Source: Friday Times: A number of legal interventions are threatening to unleash unforeseen consequences for state and society in Pakistan. The Supreme Court has ordered the PMLN government to register a case of treason against General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and prosecute him on a fast track basis. But it is […]
Source: CNN.Com (CNN) — A riot on a tiny island in the Pacific that killed no one would usually go unnoticed by the world. But when some 100 asylum seekers burned down their shelters in an Australian refugee processing center Friday on Nauru Island, it did not. Instead, it drew […]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Islam is practiced in Hong Kong by about 250,000 Muslims.[1] About 10,000 of the Muslim families in Hong Kong are ‘local boy’ families, Muslims of mixed Chinese and South Asian ancestry descended from […]
Cancer is more common than flu in the Iraqi city of Najaf, about 160 km south of Baghdad, one local doctor told RT. After the start of the war rates […]
Source: The Spiegel: DPA A chilling find has been made in Poland: at least 17 skeletons buried with the skulls severed and placed between the knees or hands. That, say archaeologists, is how vampires used to be interred, to stop them rising from the dead. More:
Source: The Spiegel: Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said she knew nothing about American surveillance activities in Germany. But documents seen by SPIEGEL show that German intelligence cooperates closely with the NSA and even uses spy software provided by the US. By SPIEGEL. More:
Business Insider: by Jed Diamond. Recently I received a review copy of the book, Lonely at the Top: The High Cost of Men’s Success by Thomas Joiner, Ph.D. I was happy to offer a review. Dr. Joiner is one of the world’s leading experts on suicide and has published two previous books, Myths […]
Source: Asia Tiems: By Victor Kotsev The anticipated renewal of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington, DC, this week has the potential to reshape not only the Israeli-Palestinian political scene but the entire region, and with it the narrative of the Arab Spring. Whether this potential will be realized is […]
Source: Asia Times: By Hossein Askari While growing up, I thought certain things in life were not for sale – that no amount of money could buy them. These included a democratic country? its national interest and its highest offices, the reputation of internationally admired men and women, Nobel laureates, […]
Review of Religions: Islam and Spain: Spanish land; lost by the sword; Spanish hearts won by the message of peace In 1946, Mirza Bashir-Ud-Din Mahmud Ahmadra, Second worldwide Head of […]
Guardian: Last week, a nail bomb partially exploded at a mosque in the West Midlands – the fourth attack in two months on mosques in Britain during Friday prayers. A suspect in […]
Guardian: Community leaders, campaigners and students from the Hazara community in Pakistan have reacted angrily to the announcement from the prime minister, Kevin Rudd, that all asylum seekers who arrive inAustralia by boat will be sent to Papua New Guinea for processing and resettlement, and none will be allowed to stay in Australia. Calling the […]
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Source: TOI WASHINGTON: Researchers have claimed that they have discovered molecules that are responsible for stress, anxiety and even depression. They discovered that the protein receptor CRF1 is responsible for releasing hormones which could cause anxiety and depression over long time periods, the Independent reported. Researchers in their study, conducted […]
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by Samir Barhoum | Jul 21, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed that the road to establishing a viable Palestinian state lies in peaceful negotiations, […]
by Samir Barhoum | Jul 21, 2013 | RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lauded Jordanian support for the Palestinian people and emphasised that coordination between the two leaderships is […]
RIYADH: SHARIF M. TAHA ARABNEWS Monday 22 July 2013 The volume of hotel investments in Makkah is predicted to hit SR500 billion ($133 billion) by 2015 in light of the […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Monday 22 July 2013 The new mataf bridge around the Holy Kaaba opens for pilgrims this week. Only disabled and elderly pilgrims will be allowed to […]