While Farghali noted that it is typical of the Muslim Brotherhood to “exploit Gaza and Palestine for money. ” The Muslim Brotherhood allegedly stole half a billion dollars in donations for the Gaza Strip in a single campaign, Egyptian researcher Maher Farghali reported on Sunday.

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim they had seized power. Just two weeks earlier, soldiers seized power in another West African country, Guinea-Bissau, after a closely contested presidential election.

Dr. Uma Naidoo, a nutritional psychiatrist, says the sugar found in many comfort foods hits our brains in the same pleasure center as street drugs do. But that's not the only reason we find comfort in such treasured dishes; there is also warm-and-fuzzy nostalgia.