Muslim Community Celebrates Silver Jubilee in New Zealand
Source: A Press Release The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in New Zealand continues to set their sight on serving New Zealanders as part of their Silver Jubilee thanksgiving function to mark 25 years of progress the community has made thus far in New Zealand (NZ) through the Help and Will of […]
Pope’s servant said Vatican leak suspect
VATICAN CITY, May 25 (UPI) — Pope Benedict XVI’s servant Paolo Gabriele has been arrested for leaking Vatican documents, sources told ANSA Friday. A Vatican spokesman said a suspect in the leaks was being questioned by Vatican magistrates. Earlier this year, sensitive Church documents were leaked to the Italian media, […]
‘Sin is such fun’ vicar faces calls for sack over Facebook posts
Rev Canon Dr Paul Shackerley is under investigation after swearing on Facebook, mocking religious events and complaining about having to go to church on Sundays. The Rev Canon Dr Paul […]
Theresa May: we’ll stop migrants if euro collapses
Daily Telegraph: Theresa May says “work is ongoing” to restrict European immigration in the event of a financial collapse. People from throughout the EU, with the exception of new member […]
Hollande meets troops and Karzai on surprise trip to Afghanistan
Rfi: French President François Hollande met Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Friday morning. Earlier, on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, he told French soldiers that 2,000 of the 3,555 French troops there will be home by the end of the year. Details:
Francois Hollande makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Mr Hollande told French troops that the “mission of fighting terrorism and chasing out the Taliban is close to being accomplished” and heralded a new era of civil […]
UK: Libya’s exiled former intelligence ‘knows who killed WPc Yvonne Fletcher’
Libya’s exiled former intelligence chief knows the identity of PC Yvonne Fletcher’s killer and was probably involved in her murder, the country’s transitional prime minister said. Abdurrahim El-Keib said he […]
Knives are out in Sarkozy party after presidential election defeat
Rfi: By Tony Cross The war of Sarkozy’s succession has opened in France’s right-wing UMP party, following its defeat in presidential polls at the hands of Socialist François Hollande. As the party tries to fight a parliamentary election campaign, former prime minister François Fillon has declared that it needs a new leader […]
Picture of the day: Solar Powered Airplane
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Pakistan at the heart of new Global Polio Emergency
BBC: Geneva: Tackling polio has entered “emergency mode” according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after “explosive” outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease. It has launched a plan […]
Pilatus seals record plane deal with India
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch The Pilatus aircraft manufacturer has confirmed a deal to export 75 PC-7 MkII military training aircraft to India worth $523 million (SFr500 million) – the biggest-ever […]
Shariah4Holland: kids’ gang or terror threat?
The radical Islamic organisation Shariah4Holland has caused a stir in the Netherlands. The movement is holding a conference in Amsterdam on Saturday and has invited Fouad ‘Abu Imran’ Bekacem, the leader of Shariah4Belgium, recently sentenced to two years in jail for incitement to violence. Media attention and questions from the […]
Fair play? UK to ban leaders accused of human rights abuse from Olympics
Russian TV: The seemingly noble move is tainted by the fact the very people accused of rights violations in their home countries – like the King of Bahrain, for example […]
Switzerland: Muslim cemeteries seen as ‘long-term investments’
Switzerland’s tendency to allow cantons or towns to decide certain issues sometimes makes for piece-meal solutions, and such is the case with special sections of cemeteries for different religions. The […]
Aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
swissinfo.ch and agencies Five aid workers with the Swiss-based humanitarian group Medair – two foreign female doctors and three male Afghan colleagues – have been kidnapped in a remote part of north-eastern Afghanistan, a government spokesman has confirmed. The five Medair workers were reportedly visiting a clinic and bringing food […]
Shouryya Ray, a Schoolboy cracks age-old maths problem posed by Sir Isaac Newton over 350 years ago
Source: The Local A 16-year-old schoolboy has solved a mathematical problem which has stumped mathematicians for centuries, a newspaper report said. The boy put the historical breakthrough down to “schoolboy naivety.” Shouryya Ray, who moved to Germany from India with his family at the age of 12, has baffled […]
Wilders again fails to postpone ESM debate
A broad majority in parliament has rejected a third request from Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders to postpone Wednesday’s debate on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), a permanent bail-out fund which is part of a EU fiscal pact to reinforce economic supervision. Mr Wilders’ request won the support of just […]
Nuremberg Trials: Are they Relevant to the Crimes Committed in our Times?
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Nuremberg Trials were a series […]
Germany, France draw battle lines over eurozone bonds
(Reuters) – Germany dismissed a French-led call for euro zone nations to issue common bonds, a day before a European Union leaders’ summit which investors are looking to for new measures to counter the bloc’s debt crisis. After a torrid week, stock markets rallied on optimism that the Wednesday summit […]