By Rod Nordland and Jawad Sukhanyar New York Timesmercurynews.com KABUL, Afghanistan — A female police sergeant shot and killed a U.S. civilian adviser at police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, Afghan police officials said, breaking a relative lull in the so-called insider killings that have strained the relationship between Americans […]
WASHINGTON — Maya MacGuineas has been ringing alarms about the nation’s growing debt for 15 years, imagining a day when a president and a Congress might finally work together to curb deficit spending. After watching President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner once again come close to agreeing on a […]
A friend writes: The Times today puts a short article about Hagel’s short history of anti-gay comments on p. 19, and highlights it up front. ‘Possible Defense Nominee Faulted for Record on Gays’ The hit is by Mark Landler, not famous for his independence, a reliable gauge of the paper’s […]
Newsweek released the cover for its last-ever print issue on Sunday morning. The cover features a vintage picture of the old Newsweek offices in New York, accompanied by the headline […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Epigraph: “Once the world of ideas has been transformed, reality cannot hold out for long.” “The history of the world is none […]
Interfaith America News Meeting of the Bay Area interfaith giants By H. Koya(PhD), chair Interfaith America (L-R. Fiji Sun Editor Dr. H. Koya chair Interfaith America, Iftekhar Hai president UMA Interfaith and Imam Mubashir Ahmad missionary Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (Sat. Dec 22,2012) – After months of […]
By LIZZIE SIMON Ten years ago, the five adult children of Jerry and Peg Sussingham decided to chip in for a room at the Waldorf-Astoria so that their parents could […]
Anti-Islam Law Denied The Muslim Observer, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2012 LANSING, Mich. — Last week, Muslims nationwide were urged to take action against HB 4769, better known as the Anti-Islam Legislation. State Legislator Dave Agema, a Republican from Michigan, was the state representative behind this bill, and actively pushing for […]
Source: ET WASHINGTON: As President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Senator John Kerry as the next Secretary of State, Pakistan welcomed the prospect of working with a friendly face. “We welcome news of the nomination of Senator John F Kerry as the next US Secretary of State. Senator Kerry is […]
Source: LUBP Saudi Arabia is key sponsor of Takfiri terrorism in Pakistan and other countries According to diplomatic sources, Saudi Arabia is currently pushing Islamabad to abandon its plan for importing natural gas from Iran. Riyadh is also believed to be concerned over a recent move by Tehran offering crude […]
CHINO – The 27th Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Jalsa Salana West Coast Convention will be held next weekend in Chino. The three-day convention will begin with the regular sermon and prayer […]
By KRISTINA COOKE, DAVID ROHDE AND RYAN MCNEILL INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 20, 2012 The U.S. federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars a year on aid to the poor. There isn’t enough to go around for Shaun Case. The 34-year-old Indiana native has learning disabilities and endured a childhood […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ira Chernus Here’s the question few peole are asking as 2012 ends, especially given the effusive public support the Obama administration offered Israel in its recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza: will 2013 be a year of confrontation between Washington and Jerusalem? It’s true that the […]
By Michael Kelley December 18, 2012 “Information Clearing House” – — Business Insider” — December 13, 2012 — In March President Barack Obama reportedly offered Israel bunker-buster bombs and other […]
Reuters) – As a year-end deadline looms, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on Thursday with their own “fiscal cliff” plan that muddles negotiations with the White House to avoid steep tax increases and spending cuts. The Republican-led House is aiming to vote on Thursday evening on […]
Religion News Service | By Greg Horton PRYOR CREEK, Okla. (RNS) Pryor Creek, Okla., is gun country. Located midway between Tulsa and Siloam Springs, Ark., the town of approximately 8,500 […]
By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr. WASHINGTON — The weaknesses with the handling of diplomatic security in Benghazi, Libya, that led to a deadly attack on a diplomatic outpost there were […]
Source: NY Times. A short video on Terry Jones’s hate speech attempt in Times Square, 2011. Click here to play the video.
Source: Asia Times: By Spengler Consider two situations. First, a madman kills 20 schoolchildren in America for unexplained reasons. Second, Muslim terrorists kill 22 children in Israel (at Ma’alot in 1974), or 186 children at Beslan in the Russian Caucusus in 2004, for clearly stated reasons. What do they have […]
The German publication Der Spiegel shines light on how drones are having an effect on the soldiers back home controlling them. December 17, 2012 | The human costs of the […]