It seems that the days of using YouTube as #1 media to distribute documentaries, videos and presentations about the truth of Israel and Zionist and their horrific war-crimes history and terrorism profile, has come to END. Yesterday, it was announced that YouTube officially connected to the infamous ADL as partner to "Fight Against Hate."

An Iraqi journalist arrested after throwing his shoes at George Bush, the US president, has reportedly sent a letter to the Iraqi prime minister to apologise for the incident and seek a pardon.

A spokesman for Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, said on Thursday that Muntazer al-Zaidi had acknowledged his shoe throwing during a news conference in Baghdad as "an ugly act".

Yasin Majeed, al-Maliki's media adviser, told the Reuters news agency that "al-Zaidi said in his letter that his big ugly act cannot be excused".

Michael Jackson has reportedly become a Muslim and changed his name to Mikaeel.

The singer, who was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, converted to Islam in a ceremony at a friend's house in Los Angeles. He is said to have sat on the floor and worn a small hat while an imam officiated.

Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has promised to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, as human rights lawyers warn such a move would face a number of legal difficulties.

Obama told the CBS programme 60 Minutes on Sunday: "I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that.

US navy says giant crude carrier seized by Somali pirates off Kenyan coast.

Pirates have attacked and taken control of the Saudi-owned crude carrier Sirius Star off the east coast of Africa, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based US Navy Fifth Fleet says.

Lieutenant Nate Christensen's confirmation on Monday followed a statement saying that the tanker, which is owned by Saudi Aramco, came under attack more than 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya.

The Bush/Blair legacy of unaccountable illegal conduct is about to come home. Senior CIA officers could be put on trial in Britain after it emerged last night that the Attorney General is to investigate allegations that a British resident held in Guantanamo Bay was brutally tortured, after being arrested and questioned by American forces following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington in 2001.