Word: disrespectfulness
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...will not tolerate disrespect, interference and insults," Ahmadinejad warned the international community in his speech. "We heard that some of the Western leaders had decided to recognize but not congratulate the new government ... Iranians will neither value your scowling and bullying nor will they pay attention to your smiles and greetings." Ahmadinejad reasserted his hawkish foreign policy position but was otherwise relatively low-key, adding that he would "spare no effort to safeguard the frontiers of Iran." The remark was most likely a reference to Israel's threats to bomb Iran's uranium-enrichment facilities if the country does...
...that sense, if the Israeli authorities continue to allow the Toldot Aharon sect and other anti-Zionist groups the freedom to disrespect the state at will, it might make more sense to just put “al-naqba” back in the books...
...Lowdown: No disrespect to the young Robson - it's great to have anything published as an intern. The real beef lies with the businesses and bankers who are buying into a pretty self-evident report with some questionable assertions. While it's prefaced with a disclaimer that Morgan Stanley doesn't claim "representation or statistical accuracy," some of Robson's statements seem a little bit off. Some studies estimate that up to 31% of Twitter's users are between the ages of 15 and 19, which calls into question the worthiness of the bold assertion that "teenagers...
...morning ceremony with Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, Obama was serenaded with an eponymous song in his honor by the local reggae star, Blakk Rasta. "In a dis ya time a black American president a great sign," read the song's lyrics. "Too long dem disrespect blacks and Africans combined." After the speech, Obama, his wife and children took helicopters out to the Cape Coast Castle, which for centuries served as a major Portuguese depot for slaves bound to America and the Caribbean. "I think it was particularly important for Malia and Sasha, who are growing up in such...
...popular uprising, the former crown prince of Iran has a unique perspective on the demonstrations gripping Iran these days. On Monday, at a Washington press conference, Reza Pahlavi, the onetime heir to the peacock throne, condemned Iran's controversial presidential election of June 12 as "an ugly moment of disrespect for both God and man" and called on the Tehran regime to allow for "freedom, democracy, human rights [and] the right to choose." Pahlavi believes that the situation in Iran has eroded dramatically, charging that the issues go "well beyond election. This is about the sanctity of the ballot...