Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sunday finally selected a caretaker prime minister, a retired judge, to head up an interim administration to guide the country through its historic election period. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, 84, was selected by the election commission after a parliamentary committee and rival parties failed to agree on […]
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Source: Gulfnews,Com via Munir Ahmad of Austria. Manama: A man was questioned by the Saudi police after he delayed the departure of a plane for two hours by insisting that all women travelling without male companions should disembark. More:
The Associated Press Published: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3:54 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3:54 p.m. JERUSALEM – Concerns that Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons could reach militant groups bordering Israel and Turkey was the motivating factor in restoring relations with Ankara after a three year […]
AFP, Baghdad – ALARABIYYA.NET Baghdad was inaugurated as the 2013 Arab Capital of Culture on Saturday, the latest in a series of steps which officials hope will put Iraq back […]
Source: Channel News Asia YANGON: Religious leaders have called for calm in violence-hit central Myanmar and urged the government to step up security, state media said on Sunday. The outbreak of religious violence in the town of Meiktila has claimed at least 32 lives and displaced about 9,000 people, according […]
Dawn: It favoured greater autonomy to the provinces but it turned in favour of a strong and assertive centre in the post-independence period. The resolution for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India passed in the annual session of the All India Muslim League held […]
Source: CNN Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) — Buddhist monks and others armed with swords and machetes Friday stalked the streets of a city in central Myanmar, where sectarian violence that has left about 20 people dead has begun to spread to other areas, according to local officials. Members of the Buddhist […]
Source: Dawn.Com Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim chairs a meeting of the ECP. — INP/File Photo ISLAMABAD: A consultative meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan for the selection of a caretaker prime minister was taking place on Saturday, DawnNews reported. The meeting was being chaired by Chief Election […]
Source: Express Tribune By Pervez Hoodbhoy Published: March 22, 2013 A new pope was elected in the Vatican this month on March 13, 2013. Born in Argentina as Mario Bergoglio, he is now the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church. The pomp and glory, the global publicity, the weeping crowds […]
Prashant Rao ARABNEWS Saturday 23 March 2013 Abdullah Ocalan’s cease-fire call marks a key turning point for the Kurdish nation that 25 years ago was hit by the deadliest use of chemical weapons ever and had begun an armed conflict for independence. The cease-fire call, set out in a letter […]
Jeddah: Irfan Mohammed ARABNEWS A large number of Umrah pilgrims arriving from Asian countries this week are about to set a new record. The Ministry of Haj has indicated that […]
The Huffington Post | By Eline Gordts Ten years after the start of the U.S. invasion in Iraq, doctors in some of the Middle Eastern nation’s cities are witnessing an […]
Collected by Abdul Alim: The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, told us: “When you find the Mahdi, perform bai’ah (pledge of allegiance) at his hand. […]
Source: BBC China is working with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users. The collaboration will produce a version of Canonical’s Ubuntu operating system called Kylin which will be released in April. The deal is part of a five-year plan by China to get more people using […]
In their first phone conversation since 2010, the Israeli PM has apologized to Turkish PM Erdogan for deaths in the Gaza flotilla raid, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. Israel also agreed […]
King Abdullah II, shaken by events of Arab spring, reportedly made series of indiscreet remarks about other leaders guardian.co.uk, Friday 22 March 2013 Barack Obama flies to Jordan on Friday […]
The Jakarta Post: After years of struggle to obtain a building permit for their house of worship, the congregation of the Batak Protestant Church (HKBP) in Taman Sari, Setu district in Bekasi regency, watched the local administration demolish their unfinished church building. “It’s over. The church building was demolished at […]
“So long as there is a United States of America, ah-tem lo lah-vahd” Haaretz: The full text of U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to Israeli students in Jerusalem on March […]
Bhagat Singh’s sacrifice It’s time to remember his ideals by Kuldip Nayar Even Mahatma Gandhi had a tendency to mix religion with popular movements. True, it aroused wide response but in the process it also sowed narrow religious feelings in the minds of people and destroyed the secular ethos of […]