By Ehtishamul Haq Mahmood Kauser The life of this noble one is not mysterious to the author of this dissertation. The most prominent example of his character that can be noted is his most warm and wholehearted greeting. Even at his extreme age he would embrace all with a […]
Businessinsider.com: The buzz about currency wars and currency manipulation is back. In the last presidential debate, Mitt Romney called China “a currency manipulator for years and years,” and said that he would label […]
Source: TOI: WASHINGTON: Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney was “all over the map” and White House incumbent Barack Obama was all over him as the two contenders to lead the careworn superpower for the next four years struggled to provide a vision for the world in their third and final […]
Dawn: WASHINGTON: “No, it’s not time to divorce a nation on Earth that has 100 nuclear weapons and is on the way to double that at some point,” said Republican […]
Monday, October 22, 2012 10/22/12 WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 689 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 686 days. – 126 days at the Ecuadorian Embassy. Bradley Manning has been in jail without trial for 883 days. Jeremy Hammond has been in prison without […]
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) 10/22/2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Muslim vote is becoming important in narrow election. Muslims in the US make up less than 1 percent of the population, […]
Source: Asia Times: The Obama slide had been relentless, non-stop, ever since the first debate; it was only barely reversed for the past three days. Even so, Romney must win all these swing states if he can’t swing Ohio, which is leaning towards Obama by 70%. Read More:
RT: It looks like there’ll be no trick-or-treating this year in a school in Seattle as the administration has banned students from celebrating Halloween. One of America’s most beloved holidays, known for extravagant get ups and plenty of candy, was cancelled on the grounds of the possible offence that might […]
Source: NY Times: I LIED to my father, told him we were on Cape Cod when, in fact, we were bouncing around the battered streets of Havana in our friend José’s 1953 Chevrolet Deluxe, the one with the new Toyota engine but no working gauges on the dash. Nothing about […]
Source: WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran have agreed in principle for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iran. Iranian officials have insisted […]
Examiner.com: By Deeba Chaudry: Calgary Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will be holding “World Religions Conference” in Red Deer on Monday October 22nd on the topic of “Religion and Science: Are they compatible?” Everybody is invited to attend this very informative conference about the excellent teachings of Islam and other religions, especially […]
Suggested Reading Focus on Islam, Christianity and Environment Business Insider: When economists forecast the future, they have to consider one key variable: people. Using charts and info from Pew, the Census, and a Ph.D presentation put together by Elise Barrella & Sara Beck of Georgia Tech, we’ve found some interesting facts about what America will […]
By Muhammad Zahir Mannan We live in search of truth Yet distract ourselves with lies We blindly shop every bazaar in vain And never hearken to our inner cry What ugliness you haply invite What beauty you let slip away You give up immortality tomorrow Foolishly to satisfy your lust […]
Source: TOI: US President Barack Obama comprehensively won the second presidential debate in New York against his Republican rival Mitt Romney. WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama comprehensively won the second presidential debate in New York against his Republican rival Mitt Romney as the latter lost one point in his national […]
Source: CNN Mitt Romney and President Obama’s good-natured exchange of jokes at the 2012 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner Thursday night renewed a fine American tradition of applying the balm of laughter to the bitterness of politics. Every year, a tuxedo-clad cross-section of the nation’s political and economic elites […]
Quotation from the Wall Street Journal: read full article here: “According to a new national survey of China’s household income, China’s richest 10% control 56.9% of household income and 84.6% […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Several big Wall Street bank CEOs on Thursday urged Congress and President Obama to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” In an urgent letter dated Oct. 18, the Financial Services Forum pressed leaders to “reach a bipartisan deal to avoid” massive tax hikes and across-the-board program cuts that […]
Get Up. Get Out. Don’t Sit. By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Just as we were all settling in front of the television to watch the baseball playoffs, two new studies about the perils of sitting have spoiled our viewing pleasure. The research, published in separate […]
Source: Asia Times: By Dilip Hiro The United States and Pakistan are by now a classic example of a dysfunctional nuclear family (with an emphasis on “nuclear”). While the two governments and their peoples become more suspicious and resentful of each other with every passing month, Washington and Islamabad are […]
Source: TOI: WASHINGTON: At least 20 people have died and another 257 have been infected by the outbreak of deadly meningitis, linked to a contaminated drug, a federal health agency has said. The disease has now spread to 16 States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, adding […]