A Rotterdam district court has convicted two men of making preparations to participate in the armed conflict in Syria. Mohammed G. was convicted of preparing for murder. He does not however have to go to jail, as according to the Rotterdam court, he is completely non compos mentis. Mohammed G. […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent It was, of course, utterly inevitable that Tony Blair would back Egypt’s new authoritarian leaders. After all, can you imagine Blair – our very own […]
EU states have agreed on the “whole package” for a new accord with Cuba aimed at normalizing relations with the communist state and encourage reforms and strengthen the human rights in the country, an EU source told AFP. The text of the agreement will be discussed amongst EU foreign Ministers […]
Forbes: by Melanie Haiken — Business travelers, shift workers, college students, and overworked tech workers, beware. Unusual sleep patterns, particularly sleeping during the day and staying up late at night, wreak havoc with the activity of your genes, new research shows. Researchers at the Sleep Research Centre at the University […]
Daily Health Post — Richard Talbot, from Marconi Union, was fascinated to work with a therapist to learn how and why certain sounds affect people’s mood. Though he always knew the power of music, they had previously written songs using only their gut feeling. The Top 10 Most Relaxing Tunes: […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — The former partner of French President Francois Hollande said she felt like she “was falling from a skyscraper” when she learned about his alleged affair with an actress, Paris Match magazine said Thursday. More:
tiny buddha: by Alexis Evans –— The pace of our world is frantic and seems to be constantly increasing. Despite this, I support the belief that life is not a race. Going faster doesn’t necessarily equate with accomplishing more or better. In actual fact, the opposite is usually true. If […]
GENEVA: Syria’s opposition said peace talks with President Bashar Assad’s regime in Geneva took a step forward on Wednesday with discussions on a transitional government after four days of deadlock. […]
Epigraph On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, […]
Source: Kashmir Life: By Zubair Khan Note by Editor: About honorary Judges in German judicial system; It is a constitutional judicial tradition in German higher courts regulated through relevant laws that a division bench of three judges sits in a particular case hearing, out of which only one judge is […]
World Bulletin / News Desk Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb military chief of what was once the state of Yugoslavia, has refused to testify as a defense witness at […]
Source: CNN Lawmakers in Kiev voted Tuesday to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws whose passage this month angered demonstrators and helped plunge Ukraine into political crisis.The vote came only hours after Prime Minister Mykola Azarov announced he had submitted his resignation in a bid to ease the situation.Televised images from a […]
Source: TOI LONDON: The British parliament has for the first time ever pulled up its revered Queen for failing to control her expenses. In what is the first such report into royal finances brought out by the Committee of Public Accounts, the British monarch Queen Elizabeth II has been openly asked to […]
Source: Morocco World News: Sidi Ifni- Sawsan Chebli, a 35-year-old German woman, has been appointed as a spokespersons of the German Foreign Ministry, according to media reports. Of Palestinian origin, Chebli is the first Muslim woman to represent the Ministry. She is now preparing to be deputy spokesperson under chief spokesman […]
Glasgow: A Scottish human rights organisation, Global Minorities Alliance, has expressed grave concern about the most recent events in context of Pakistan’s controversial Blasphemy Laws. Muhammad Ashgar, a 65 year […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — The year is 2063. By now, all of Europe’s volcanoes have come to life and erupted, spewing out thick plumes of ash into the atmosphere. Dense black clouds of dust envelop the murky sky, plunging the entire continent into total darkness. The whole of Europe lies in […]
While many in France will lambast François Hollande for how he has run the country, most it seems are not in a position to criticize him over his private life with a new survey published on Tuesday showing that one in two Frenchmen cheat and infidelity among both sexes is […]
Source: thetelegraphandargus.co.uk More than 200 men, women and children gathered to hear senior politicians and religious leaders speak about the importance of promoting harmony within communities. The Bradford branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association held its annual Peace Conference yesterdaySUN, with the theme ‘Blessed Are The Peacemakers.’ The keynote speaker was […]
Independent.ie With 500 Irish citizens converting to Islam every year, Maggie Armstrong spoke to four people who say they found inner peace since becoming Muslims Islam is Ireland’s fastest-growing religion, […]
MNT — Men are frequently accused of forgetting birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and even something as simple as taking the trash out. But they have developed this stigma for a reason, a new study suggest – it found that men are more forgetful than women, regardless of their age. The research […]