AFP: AT least 1550 Palestinians in Israeli jails are now taking part in a mass hunger strike, Israel’s Prison Service said, with two of them marking their 64th day without food. IPS spokeswoman Sivan Weizman said that another 100 prisoners had begun refusing food in the last two days, swelling […]
Ynetnews: Op-ed: While Arabs shun the disabled, Israel gives hope to less fortunate members of society While Iranian scientists are being deployed in the nuclear bunkers and Israeli F16s could be ready to take off, one story reminds the world that Israel and Israelis are involved not only in hurting […]
Dawn: By Murtaza Haider: A year after his assassination in Abbottabad, Osama bin Laden is as irrelevant today to the welfare of millions of starving and suffering Muslims as he was when alive. The same holds true for almost all Islamist political movements who are singularly concerned with enforcing their […]
Government seems to succumb under pressure from extremists Daily Times Staff Report: LAHORE: The hate campaign against Ahmadis reached new heights in Pakistan and even innocent children are not spared now. These were the findings of an annual report, the Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, released by the Jamaat Ahmadiyya […]
Deccanchronicl: Kashmir’s Grand Mufti on Wednesday stirred up a real hornet’s nest by asking for declaring Ahmadis or Ahmadiyyas as non-Muslims through a legislation in the state Assembly. The cleric, Mufti Muhammad Bashiruddin, who is recognised by both the state government and the Centre as official ‘Mufti Azam’ or Grand […]
Source: Ynetnews Indian engineers, researchers seek Israeli water technologies for river’s rejuvenation; deal estimated at $3 billion India is considering the possibility of integrating Israeli technologies in a national initiative to clean the Ganges River. For this purpose, engineers, researchers and representatives form water technology companies will visit Israelnext week. […]
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in collaboration with USAID and CGAP jointly organized “Iraq Microfinance Policy Forum” on April, 2012 in Erbil-Iraq, for setting up Policy Goals for Microfinance in Iraq, which was participated by high Government functionaries from Iraq Government, including Advisors to Prime Minister, Central Bank in Iraq, […]
Daily Times Iqbal Butt’s fate is absolutely insignificant in a country where the governor of the largest province can be shot dead by his own bodyguard for merely suggesting that the blasphemy laws need to be revised An 80-year-old man, Iqbal Butt, who had been accused of blasphemy but released […]
The Express Tribune ABBOTTABAD: In their effort to ‘wipe out’ Osama bin Laden, the Americans buried him at sea and Pakistani authorities razed his compound – but neither succeeded in erasing him from popular imagination. The slain al Qaeda chief, on the contrary, is evolving from fact to myth in […]
Credit: TOI US President Barack Obama appears to be frustrated with Pakistan, which is reflected in his address to the nation from Afghanistan, an eminent American expert on South Asian issues said WASHINGTON:US President Barack Obama appears to be frustrated with Pakistan, which is reflected in his address to the […]
Credit: Asiatimes: By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON – The threat of a military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities this year appears to have substantially subsided over the past several weeks as a result of several developments, including the biting criticisms voiced recently by former top national security figures of Israeli Prime […]
Philippine News Manila, Philippines – ONCE again, the Philippines affirmed its status as a dive destination in the recent Marine Diving Fir 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. It was ranked among the top three destinations together with Maldives and Palau. Since 2006, the country has been included among the top five […]
By JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed highlighted the role of parents and family members in encouraging their children to memorize the Holy Qur’an as well as […]
AFP | May 01,2012 | 23:14 JORDAN TIMES TUNIS — The rise of Islamist parties across the region in the wake of the Arab Spring will have consequences for the Palestinians, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday in Tunis. “The rise to power of Islamist forces in revolutionary countries will […]
AMMAN — Greenhouses for producing high-value crops will soon be established in Aqaba’s desert through a pilot project that is also aimed at generating clean energy and fresh water, the […]
Bangladesh widens opposition crackdown New York Daily News Bangladesh police said on Tuesday they had arrested a top politician and raided the houses of several others as the government launched a crackdown on the opposition amid a deepening political crisis. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, deputy secretary general of the…. Bangladesh’s Vanishing Justice […]
The Jakarta Post:Cosmopolitan tolerance is now at a crossroad, as seen in the violent acts against minority groups represented exclusively by Ahmadiyah. The public then may ask: Why has violence frequently been targeted at the Ahmadis in a collective level? Why do the Ahmadis tend to be publicly perceived as […]
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Source: Ibnlive.com New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI) Cities with a population of 20 lakh or more are being considered for modern mass rapid metro rail and feasibility studies have been ordered in this regard. “We have already asked the state governments to conduct feasibility studies for metro rail projects in […]
Source: China Daily MACAO- A rare piece of parietal-bone relic of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, has been enshrined for public worship in the Macao East Asian Games Dome on […]