Fire breaks out at Olympic house
Kiwi House near King’s Cross station evacuated after gas cylinders explode during event for New Zealand fans. Up to 700 people were evacuated from New Zealand‘s Olympics hospitality house after […]
America is turning on British banks in order to protect Wall Street
Daily Telegraph: Reports that the New York Department of Financial Services is getting ready to stretch Standard Chartered Bank on the rack of truth will come as no surprise to […]
Fanning The Flames of the Euro Crisis Europe’s 10 Most Dangerous Politicians
Credit: Spiegel. The tone in the euro debate is becoming more aggressive. Bavarian Finance Minister Markus Söder said on Sunday that Greece must be ‘made an example of.’ Politicians in other countries are resorting to similarly provocative rhetoric. Ten populists are whipping up sentiment — and thereby worsening the crisis. […]
Writer Defends His Handling of Interview With Assad
Even when his country was not convulsed by war, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria rarely gave televised interviews to foreigners. His session with Barbara Walters in December was a public […]
ICRC vows to maintain presence in Libya
Swissinfo.ch and agencies The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it will stay in Libya, despite suspending its work in the port of Misrata and in the […]
Former Bin Laden Bodyguard Living in Bochum-Germany
Credit: Spiegel A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden has been living in the western German city of Bochum for a number of years. Although authorities regard the 36-year-old Tunisian, named only as Sami A., as a security risk, attempts to expel him from the country have failed so far. […]
Fasting is observed in all world religions
By: Laiq Ahmed Atif, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta – amjmalta@gmail.com Who can understand the importance of food and water more than those who have ever passed through hunger, thirst […]
Germany and Italy near blows over euro
Daily Telegraph: “We must make it clear to Mr Monti that we Germans will not shut down our democracy to pay Italian debts,” said Alexander Dobrindt, secretary-general of Bavaria’s Social […]
Materialism Leads to Denial of Not only Soul but also Free Will
Free will is very intuitive to us. We feel control over our actions and often take pleasure in our choices, but, in pursuit of atheism, many a philosophers and scientists have to assert that we are automatons and robots and free will is only an illusion: May 2012 eGazette – […]
‘If There Is a God, He Is Certainly Not to Blame’
Credit: Spiegel-Germany It’s the first time the two have met: Samuel Koch and Philippe Pozzo di Borgo are having dinner together in a Munich hotel while Germany plays Italy in the European Football Championship. They talk and laugh a lot, and despite their 37-year age difference and vastly different backgrounds, […]
Spain ‘al Qaeda cell’ may have targeted Gibraltar
Credit:CNN (CNN) — Three suspected terrorists arrested last week in what Spanish officials call one of their largest operations against al Qaeda appear to have been interested in targeting a Gibraltar shopping mall. Spanish security services suspect their plan may have been to attack the British territory on the southernmost […]
French national identity must integrate Islamic culture
By Aude Jehan The Daily Star For 3.5 million French Muslims, Ramadan began Friday, July 20. Enthusiasm for fasting seems stronger than ever this year, with 71 percent of Muslims […]
Greece enters ‘crucial weeks’ with troika praise for €11.5bn cuts progress
Finance minister Yiannis Stournaras talks of ‘bridge of hope’ in reform drive. The next few weeks will be crucial if Greece is to avoid defaulting on its mountain of debt […]
A Call to Investigate Russian Governor’s Comments
By ELLEN BARRY INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE MOSCOW — A member of a Kremlin-sponsored civic chamber will ask state prosecutors to investigate racially tinged statements made by the governor of the Krasnodar region, a close ally of President Vladimir V. Putin, to see if the remarks violate Russian law on incitement […]
Documentary seeks to explain why Albanians saved Jews in Holocaust
By Laura Koran, CNN (CNN) – How many people would lay down their lives for a stranger? It’s the question at the center of the new documentary “Besa: The Promise,” […]
A capital crisis
Media Takes Aim at Jerusalem by Rabbi Shraga Simmons Jews have experienced repeated attempts to obliterate Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish people. On the Jewish calendar, this […]
‘Blade runner’ makes unprecedented Olympic debut
Source: CNN Oscar Pistorius, a South African double-amputee nicknamed the “Blade Runner,” made an unprecedented Olympic debut Saturday, finishing second in his 400-meter qualifying heat. With a time of 45.44 […]
UK: Pakistani parents found guilty in ‘honour killing’ of teenage daughter
Pakistani parents found guilty in ‘honour killing’ of teenage daughter Published on Friday August 03, 2012 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1236647–pakistani-parents-found-guilty-in-honour-killing-of-teenage-daughter Martin Rickett/AP A British court found that Iftikhar (above) and Farzana Ahmed, both originally from Pakistan, suffocated their 17-year-old daughter, Shafilea, in 2003. They were ordered Friday to serve a minimum of 25 […]
Sacrificing Iran’s queen
Credit: Asia Times Sacrificing the queen So the question to be asked of the EU could be whether they are prepared to join a Eurasian framework for political and economic co-operation largely based upon energy and trade, or would prefer to cling to a failing and dysfunctional deficit-based economic framework […]