By Raed Omari AMMAN – MPs on Monday had mixed reactions vis-à-vis the proposed elections law. Some described it as a step in the right direction, while others argued that the law does not suit the social makeup of Jordan. The changes were proposed by the National Dialogue Committee, which […]
By Hani Hazaimeh AMMAN – The government on Monday said that nearly 8,000 prisoners will be released under the general pardon law, while 6,000 cases that are being seen by courts will be annulled. The release of detainees and inmates will save the state nearly JD40 million. However, a senior […]
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SINGAPORE – China’s military development is still 20 years behind the United States’, and it is not a threat to regional peace, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie said on Sunday. Liang’s comments, made at the Shangri-La Dialogue hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in Singapore, come at […]
Continuous downpours have triggered severe floods in a county in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, leaving nine dead and 13 missing by Monday night. Read More
RFI France. The first English lessons of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte while he was banished to exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena fetched more than 93,000 euros at an auction in France on Sunday, significantly more than their estimated value. More: http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20110606-napoleons-english-lessons-sold-90000-euros
RFI France. The hotel employees who responded to a call from their trade union shouted “Shame on you!” and told journalists that they and their colleagues were frequently subjected to unwanted sexual advances or worse, from rich and powerful guests. Dressed in maid uniforms with aprons, they are a striking […]
By RFI Monday 06.06.2011 The court session lasted only a few minutes, during which Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty, and one of his lawyers, William Taylor, requested six weeks to examine the evidence collected by the prosecution. Judge Michael Obus granted the request and set the date for the next court […]
This speech was delivered by Professor Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate in Physics (1979), in Paris at the UNESCO House on April 27, 1984 at the invitation of the Organization ‘Islam and the West’. The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Dr. Habib Chatti, inaugurated the meeting. The format of the meeting […]
Sexual addiction forces sensible and successful men to resort to senseless behavior. The Quranic teachings aim at promoting chastity and purifying human character by introducing modesty in dress and some restraint in interaction with opposite gender. For example, the Holy Quran says: Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes […]
Claim of 80 deaths in northern town of Jisr al-Shughour follows reports that security forces killed 40 people on Sunday. Syria’s state television says at least 80 police officers have been killed in the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour in an ambush by “armed groups”. The report on Monday said […]
Source / Courtesy: Time Magazine By Tali Sharot We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. We watch our backs, weigh the odds, pack an umbrella. But both neuroscience and social science suggest that we are more optimistic than realistic. On average, we expect things to turn out better […]
Defiant demonstrators seeking democracy send a clear message against state repression and police violence. Thousands poured into the streets of Rabat on Sunday June 5 to condemn the death of a protester and to demand an end to the country-wide government crackdown on peaceful demonstrations. “We are here today to […]
A young man’s account of sadistic torture in a Syrian secret prison, and how a girl’s note helped him through his pain. Arrested during a protest in the first days of the Syrian uprising, a young man endured acts of sadism and torture at the hands of Bashar al-Assad’s secret […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs returns on Monday to the stage at San Francisco’s Moscone center to take the wraps off what investors hope will be the next source of growth for the world’s most valuable technology company. Jobs, who has been on medical leave […]
(CNN) — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh underwent two operations in Saudi Arabia and will return to Yemen after he recovers, the Saudi state-run Ekhbariya television station reported Monday. Saleh is in Saudi Arabia for treatment following a rocket attack on his presidential compound on Friday. There are conflicting reports […]
IN the absence of functioning mechanisms, certain sorts of criminal behaviour become inevitable. This is the lesson to be read into the arrest on Friday of a Peshawar doctor on the charge of selling newborn babies. After receiving a tip-off, a policewoman posing as a potential customer contacted the doctor, […]
The recent arrest of a judge for bribe-taking shows Indonesia should start putting in place firm antigraft measures across the country’s courts, especially as the practice could be more common than most think. A leading antigraft organization pointed out on Sunday that established patterns of courtroom corruption, which follows set […]
Pajama Media’s Andrew Klavan has a novel one-state solution: Let Israel take over the entire Middle East and Arabs will be much better off. Instead of accepting U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposal that Israel return, more or less, to the 1949-1967 lines “in exchange for being annihilated by its enemies,” […]
The bill would have safeguarded rabbis from any legal action in connection with any such publication ‘involving the Torah.’ The ministerial committee on legislation yesterday unanimously voted down a bill that would grant rabbis immunity to prosecution for incitement based on their published opinions on religious matters. The bill would […]