Real Madrid to take the cross from its logo to please Muslims

Real Madrid, the Spanish football giants are making changes to the club's logo in order to strengthen their popularity among Muslim football lovers.

The logo has been their emblem for nearly a century, but now Real Madrid will be removing the small cross from the very top of the crown.

The Marca newspaper in Spain quoted a source in the football club's administration, who said that this move is aimed at “avoiding all forms of misunderstanding and conflict in the regions where the majority of the population is Muslim”.

For those unfamiliar with the soccer world, or football as it is called in Europe, Real Madrid can be placed on a par with other globally recognized professional sports franchises - for instance the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys. Their annual reviews are over $500,000 and the team has an estimated net worth of almost $2 billion.

The change to the logo coincides with the start of construction on a $1 billion sports tourist resort in the UAE by Real Madrid. This will be the world's first theme park located on an artificial island. The park will combine both sports and tourism.... read full article.

He'll be back - Arnie to be the salvation of Terminator series

When Arnold Swartzenegger said "I'll be back", he wasn't kidding. Now he's trying to rescue the Terminator series of movies by bringing in Terminator 5.

While Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California, slammed the latest Terminator movie as "awful", it seems he wishes to continue the series.

Not only continue the series, but also to star in the next movie in order to save the image of the iconic series. It could just be the salvation of Terminator.

The last Terminator movie, "Terminator Salvation" was released in 2009. Christian Bale and Sam Worthington starred in the film.

This was the only movie made in the Terminator series that did not star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Now the Terminator himself is to truly come back.... read full article.

Video: inferno when tanker catches alight in California crash

Late on Saturday night in Glendale, California a car crashed into a gas tanker. The accident caused a fiery inferno which took 150 firefighters to extinguish.

It happened in the westbound lanes of Highway 134 in Glendale, California, close to the junction with Highway 5. Police have said that a car crashed into the gasoline tanker truck.

RT reports that the crash caused black smoke and flames to shoot into the air and both arteries of the highway were clogged with traffic, unable to pass the scene of the accident.

This is the second major tanker truck fire to close the Southland freeway bridges in the last 4 months... read full article.

Op-Ed: Ruling party PP's version of 'austerity' in Fuengirola, Spain

While Mariano Rajoy, PP leader and current prime minister of Spain imposes harsher and ever more draconian austerity measures on the people of Spain, here in Fuengirola the PP Mayoress spends money like water.

In ever more harsh austerity measures, the Spanish government is reducing pensions, cutting labor benefits, making it easier for employers to fire employees, degrading the social security and health systems.

With 23% of the country out of work, nearly 50% of the youth unable to find jobs and shops and businesses closing down left, right and center, times are becoming increasingly hard for the Spanish people.

The building boom is over and the entire country has become one big unfinished construction site, as the construction industry falters and cannot complete their projects.

And yet, despite all this the mayoress of Fuengirola, Esperanza Oña, who is the local leader of the Partido Popular (PP), insists on spending millions of euros on brand new construction work, fancy signs and signposts in the seaside town.... read full article.

Anonymous-linked group hacks emails of Tunisia Ennahda Party

Anonymous sure does get around, as a group linked to them has now hacked 2,725 emails of the Tunisia ruling Ennahda party.

Yesterday, it was reported that a group linked to Anonymous, the hacktivists, had hacked 2,725 emails of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party. These included the emails of the prime minister.

A video was posted on the Facebook page of Anonymous TN, showing a hacker in the trademark "Guy Fawkes" mask used by Anonymous members.

The video in French on Facebook announces that the hacktivists hacked the emails as a protest against Ennahda's alleged failure to protect artists and the unemployed in a recent attack by Salafi Islamists, during a protest in Tunisia.

The hactivists state: "To the Tunisian government, we have kept a large part of your data secret. If you do not wish to see these published on the internet we ask you to work to the best of your ability to avoid internet censorship and to respect human rights and the freedom of expression in Tunisia." ... read full article.

South says North Korea is planning an underground nuclear test

With controversy raging over North Korea's plans to launch a rocket, now an underground nuclear test is allegedly being planned, according to reports leaked by South Korea.

Digital Journal reported on April 8 that the controversial North Korean rocket was ready for launch.

Now yet more controversy is raging because North Korea is apparently planning an underground nuclear test.

In a news report yesterday, the South Korean news agency Yonhap leaked the information that it has received from an anonymous domestic security source. The article claims that the nuclear underground test will occur in Kilju, on the Chinese border, as with the 2 previous detonations in 2006 and 2009. Previous nuclear tests brought international sanctions against the country and now, with tensions running high over the rocket launch, this is likely to happen again.... read full article.