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USA: Silent on Israel

by George S. Hishmeh | Aug 23, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES It is a fact of life that in the campaign for presidential election in the US, held once every four years, foreign policy is not a contentious issue. This time around, however, the policies of Israel, a revered ally […]

Mixed Picture in Durable-Goods Report

New orders for long-lasting manufactured goods surged in the United States in July, the Commerce Department said Friday, but a decline in a gauge of planned business spending pointed to slowing growth in the factory sector. Durable goods orders jumped 4.2 percent on strong demand for civilian aircraft after an […]

Blesphamy Law of Pakistan Who benefits From it.

Malik Siraj Akbar Editor in Chief, ‘The Baloch Hal’; Author; Contributing Writer Who Benefits From Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Christianity , Islam , Pakistan , Pakistan Blasphemy Law , Rimsha Masih , Blasphemy Laws , World News Last weekend’s arrest and imprisonment of Rimsha Masih, an 11-year old Christian girl, by Pakistani authorities in the nation’s capital, Islamabad, on charges of blasphemy, is deeply alarming. The girl, whose […]

Realpolitik blurs US red line on Syria

Credit: Asia Times. Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are back. It’s like we never left Dubya’s glory days. No, they didn’t find the non-existent Saddam stash on eBay. This is about the existent Bashar al-Assad’s. And it’s not WMDs as the pretext for an invasion and occupation, but WMDs as […]

Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads

Peter Fedynsky August 22, 2012 VOA NEW YORK — A senior New York Police Department official says that spying on the city’s Muslim community has not yielded a single criminal lead. Some Muslim targets of surveillance feel vindicated. Surveillance of the Muslim community by the NYPD’s secret Demographics Unit for […]

Is there such a thing legitimate rape?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eve-ensler/todd-akin-rape_b_1812930.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=082112&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief Dear Todd Akin, I am writing to you tonight about rape. It is 2 AM and I am unable to sleep here in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am in Bukavu at the City of Joy to serve and support and work with hundreds, thousands of women who […]