Americas

Exit Americans, enter sectarian strife

Credit: Asia Times: Following the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq three moths ago, sectarian clashes between Shi’ite and Sunni groups have steadily increased. It’s the perfect environment for al-Qaeda to turn the region into the massive insurgent stronghold it used to be, while accusations mount that Iran is […]

USA/NATO route not likely to open soon.

Credit: Asia Times: By Amir Mir ISLAMABAD – Pakistan opposition parties are moving to block the reopening of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply routes into neighboring Afghanistan ahead of crucial deliberations to set new terms of engagement with the United States. The country’s major right-wing opposition party, led by […]

Chocolate lovers tend to weigh less

Credit: TOI AP Photo NEW YORK: People who ate chocolate a few times a week or more weighed less than those who rarely indulged, according to a US study involving a thousand people. Researchers said the findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, don’t prove that adding a candy […]

Muslim open house educates public in Paris

Source: Paris Star – Prejudice can be viewed as part ignorance and part fear. That was Meredith Swanson’s belief as she approached the County of Brant Public Library in Paris on Saturday afternoon to ask some questions and educate herself on the Islam religion. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of […]