Picture of the Day: Team Work
A cycle on the roads of Berlin, Germany, combining energies of 11 people:
In Pakistan, underground parties push the boundaries
http://tribune.com.pk/story/424631/in-pakistan-underground-parties-push-the-boundaries/ Women in short skirts and men with gelled hair bump and grind on a dance floor as a disc jockey pumps up the volume. The air is thick with illicit smoke and shots of hard liquor are being passed around. Couples cuddle and kiss in a lounge. This is […]
The Catholic Church in America: Earthly Concerns: A Financial Audit by The Economist
Source The Economist: The Economist estimates that annual spending by the church and entities owned by the church was around $170 billion in 2010 (the church does not release such figures). […]
Why Women, Children And Americans Are More Likely To Believe In God
Businessinsider.com: University College London professor emeritus of genetics Steve Jonesexplains why men, scientists, professors and the British are less likely to believe in God than women, children and Americans. Here in […]
Russia, China say bypassing UN rules is ‘impermissible’: Battle lines are Drawn
Russian TV: Russia and China have jointly called for other nations to strictly observe the UN charter and the international law after the US said it would bypass the UN […]
Iran bans women from over 70 university courses: Report
Credit: ET Iran has the highest ratio of female to male undergraduates in the world. PHOTO: REUTERS Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses, popular British daily The Telegraph reported on Monday. The new policy introduced by the Islamic Republic of Iran, resulted in […]
Blasphemy by 11 year Old or Attempt to Grab Land in Islamabad-Who is the real Blasphemer?
Asian Human Rights Commission: Editors Note: Please take action by going to website and clicking the appeal PAKISTAN: A mentally retarded minor is arrested on the charges of blasphemy; her […]
France: No solution unless Assad leaves
PARIS: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 21 August 2012 French President Francois Hollande insisted yetsreday that there can be no political solution for Syria unless President Bashar Assad steps down from power. There “cannot be a political solution without the departure of Bashar Assad,” Hollande told the new UN peace envoy to […]
Backlash fear prompts Christian families to flee
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Azam Khan / Qaiser Zulfiqar Published: August 20, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of many Christian families fleeing the town near the federal capital […]
How likely is it that a Muslim would turn into a fanatic or terrorist? A Pakistani checklist
Credit: LUBP In the last few decades, Pakistani Muslims, particularly Sunni Muslims, have been experiencing a phenomenon which has been described by Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy as Saudi-ization of Pakistan. Many Sunni Barelvis and moderate Deobandis and Ahl-e-Hadith have been undergoing a subtle transformation to more puritanical and intolerant Wahhabi-Salafi ideology […]
Blasphemy-accused girl: US finds case ‘deeply disturbing’
Credit: ET Urges Pakistani government to protect religious minorities, women and girls. PHOTO: AFP/FILE WASHINGTION: US State Department says the case of an 11-year-old girl arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy is “deeply disturbing.” According to a transcript of the press briefing, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that they […]
Egypt thumbs the nose at US
Credit: Asia Times. The gloom in Washington must be deepening. Egypt is careering away from the alliance with the United States – and the bitter truth cannot be hidden or obfuscated anymore. This is not how Washington expected the “right side of history” to play out. The Arab Spring has […]
Bargaining intensifies over Iran strike
Source: Asia Times. So heated and so public has become the debate over whether Israel would and should attack Iran in the fall that the editor-in-chief of the Israeli daily Ha’aretz remarked sarcastically in an editorial: “[Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu and [Defense Minister] Ehud Barak deserve a medal for […]
Near Record Temperatures in Germany :Summer Heat Finally Finds its Way North
Credit: Spiegel dapd It took a while. But summer finally arrived in Germany over the weekend following a wet June and a gray July. Close to record temperatures drove most people out of doors. More:
Pakistani Christians flee Islamic extremists in fear
Credit: Australina News via Wasim Sroya. HUNDREDS of Pakistani Christians have fled their Islamabad homes fearing violent retaliation from Islamic extremists after the weekend arrest on blasphemy charges of an 11-year-old Christian girl accused of burning a Koran. Police arrested Rimsha Masih, who suffers from Down syndrome, her mother, sister […]
India looks to Pakistan for answers after texts trigger mass panic
Credit: CNN. A man from India’s northeast living in Bangalore shows his mobile phone displaying a threatening text message on August 16. (CNN) — India is looking to Pakistan for answers after online threats and text messages sparked mass panic among migrant workers and students who hail from the country’s […]
FIJI NEWS – London Irish sign up Fiji’s international pro
20 August 2012Last updated at 14:23 GMT London Irish sign Fiji international prop Jerry Yanuyanutawa London Irish have added Fiji international prop Jerry Yanuyanutawa to their squad for the 2012-13 season. Yanuyanutawa, 27, joins the Exiles from the ACT Brumbies, where he has been since 2010. He made the first of […]
NYPD Investigates bacon bits story
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