February 7, 2013 | Filed under: Education | Posted by: vibeghana.com MTN Foundation Ghana together with Ashcell Limited, distributor of the MTN products, had presented gifts totalling GH¢3,200.00 in support […]
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week and a trend reading hit a near five-year low, a sign the grinding recovery in the labor market remains on track. Other data on Thursday showed a sharp drop in productivity in the fourth quarter […]
Source: The Daily Star. By Syed Badrul Ahsan Mohammad Ali Jinnah visited East Pakistan from March 19 to March 28, 1948. The visit was a disaster, seeing that instead of reassuring the Bangla-speaking people of his country on the language issue he ended up making them angrier than they were […]
Assalmao Allaikum Wa Rahmatulla! This was sent my by good friend Iftekher Hai, president of United Muslims of American (interfaith wing, San Francisco Bay Area). LOVE FOR ALL, HATRED FOR NONE ( H. Koya) Why America’s Middle East Policy is Doomed By Chuck SpinneyJan. 30, 2013 The U.S. […]
The UK attracts more immigrants than any other country in the European Union, new figures have shown. In 2010, the latest year for which the data is available, 591,000 people […]
Mr. Aslam Nasir (ex-Pakistani, now Australian, currently living and working in Tanzania) sent to me his ‘home treatment for Malaria and Food Poisoning’. Worth trying! Malaria: Every time you feel that your fever is rising drink one liter of water immediately and within 5 to 10 minutes you should sweat […]
Riyadh: A Saudi cleric says even girls who have not yet reached puberty should be covered from head to toe, citing instances of child molestation in the ultraconservative kingdom and elsewhere. Read more
Ministers will no longer have the power to decide appeals in extradition cases, under plans unveiled by Theresa May. The home secretary is seeking to change the law so that judges decide whether appeals on human rights grounds should be approved. Judges’ decisions on whether to extradite a suspect or […]
“Unlike in the rest of the world, employees in a tiny nation on Africa’s west coast can now enjoy an extended weekend of three days, beginning Friday. The reform introduced in the public-sector by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh came into force on February 1 ignoring Opposition protest”
by Daniel Burke, Religion News Service (RNS) Muslim and Christian views of the Apocalypse are remarkably similar, albeit with a different ending. As in the Bible’s Book of Revelation, Islamic tradition speaks of signs — unnatural disasters, wars and moral decay — that will portend the Last Days. And like […]
One day Molla fell seriously ill. His wife became very frightened and, thinking Molla might die, ran for the doctor. “Oh, Doctor, my husband is gravely ill. We’re very poor […]
By Jeremy Grant in Singapore When Tina Ward, a Singaporean mother of two, and her British husband realised they were outgrowing their cramped, government-built apartment in Singapore, they took a […]
Swiss foreign trade registered a new record surplus of SFr24.4 billion ($26.8 billion) for 2012 despite the gloomy global economy and strong franc, relying largely just on the watchmaking, chemical […]
By Antonio Pampliega DAILY STAR, LEBANON SUMMARY Syria rebels train ‘killing machine’ teenagers Bored at home and eager to join their older brothers and fathers on the frontline against President […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel risks sleepwalking into a crisis with its allies over relentless settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem unless it realises that the international anger is genuine and adjusts its course. The next few months may prove crucial if Israel is to avoid diplomatic disaster, […]
By DECLAN WALSH NEW YORK TIMES LAHORE, Pakistan — Ten million dollars does not seem to buy much in this bustling Pakistani city. That is the sum the United States […]
MAKKAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Thursday 7 February 2013 The Haj Ministry is planning to introduce an electronic data system soon for foreign pilgrims as part of its efforts to boost their security and welfare, says Haj Minister Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Hajjar. He said the ministry had initially planned to introduce the […]
News source: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=268131 Six Tents Torched at Ahmadiyya Event Venue A group of religious bigots torched six tents of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat at Mouchak in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila last evening. They set up the tents to accommodate the members and hold the functions, said Ahmad Tabshir Chowdhury, an executive committee […]
Top university in the world: Harvard University in Boston, USA Publisher: Harvard University Press (March 30, 2010) By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na‘im: He is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at […]
فَلَعَلَّکَ تَارِکٌ بَعْضَ مَا یُوحَی إِلَیْکَ وَضَآءِقٌ بِہِ صَدْرُکَ أَن یَقُولُواْ لَوْلاَ أُنزِلَ عَلَیْہِ کَنزٌ أَوْ جَاء مَعَہُ مَلَکٌ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ نَذِیْرٌ وَاللّہُ عَلَی کُلِّ شَیْْءٍ وَکِیْلٌ They (disbelievers) imagine that thou art now perhaps going to abandon part of which has been revealed to thee; and thy bosom is […]