Fiji, NZ and Australia to hold democracy talks Updated 27 July 2012, 17:21 AEST Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr says he doesn’t believe Fiji should be allowed back into the Pacific Islands Forum just yet. Senator Carr says Fiji has made ‘good progress’ on returning to democracy. Audio: Bob Carr speak […]
Fiji’s foreign minister to open Auckland supermarket Stuff.co.nz A leading figure in Fiji’s military regime arrives in Auckland today and will fly on to Sydney to speak with Foreign Minister Murray McCully. Since military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama’s 2006 coup, New Zealand has blacklisted members of the military … See all stories on this topic […]
Credit: The Express Tribune via Wasim Sroya: They scraped his person from his gravestone, because those in the underworld would also object to his being Muslim. ILLUSTRATION: ERUM SHAIKH They […]
AP ARABNEWS Friday 27 July 2012 UNITED NATIONS: The UN Compensation Commission that settles damage claims from victims of Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait on Thursday approved $1.3 billion for six successful claimants. The Geneva-based UN Compensation Commission is funded by a 5 percent tax on the export of Iraqi […]
ALKHOBAR: RAWAN NASSER ARABNEWS Saturday 28 July 2012 The community in Alkhobar has grown accustomed to arranging the most extravagant feasts during Ramadan to celebrate the holy month, yet tables […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Two new men who appeared on the fast-changing stage of Arab politics this week: General Manaf Tlass, who defected from the Syrian regime, and Egypt’s newly appointed prime minister, Hisham Kandil. They may play pivotal roles in shaping evolutions in their countries. Some […]
By Regan Doherty, Amena Bakr DAILY STAR, LEBANON A Turkish F-16 fighter jet leaves its hangar for take off from Incirlik airbase in the southern Turkish city of Adana July 4, 2012. REUTERS/Umit Bektas DOHA/DUBAI: Turkey has set up a secret base with allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar to direct […]
Salam Pakistan’s Proud Son: Denied recognition as Muslim even after death
Daily Dawn: IT’S been apparent for a while now that the country’s electronic media will go to extreme lengths to spice things up. But religion is now fair game too. […]
Syrian Rebels Free 2 Journalists After Weeklong Ordeal With Islamic Extremists New York Times … Weeklong Ordeal With Islamic Extremists. By ROD NORDLAND. Published: July 27, 2012. CAIRO — Two foreign journalists captured by Islamic extremists in Syria and held for a week were rescued by Syrian opposition fighters, one of them said on Friday. See all […]
Philippines News: MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino on Friday night lashed out at Philippine media for alleged bias toward negative news reports. Aquino, in his speech at the 25th anniversary celebration of TV Patrol at the Manila Hotel, said he wants a positive spin in news stories and commentaries from ABS-CBN’s flagship primetime news broadcast. […]
By ROD NORDLAND CAIRO — Two foreign journalists captured by Islamic extremists in Syria and held for a week were rescued by Syrian opposition fighters, one of them said on Friday. A Dutch freelance photographer, Jeroen Oerlemans, contacted by telephone in Turkey, described a harrowing ordeal during which he and […]
MUAR: Malaysia’s agricultural capability has received world recognition with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) inviting the country to spearhead a programme to increase food production among Islamic countries. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this was voiced by the IDB fund manager chairman Dr Abdullah El-Kuwaiz when they […]
Source: Ucanews.com Christians on Tuesday joined Muslims in Lahore to protest what they say is genocide being committed in Myanmar against Rohingyas in western Rakhine state. Dozens of Christian joined the protest outside the Press Club in Lahore urging UN intervention to end alleged violence against the minority Muslim ethnic group. Christian leader Saleem Gabriel said […]
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma Exiled Burmese democracy activists in Japan demonstrated on Wednesday in a rare show of support of President Thein Sein concerning his plan to expel the Rohingya minority group to third countries. During his meeting with United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres on 11 […]
Dubai: Saudi Arabia will make amendments to rules governing religious police after the ‘horrific’ death of a Saudi man and injuries to his family members after their car was chased by religious police (mutawa) earlier this month, Saudi media reports said. “A set of procedures to govern the country’s Promotion […]
M Zafar Iqbal JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian zookeepers have moved an orangutan out of visitors’ sight so she’ll no longer smoke lit cigarettes people regularly throw into her cage. […]
Express Tribune: by Ayesha Siddiqa: These days, the social media is abuzz with discussion on Myanmar. Interestingly, it is not even a constructive discussion but one which is meant for […]
AP | Jul 27, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — In the recent sectarian violence in Syria, some observers see a grim pattern: Alawite fighters from President Bashar Assad’s minority sect, they say, are trying to carve out a breakaway enclave for themselves by driving out local Sunnis, killing entire […]
JEDDAH: NADEEM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Friday 27 July 2012 Oud incense and oil as well as eastern perfumes are on most Saudi families’ shopping lists. Burning oud, or agarwood, is an […]