Attempted Escape by The Ovi Team
13th April 1943; four convicts attempted to escape from the prison at A | |
| |  Life Undercover 1009 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Two-State Solution approaching a dead-end by Hezron H.N Nyawachi
In June 2003, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, standing alongside King Jordan II of Jordan, US President George W Bush and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas at Aqaba, Jordan said: ‘It is in Israel’s interest not to govern th | |
| |  Healing work in a healing biotope by The Ovi Team
An interview with Dr. Amelie WeimarDr. Amelie Weimar received her M.D. degree from Freie Universität Berlin in 1991, and since 1995 she has been responsible for the medical needs of 200 people living in the community o | |
| |  Yuri Gagarin First Man in Space by The Ovi Team
12th April 1961; The Soviet Union successfully launched the first man into space today taking the prize for "The First Man In Space". Yuri Gagarin, a 27-year-old air force major. He orbited the Earth in 1hr 40 minutes. The next target is | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1008 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  In My Dreams It Was Simpler by Tolulope Popoola
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| |  Czech report by Euro Reporter
Klaus expresses shock over tragedy that claimed life of Polish president, dozens of othersPresident Václav Klaus has expressed his deepest condolences over the tragic death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski who was kille | |
| |  We Met Again by Aloysius-Gonzaga
It was a face that I had seen before-Also in the midst of flashy lights and hunters,She saw me nearing– and quickly skipped her friends:“I hope you are here for the truth not to chant” | |
| |  Idi Amin Deposed by The Ovi Team
11th April 1979; Tanzanian backed rebels seize control in Uganda and the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda and flees to Libya. | |
| |  Artem was Russian not from Malawi! by Thanos Kalamidas
The story is that an American woman, a 34 year-old nurse name Torry-Ann Hansen went all the way to Russia and specifically to Vladivostok and adopted a 6 year-old boy from an orphanage; changing his name and taking him to Tennessee USA to offer hi | |
| |  The Gospel According to Oprah - Find God Without Jesus by Jack Wellman
If you thought the Gospel was a message of salvation through faith alone in Christ alone, listen to what Oprah's new age philosophy teaches. She believes that the path to being accepted by God and to eternal life and salvation comes from go | |
| |  Intestinal Frolic by David Barger
My job is in limboWhere management paysThe wages through a ghost department.I feel unnerving and withdrawnFrom allowing any ties to completely Merge between them and myself;These destructive relationshipsWandering | |
| |  Ping Pong Diplomacy by The Ovi Team
10th April 1971; in an effort to build better relations between the U.S. and China a US table tennis team begins a week long visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the invitation of China's communist government. As soon as I read | |
| |  Rainbow Nation, where art thou? by Abigail George
The reality of the ‘rainbow nation’ that nobody ever talks about now is that xenophobic attacks have been on the increase. As well trauma, rape, domestic violence, mental illness, poverty, stress and depression in workplaces across | |
| |  Moustafa Al Yassin's "Nothing between me and here" by Thanos Kalamidas
The poet and painter Moustafa Al Yassin is a | |
| |  Mae West Arrested by The Ovi Team
9th April 1927; Mae West is arrested during her starring role in the play "sex" which she wrote, produced, directed and starred in on Broadway. She was prosecuted on morals charges and sentenced to 10 days in jail for public obscenity. | |
| |  Is this the Real Face of Jesus? The History Channel Investigates by Jack Wellman
Click on the image and see what you think of this image. This past Saturday night, the History Channel presented an extraordinary effort in trying to reveal what the face looked like, in three dimensions, which has been hidden in the Shroud of Tur | |
| |  International Day of the Roma by The Ovi Team
The International Day of the Roma (April 8) is a day to celebrate Romani culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Romani people. The day was officially declared in 1990 in Serock, Poland, the site of the fourth World Romani Congress of | |
| |  Raindrop Baby (Version 2) by Michael Lee Johnson
I’m a raindrop Chicago babysilhouetted in the night,single-ringed single personminus the 24 carat gold.A harvester of night life,star crystal,a gatherer of slutsin m | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1008 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Some thoughts about the conversion from snail-mail to e-mail by Rinso
Introduction:The Finnish postal service has started a test to scan normal mail and deliver it as e-mail.Letters will be opened in the post office, scanned and send as e-mail to the recipient. The letter itself will be delivere | |
| |  British report by Euro Reporter
Election race beginsPolitical leaders have headed off on the campaign trail after Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the UK general election would be held on 6 May. He said he would seek a "clear" mandate to conti | |
| |  Corpus Juris Civilis by The Ovi Team
7th April 529 issued by order of Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor the Corpus Juris (or Iuris) Civilis ("Body of Civil Law") is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence.This code compil | |
| |  Vatican's bombs by Thanos Kalamidas
I was browsing the news and wherever I was looking there were bombs or the Vatican. Bombs in Pakistan, bombs in Russia, bombs in Chechnya and bombs in the Vatican. In all cases bodies were spread all around and I’m talking about innocent bod | |
| |  First men to reach the North Pole by The Ovi Team
6th April 1909 Explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson claim to become the first men to reach the North Pole. On April 6, they established "Camp Jesup" allegedly within five miles of the pole. There is a large amount of controver | |
| |  Humanity Against the Law by Aloysius-Gonzaga
She was labelled brutalTowards her own childMet with a summonsFrom the-overstepper-court-of-lawConvicted the sixth dayFor cautioning a son.Now the parents around hereAre angrily frantic | |
| |  Show Bizz 1009 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Bottled Up by The Ovi Team
Poetry has been from the very beginning part of Ovi magaz | |
| |  How bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
Filipino tycoon quits over plagiarismA prominent Philipp | |
| |  Kurt Cobain by The Ovi Team
5th April 1994; Modern rock icon Kurt Cobain lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the rock band Nirvana commits suicide with a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1009 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A Crescendo of Wonder by Emanuel L. Paparella
A Crescendo of Wonder - By John Witvliet[Commentary by Emanuel L. Paparella: a friend forwarded me this article for the Easter season, with a recommendation to share it with others. On the bottom of the posted article the same recommendati | |
| |  Ghadaffi, Wade, Mugabe and Role Modelling by Aloysius-Gonzaga
“What about a mass–procreation of the Will that still dwells in Wade,al–Gaddafi, Mugabe and Tutu?”— from the poem – “Should I?” – by A–Gonzaga.In mi | |
| |  An Historical Look at Jesus' Resurrection by Jack Wellman
Christianity is the only religion that had its leader come back to life after a widely witnessed death. Christianity’s authenticity rises or falls with the resurrection. Either it did happen and Christians can also believe that their own res | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1009 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Easter Story: The Passion, The Crucifixion, The Resurrection by Jack Wellman
The Passion “My hour has come” Before the crucifixion, as Jesus Christ prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciple and physician Luke noted that: "And being | |
| |  Greek Easter customs by The Ovi Team
Easter time, from the carnivals that come before the Lenten fast through Holy Week and the celebrations of Easter, is a special season in Greece. Since the date of the Greek Orthodox Easter is based on a modified Julian calendar and the Western wo | |
| |  The evolution of a Karzai by Thanos Kalamidas
I admit that I had to check it again and I became more confident to what I was reading after I checked it with a few different news agencies. The Afghani president Hamid Karzai accused UN and EU officials of plotting to put puppet government in po | |
| |  Marshall Plan by The Ovi Team
3rd April 1948; U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs into law the Foreign Assistance Act, commonly known as the Marshall Plan which channeled more than $13 billion in aid to Europe between 1948 and 1951.The Marshall Plan (from | |
| |  Bittersweet - An excerpt from a memoir by Abigail George
There is always something reassuring about being able to relate to something that seems familiar to you in a book or a film on television. It means you not lost and alone in the world. It means that you are not the only one who feels like the Outs | |
| |  A backwards approach by David Barger
Nuthatch white breastedClimbs down the trunk of my tree;A backwards approachWhen flight is such ease.Why whittle this path?Why walk south on Japanese bark?Except to appear to agreeThat if speech were more fr | |
| |  Sex Scandal Rocks the Catholic Church by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
The hottest topic that dominated the media the last week was all about sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic Church. In a pastoral letter last week, read aloud at all weekend Masses in the 26 Catholic dioceses spread across the Irish Republic a | |
| |  Unabusive Easter by Patrick McWade
For more For the Moment, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Aung San Suu Kyi's Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas
Burma’s National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi’s party with her agreement I suppose announced that they are not going to participate in the countries election after two decades and organized from one of the worst dictato | |
| |  April 2010 choices by The Ovi Team
Our choices for April 2010's blog, site and photo of the month:Blog of the month: Sex at Oxbridge Female Oxbridge student with nsa ... ex | |
| |  Caption of the month by The Ovi Team
The caption of the month hasn't always got to be ...funny; it can be ridiculous! However, it is simple. Look at this photo and write a caption/speech bubble/thought bubble or anything else that captures your imagination. | |
| |  Fools' day by The Ovi Team
The BBC creates a hoax Panorama programme about spaghetti crops in Switzerland and showing women carefully plucking strands of spaghetti from a tree and laying them in the sun to dry. It should be remembered in context that Spaghetti was not a wid | |
| |  It is shameful that artists, for monetary gain, give legitimacy to a West Bank settler enterprize by Gush Shalom
Assaf Amdursky, Ivri Lider, Barry Sakharov, Shalom Hanoch, Arkadi Duchin and "The Friends of Natasha" are due to perform at the Mitzpe Shalem Settlement near the factory of the "Ahava" Company. Gush Shalom: | |
| |  A two ways insult by Thanos Kalamidas
Probably the wrong person but Angela Merkel said to Recep Tayyip Erdogan exactly what the rest of Europe wants to say but is not ready to say yet. Angela Merkel said to the Turkish Prime Minister that Turkey is not suitable for a full EU membershi | |
| |  Raindrop Baby (Version 1) by Michael Lee Johnson
I’m a Chicago raindrop babysilhouetted in the night,single-ringed single personminus the 24 carat gold.A harvester of night life,star crystal, seated, wellproportioned, | |
| |  Poll Tax riots by The Ovi Team
31st March, 1990; the worst violence seen so far in the series of Anti Poll Tax demonstrations erupted in London during the largest rally when nearly 100,000 people take to the streets in protest at the new government levy. More than 400 were arre | |
| |  Who Barabbas Was - The Easter Story of the Passover Lamb by Jack Wellman
When Jesus stood condemned to die by crucifixion and was clearly innocent and Barabbas was set free, who was absolutely guilty, there seemed something disturbing wrong. To say that it was the greatest miscarriage of justice ever seems to do it inj | |
| |  Chios Massacre by The Ovi Team
The Chios Massacre refers to the slaughter of tens of thousands of Greeks on the island of | |
| |  Time Heals All Wounds by G. David Schwartz
Time heals all woundsI have heard it saidAnd while that’s that’sIt stops when you are deadTime is also a jet planeWhich means it goes too fastSo it heals all woundsJust as it goes pastBrody | |
| |  Life Undercover 1008 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Rosenbergs by The Ovi Team
29th March, 1951; Rosenbergs found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage for their role in providing nuclear secrets to th | |
| |  Haiti SOS January 2010 by Abigail George
Here hope floats and is disguisedIn every civilian even in heartache,In brokenness, in helping handsThat reaches out of the ground or in the air. Bone chilling cold, stench rising | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1007 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Cigarettes by Shavarsh Palabikian
This is a photo-story to show the harm that cigarettes cause in a rather soft and delicate manner. It is presented not in the ways we got used to: a doctor holding lungs over a human body deeply cut in the thorax, where the pathologist shows th | |
| |  Paris Commune by The Ovi Team
The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 28 to | |
| |  Mr. Pete by David Barger
On the eve of one summer’s day,As the sun set below the horizonOld Mr. Pete heard his dog bark.A moment, he thought, it’d be overStill the barking continued worse -So much worse than it had before.Then as he | |
| |  Palm Sunday by Patrick McWade
For more For the Moment, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Life is Not Fair by Jack Wellman
My first cousin was killed in a car accident this week in Arkansas, so I will not be able to respond to comments for awhile, so my apology. He was so young, getting ready to get married, but he just got saved. I was able to share the Gospel wit | |
| |  Romanian report by Euro Reporter
Romania not yet ready to fight graftThe change of mentality needed to eradicate graft in Romania “has not happened yet”, the country’s top anti-corruption prosecutor said yesterday, two days after a critical | |
| |  Rose Petals in a Dark Room by Michael Lee Johnson
I walk in a mastery of the night and lightmy money changers walk behind methey are fools like clowns in a shadow of sin,they’re busy as bees as drunken lovers,Sodom and Gomorrah before the salt pill | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1007 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Are you a Genius? by Asa Butcher
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| |  Cousin Benjamin with a lemon meringue pie by Thanos Kalamidas
Seen the photos of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking with US President Barack Obama you cannot avoid thinking what the hell are they talking about? I mean, are they talking about the weather? What they ate the night before or w | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1007 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A handicap union and a trebling future by Thanos Kalamidas
In an extended survey lately in Norway about possible candidacy of the countr | |
| |  Non sum qualis eram - in dubio by David Barger
Feelings are difficult to understand -Easy enough to be feltLike a finger cut by glassLeaving one open and hurtAwaiting the mend of tomorrowEver wondering if a band-aid is enoughTo keep the wound’s sting from seep | |
| |  Show Bizz 1008 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  My End of the Journey with a Homeless Man by Jack Wellman
If you have not read my first part of this story, you must because this conclusion will make more sense for you. You see, going door to door doing Outreach for our church I often found what people say do not exist i | |
| |  Cyprus report by Euro Reporter
Government takes a pay cutCabinet members and government officials have voluntarily accepted a cut in their salaries their earnings by 10%, as a gesture to boost the economy of the island, by trimming state spending. The decis | |
| |  I Am Old Frustrated Thought by Michael Lee Johnson
I am old frustrated thoughtI look into my once eagle eyesand find them dim before my dead mother,I see through clouded egg whites with dayspassing by like fog feathers.I trip over old experiences | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1008 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Slovenian report by Euro Reporter
Kresal, Under Fire, Rejects CulpabilityInterior Minister Katarina Kresal has come under fire in the recent months over her alleged role in several high-profile stories. She also faces her second interpellation motion in a year | |
| |  Why Medicare and Medicaid Cuts? by Leah Sellers
El Supremo Rancid-o Limberger, Sir! You keep shouting out to all of your Radio Airwave Listeners about Medicaid and Medicare cuts. You continue to stir up the Fear Monger Stew Pot for the elderly and disabled concerning these proposed Medicaid and | |
| |  Destinazione Lampedusa by Aloysius-Gonzaga
Prisoner of fraternityFamily to feedBitterness for penuryMammon – the sole revengeThirty days on footScorched in the SaharaHovering in starvationBarely sustainingDeceased aboard | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1008 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Jäätteenmäki's rivers by Thanos Kalamidas
When you are an outsider Finnish politics give you the sense of total schizophrenia. One day the Prime Minister decides to boycott a supermarket chain because they didn’t have his favourite milk brand when he went for shopping, then a week a | |
| |  Bulgarian report by Euro Reporter
Bulgaria's ruling party ready with the grounds for motion to impeach the PresidentRuling party GERB has started collecting signatures in Parliament to initiate an impeachment procedure against President Georgi Purvanov, | |
| |  The body farm by Abigail George
What is this that is surfacing?Hitler, Rwanda, genocide, mysterious gases, sulphur,Explosive devices, atomic bombs, evil scientists,White masks, innocent civilians abandoned or murdered?Young children, gi | |
| |  Profumo Affair by The Ovi Team
22nd March, 1963; The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, has denied any impropriety with the model, Christine Keeler. Later in June John Profumo did admit to having an affair with Christine Keeler and resigned from his post as | |
| |  Infamous Quotes From Famous People - You Said What?! by Jack Wellman
Believe me, I have said many things that came out just plain ignorant sounding. The good news is that I’m not alone. Read these famous, no make that infamous quotes from famous people. I hope it makes you feel better if you’ve ever | |
| |  The Great Elitist Prevaricator by Leah Sellers
El Supremo Rancid-o Limberger. Slice per slice, you’re a tasty piece for (and of) mice and men.Squeak per squeak, on the Airwaves you speak the Elitist propaganda and end each prevarication with - In Malevolent Capitalis | |
| |  Tutorial of Joy by David Barger
My life is greenNever allowing growthTo become weededIn keeping the mindEver wanting to learn.My soul is goldLined with prosperity Not entangled with greed,But the pleasure to enjoyWhat each brea | |
| |  How bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
His fortune polishes atheists' reputationWhen Gla | |
| |  Father Andrew's church by Thanos Kalamidas
I’m not a religious person, on the contrary – and I have mention it often bef | |
| |  The Consequence of Nonsense! by Leah Sellers
Shhh! It’s not polite to talk about the unbridled narcissistic Profiteering taken for granted within unbalanced Malevolent Capitalism. Why unbalanced? Capitalism everlastingly rocks back and forth (like every other Thing and every One else u | |
| |  If You Find No Poem by Michael Lee Johnson
If you findno poem onyour doorstepin the morning,no paper, no knock on your door,and your life is poorly editedbut no broken dashesor injured meterand you d | |
| |  Ides of March Games Day by Patrick McWade
For more Then Again, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Antonis Anagnostou Romania by The Ovi Team
The Ovi magazine proudly presents Antonis Anagnostou, the last addition to the Ovi Team. Antonis Anagnostou was born and raised in Athens, Greece and he has had a great interest in photography since he was 17 and naturally followed his photogra | |
| |  Part 2: What will it take to dismantle the Apartheid character of the Zionist State? by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
In the last 62 years, the state of Israel has transformed itself from a colonial, settler Jewish state to a Zionist expansionist empire, albeit without an emperor, in the heart of the Middle East where through its racist and apartheid policies and | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1006 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Religious Persecution Growing in Iran by Jack Wellman
If you think there is religious persecution in some parts of the world, there is one place that takes the cake. It is in the nation of Iran. There are several Christians now in Iranian prisons who have little or no hope of getting out any time soo | |
| |  Turkey bulling immigrants by Thanos Kalamidas
It’s always the same; the poor pay the crimes of the mighty and the powerful but the latest news show something about the ethics and the attitude of a nation that aspire to become full member of the European Union, a union that manifes | |
| |  Camera Hungry by David Barger
Laying on hard beddingWith examination covers spreadWith wrinkle creasesZagging from left to rightLooking like the arm of a corpse.Turn on my left side;Black Styrofoam props me up.Breath held as x-ray scansH | |
| |  British report by Euro Reporter
Brown admits defence budget did NOT rise every yearGordon Brown was forced to admit misleading the official inquiry into the Iraq war by insisting the defence budget had risen in real terms every year under Labour. In a huge b | |
| |  The All-Knowing, All-Seeing Myopic Cyclops Eye by Leah Sellers
Once again, due to a little place in America called Lighthouse (more like Blackout), Florida, police and legal beagles are pushing placing cameras Everywhere to take pictures of each and every Citizen’s license plate (and eventually the Citi | |
| |  Green Initiatives by Patrick McWade
For more Then Again, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The burning road by Abigail George
Black dogs as black as a riverBark madly at the presenceOf thieves and ghosts at night.But they don’t keep me awake for long. | |
| |  Jesus Resurrection - I Can Prove It! by Jack Wellman
Christianity is the only religion that had its leader come back to life after a widely witnessed death. Christianity’s authenticity rises or falls with the resurrection. Either it did happen and Christians can also believe that their own | |
| |  Funding a conflict by Thanos Kalamidas
You often see American Jew comedians blaming their heritage for their self-destructive character and when it is said in a comedy series it makes you laugh but when it comes from a state makes you wander if there is really something going on with t | |
| |  Part 1: Israel Needs to Erase her Apartheid Character by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
The coming Tuesday, 16 March, will be the 7th year since Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist, was killed by an Israeli Army bulldozer while trying to stop the demolition of a Palestinian building in the Rafah refugee camp. A court case broug | |
| |  Illinois Farmers by Michael Lee Johnson
Illinois writer in the land of Lincolnnew harvest without wordsplenty of sugar pie plum, peach cobbler pie,buried in grandma’s sugarfactory sweets and low flowing river nearby-transports of | |
| |  First Rocket Launch by The Ovi Team
16th March, 1926: The US professor and scientist Robert Hutchings Goddard, Ph.D. launches the world's first liquid-fuelled rocket.A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains | |
| |  Going home on strange highways by Abigail George
Africa has been colonised by France, Spain, Portugal, England and America with the result that there was gross exploitation of the people who were in this process. They were deprived of education, their sole dignity and integrity and at heart thei | |
| |  Love and Respect, What Women and Men Need by Jack Wellman
Love and Respect, a book by Dr. Emerson E. Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2004), is not just for married couples but relates to all men and women who are either friends, couples, engaged, co-workers, or any other situation where men and wome | |
| |  Spanish report by Euro Reporter
Mariano Rajoy speaks out against planned VAT increaseThe Partido Popular leader has called on smaller parties to vote against the Government on the matter on Tuesday. The Partido Popular leader, Mariano Rajoy, has put forward | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1006 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Spain's Courts for Violence against Women: a Precarious Stake for some in the EU? by Aloysius-Gonzaga
Having invented and tested what it now calls the “ultimate response to violence against women” within its territory, Spain has recently been persuading its European counterparts to follow suit by signing up for a campaign to “Eur | |
| |  International Women's Day Celebration in Afghanistan by Katherine Carmichael
All across eastern Afghanistan International Security Assistance Forces, Afghan national security forces, as well as Afghan women, and provincial government officials gathered to prepare beforehand and to celebrate women's day March 8. | |
| |  Attempting to love by David Barger
I wrote a letter Dropping it into this dry well.The sound echoed Where the letter braces Upon the untouched bottom.I am the fool.I know this liquid truth, And I embrace it Half-hea | |
| |  Life Undercover 1007 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Lying Traveler: The Kapuscinski Case by Binoy Kampmark
He was a great story-teller, but not a liar.Neal Ascherson, The Guardian, Mar 3, 2010.Few would complain about the psychedelic, acid-fueled impressions of gonzo specialist Hunter S. Thomp | |
| |  Belgian report by Euro Reporter
"I am the Prime Minister of the whole country"Belgium's premier Yves Leterme (Flemish Christian democrat) has launched a charm offensive during a meeting in Wavre, south-east of Brussels in Wallonia. "I am t | |
| |  Cinema's Apocalyptic Obsession by Johnny Milner
Since the beginning of cinema moviemakers have reveled in depicting the annihilation of our species. Indeed Hollywood has benefited greatly of this obsession. But has it gotten out of control? According to Tero Koistinen at the Finnish Chamber of | |
| |  In the Name of Camaraderie: A European Question by Aloysius-Gonzaga
“The new Europeans are incredibly hungry;desperate, unintelligible, violent,non–law abiding, disrespectful anddon’t deserve to be called Europeans.”That sounds like an outcry from an o | |
| |  Swedish report by Euro Reporter
Sweden to recognize Armenian genocideThough the motion to recognize the genocide of Armenians and other ethnic groups - Chaldeans, Syrians, Assyrians and Pontian Greeks - had the backing of members of five of the seven Swedish | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1006 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Ashton's EU diplomacy by Thanos Kalamidas
The new EU foreign policy chief, Baroness Catherine Ashton speaking about her plans about the future of the European Union diplomacy in the European Parliament said emphatically that to build a robust new diplomatic service is once in a generation | |
| |  A Closer Look at The Da Vinci Code by Jack Wellman
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code movie was on televi | |
| |  Austrian report by Euro Reporter
Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann: “Mongolia is important partner”Austria’s Chancellor Werner Faymann declared that Mongolia is an important partner in Asia. The reason for such a statement was the visit of M | |
| |  The Luddites by The Ovi Team
March 11th 1811, the Luddites destroy the machines of textile factories in Nottingham feeling that the machines were replacing them letting them without jobs. The Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the nineteenth centur | |
| |  US Congressional Panel's Decision Against Turkey Shows Blatant Hypocrisy by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Last Thursday a U.S. congressional panel approved a resolution declaring, what it called, the Ottoman-era killing of Armenians genocide. The U.S. foreign affairs committee endorsed the resolution with a 23-22 vote even though the Obama administ | |
| |  Goldstone Report : The Impact of International Fact-Finding by Rene Wadlow
Accountability for breaches of international humanitarian law and for human rights violations, as well as respect for human rights, are not obstacles to peace, but rather the preconditions on which trust and, ultimately, a durable peace can be built. | |
| |  Happiness in grounded cows by David Barger
I woke up minutes beforeThe alarm soundedWith its overkill buzzing,And I smiledThinking to myselfToday is going to beA great day.I paraded out To the kitchenFeeling like a powerhouseOf a well tun | |
| |  Show Bizz 1007 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Invisible People - My Journey with a Homeless Man by Jack Wellman
The darkness was pierced only by a tiny ray of light, through dense, dark blue clouds of smoke. The haze stung my nose. The acrid smoke caused tears to run down my face. I was peering into a thick, dark cloud of smoke. I say the tiny light shin | |
| |  Religious or ethnic the Nigerian murder by Thanos Kalamidas
The headline is very clear as clear is the blood in the streets of the city Jos in the Nigerian south. More than 200 dead after a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked the Christian community. The police is reporting that this is not the final nu | |
| |  Archbishop Makarios by The Ovi Team
9th March, 1956; in a hope to ease tensions in Cyprus British authorities have ordered the deportation of the Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios. Instead of easing tensions in Cyprus more violence broke out on the Island and Britain w | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1007 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Robbers & Natural Disasters by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Natural disasters are always difficult times for the victims to go through. For most people, they are traumatic experiences. In an earthquake of the large seismic magnitude that recently hit Haiti (January 12) and Chile (February 27) there is very | |
| |  International Women's Day by The Ovi Team
International Women's Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, | |
| |  The abortionist by Abigail George
There is life here even now; tiny, brave, fighting, determined for survivalEven when the baby is just a width of a thread, every fine movementOf brain, fingers, eyes, toes; placenta is connected via a telepathic linkThere are sh | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1002 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  But seriously ...Finnish by Thanos Kalamidas
History is not written with ‘ifs’ and especially politics. However living in Finland and having often to deal with the less corrupted country on earth and the way Finns look at the rest of us from our corrupted world I’m someh | |
| |  How ...bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
Nose scanning techniques could sniff out criminalsWe alr | |
| |  The Absolute Impossibility of Disproving God's Existence by Jack Wellman
I have heard before the statement that there are no absolutes. First of all, the relativist is declaring there are absolutely no absolutes. That is an absolute statement. The statement is logically contradictory. If the statement is true, there is | |
| |  Aspirin Patent by The Ovi Team
6th March, 1899; The Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin, the brand name for (acetylsalicylic acid which was originally made from a chemical found in the bark of willow trees) on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer | |
| |  The iron curtain ...speech by The Ovi Team
5th March, 1946; Winston Churchill delivers one of the first speeches condemning what he thought was a Soviet Union bent on the expansion of communism in Europe and around the world, during the speech he coined the phrase "The Iron Curtain | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1005 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Sceptic in Euro-sceptism by Thanos Kalamidas
An odd provocation this week in the European Parliament from Nigel Farage, the leader of the UKIP group – the Euro-sceptics – is the reasons for some thoughts about the way the Members of the European Parliament work and are elected. | |
| |  Michael Foot by The Ovi Team
Michael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labou | |
| |  Latvian report by Euro Reporter
Political parties consolidate ahead of electionsLatvia's numerous political parties have begun to band together ahead of elections later this year. Support for major Latvian parties has fallen off drastically over the past | |
| |  Hindenburg First Official Flight by The Ovi Team
4th March, 1936; The Hindenburg makes its First Official Flight in Germany. The Hindenburg built by the Zeppelin Company was 804 ft long filled with highly inflammable hydrogen to provide the lift and four 1,200 hp Daimler-Benz diesel engines g | |
| |  Cinema's Calorie Cuisine by Asa Butcher
"Last time I went to the movies I was thrown out for bringing my own food. My argument was that the concession stand prices are outrageous. Besides, I haven't had a Bar-B-Que in a long time."- Steven Wright | |
| |  Minnie the Moocher by The Ovi Team
3rd March, 1931; Cab Calloway makes music history when he records “Minnie the | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Obama Invites PapandreouThe financial crisis and the way Greece is tackling its debt, the US-Greece bilateral relations, the Greco-Turkish relations, Cyprus, the issue of the FYROM name along with energy issues and the situati | |
| |  Oh Sigh, Don't Cry, So Long, Senator Bayh! by Leah Sellers
Senator Bayh (and other politicians like you) - who got to you, Sir? Who bought you out? Who promised not to tell your deepest, darkest secrets - to launder them - sanitize them in the fuming and toxic Acid of Public Opinion and Scrutiny? Who told | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1005 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  March 2010 Choices by The Ovi Team
Our choices for March 2010's blog, site and photo of the month:Blog of the month: Bicycle Design Bicycle Design is the place for thoughts and discussion | |
| |  The Lindbergh baby by The Ovi Team
1st March, 1932; The Lindbergh baby is kidnapped when stolen from his crib at the family estate in Hopewell, New Jersey. | |
| |  Caption of the month by The Ovi Team
The caption of the month hasn't got always to be ...funny; however, it is simple. Look at this photo and write a caption/speech bubble/thought bubble or anything else that captures your imagination. | |
| |  Life Undercover 1006 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Dark Night of the Soul - Dealing With Depression by Jack Wellman
What are the signs and symptoms of Clinical Depression? What creates depression and how can it be treated? * A pen or pencil and paper* A column for symptoms on the paper* A column for causes for depression | |
| |  Czech report by Euro Reporter
Svejnar dismisses info about his running in Czech polls for CSSDRenowned Czech-U.S. liberal economist Jan Svejnar has indirectly dismissed the media information that he might run in the May polls as a regional election leader | |
| |  Rohingya refugees should not be treated with hostile attitude by Rohingya Human Rights
The Rohingya, ethnic minority of Arakan, Burma have been languishing in their ancestral Land, Arakan and in exile for decades since the military took power in 1962. They are being treated as foreigners. The history has shown their e | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1005 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The dark side of the Turkish army by Thanos Kalamidas
The latest economic problems of the European Union’s Mediterranean members have overwhelmed us so much so we have nearly missed what is going on with a Mediterranean candidate country and what is going on with Turkey this moment might not fo | |
| |  Romanian report by Euro Reporter
Gazprom did not invite Transgaz officially to join South Stream There hasn't been any official invitation from Russian company Gazprom to Romanuan Company Transgaz for the latter to take part in South Stream, Gazprom Expor | |
| |  John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. by The Ovi Team
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. He was of German and Irish descent. Johann Adolf Großsteinbeck, Steinbeck's paternal grandfather, had shortened the family name to Steinbeck when he immigrat | |
| |  The Cycle of Internal Combustion and Terrorism by Leah Sellers
Every Living creature has the Energetic capacity to Internally Combust. Apply the right (or adverse) amount of pressure to any creature - any thing, and it can or will fracture, splinter, implode (and possibly explode) into a peri | |
| |  Show Bizz 1006 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more ShowBizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  How ...bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Elephant 'secret language' cluesResearchers at S | |
| |  Cassius Clay Becomes Champion by The Ovi Team
25th February, 1964; Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston when Liston retired at the en | |
| |  German report by Euro Reporter
Bishop resigns over driving drunkThe head of the Lutheran Church in Germany, Margot Kaessmann, announced her resignation at a press conference after being pulled over for drunken driving days before. "One of my advisers s | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1006 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Euro-tragedy by Thanos Kalamidas
And the talk about the Greek economy continues but it seems that nobody cares to listen the Greek prime minister or the Greek citizens, something that makes you wander what really is going on with the Euro and the European economy in general. | |
| |  The Battle of Los Angeles by The Ovi Team
24th February, 1942; Los Angeles sightings on this day called by the contemporary press "Battle of Los Angeles", a Plane / Blimp / Weather Balloon / UFO is fired on with a massive anti-aircraft artillery barrage but is not hit, Air raid | |
| |  Easy Walker by Patrick McWade
For more 'Then Again', HERE! For more Ovi magazine, HERE! | |
| |  Donating Blood For Your Own Good by Jack Wellman
There are more reasons for donating blood than just getting a good feeling. Not only does it help cancer patients with blood transfusions for their battle with leukemia, it also lowers the risk of many common health problems and chronic conditions | |
| |  The Bulgarian missiles by Thanos Kalamidas
It is only days when I was talking about a cold war déjà vu and here is Russia asking Bulgaria to explain its plans to deploy US air defence missiles on her soil targeting – always according to Moscow – Russia. According to S | |
| |  Gutenberg prints the first Bible by The Ovi Team
23rd February, 1455; Johannes Gutenberg prints the first book. Johannes | |
| |  Dolly Lama by Patrick McWade
For more Nuttley, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  World Day of Social Justice: A Sense of Direction by Rene Wadlow
On a proposal of the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstzan, the United Nations General Assembly has set 20 February as the World Day of Social Justice. It was observed for the first time in 2009, but is not widely known. As with other UN-designated | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
Politicians pounce on halal burger rowA move by a French fast-food chain to offer halal menus at a handful of restaurants has some politicians fuming, in the latest row over France's increasingly visible Muslim minority. | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1006 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  My name is Ni-Shaat by David Sparenberg
Performance work based on the play Eloise | |
| |  Reflections on Wole Soyinka and the Cesspit of Free Speech by Dr. Gerry Coulter
It is not every month that a Nobel laureate in literature comes out against freedom of speech so perhaps we should give Wole Soyinka his due. In an interview with Tunku Varadarajan at the Jaipur Literature Festival last month, Soyinka said | |
| |  The Peace symbol by The Ovi Team
The internationally recognized symbol for peace was originally designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement. It was designed and completed on 21 February 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist in Britain for the 4 April | |
| |  Life Undercover 1005 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Separation of Church From State by Jack Wellman
Where do you find the Separation of Church and State? In the U.S. Constitution? In the Articles? In the Amendments? How about in the Declaration of Independence? You will not find it in any legal document in the Unites States. This phrase, penned | |
| |  World Day of Social Justice by The Ovi Team
At its sixty-second session, in November 2007, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 20 February as World Day of Social Justice. The day is to be observed for the first time in 2009. Member states were invited | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1004 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Israeli Factor in the Failed Middle East Diplomacy - Part 2 by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Fourteen years ago in May of 1996, a month after the Qana massacre, journalist Ari Shavit of Ha’aretz wrote, “We killed 170 people in Lebanon, most of whom were refugees, during the month of April, 1996. Many of them were women, old | |
| |  Hungarian report by Euro Reporter
Head of Military University in Budapest ArrestedPolice detained the head of the National Defence University on Tuesday, on suspicion of abuse of office, following a months-long investigation. There was a scuffle as Szabó | |
| |  US Marines land on Iwo Jima by The Ovi Team
19th February, 1945; United States Marines landed on the tiny island of Iwo Jima where they were met with heavy resistance from the Japanese. | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1004 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Irish report by Euro Reporter
Government wins motion of confidence in Minister O'DeaThe Government has this evening won a motion of confidence in Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea by 80 votes in favour and 69 against. The decision to hold the mot | |
| |  Mossad's holidays in Dubai by Thanos Kalamidas
And since there wasn’t enough going on around now we found out that if you have a British passport you might as well be double careful because you might wake up one morning and find out that despite the fact you were all weekend ill in bed s | |
| |  White Rose movement by The Ovi Team
18th February, 1943; a small group of anti Nazi students known as the White Rose mov | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1005 by Thanos Kalamidas
for more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Promoting Sexuality for Ten Year Olds: Planned Parenthood Goes To Far by Jack Wellman
Planned Parenthood has sunk to a new low, if this is possible. The Examiner [1] reports that through their affiliate, the International Planned Parenthood Federation [2], they are now advocating and proposing to have contraceptive sex education | |
| |  Madame Butterfly by The Ovi Team
17th February, 1911; Puccini's opera 'Madame Butterfly' which tells the story of an American sailor, B.F. Pinkerton, who marries and abandons a young Japanese geisha, Cio-Cio-San, or Madame Butterfly has its world premiere at La Sca | |
| |  Show Bizz 1005 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Israeli Factor in the Failed Middle East Diplomacy - Part 1 by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Last week, seemingly frustrated with the stalemate around Iran’s proposal for a simultaneous swap of its stockpile for imported enriched fuel rods, President Ahmadinejad announced that his government would produce its own higher-enriched | |
| |  Burma's Tin Oo is free by Thanos Kalamidas
Perhaps a step of desperation after the united exclaim from the international community; perhaps a tactical move before the next inhuman strike, perhaps just an accident but Burma’s dictatorial regime let free the vice-chairman of Aung San S | |
| |  King Tutankhamen by The Ovi Team
16th February, 1923 : The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen recently unearthe | |
| |  Baker's wife Valentine! by Patrick McWade
For more "Then again" HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  International Childhood Cancer Day by Thanos Kalamidas
I think one of the most horrible things in visiting a hospital for cancer treatments is not what is going on with you and your body but the faces of the kids you meet and that strange reaction, plead that comes instinctively; if it is to take some | |
| |  Cyprus report by Euro Reporter
Christofias – Anastasiades – letters – talksPresident of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has said that Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat had asked for the direct talks to be interrupted a | |
| |  The forced suicide of Socrates by The Ovi Team
On 15th of February, 399 BC the philosopher Socrates stood before a jur | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1005 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Mari Hokkanen's photography by The Ovi Team
Ovi magazine is proud to present the work of Mari Hokkanen and invite you to visit her extraordinary exhibition in Motellet, Annankatu 10, from February 4th until March 3rd. And the best way to introduce an artistic work is to let the artist ta | |
| |  How ...Bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Airport Valentine code for secret proposalsAir passenger | |
| |  The Great Plague and the burning of the Jews by The Ovi Team
14th February, 1349; the Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry St. Valentine's Day. In the year 134 | |
| |  Curling with Ahmadinejad by Thanos Kalamidas
The winter Olympics in Vancouver opened carrying the message of international peace and unity while in Haiti they still count dead and Iran’s dictators celebrate thirty years since state terrorism was connected for the first time with Islam; | |
| |  Italian report by Euro Reporter
Public employees to don nametagsState employees who work with the public will begin wearing name tags next Monday in the latest stage of a government campaign against civil servant slacking and rudeness. The policy is intended | |
| |  Dead Sea Scrolls by The Ovi Team
13th February, 1955; Israel has bought four Dead Sea scrolls written at various times between the middle of the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD. From the Syrians for $250,000. The scrolls together with many others discovered in 11 caves in a | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1004 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Forever Young - Frozen In Time by Jack Wellman
There is a company that is making lots of money freezing people in the hopes of resurrecting them someday to find a cure for what killed them. As incredible as this sounds, people are being frozen today for a hoped-for future cure. The Alcor Life | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
PM talks tough but EU may offer helpPM George Papandreou committed his government to taking any measures necessary to fix Greece’s public finances, after being buoyed by the support he received from French President Nico | |
| |  Life Undercover 1004 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Vatican City by The Ovi Team
11th February, 1929; The Lateran Treaty is signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City. The agreements included a political treaty which created the state of the Vatican City and guaranteed full and independent | |
| |  Torturing international laws by Thanos Kalamidas
The British foreign secretary has lost an Appeal Court bid to stop the disclosure of secret information relating to the torture of a UK resident; actually they were forced to release paragraphs of a document that described his time in detention in | |
| |  Latvian report by Euro Reporter
Government addresses medium-term development plansThe government on Feb. 9 agreed on the measures that would be carried out in order to ensure the fiscal consolidation of the state budget over the next two years, reports news | |
| |  Show Bizz 1004 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Shopping with Euro in UK by Thanos Kalamidas
One of the places I visited these last few weeks I was away it was London and the first thing that impressed me after nearly eight years I hadn’t been in the capital of the United Kingdom was …how cheap everything is. A few hours later | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
PM hands 'national identity' debate over to committeePrime Minister François Fillon (left) said an "experts committee" would take over the debate on French national identity, bringing an end to months of | |
| |  The Times They Are A Changing by The Ovi Team
10th February, 1964; Bob Dylan releases "The Times They Are a-Changin" his 3rd album, by Columbia Records. The album is seen as a protest album featuring songs about issues such as racism, poverty, and social change. The title track was | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1004 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  But seriously a bit ...personal by Thanos Kalamidas
The last three weeks I have been travelling abroad for personal reasons and I have to admit that I tried to keep away from the news. I decided to distance my self from contemporary miseries, wars and natural disasters. Not that things like that do | |
| |  Polish report by Euro Reporter
Cimoszewicz – dead cert for president?If Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz decides to run for presidency, he will have high chances to win, even if Civic Platform chooses Bronislaw Komorowski as its candidate, shows a survey by th | |
| |  Volleyball by The Ovi Team
On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G Morgan, a YMCA physical educ | |
| |  Danish report by Euro Reporter
Giacometti sculpture ‘L'Homme Qui Marche’As of this week the value of the art at Louisiana Museum soared hundreds of millions of kroner. Specifically, the museum’s Alberto Giacometti sculpture ‘L | |
| |  Number 5000 by Asa Butcher
Once again, here we are at another Ovi milestone, although the celebration is four months late! I don't why the posting of article number 5,000 passed me by but these mistakes happen and I offer my grovelling apologies to anybody that has b | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1003 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  When Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor by The Ovi Team
30th January, 1933; Adolf Hitler the leader of the National Socialist German | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1003 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 107 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil Burlington's Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  International Holocaust Remembrance Day by Thanos Kalamidas
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which occurs on January 27, is the first universal commemoration in memory of the victims of The Holocaust. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005 | |
| |  Life Undercover 1003 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The "Civil Disobedience" essay by The Ovi Team
26th January, 1848; The American author Henry David Thoreau presents th | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1003 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Al Capone by The Ovi Team
25th January, 1947; Al Capone dies of pneumonia and heart failure after fearing all his l | |
| |  Show Bizz 1003 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Hagia Sophia by The Ovi Team
January 24th 1935 the first Turkish President and founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, transformed the building into a museum. The carpets were removed and the marble floor decorations appeared for the first time in centu | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 106 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil Burlington's Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Insulin, first use by The Ovi Team
23rd January, 1922: The first injection of Insulin (called isletin originally) on Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old diabetic who lay dying at the Toronto General Hospital on 11th January 1922 caused a severe allergic reaction. For the next 12 days t | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1003 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Queen Victoria passing away by The Ovi Team
22nd January, 1901: Queen Victoria passed away in the Osborne House on | |
| |  2nd Opinion 103 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 105 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil Burlington Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Prohibition in USA by The Ovi Team
20th January, 1920: Prohibition takes effect stopping the sale and consumption of a | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1002 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Scrabble by The Ovi Team
19th January, 1973: a new strange game appears in the windows of the shops, the game is a combination of letters and number and the name of it was scrabble! | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1002 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A Brief Survey of the Traditional Judeo-Christian View of Marriage by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  Robert Falcon Scott by The Ovi Team
18th January, 1912: British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrives at the South Pole only to find that Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, had preceded them by just over a month. | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 104 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil Burlington Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The day television changed the war by Thanos Kalamidas
When the invasion to Kuwait started I was in Dubai and for hours I was watching Peter Arnett from CNN in the lobby of a hotel when the telephones stopped ringing. It is amazing when major events like a huge invasion happen, it seems that everythin | |
| |  Desert Storm by The Ovi Team
17th January, 1991: Operation Desert Storm begins when aircraft from British, | |
| |  Life Undercover 1002 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Minnesota Ethiopians Rally to Free an 'Icon of Democracy" by Doug McGill
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| |  But ...seriously! by Thanos Kalamidas
Pictures and videos coming from Tahiti are turning into screams of despair and the number of dead is constantly increasing making more obvious how defendless humans are in front the power of the nature. The dream holiday destination has transforme | |
| |  The end of the Shah's ruling by The Ovi Team
16th January, 1979: The Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the leader of Iran since 1941, is forced to flee the country when his army mutiny and violent demonstrations in the streets against his rule. | |
| |  Lift Spirits 1002 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  When Christians Wield Swords Against Christians by Jack Wellman
I remember as a young boy having “sword” fights with other boys. We were lucky we didn’t put our eyes out. What a swashbuckling young pirate I thought of myself. Defending my treasure against other sea pirates. I was courageou | |
| |  Maltese report by Euro Reporter
A woman with a knifeA young woman brandishing a knife entered DVD rentals shop demanding cash this afternoon but then apparently got frightened and ran out. The incident happened shortly before 6 p.m. at Naxxar.The | |
| |  The Witch of Buchenwald by The Ovi Team
15th January, 1951; Ilse Koch ( Witch of Buchenwald ) was tried for crimes against humanity at | |
| |  Mother must be Proud, Award by Patrick McWade
For more Then Again, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Blackwater's Trigger-happy Criminals by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Blackwater, which now goes by the name Xe, is again all over the news. Two of its guys were among those killed on December 30 in the suicide attack at the CIA station at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan. According to Jeremy Sca | |
| |  Slovakian report by Euro Reporter
Freight transporters protest against problems in new road tolling systemThe Slovak lorry drivers continue their protesting action against problems accompanying the introduction of the new electronic road-tolling system. In eff | |
| |  Executive Order 9066 by The Ovi Team
14th January, 1942: A reluctant but resigned Roosevelt signed the War Department’s blanket Executive Order 9066, which authorized the physical removal of all Japanese Americans into internment camps. | |
| |  Show Bizz 1002 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Gay Marriage Approved in Portugal by Alexandra Pereira
Two years after I was born, in 1982, homosexuality was still consider | |
| |  How ...Bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Neanderthal 'make-up' containers discovered Scien | |
| |  Emile Zola and the Dreyfus affair by The Ovi Team
Émile Zola risked his career and even his life on 13 January 1898, when his | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 103 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil Burlington cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Hungarian report by Euro Reporter
Hungary C.Bank Can Cut Rates Further, Elections May Cause A Pause“Hungary's central bank (NBH) remains firmly in easing mode but the pace of rate cuts is likely to be slower and the bank may even take a pause in its | |
| |  Led Zeppelin, the beginning by Thanos Kalamidas
And what a beginning! On January 12, 1969 a Zeppelin shown us “the only way to fly” as it was advertised despite the fact that the cover of the record features a black-and-white image of the burning Hindenburg airship. | |
| |  Ruth Snyder by The Ovi Team
12th January, 1928: Ruth Snyder becomes the first woman to be executed in the eclec | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1002 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A Clearsighted Vision of Hope in a Cynical Nihilistic World by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  Danish report by Euro Reporter
City lunch plan under fire Kindergarten food program draws criticism less than one week after its commencement in Copenhagen. Meals provided to Copenhagen’s kindergarten and nursery school kids in accordance with the cit | |
| |  Nikos Kavvadias by The Ovi Team
Nikos Kavvadias born in January 11, 1910 and he was a poet and writer; currently | |
| |  2nd Opinion 102 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  About Goliaths by Thanos Kalamidas
It is really long time ago when somebody very close to me happened to be in the centre of London when a bomb exploded. Until then this strange feeling of David fighting Goliath had somehow blinded any other sense and logic and somewhere inside I c | |
| |  Ovi magazine's bookshelves by The Ovi Team
We don’t talk very often about Ovi’s bookshelf , but is there waiting for you to download the books for free and enjoy a variety of themes and subjects for every age and interest. One o | |
| |  Gabrielle Choco Chanel by The Ovi Team
10th January 1971; on this day Gabrielle “Choco” Chanel, one of the most famous fas | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 102 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil Burlington's Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Cluster Headaches - What Are They, What is Their Remedy? by Jack Wellman
Cluster headaches have been termed “suicide headaches” because they hurt so badly that the person wants relief so badly that they even consider suicide. I have had experience with them myself and they are aptly named but I don | |
| |  Czech news by Euro Reporter
Hussite Church celebrating 90 years of existenceThe Czechoslovak Hussite Church served a mass at Saint Nicholas Church at Prague's Old Town Square to celebrate the 90th anniversary of its foundation. The mass was ser | |
| |  The "Star of the West" incident by The Ovi Team
9th January 1861, the "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".The Star of the West was a civ | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 1001 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Cyprus report by Euro Reporter
Jobless toll slowed Unemployment in December 2009, dropped 2.8 per cent, compared to November but for 2009 overall, the jobless rate jumped 51.7 per cent over 2008, the Statistical Service announced yesterday. The average numb | |
| |  African National Congress by The Ovi Team
8th January 1912: Members founded the organization as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) that played a critical role for the end of the Apartheid in South Africa. The African National Congress (ANC) has been So | |
| |  SnakeBoots 1001 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Rhapsody in Blue by Thanos Kalamidas
A very dear family friend who found rest in early 80s and he was one of the Auschwitz survivals was often whistling unconsciously a classic music piece that will bring in my memories his sad eyes for as long I live. The man was led to Auschwitz | |
| |  Life Undercover 1001 by Thanos K & Asa B
For moreLife Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Bono's new black uniform by Thanos Kalamidas
Guess what, the hint that the Chinese government’s efforts to control internet and what the Chinese people can access in the internet is something …acceptable and probably correct doesn’t belong to the national front leadership b | |
| |  Estonian report by Euro Reporter
10 biggest failures1. Freedom War Monument: The fiasco that surrounded the building of such a worthy monument was hugely embarrassing for Estonia. Everything started when bureaucrats decided to ignore the opin | |
| |  World day for War orphans by The Ovi Team
Usually we say that one picture says more than a thousand words. Unfortunately when it comes to war orphans there are thousands of pictures and all of them leave us …speechless!! | |
| |  Sudan's Fragile Peace by Cat Ellis
The New Year signals new hope for the Sudanese people; a hope however that remains enshrouded in fragility. As elections draw nearer, so to does the 2011 referendum, which will see the south choose whether to break away from the Islamic north. The | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
Camus stirs debate 50 years after his death50 years ago yesterday (January 4, 1960), Albert Camus died aged 47 in a car accident, cutting short the life of the iconic French writer, philosopher and journalist whose legacy live | |
| |  Kamikaze Pilots by The Ovi Team
5th January, 1945; With Japan losing the war and most of the well trained pilots gone a new breed of pilots was born called kamikaze or Suicide Bombers these needed little training and could do great damage taking planes full of explosives and cra | |
| |  Old Acquaintance by Patrick McWade
For more "Then Again" HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  But ...seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
For my personal column with the weird and serious of this world, nothing else or even better could start the new decade than the Cesar himself. Apparently I just remembered something I heard ones in a play, there is no need for a script in modern | |
| |  Three Types Of Parents by Jack Wellman
There are ways to effectively coach your children in life. This includes coaching them at home, school and of last importance, in sports. Words of encouragement go a long ways toward making them more effective in these areas of life. There are pri | |
| |  Fabian Society by The Ovi Team
Getting closer to the election day in UK and the critical moment for the Labour Party it’s time to remember the Fabian Society since it was found on the 4th of January 1884 and the foundations of the Labour Party and you just don’t kno | |
| |  Show Bizz 1001 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A permanent solution to Rohingya issue before repatriation is most crucial by Rohingya Human Rights
Under different periods of history, Arakan had been an independent and sovereign monarchy ruled by Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims. According to A. P Phayer and G.E. Harvey, the Arakanese kings established alternately capitals in eight different | |
| |  Let us talk about hangover by Thanos Kalamidas
There are many serious things going on now all around the world, naturally most of them depressing; but there is one thing that caught my eye mainly because it was nearly in most of the news sites, blogs and journals. There was a variety of header | |
| |  Leonardo's flying machines by The Ovi Team
3rd of January 1496, Leonardo da Vinci tried for the first time unsuccessfully unfortunately to fly with one of the flying machines that had become his passion for long time. So that makes a great chance to remember the unbelievable creations o | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 101 by Neil Burlington
for more Neil Burlington's Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Year of Controversies and Next Decade of Change by Saberi Roy
Looking back at 2009, it has been an eventful and controversial year with Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, Fake trials in Iran and Burma. Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue”, EU Parliament Elections 2009, the UN summit on Climate Change, | |
| |  Caption of the month by The Ovi Team
It is simple. Look at this photo of ... and write a caption/speech bubble/thought bubble or anything else that captures your imagination. | |
| |  Retaking Granada by The Ovi Team
January 2nd 1492 marks the end of the Arab occupation in Spain and the return of Granada to the Spanish royal family. In the 8th century, nearly all of the Iberian Peninsula was conquered (711–718) by Muslim armies (see | |
| |  Dino & Anty 1001 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Listen for this New Year by Thanos Kalamidas
Usually every first of January, New Year’s Day we all start with wishes. Peace on earth, that’s basic, very ecumenical, very …wishful! The end of poverty! That’s a good wish but we used it the last …lets see | |
| |  World Peace Day, The Environment, and Pope Benedict XVI by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  January 2010 Choices by The Ovi Team
For the first month of 2010 our choices for blog, site and photo of the month, are:Site of the month: Bizarre magazine Bizarre Magazin | |
| |  2nd Opinion 1001 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  And the award goes to... by Thanos Kalamidas
Fine, this has taken too long! The years before we had a plan but a comment last year has ruined this plan. Usually we see who or what influenced our lives more than anything the year that ends and we write the reasoning naming the persona or the | |
| |  Remember 2009 - Part II by The Ovi Team
Sometimes it is good to remember what happened through the year that just ends and this is what we are going to do; we started yesterday with the first six months of 2009 and here the last six. July 2009 | |
| |  2010 Horoscope forecast by Sidharth Kanjilal
AriesJanuary 2010 starts with many planets influencing your career. Your financial goals will start to get fulfilled. In February, your social schedule will be very busy, and when it comes to romance, you need to put more t | |
| |  Life Undercover 926 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Remember 2009 - Part I by The Ovi Team
Sometimes it is good to remember what happened through the year that just ends and this is what we are going to do in two days with the first six months todayJanuary 2009January 1 – Austria, Japan, | |
| |  Italian report by Euro Reporter
Berlusconi Forgives TartagliaSilvio Berlusconi has forgiven Massimo Tartaglia, the man who attacked him a week ago in Milan. However, Mr Berlusconi also said that when trying his assailant, magistrates should not send out t | |
| |  Theatre Fire in Chicago by The Ovi Team
December 30th, 1903; The Iroquois Theatre Fire in Chicago, Illinois, claims 602 lives, the theatre had only been open for just over a month. This is still the worst single-building fire in U.S. history for the number of lives lost. | |
| |  Dino & Anty 932 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  Iranian fires by Thanos Kalamidas
Iran is on fire and I don’t think anybody was surprised. The clashes are centred in Teheran but it won’t take long until the fire expands to all Iran; with big fires it happens especially when the ground is ready for it, a lot of dry w | |
| |  Joint statement on 2010 Election Boycott by Rohingya Human Rights
We, undersigned organizations and communities for democracy, human rights, peace, justice and tranquility in Burma reaffirm that emergence of immediate and genuine reconciliation among all ethno-religious and political groups before the 2010 elect | |
| |  This day and a century in history by The Ovi Team
1904 Ireland Battle of the Boyne The area of Ireland where the battle of the Boyne had been fought was up for sale to whoever had the cash. It lay on the east coast of Ireland three miles from Drogheda. The battle was fought on July | |
| |  2nd Opinion 921 by Thanos K & Asa B
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| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Budget set for green lightGreece’s 2010 budget, which is aimed to start chipping away the country’s soaring deficit, was due to be passed through Parliament last night following further arguments between PASOK and | |
| |  Endangered Species Act of 1973 by The Ovi Team
Surprisingly it was President Nixon who signed the "Endangered Species Act" to protect species and also "the ecosystems upon which they depend at December 28th, 1973." It encompasses plants and invertebrates as well as vertebra | |
| |  Lift Spirits 931 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  How Bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Scoffing dinner on gun pointA dozy robber was nicked whi | |
| |  German report by Euro Reporter
German environment minister blames China, US for climate stalemateGerman Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen told the news magazine Der Spiegel that the Chinese were not concerned about climate protection but instead about h | |
| |  Rwanda Blood Bath by The Ovi Team
December 27th, 1994; When Rwanda’s president was killed in a plane crash the country was plunged into a blood bath and genocide. The Hutu majority slaughtered the Tutsis and a half a million people lay dead. A missionary exclaimed, | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 921 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  The mobility that changed our lives by Thanos Kalamidas
In the next few days we are going to decide for the persona or the event of the year and thinking that an article on the news agency ABC caught my eye, 50 things that changed our lives this decade and straight away I thought …one! Mobile tel | |
| |  Tsunami by The Ovi Team
After the sad result of the UN summit for the environment is good to remember what happened 5 years ago on the December 26th , 2004, when earth continuing warning us that there is something wrong with a tsunami caused by an earthquake under the | |
| |  Euro-report by Euro Reporter
Vatican’s protectionThe Vatican says it plans to review its protection procedures in light of the recent breach during this year’s Christmas Eve Mass. The outer security cordon surrounding the Pontiff is alre | |
| |  SnakeBoots 913 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  Christmas thoughts by Thanos Kalamidas
It feels strange that it came to me to write a few words for Christmas day. I never felt shy for my believes and I find it easier to believe that there is intelligent life in Mars, UFOs in my backyard and trolls in the Finnish forests than believi | |
| |  Christmas in some ...Europe by Euro Reporter
Christmas in Italy: The Christmas season in Italy goes for three weeks, starting 8 days before Christmas known as the Novena. During this period, children go from house to house reciting Christmas poems and singing. In some parts shepherd | |
| |  ShowBizz 920 by Thanos K & Asa B
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| |  Cameron's Pandora's Box by Thanos Kalamidas
Usually when I want t write something about a book or a film I leave a few days to go by, it’s like the good wine you let the wine to get some air before start drinking it. And I did the same with the film “Avatar” I watched last | |
| |  The story of ... silent night by The Ovi Team
180 years ago the carol "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht" was heard for the first time in a village church in Oberndorf, Austria. The congregation at that Midnight Mass in St. Nicholas Church listened as the voices of the assistant pastor, F | |
| |  GoodWill by Patrick McWade
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| |  A rightful candidacy by Thanos Kalamidas
And at last it came Serbia’s turn to apply for an EU membership. It seems that this was the last act of the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as EU president to accept Serbia’s application from President Boris Tadic. The timing | |
| |  The transistor radio by The Ovi Team
December 23rd, 1947; Bell Labs demonstrates the worlds first Transistor Radio, Bell had also created the first transistor just a few months earlier. Many companies have claimed and are attributed as the worlds first including Texas Instruments, | |
| |  Dino & Anty 931 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  The Christmas tree by The Ovi Team
Thousands or years ago, there were people who believed that evergreen trees were magical. Even in winter, when all the other trees and greenery were brown and bare, the evergreen stayed strong and green. People saw the evergreen as a symbol of lif | |
| |  Santa-Frog by Patrick McWade
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| |  Perhaps I'm ...environmentaly wrong by Thanos Kalamidas
It took them fifteen days and I have no idea how many hundreds or thousands participants, advisors, kings, presidents, prime ministers, ministers and I’m not sure what else to realize that in the year 2009 everything about the environment | |
| |  2nd Opinion 920 by Thanos K & Asa B
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| |  Gimme 5! by Asa Butcher
Here we are again celebrating the passing of yet another year in the life of Ovi Magazine; five to be exact. As always, there is only one question | |
| |  The fifth ...elementary year by Thanos Kalamidas
I feel that if I say that today Ovi magazine celebrates five years of accomplishments it will be a cliché and the same time is so true. Accomplishments that go far beyond an online publication, accomplishments far beyond the connectivity | |
| |  Copenhagen report XII by Euro Reporter
Copenhagen refuses to formally approve Obama accord After President Obama announced a break-through accord on Friday, all-night talks were held at the climate conference in Copenhagen about recognizing a political compromise t | |
| |  Getting Rich By Giving Away - Would Jesus Drive A Mercedes Benz? by Jack Wellman
When you hear from TV or radio evangelists in their health and wealth gospel, to just send in your donation and you‘ll reap a financial harvest, they are not getting this from the Bible. Some of these evangelists say that money is talked mor | |
| |  At Last, the Minnesota Oromo Share Their Secret by Doug McGill
Who knows the Minnesota Oromo? Who knows their dark secret? | |
| |  International Migrants Day by Rene Wadlow
The International Migrants Day comes just as the Copenhagen Conference on Climate draws to a close. The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day to mark the date in 1990 when the Assembly adopted the In | |
| |  Copenhagen report X by Euro Reporter
Can Hillary Clinton Stave Off Collapse at Copenhagen?With the clock winding down and the hosts of the Copenhagen climate conference reportedly abandoning hope of a deal, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced | |
| |  A Crusade or Nothing: Brown and the Banks by Binoy Kampmark
It is seen as punitive, a populist reaction. There is little doubt that some people in the City end of London will think so. But Gordon Brown’s government is intent on winning votes by ‘supertaxing’ banks, exercising | |
| |  Copenhagen report IX by Euro Reporter
Angry protestsHundreds of demonstrators were arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Copenhagen climate conference, while protesting against "exclusionary tactics” which kept most of the NGO members outside the confe | |
| |  Words in Writings by David Barger
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| |  PersOnality DisOrders 920 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  The Horn of Africa is Dying. Who Cares? by Doug McGill
For all its vivid detail, the picture painted by one after another speaker was almost too abstract and too distant – not to mention too evil -- to fully take in. | |
| |  Copenhagen report VIII by Euro Reporter
Rich countries responsible for slow Copenhagen talksChina said Tuesday that the rich countries should be responsible for the sluggish progress of the Copenhagen climate talks as they "move backward" on such issues | |
| |  The dance of Zalongo by The Ovi Team
The term Dance of Zalongo (Greek: Χορός του Ζαλόγγου Horós tou Zalóngou) refers to an event in Greek history, and to a popular dance song commemorating this event | |
| |  Unemployed questions by Jon Andrews
American unemployment is around 10 million, yet despite what we hear in the news, the economy is booming in some parts of America. But it may not be the American population who are benefiting from this rise from the financial meltdown of ove | |
| |  Obama's Nobel Speech by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
This year when the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to confer its much cherished Peace Prize on President Barack Husain Obama, many people were caught by surprise, including the president himself. After all, Obama has just become the president of | |
| |  Copenhagen report VII by Euro Reporter
Final talks begin in Copenhagen Climate conferenceMore than 90 ministers had met informally on December 13, on their day off from official negotiations between 190 nations, to try to break an impasse between rich and poor over | |
| |  Neil's Art by Neil Burlington
For more from Neil's Art, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  C.S. Lewis, Chesterton and Chaucer on the Forgotten Meaning of Christmas by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  When the poor send a message by Thanos Kalamidas
Of course Massimo Tartaglia has psychological problems and of course we are going to find out that the last twenty years the 42 years-old Italian has spent most of the time in psychiatric clinics. But I’m afraid the 42 years-old man with the | |
| |  Copenhagen report VI by Euro Reporter
40,000 activists march on Copenhagen for climate justiceWith only one week to go for the UN climate conference, thousands of demonstrators showed their concern for the environment yesterday (Saturday, December 12th) in the Dan | |
| |  SnakeBoots 912 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  Green Ink by David Sparenberg
Theodore Roszak’s THE VOICE OF THE EARTH is a big book. Big not only in actual volume, chapter to chapter, page by page, but big in scope and containing a largess, as in abundant wealth; for THE VOICE is rich in perspective and refl | |
| |  Copenhagen report V by Euro Reporter
Massive protestsTens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday to demand a strong global-climate pact, even as world leaders reiterated that the coming week’s talks will not lead to a bindi | |
| |  Nanking Massacre by The Ovi Team
December 13th, 1937; Japanese forces capture the city of Nanking and Japanese General Matsui Iwane orders the city of Nanking to be destroyed. Japanese troops launched a campaign of atrocities against civilians. Including the massacre of an estima | |
| |  Christmas Gift Guide by Patrick McWade
For more For the moment, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Copenhagen report IV by Euro Reporter
EU leaders make climate change funding pledgesBritain and France have announced that they will each contribute at least £1.5 billion to the climate change fund for 2010 to 2012 to help developing nations finance environme | |
| |  Wintry Pleasures by David Barger
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| |  Life Undercover 925 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Justifying war with a Peace Nobel Prize by Thanos Kalamidas
I have to admit that when I read the phrase “the US must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified,” I felt a bit numb and found difficult to accept in the same phrase the words ‘moral’ and | |
| |  Military Guy Gets Flower by Neil Burlington
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| |  Human Rights: The Emergence of the Person by Rene Wadlow
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| |  George Seferis' Nobel Prize by The Ovi Team
December 10th 1963, George Seferis awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for | |
| |  Copenhagen report II by Euro Reporter
Nations' fury over leaked climate textA leaked document known as the "Danish text" has driven an even deeper wedge between rich and poor countries embroiled in U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen. The document, subt | |
| |  Lift Spirits 930 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  Glasnost today by Thanos Kalamidas
Transparency was a new word and probably a new world that entered our lives sometime back in late 80s thanks to the last soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev and apparently the Russian word, glasnost it was the one that made us rea | |
| |  Copenhagen report by Euro Reporter
Last, best chance: UN climate conference opensThe largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance | |
| |  Show Bizz 919 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The last or the lost opportunity by Thanos Kalamidas
Lars Loekke Rasmussen, the Danish Prime Minister in his opening speech for the UN climate summit in Copenhagen as an opportunity the world cannot afford to miss. The bad news is that the world has missed the opportunity already in Kyoto; the worst | |
| |  Global warming made me do it by David Barger
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| |  Jean Sibelius by Thanos Kalamidas
Even though I keep my distance from the pompous Finlandia, Jean Sibelius has managed to grow in me and become one of my most favourite composers especially with his Tapiola. Actually my love to his music has becom | |
| |  Nuttley by Patrick McWade
For more Nuttley, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Medicine and religion: The spiritual dimension of the migraine aura by Floco Tausin
In the 1990s, pracitioners of orthodox scientific medicine engaged in dialogs with much earnest and passion about the unification of religion and medicine. It was shown in more than 100 studies that complaints and illnesses like diabetes, liver | |
| |  Belgian report by Euro Reporter
Alcohol controls in 3 Flemish provinces The police in the provinces of East & West Flanders held large-scale alcohol controls last night. The 'Night of Traffic Safety' was an initiative of the governor of East Flan | |
| |  Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor by The Ovi Team
December 7th, 1941; Japan launches a surprise dawn attack using midget submarines, 350 bombers and torpedo carrying planes targeting warships, aircraft and military installations on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and has declare | |
| |  Dino & Anty 930 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  The up-Knoxius media by Thanos Kalamidas
Two incidents with perhaps hours difference between them make me really wandering in what short of cannibal times we are living. A court in Italy decided that the 22 year-old student, Amanda Knox and her 25 year-old ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollec | |
| |  Babri Masjid by Tahir Khan
The demolition of Babri Masjid is one of the incident which showed the level of corruption in Indian politics and judiciary. It’s also shows politicians willpower and personal interest is above the law. | |
| |  Irish Free State by The Ovi Team
December 6th, 1922; the Irish Free State is created as a dominion with British sovereign authority under the terms of the Anglo Irish Treaty. Originally the agreement did cover Northern Ireland but Northern Ireland chose the option to opt out of t | |
| |  2nd Opinion 919 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Ethiopian Despot Hijacks Copenhagen Leadership Role by Doug McGill
I'm going to break one of my own writing rules today. In the six years that I've written about Ethiopian immigrants and politics in Minnesota, I've never editorialized directly against | |
| |  Ride Planet Earth - A Green Road To Copenhagen by Johnny Milner
The “Ride Planet Earth” Project follows one man’s intrepi | |
| |  The last drink of the night by David Barger
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| |  Mer-Maid by Neil Burlington
For more Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Dear Mrs. Astrid Thors... by Thanos Kalamidas
Dear Mrs. Astrid Thors, Finland’s migration minister;With surprise I have to admit I’ve read in the newspapers that following your proposition the government decided to reduce the benefits | |
| |  Future Looks Bleak for ethnic Rohingya by Rohingya Human Rights
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| |  Great Smog by The Ovi Team
December 4th, 1952; deadly smog created by the smoke soot and sulphur dioxide from the factories, cars and coal fires in local homes begins to hover over London, England, which continues for four days, leading to the deaths of at least 12,000 peop | |
| |  Show Bizz 918 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Show Bizz, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Goodbye Javier by Thanos Kalamidas
I have a lot of reserves with Baroness Ashton’s appointment in the position of the responsible for the foreign affairs of the European Union but there is one thing that definitely makes me glad, this is the end of Solana’s era. After t | |
| |  Bhopal Chemical Accident by The Ovi Team
December 3rd, 1984; Thousands of people die from the effects of toxic gases which leaked from Bhopal Union Carbide Factory near the central Indian city of Bhopal. The leak also caused injuries to nearly 250,000 more with over 10,000 have since die | |
| |  Austrian report by Euro Reporter
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| |  Nuttley by Patrick McWade
For more Nuttley, HERE !For mote Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The European minarets by Thanos Kalamidas
Now this whole case with the Swiss minarets is pretty confusing and to my opinion mirrors the tolerance situation in all Europe. The Swiss political system is one of the most democratic in the entire world; the people have actual part in all the m | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 919 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Caption of the month by The Ovi Team
There is one couple you will see in any magazine, newspaper, blog or site you might check, even to the ones that having absolutely nothing to do with entertainment, well here is… Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.It is sim | |
| |  December choices by The Ovi Team
For this December our choices for blog of the month, site of the month and photo of the month in Ovi magazine are...Blog of the month is: Closet Cookin | |
| |  HIV AIDS by Thanos Kalamidas
December 1st is the World AIDS Day and this is the message for the occasion from Michel SidibéExecutive Director of UNAIDS:On this World AIDS Day we are filled with both hope and concern. Hope because significant | |
| |  Life Undercover 924 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Wall by The Ovi Team
The Wall is the ninth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. Presented a | |
| |  A balloon that couldn't lift by Thanos Kalamidas
I have said it before that I don’t understand much about economics and that I have never felt the investment fever even though I saw it touching nearly all my friends back in 80s giving to some of them a lot of money but making most of th | |
| |  SnakeBoots 911 by Thanos Kalamidas
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| |  But ...seriously! by Thanos Kalamidas
The financial events in Dubai proved one more time that our crisis is not only financial, apparently finance might be the top of the iceberg; our real crisis is lack of transparency and it doesn’t matter how much Gordon Brown is pressing the | |
| |  The Three Surprises Of Heaven by Jack Wellman
The Three Surprises Of HeavenWhat Surprises There Will Be when We Get There? I have heard from the late Adrian Rogers of L | |
| |  The formation of Israel by The Ovi Team
29th November, 1947, The United Nations votes in favour of partitioning the British controlled Palestine and to allow the creation of an Independent Jewish State of Israel. Arab countries all voted against the creation of Israel and 60 years later | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 7 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Tehran Conference by The Ovi Team
28th November, 1943, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin meet in Tehran for a three day meeting to discuss "Operation Overlord which included D Day Landings in Normandy, | |
| |  Washing by Alex Vannini
For more Alex VanniniDrawings, HERE! | |
| |  A Peace Nobel Prize in Iran's conflict by Thanos Kalamidas
Iran, its dictators and the puppet president have more than often provoked the international community from the very beginning of their “revolution’s” establishment but this time they crossed the line even with the last that h | |
| |  AD(H)D Learning Disability or Gifted Ability? by Jack Wellman
Let no one fool you. Special Needs children are not handicapped at learning. They may appear to be deficient in learning in traditional ways, but the most certainly are not incapable of learning. In fact, in my many years as a Special Needs teache | |
| |  Anarchy in the UK by The Ovi Team
"Anarchy in the U.K." is a song by the British punk rock band | |
| |  Thanksgiving Day by The Ovi Team
Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primar | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 6 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  25 November: Silent Violence Against Women by Rene Wadlow
25 November is the UN-proclaimed International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Violence against women is a year-round occurrence and continues to an alarming degree. Violence against women is an attack upon their bodily in | |
| |  For the Elimination of Violence against Women by Thanos Kalamidas
And let's hope that the beginning of the end is ...here! | |
| |  Amore by Alex Vannini
For more Alex Vannini drawings, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Mediterraneo: an Italian Film Still Worth Watching by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  German report by Euro Reporter
Antique car dealer finds Hitler's Mercedes A Düsseldorf antique car dealer working on behalf of a Russian billionaire told The Local on Monday he has located a Mercedes limousine belonging to Nazi dictator Ado | |
| |  Lift Spirits 929 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Jukebox begins by The Ovi Team
November 23, 1889; the debut of the first jukebox in Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco California USA.A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine that can play specially s | |
| |  A sticky password by Patrick McWade
For more Inglorious Passwerds, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The assassination of John F. Kennedy by The Ovi Team
22nd November, 1963, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated when he is shot by a sniper while riding in a motorcade through downtown Dallas. In film shown around the world Jackie Kennedy was seen cradled her dying husband as the limousine sped | |
| |  Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons 5 by Neil Burlington
For more Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  A Baroness to understand by Thanos Kalamidas
Why the surprise? Baroness Catherine Ashton’s name has been circulating the halls of the EU offices, the media computers and everybody who might be interest in EU issues for months; so why now everybody look | |
| |  French report by Euro Reporter
Prosecutors to appeal chemical plant explosion acquittalFrench prosecutors said that they would appeal a court ruling that cleared a Total subsidiary and its former boss of responsibility for a chemical plant blast that kil | |
| |  Dino & Anty 929 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Dino & Anty, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Ovi's Event/Person of the Year: Preview by Asa Butcher
Settle down, settle down, I know it has been a while since my name last appeared on Ovi's front page, but the prodigal son has now returned so enjoy it while it lasts! Last night I was laying in bed aching all over from some variant strain | |
| |  2nd Opinion 918 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  2012: Separating Fact From Fiction by Jack Wellman
2012. That has been the hottest topic of conversation at work and among my friends lately. Most of these come from co-workers who like to do Q & A’s with me about the Bible. But this reminds me of 2YK, when the year 2,000 rolled around and pe | |
| |  Stared Down by neo-Nazis, She Battled Back with Love by Doug McGill
When Giselle Stern Hernández finished writing her one-woman show, “The Deportee’s Wife | |
| |  Estonian report by Euro Reporter
Estonian businessman charged with market shares manipulationA prominent businessman in Estonia, Toomas Tool, has been charged with manipulating stock prices, been reported. The businessman, who owns large tracts of re | |
| |  Food Critics in Heaven by Neil Burlington
For more Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  An Impositioning Juxtapositioning by Leah Sellers
Once upon a time in the Great State of Texas, in the Heartland of the United States of America, there lived two Human Beings. A Man and a Woman. A Military Man and a Teacher-Artist.One day, the Military Man, Nidal Malak Hasan, | |
| |  "Lifesaving Itella" - A Dismal Experiment with a Portion of its Workforce by Aloysius-Gonzaga
For about a decade or so, the city of Vaasa has served as a non–publicized safe haven for international students wishing to excuse themselves from the numerous and non–study–friendly distractions around the Helsinki region. Among | |
| |  PersOnality DisOrders 918 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more PersOnality DisOrders, HERE! For more Ovi cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Some are bound to guard Thermopiles by Thanos Kalamidas
A few weeks ago a young reporter from Greece contacted me, asking for an interview for a documentary for the Greek television regarding the events of the Athens Polytechnic in the 70s. The email was kindly written and showing a good professiona | |
| |  Athens Polytechnic uprising by The Ovi Team
The Athens Polytechnic uprising in 1973 was a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. The uprising began on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open anti-junta revolt and ended in bloodshed in the ear | |
| |  Martin Scorsese and World Cinema by Emanuel L. Paparella
After founding the Film Foundation in the United States in 1990, two years ago (2007) in Cannes Martin Scorsese launched his World Cinema Foundation with the purpose of preserving and restoring neglected film treasures from around the world; in other word | |
| |  Life Undercover 923 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Life Undercover, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  World Summit on Food Security: 16-18 November by Rene Wadlow
Citizens of the World welcome the World Summit on Food Security of 16-18 November 2009 in Rome to address the root causes of the present food crisis and to work for the full implementation of the ‘Human Right to Food’. World citizens | |
| |  *MANDALA:* /A Mythopoeic-Dream Dialogue by David Sparenberg
*Performance Note*: /This is a piece of experimental writing with a discernable dreamlike quality/ /and mythic overtones. It is best read aloud or recited and better yet performed. However engaged, one should be aware of and invo | |
| |  Wilbur's Wonderland: Hard ...life by David Barger
For more Wilbur's Wonderland, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Which recession ended? by Thanos Kalamidas
Sometimes when I read about the recession or better about the recession’s recovery in the euro-zone I’m really wandering where they get that and how they are coming with those figures. I mean I look at all those stats and figures and I have to | |
| |  Become as little children by Jack Wellman
Children are a gift of God, no doubt. Children take things literally. In this article, you will read of two true stories that show we must exercise great care in how we share the Gospel with young children. And for adults, unless we come to Chr | |
| |  The Apalachin Meeting by The Ovi Team
14th November, 1957, After years of speculation about a Mafia National Crime Syndicate controlling gambling, casinos and narcotics countrywide the existence of the Syndicate is confirmed when law enforcement officials raid Mafia boss Joseph Barbara home i | |
| |  SnakeBoots 910 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The Rohingya issue calls for international attention by Rohingya Human Rights
Once Arakan was an independent and sovereign monarchy ruled by Hindu, Buddhist or Muslim kings. According to A. P Phayer and G.E. Harvey, the Arakanese kings established their capitals in eight different towns, transferring from one to another. | |
| |  Austrian report by Euro Reporter
Confusion in the Austrian parliamentA politician of the Peoples Party criticized a decision in a very emotional way. The bizarre thing about it? It was his own decision which he made only one day before.The fede | |
| |  Fat Guy by Neil Burlington
For more Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  YLE's boss half truths by Thanos Kalamidas
From the very beginning I found my self living in Finland I have problems with YLE, the Finnish National Radio Television and this has nothing to do with my linguistic problems and my poor understanding of the Finish or the Swedish language, the o | |
| |  $EED$ OF FAITH by Jack Wellman
Wolves In $heep's Clothing If were are to be stewards of God’s Word and Truth, I believe we are also required to overturn the moneychangers tables in the Temple, when we see them, like Jesus Christ Himself did. There are many | |
| |  Elis Island closes by The Ovi Team
12th November, 1954, Ellis Island federal immigration station in New York closes aft | |
| |  Lift Spirits 928 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Is America on a wrong track? by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
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| |  A Chavez with persecution mania by Thanos Kalamidas
Perhaps it is just me but I always had my doubts with the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, he was somehow too good to be true and the same time to crazy to trust. He has the theory alright, I mean the man definitely wants to be remembered as the new Cast | |
| |  Belgian report by Euro Reporter
Jail hostage-taker killed One prisoner has been shot dead and five people have been injured after a hostage-taking incident at a Belgian jail, officials say. A number of prisoners were taken hostage by two fellow inmates ar | |
| |  Health care plan by David Barger
For more Wilbur's Wonderland, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Några tankar om UN och Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas
Häromdagen när jag läste nyheterna insåg jag hur tunn är linjen är mellan vad som förvandlar dig från någon som söker efter fred och jämlikhet på jorden, till någon som söker efter krig | |
| |  Some Musings on Religion and Freedom of Speech in the EU by Emanuel L. Paparella
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| |  Some thoughts about UN and Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas
The other day browsing the news I somehow felt how thin is the line that can transform you from somebody seeking for peace and equality to a total war vulture and I have to admit that the thought really scared me and reminded me how many crimes ha | |
| |  Cyprus report by Euro Reporter
A shock in Larnaca SchoolDeputies on the House Education Committee have been left in shock after finding syringes and rubbish scattered around a Larnaca School. Dianellio Gymnasium in Larnaca was one of many visited by the par | |
| |  Clown Hitting Pie by Neil Burlington
For more Neil's Sunny Sky Cartoons, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  The World's Walls by Thanos Kalamidas
I lived in Berlin in late 60s when the Wall was there, I actually used t play not far from the Checkpoint Charlie; and years later in the summer of 1990 I was back in Berlin for the Roger Waters concert for The Wall. I have actually seen the lights in | |
| |  The Fall of Berlin Wall 20th anniversary by Ilaria Tagliaferri.
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| |  The Berlin Wall by The Ovi Team
9th November, 1989, East Germany opened its borders today, allowing its citizens to freely cross into the West for the first time since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961. Some Germans used hammers to chip away at the Berlin Wall for keepsakes or i | |
| |  Then, Again: The Wall by Patrick McWade
For more Then Again, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE! | |
| |  Facts about the Berlin Wall by The Ovi Team
The Berlin Wall was erected in the night of August 13, 1961.It was a weekend and most Berliners slept while the East German government begun to close the border. In the early morning of that Sunday most of the first work was d | |
| |  How Bizarre!!! by Thanos Kalamidas
Challenging a lamppost to a fightA 22-year-old man challenged a lamppost to fight after he was ignored by passers-by in the street. Drunken David Robinson turned on the innocent streetlight after a number of walkers ignored | |
| |  Romanian report by Euro Reporter
Romania PM Nominee Loses VoteA bid by Lucian Croitoru to become Romania's next prime minister failed, after opposition parties voted against his proposed cabinet, extending the country's political deadlock, and putt | |
| |  The Beer Hall Putsch by The Ovi Team
8th November, 1923; Adolf Hitler leads the Nazi Party in failed coup d'état attempt to gain power in Munich, Bavaria, and Germany. The attempt fail |
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