Source: Reuters, by Philip Pullella. (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the environment. Speaking in Italian, the new pontiff said richer countries should fight what he called “the spiritual […]
London: Britain’s Asian entrepreneurs have defied the recession with some becoming billionaires from millionaires, according to a latest report on some of the country’s richest businessmen. The ‘Eastern Eye Asian Rich List 2013’ found that the number of billionaires in the annual list more than doubled to seven, up from […]
Source: Huff Post, by Mehdi Hasan. I can’t keep count of the number of Muslims I have come across – from close friends and relatives to perfect strangers – for whom weird and wacky anti-Semitic conspiracy theories are the default explanation for a range of national and international events. Who […]
Express Tribune: VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Friday called for the Roman Catholic Church to “intensify” its dialogue with Islam and with non-believers, condemning the “spiritual poverty” of the “rich countries” […]
The Economist: THE election of Pope Francis on March 13th was surprising for several reasons. He is the first pope from South America, making him the first non-European since the 8th century. He is […]
Aljazeera: London, United Kingdom – It was only as David Cronin saw Tony Blair and his entourage striding towards him that he finally plucked up the courage to go through with […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Italy has moved to defuse a diplomatic dispute with India by agreeing to send back two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen last year. The two Italian marines are due to face trial in India over the allegations, but after the Indian Supreme Court […]
Source: NY Times. DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — The jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called for a cease-fire and ordered all his fighters off Turkish soil, in a landmark moment for a newly energized effort to end three decades of armed conflict with the Turkish government. More:
by Michèle Laird, swissinfo.ch Mar 21, 2013 – 11:00 Switzerland is home to several crowdfunding platforms generating millions of francs from peer-to-peer financing. swissinfo.ch looks at how the online phenomenon is taking root. Recent projects in Switzerland, such as the revival of a legendary watchmaking company, the building of a […]
Source: Washington Post: Petros Giannakouris/AP – Women pass a Russian commercial bank in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The European Central Bank says it will keep emergency aid for Cyprus’ troubled banks in place until Monday but will cut it off after that unless a suitable rescue program has […]
Source: Spiegel. The Catholic Church is out of touch with believers, and risks losing more of the flock if it fails to reform. An important step would be giving national […]
Source: Spiegel dapd Amid accusations of waste, nepotism and smear campaigns, long-established members of Berlin’s Jewish Community are in open conflict with relative newcomers from abroad. Severe financial difficulties are at the core of their problems with one another. More:
ar 21, 2013 – 01:31 BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Serbia and Kosovo failed to reach an agreement on Wednesday to end the ethnic partition of the former Serbian province, but European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she hoped a new round of talks next month would seal a deal. […]
Mar 20, 2013 – SWISSINFO Switzerland had the sixth most asylum requests of any country in 2012 – the most since 1999 – and requests were up eight per cent […]
The Telegraph and Argus: A Muslim missionary and his family who are facing deportation to Pakistan have won the support of a Bradford MP and hundreds of campaigners. Supporters fear […]
A former Dutch MP has admitted that recognizing polygamy in law is the next logical step after redefining marriage to include same-sex couples. Speaking to the French online magazine, Yagg, Boris Dittrich said there was now a movement in the Netherlands to introduce multi-partner marriages. Campaign Mr Dittrich, who led […]
Washington Post: By Nick Miroff, Published: March 19 HURLINGHAM, Argentina — Father Julio Cesar Grassi was a celebrity in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. The young, dynamic, media-savvy priest networked with wealthy Argentines […]
By Tarek Fatah, QMI Agency First posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Noordin Mengal Noordin Mengal, left, and Mehran Marri, right, with columnist Fatah protesting in Geneva, Switzerland, which is hosting the annual session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The two young Balochistan leaders live in exile — Mengal […]
Sky News: Just months after brain surgery, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban goes back to school. A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the […]
Mailonline: Claim explains why Judas used a kiss to betray Jesus, since he could have transformed to foil any attempt at description Manuscript also claims that Pontius Pilate offered his […]