“Conferences such as these provide a platform for people to come together and demonstrate strength in unity. But it is at the grassroots that the real hard work is done to build […]
Editor’s Preface: Mind versus Brain discussion and study of human consciousness may not only have bearing on our understanding of physiology and psychology of mind, but may also help us understand […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2012) — A study by The Genographic Project has found that the majority of all known ethnic Afghans share a unique genetic heritage derived from a common ancestral population that most likely emerged during the Neolithic revolution and the formation of early farming communities. Through detailed DNA analysis […]
Huff Post The Royal Canadian Mounted Police haverenewed investigation into possible polygamy within the Bountiful B.C. religious commune, a settlement of roughly 1,000 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located in southeastern British Columbia near the U.S.-Canadian border, the Canadian Press reports. Shirley Bond, the attorney-general of […]
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2012/04/02/nr-trayvon-martin-timeline.cnn Law enforcement expert Alex Manning analyzes a complete time line of the Trayvon Martin shooting, based on 911 calls.
Dear All : We are pleased to inform you all that by the grace of Almighty Allah, Episode : XIV of interactive Bangla LIVE Q/A Program – SHOTTER SHONDHANE – held from March 29 to April 1st. 2012 – are now on Youtube. Click on links below to watch the full episodes. […]
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala: This time the war will not remain just between Israel and Iran; but it will force all countries of the world to fight each other,” Hadhrat Ahmad wrote […]
The threat of nuclear war was discussed among a band of political heavyweights who visited Morden on Saturday. No less than eight MPs – two of them cabinet ministers – […]
Source: The New York Times LAHORE, Pakistan — On the day the Indian trade delegation came across the border, Pakistan was having another political crisis. The prime minister was embroiled in a showdown with the country’s Supreme Court. Early elections were rumored. And Islamists had just staged a rally in […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Philly.com April 01, 2012|By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Hindus, Christians in Pakistan say extremist Muslims are forcing them to change faiths. LAHORE, Pakistan […]
The United States and allied countries are boosting their support for Syrian rebels fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. On Sunday, the Obama administration and at least 60 other governments agreed to pay the rebels $100 million dollars in aid. The United States has also pledged to send […]
Source: CNN Money. FORTUNE — The longtime dream of sci-fi fans-cars smart enough to drive themselves-is still many years off. That doesn’t keep Google from trying. Its seven custom-equipped self-driving cars have logged more than 200,000 miles on the road without crashing. Well, one suffered a dent when a human […]
Source: NY Times. Cute as they are, they are not made of marshmallow. If only they were, nobody would have a problem with newborn chicks that are dyed in brilliant colors — neon, Fruity Pebbles, pastel, Crayola box — to serve as festive Easter gifts. The dye is either injected […]
Credit: Asia Times As violence in Syria outstrips the scale of carnage seen a year ago in Libya, still there is no appetite for a strong United Nations resolution. Minds are occupied by the threat that any formula produced in New York might open the door to a North Atlantic […]
Credit: Asia Times By Kaveh L Afrasiabi CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – Despite a strong personal pitch by the visiting Turkish premier last week to hold the next round of Iran nuclear talks in Istanbul, Tehran is still ambivalent and may opt for an alternative venue. Although the talks are tentatively scheduled […]
Russian TV: According to an alleged leak, Israel is secretly staging an airstrike on Iran in neighboring Azerbaijan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been salivating over the thought of […]
The Daily Times: By Yasser latif Hamdani: The freedom to profess one’s religion is integral to the ICCPR and therefore any law that abridges that freedom is in violation of […]
Dawn.com: When in 2009 the Taliban had taken over the districts of Buner, Shangla and Lower Dir, they had been some 60 miles away from Islamabad. But that had been […]
by Julia Slater, swissinfo.ch It’s astonishing that the Swiss can understand each other. Not only do they have four languages, but well over half of them speak one way and write another. Switzerland is at the intersection of three major European cultures – German, French and Italian – and the […]
AFP | Apr 01,2012 | 23:30 BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Shiite prime minister on Sunday slammed Sunni-ruled Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s stance on arming Syrian rebels, as Doha hosted Baghdad’s fugitive vice president who is accused of running a death squad. Nouri Al Maliki’s remarks were the latest in a dramatic […]