Letter bomb to president Germany?
Source: The Local: The police on Friday detonated a suspected letter bomb sent to the official residence of Germany’s president in Berlin. It later turned out to be harmless. More:
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
Rafiq A. Tschannen is a Swiss national. He converted to Islam and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the age of 16 after reading the German translation of the Holy Qur'an. He worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, first as Finance Director in the private industry and later as Chief Executive Officer of NGOs and International Governmental Organizations. He is now devoting his time to The Muslim Times as Editor for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Switzerland and as Associate Chief Editor.
A Giant Setback for Human Rights
Source: NY Times: The Supreme Court’s conservatives dealt a major blow Wednesday to the ability of American federal courts to hold violators of international human rights accountable. The court declaredthat a 1789 law called the Alien Tort Statute does not allow foreigners to sue in American courts to seek redress […]
Read the Mind of Boston Terror Suspect!
Source: NY Times: The suspects were brothers. The one who was on the loose was taken into custody on Friday evening. He was the younger of the two, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. The elder, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a confrontation with authorities, but not before participating in the fatal […]
Serbia and Kosovo Reach Agreement on Power-Sharing
Source: NY Times: PARIS — After months of difficult negotiations, Serbia and Kosovo reached an agreement on Friday aimed at overcoming ethnic enmities in Kosovo, a former Serbian province. It is a milestone that officials hope will enhance stability in the region and clear a path for both countries to […]
Emirates to Seize Qaeda Supporters
Source: NY Times. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Security authorities in the United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that they had arrested seven members of a “terrorist cell” affiliated with Al Qaeda accused of plotting attacks in the Emirates and in neighboring oil-producing states, according to the official WAM news […]
Iran: On Africa Trip: Looking for Uranium?
SWource: NY Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has started a three-nation Africa trip that includes a visit to Niger, a leading producer of uranium. Mr. Ahmadinejad, left, is also visiting Benin and Ghana. Iran’s state-run media did not specify the purpose of the trip beyond a desire to advance […]
Boston Bombing Suspect Caught
Source: ET The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathonbombings, whose flight from the police after a furious gunfight overnight prompted an intense manhunt that virtually shut down the Boston area all day, was taken into custody Friday night after the police found him in nearby Watertown, Mass., officials said.The suspect, […]
APML urges army to intervene
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Close associates of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf have asked top military leadership to intervene in the issue immediately before tensions between state institutions get worse. “Top military leadership will come into action [as an ex-general is being denied justice],” Major General (Retd) Rashid Qureshi, a close […]
Secret state
Source: ET We have a state shrouded in secrecy. In fact, even the media which is expected to bring facts to light and keep the public informed has its own secrets to hide. The problem begins with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the funds available to it for […]
Immigration and terror
Source: The Economist. THE strangest commentary produced by the news that the Boston terrorists seem to have been a pair of Chechen brothers from Dagestan has been speculation that this could mean trouble for immigration reform. The initial speculation earlier this week, before the bombers’ identities were known, involved comparisons […]
Chaudhry Court trying Gen Musharraf under Article Six is like Justice Munir trying Gen Ayub
Source: LUBP The Chaudhry Court trying Gen Musharraf under Article Six is like Justice Munir trying Gen Ayub or Justice Anwarul Haque trying Gen Zia for the same crime the six of them (8 including Gen Yahya and his CJ) committed together with their collaborators in the GHQ (corps commanders) […]
A blood-soaked election
Source: Friday Times: On April 11, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) took responsibility for killing Fakhrul Islam, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate for the National Assembly and Sindh Assembly. Islam was shot in Hyderabad by two armed men riding a motorbike. The ubiquitous TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan called a newspaper […]
Senate passes resolution to try Musharraf under Article 6
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com 11 hours ago PML-N leader Senator Ishaq Dar addresses a press conference. – File Photo by Online ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling for a trial of former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of […]
Hero Say Zero by Nazir Naji
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dunya Daily column PK.com
G20 gathers for debate on debt, monetary stimulus
(Reuters) – Finance leaders of the G20 economies gathered on Friday to debate how best to rein in debt levels and the potential dangers from the latest round of aggressive easing of monetary policy from the world’s biggest central banks. They were also poised to demand swifter resolution to setting […]
South Africa finds rare blue diamond
Source: BBC A rare blue diamond has been unearthed at a mine in South Africa. The 25.5-carat stone was recovered by Petra Diamonds at its Cullinan mine and is expected to bring large profits. Experts say it could be worth more than $10m (£6m), and the find gave a boost […]
Military Take Over and 18th amendment in Pakistan!
Source: LUBP One of the funniest question asked on Facebook the other day, not by a common man living somewhere in remote village of Dera Ghazi Khan, but by a very informed blogger, social activist and highly educated person living in United states. is , “Does anyone know if Pakistani constitution […]
Two Dagestani brothers nembers of Chechen Wahhabi cell identified as responsible for Boston terror
Source: LUBP Two Dagestani brothers nembers of Chechen Wahhabi cell identified as responsible for Boston terror DEBKAfile Special Report April 19, 2013 http://debka.com/article/22911/Two-Dagestani-brothers-nembers-of-Chechen-Wahhabi-cell-identified-as-responsible-for-Boston-terror Parts of Boston, Watertown and other outlying towns were placed under curfew and public transport suspended Friday, April 19, as police huntedr one of the the Boston […]
Sorry it’s fake
Source: CNN The discovery of an old tomb in China has repercussions beyond the history books and academic debates of scholars — it also means tourists to an existing tomb in the same area have been unintentionally duped. A tomb recently unearthed at a construction site in Yangzhou, China, is […]
Wanted: Ugly people!
Source: CNN Ads lie. Or they did. The golf vacation commercials are the worst. All those beaming glad-I-came-here faces. After a shank off the first and a round of 118? Not counting 11 lost balls? It’s impossible for any real golfer to look that happy. Beach holiday ads are no […]