Libyan rebels desecrate graves of British war heroes
Libyan rebels, freed from the regime of Colonel Gaddafi, have been captured on film smashing the graves of more than 150 British soldiers killed in North Africa during the Second […]
Prosperity, autocracy and democracy: Why some Countries are Rich and others Poor?
Reuters: To understand the significance of the presidential election this weekend in Russia, read a book by two U.S.-based academics that is being published this month. Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu […]
Iran crisis stirs tensions in ex-Soviet Caucasus
AFP | Mar 01,2012 | JORDAN TIMES TBILISI — Thwarted attacks on Israelis in Tbilisi and Baku. Friction between Azerbaijan and its giant neighbour Iran. Fears of a new war over the conflict-bloodied region of Nagorny Karabakh. As warnings grow of a possible Israeli strike against Iran, the three small […]
UK: David Cameron accuses Syrian regime of ‘medieval barbarity’
David Cameron said the Syrian regime was guilty of “medieval barbarity” as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces were accused of mass killings in the city of Homs. As snow fell over […]
UK: Petrol prices hit record high
Petrol prices have reached a new record level today, hitting 137.44 pence a litre. The latest increase has seen the price of unleaded rise by just over three pence since […]
Channel Tunnel to get mobile phone coverage
One of the pleasures of travelling through the Channel Tunnel is — for some passengers at least — the brief respite that it gives from the sound of people chattering […]
How the UN “Swiss paradox” was resolved
by Armando Mombelli, swissinfo.ch On March 3, 2002, the Swiss population narrowly voted to join the United Nations – a historic decision. It came after more than half a century of refusing to be part of the body, out of fears linked above all to safeguarding Switzerland’s cherished neutrality. “The […]
Dutch Prince ‘May Never Wake Up’
Credit: Daily Graphic Ghana: The prince is seen here in the Austrian Alps last year Dutch Prince Johan Friso, injured in an avalanche last week, is in a coma and may never regain consciousness, doctors treating him in Austria say. Prince Friso, who had been on a skiing holiday in […]
A Look at German Islam Through the Viewfinder
Credit; Spiegel-Germany Kai Löffelbein/ zenith-Fotopreis An estimated 4 million Muslims live in Germany, but what does Muslim life really look like in the country? Eighty-four German photographers recently set out in search of answers — and came up with some surprising results. What does Islam look like in Germany? Can you tell if […]
EU agencies say Google breaking law: commissioner
(Reuters) – Data protection agencies in European countries have concluded Google Inc’s new privacy policy is in breach of European law, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said Thursday. France’s data […]
UK: Freedom of faith in UK is celebrated
Courtesy Ahmadiyya Times: “This Mosque has been built only for the worship of God, and as a means to develop love, affection and peace. We have no other purpose, and we […]
Germany: Imam preaches at Canisius Jesuits community Church near Berlin
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | EU Desk Source/Credit: The Tagesspiegel, By Benjamin Lassiwe | February 27, 2012 It is rare for a Muslim to deliver a sermon in a Catholic church. […]
Radical theory of first Americans places Stone Age Europeans in Delmarva 20,000 years ago
Credit: Washington Post: When the crew of the Virginia scallop trawler Cinmar hauled a mastodon tusk onto the deck in 1970, another oddity dropped out of the net: a dark, tapered stone blade, nearly eight inches long and still sharp. Forty years later, this rediscovered prehistoric slasher has reopened debate […]
Sweet triangle
Toblerone, Switzerland’s most famous chocolate, turns 100. In 1908 Theodor Tobler invented a nougat-cocoa speciality, which became Switzerland’s most successful chocolate. Last year Toblerone produced about as many individual Toblerone […]
United Nations urges FIFA to allow hijab headscarf
PST GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — The United Nations has urged FIFA to allow Islamic women to wear a hijab headscarf while playing soccer. The U.N. says Wilfried Lemke, sports adviser […]
James Murdoch quits News International
James Murdoch has stepped down as executive chairman of News International, the UK newspaper business that owns the Sun and the Times titles. The newspaper publisher has been tainted by […]
Controversial preservatives linked to cancer
The apparent link between parabens and breast cancer. It was in 2004 that researchers reported the occurrence of a series of compounds known as parabens in human breast cancer tissue, […]
Merkel Stuck in the Euro Firewall Trap
Credit: Spiegel-Germany dapd German Chancellor Angela Merkel has a difficult choice ahead of her. Merkel is damned if she does — but Europe could be damned if she doesn’t. Pressure is growing on the German chancellor to drop her government’s opposition to significantly increasing the size of the permanent euro […]
UK: Union leader calls for Olympics to be targeted
Workers should target the Olympics as part of their campaign against the Government’s spending cuts, Len McCluskey, the leader of Britain’s largest union has said. Mr McCluskey, the general secretary […]
Nicolas Sarkozy orders new Armenian genocide law
President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered his government to draft a new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide after France’s top court struck it down as unconstitutional. Armenians say up […]