tiny buddha: by Alexis Evans –— The pace of our world is frantic and seems to be constantly increasing. Despite this, I support the belief that life is not a race. Going faster doesn’t necessarily equate with accomplishing more or better. In actual fact, the opposite is usually true. If […]
CHITTAGONG: A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced 14 people to death, including the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), over a massive arms smuggling racket ten years ago. JI leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, 70, was sentenced to hang after being convicted over the racket involving 10 truckloads of arms seized by police […]
January 30, 2014 12:22 AM By Assia Bensalah Alaoui The Daily Star Story Summary Morocco is an ideal setting for regional diplomacy. Its strategy of gradual reform, economic modernization, and social development has made the country an oasis of stability in a region rife with violence and strategic rivalries – […]
By: John Roberts (Scroll down for video) Many people were surprised to learn that the woman, who is cleaning their street, is a millionaire. Yu Youzhen, 54, is worth 10 million yuan ($1.6 million). However, she lives a simple lifestyle and she works hard. Yu works for the sanitation department […]
WARSAW: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is hinting at growing U.S. impatience with Afghan President Hamid Karzai for not signing an accord permitting American troops to remain in his country after the U.S. combat mission ends in December. Hagel told reporters flying with him to Poland Thursday that at some point […]
GENEVA: Syria’s opposition said peace talks with President Bashar Assad’s regime in Geneva took a step forward on Wednesday with discussions on a transitional government after four days of deadlock. […]
The International Islamic Relief Organization (IIROSA) distributed winter aid through its relief campaign to the less fortunate in Al-Kharkhir in Najran. IIROSA volunteers distributed food baskets containing rice, sugar, oil, milk, tea and many other products worth over SR200,000 to hundreds of families in Al-Kharkhir. The organization facilitated distribution and […]
Source: Aljazeera.com via Wasim Sr. It was a quick call from my editor’s office in Karachi informing me not to bother writing anymore about the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or any other militant outfit, religious party or even the cricketer-turned-politician’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI). I was told I couldn’t even mention […]
Source: China Daily By CHEN JIA (San Francisco Journal) In the Year of Horse, the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley are both showing their particular affinity and openness […]
Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: In the wake of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s announcement to formulate a four-member committee to hold negotiations with the Pakistan Taliban, the decision attracted mixed reactions from the major political […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Stem cell researchers are heralding a “major scientific discovery”, with the potential to start a new age of personalised medicine. Scientists in Japan showed stem cells can now be made quickly just by dipping blood cells into acid. Stem cells can transform into any tissue […]
Lead post collected by Dr. Zia Husain Shah, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times President Obama’s State of the Union Speech, without Spin Full transcript, without spin or any agenda […]
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Epigraph On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, […]
Source: Asia Times: And Obama, of course, is a decent actor who can deliver a decent speech – certainly better than Ronnie Reagan, whom Gore Vidal used to describe as “the acting president”. More:
Russia Today: Edward Snowden has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by two Norwegian lawmakers, who say the NSA whistleblower contributed to “transparency and global stability” by revealing the […]
Source: BBC A swarm of 100 tiny satellites is poised to launch into orbit, owned by schoolchildren and space enthusiasts. Richard Hollingham finds out what it took to make these tiny travellers fly, and how they avoid posing a risk to bigger spacecraft. As I type this, there’s a satellite […]
Full transcript, without spin or any agenda Source: The Washington Post Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, Mr. […]
Source: nzherald.co.nz LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) The elderly man’s troubles started when two young men milling inside his homeopathic clinic casually asked him about his religion. He thought they were merely curious. […]
Source: mena-post.com As we celebrate the 88th anniversary of the great Doctor Abdus Salam today, I could not prevent myself from shedding a tear. This man, who should have been […]