By Khetam Malkawi AMMAN – Voting for the Dead Sea to be one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature is a “duty” that all Jordanians should contribute to, members of the public interviewed by The Jordan Times said on Thursday. “I voted for the Dead Sea without even asking […]
By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Explosions in the Sinai Peninsula severed Egyptian gas supplies to Jordan on Thursday, casting doubt over the security of the Kingdom’s main energy source. The blast, which marks the seventh act of sabotage on the Arab Gas Pipeline this year, took place at dawn on […]
Khairil Azhar, In his last will he said he wished to be buried among his people, not in the state-owned cemetery provided especially for those recognized as heroes. And there he is now, Mohammad Hatta, one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Indonesia, at Tanah Kusir Cemetery in […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/sounding-the-alarm-on-wife-sharing/article2231130/ Sounding the alarm on wife-sharing amrit dhillon- NEW DELHI— From Thursday’s Globe and Mail-Published Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 12:00AM EST A dirty secret is trickling out of villages in northern India: Some men lucky enough to find a wife are letting their brothers sleep with her because the chances […]
This study was sponsored by: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 as an entity separate and distinct from the State Department. USCIRF’s principal responsibilities are to review the facts and circumstances of violations […]
The Jakarta Post | Nine out of 10 Indonesian consumers are upbeat about their financial situation for next year, making the country the third-most confident country in the world, a survey says. A Nielsen online survey on the consumer confidence index revealed on Wednesday that 86 percent of Indonesian respondents […]
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has confirmed a dramatic rise in the number of halal food products coming in from China, but remained skeptical over that country’s developing halal industry. “The number of halal products from China has increased by 50 to 100 percent since last […]
Analysis: Harry Su, Bahana Securities Helped by strong domestic demand and exports, Indonesia reported continued solid third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.5 percent year-on-year, flat over the last two quarters and slightly lower than our and consensus estimates of 6.6 percent (exhibit 2). We note that growth across […]
In Indonesia, religious peace is at risk Berlin (ENI news). Indonesia has seen a sharp increase in religious violence over recent years, with radical Muslim groups targeting both Christians and members of the minority Ahmadiyah community. But at an ecumenical seminar in Germany, the chair of the Communion of Churches […]
Maksim Khrustalev. Pravda.Ru. 09.11.2011 The recipes from the IMF took Russia to the default in 1998, which automatically ended the “fruitful cooperation” with the fund. Strange as it may seem, Russia began to recover after that. The IMF could not be happy with that, of course. The Fund became concerned with […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MINA: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal said Makkah would be developed into a smart city with the Grand Mosque as its focal point over the next six years. “We will employ all kinds of modern technology to make Makkah smarter than any other […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS MINA: The once-in-a-lifetime journey of faith undertaken by nearly 3 million pilgrims reached its end on Tuesday with hundreds of buses and cars taking them out of the tent city of Mina before sunset. Many pilgrims chose to walk their way to the adjacent […]
By ARAB NEWS MINA: Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, said international situations have changed and there were expectations that some others would exploit the occasion of Haj to carry out chaotic deeds, but thanks to Almighty Allah, it did not happen. The crown prince made this […]
The government has recommended circumcision for people in Papua over the past two years as a new approach to curbing rapid increases in, cases of HIV/AIDS infection. In other parts of Indonesia, circumcision is common and is a part of a culture that has been preserved within the community over […]
JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister warned on Tuesday of a possible Israeli military strike against Iran’s nuclear program and rejected suggestions the Jewish state would be devastated by an Iranian counterattack. Ehud Barak spoke a day before the United Nations’ nuclear agency was expected to release a critical report on […]
BEIRUT: Lebanese refugees in Israel reportedly threatened to resort to international courts if the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati failed to grant them amnesty. A report published Tuesday by pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat said the few hundred Lebanese families residing in Israel since the end of the 1990 Civil War […]
ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press – 1 hour ago PARIS (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has labored to improve French relations with Israel, said he “can’t stand” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called him a liar in a chat with President Barack Obama. The conversation between Sarkozy and […]
Komodo National Park Close to Tally Needed for ‘Wonder’ Status Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. Support for Indonesia’s Komodo Island National Park to be named one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature continues to mount, with more than 100 million votes sent by text message since the service went live in […]
Pesident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono bestowed national hero titles on seven Indonesian citizens during a ceremony at the State Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday. Special honors were also given to humanitarians and artists, including Betawi icon Benyamin Sueb. The seven new national heros are: Idham Chalid, a former minister and head […]
By JIM LONEY | REUTERS BAGHDAD: The US military is vacating Saddam Hussein’s ornate palaces at its war headquarters in Baghdad and will turn the property over to Iraq next month, but Saddam’s prison toilet is leaving with the Americans. The stainless steel commode and a reinforced steel door have […]