A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Source: Science Daily Rats exposed to stress during early development inherit the effects of that stress to their offspring, largely expressed in behavior impairments but also characteristics of resilience, shows a new study from the University of Haifa, published in the journal Developmental Psychobiology. Providing environmental enrichment to the future mother […]
Source: The National The appearance of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in a Cairo courtroom on Monday reassured millions of Egyptians that their revolutionary struggle was not in vain. But as the trial is now merged with that of the former minister of interior, Habib El Adly, (along with Mr […]
Source: Brazzil Magazine Brazilian success is being vastly praised inside and outside the country and there are good reasons for this. In the last two decades, the Brazilian economy not only conquered the hyperinflation of the 1980s, but also reduced poverty by almost 70% since 1994. Due to stabilization, economic […]
Jakarta Globe: Almost exactly one year ago, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the following on the occasion of Independence Day: “I want to underline the importance of maintaining and strengthening our brotherhood, harmony and tolerance as a nation… In everyday life, we still find cases that don’t reflect the harmony, tolerance and mutual respect […]
(AFP) – WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday criticized an Indonesian court for jailing a minority sect member for six months for defending himself and others from a lynch mob that killed three of his friends. “We are disappointed by today’s sentencing of Deden Sudjana who was a victim […]
Press Release Freedom House, Washington A second brutal mob attack on Indonesia’s Ahmadiyya last week, as well as the harsh sentencing of an Ahmadi victim in a previous attack, are further proof of a troubling downward spiral in religious freedom in Indonesia. Read more
Source: The Washington Times ARLINGTON, Va., August 15, 2011 – We all know what it is like to have been imprisoned for practicing our religious faith, right? Most of us of course, have a loved one or a friend who was executed for teaching others about their faith, or at least […]
Haaretz By Yehuda Ben Meir What is erupting from the hearts of hundreds of thousands of citizens, and what sends them out to the streets, is not economics, but rather morality and values. Social justice is not an economic concept. It is, at base, a normative one. Due to the […]
Jakarta Globe, Indonesia A senior Amadiyah member was sentenced to six months imprisonment at the Serang District Court on Monday in relation to the violent mob attack that killed three other members of the minority sect on February 6. Deden was convicted of inciting violence, obstruction of justice and disobedience […]
Iranian goods comprising 40 tons of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment were dispatched for the Libyan civilians on a plane from Karaj Payam Airport on Monday motning. The official recalled that Iran had previously sent twice its aid cargoes of foodstuff for Libyan people via Tunisia. Read more
Source: The New York Times Wearing a bulletproof vest and a leash held by a police guard, Anders Behring Breivikreturned this weekend to the pristine Norwegian island where, he has admitted, he slaughtered 69 people last month, leading the police through a simulation of his actions, Oslo police officials said […]
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has called on his followers to prepare for the “battle to liberate” rebel-held towns in an audio message on Libyan television. In what Libyan state television said was a live speech, Gaddafi urged the Libyan people to arm themselves to liberate the country from “traitors […]
Are the windows to the soul the fearfully and wonderfully made creation of a sentient deity? Depends on whom you ask. AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Consider the human eye. That ocular globe contains a complex array of nerves, cells, muscles and tissues, allowing humans to see in varied lighting, discern depth, perceive distance […]
BBC: The Rev Klaas Hendrikse can offer his congregation little hope of life after death, and he’s not the sort of man to sugar the pill. Animposing figure in black robes and white clerical collar, Mr Hendrikse presides over the Sunday service at the Exodus Church in Gorinchem, central Holland. It is […]
Source: Chicago Tribune Parents learn to control temper while fasting A frazzled, home-schooling mother of three, Olivia Kompier has been known to lose her temper when she’s well-nourished, but even more so when she’s dehydrated or hungry. That’s why the prospect of giving up routine meals during the daylight hours […]
Source/Credit: NPR In the 1890s, Russian Jews fleeing anti-Semitic violence and discrimination arrived by the thousands to a remote corner of the Argentine Pampas. They founded hamlets similar to the shtetls they left behind. They spoke Yiddish, built synagogues and traditional Jewish schools — and became farmers and gauchos, the […]
Source/Credit: Al Jazeera By Robert Lambert There is a lively debate taking place in the UK media between left and right wing commentators as to the causes of the English riots, in which hundreds of shops and businesses have been looted. However, both sides agree that the looting has been […]
Source/Credit: Mirror A HEARTFELT plea for peace from a dad just hours after his son was killed may have saved a city from further bloodshed, a top cop said yesterday. West Midlands Chief Constable Chris Sims was speaking after a visit to the home of murder victim Haroon Jahan, 21, […]
Source / Courtesy: Press TV A former US congressional candidate believes that Israel’s ultimate objective in constructing new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is to destroy al-Aqsa Mosque. I have believed for a long time that Israel wants this al-Aqsa Mosque simply not to exist,” Mark Dankof told Press TV on […]
President Peres with visiting Members of Congress: President Shimon Peres conducted a working meeting this morning (Wednesday, 10 August 2011) with 26 Democratic Members of Congress that are visiting Israel in a delegation headed by the Democratic Whip, Rep. Steny Hoyer. The visit was organized by American Israel Education Foundation, […]