Asia

Israel lacks intent for peace

Arab News Monday 1 April 2013 US President Barack Obama last week visited Palestine, Jordan and Israel and brought once more the issue of just settlement for the Palestinian people to the front. Obama emphasized the need for new dialogues to be commenced. In my opinion it is a wonderful […]

A 40-Year Quest for Justice

courtesy; nytimes  By SHAHIDUL ALA DHAKA, Bangladesh FOR the past month, tens of thousands of Bangladeshis have filled Shahbagh Square here, demanding justice for crimes committed in 1971, when Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) attained its independence from Pakistan. Ordinary people — grandparents, people in wheelchairs, men with beards, women in hijab, […]

Saudi Arabia: Twitter may be linked to IDs

RIYADH: SHAJA AL-BUQAMI ARABNEWS Saturday 30 March 2013 Twitter users beware. The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is currently studying the possibility of linking the access to microblogging site with the personal identification of social media users, according to sources. The move is likely to create ripples in the […]

Picture of the Day-Holy Week flagellation

Hooded flagellants worship during holy week in Pampanga province, Philippines. It looks mighty painful, but for these religious worshipers flagellation is a necessary act of mortification in which they scourge themselves by whipping their own flesh. Although the bloody practice is condemned by the Catholic church and frowned upon in […]