Epilepsy cure breakthrough
Gene study makes epilepsy cure breakthrough For decades researchers have been trying to pinpoint the genetic causes of epilepsy. Now a study involving 8,000 patients world-wide has made real progress. […]
Study: Muslim Hijab Linked To Less Negative Body Image Among Women
Source: Science 20 Though to Western women, Muslim women in the Mid-East and Asia seem oppressed because they have no choice in wearing a hijab, the Islamic head- and body-cover […]
10 Things You Can’t Say in Canada
10 Things You Can’t Say in Canada You might think Canadians are polite and easygoing but that’s only because you’ve never said any of these 10 things in front of them. Here’s how to make any Canadian turn as red as a maple leaf. By Daniel Reid Next Photo: Thinkstock […]
10 Things You Can't Say in Canada
10 Things You Can’t Say in Canada You might think Canadians are polite and easygoing but that’s only because you’ve never said any of these 10 things in front of them. Here’s how to make any Canadian turn as red as a maple leaf. By Daniel Reid Next Photo: Thinkstock […]
Islamist Influx: Several Radicalized Ex-German Soldiers in Iraq
Islamist Influx: Several Radicalized Ex-German Soldiers in Iraq Germany on Sunday presented the list of weapons it plans to send to the Kurds in northern Iraq. Some of them, though, may end up being used against former German soldiers. SPIEGEL has learned that 20 ex-Bundeswehr troops have joined jihadists in […]
ONLINE SPACE FOR IDEAS: Arab-Swiss cultural exchange goes digital
It’s taken nearly a whole year of planning, but a new website by the Cairo branch of the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia, has started promoting cultural interaction between Egypt and Switzerland. A demonstration takes place in the middle of the night – but the protestors exude a magical aura […]
Mahmoud Abbas should exploit Palestinian unity more
Summary SUMMARY by Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon Credible press reports and recent hints by Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas indicate that Abbas will soon unveil a diplomatic initiative aimed at achieving Palestinian statehood and the end of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The […]
Australia asylum seeker ‘brain-dead’ after infection – activists
An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia has been declared brain dead after an infected cut led to septicaemia, a refugee activist says. Hamid Kehazaei, 24, had been in a detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. The Iranian was transferred to the mainland for treatment last week […]
Australia asylum seeker 'brain-dead' after infection – activists
An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia has been declared brain dead after an infected cut led to septicaemia, a refugee activist says. Hamid Kehazaei, 24, had been in a detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. The Iranian was transferred to the mainland for treatment last week […]
Corruption ‘impoverishes and kills millions’
An estimated $1tn (£600bn) a year is being taken out of poor countries and millions of lives are lost because of corruption, according to campaigners. A report by the US-based anti-poverty organisation One says much of the progress made over the past two decades in tackling extreme poverty has been […]
Corruption 'impoverishes and kills millions'
An estimated $1tn (£600bn) a year is being taken out of poor countries and millions of lives are lost because of corruption, according to campaigners. A report by the US-based anti-poverty organisation One says much of the progress made over the past two decades in tackling extreme poverty has been […]
Brain ‘can be trained to prefer healthy food’
The brain can be trained to prefer healthy food over unhealthy high-calorie foods, using a diet which does not leave people hungry, suggests a study from the US. Scientists from Tufts University say food addictions can be changed in this way even if they are well-established. They scanned the addiction […]
Brain 'can be trained to prefer healthy food'
The brain can be trained to prefer healthy food over unhealthy high-calorie foods, using a diet which does not leave people hungry, suggests a study from the US. Scientists from Tufts University say food addictions can be changed in this way even if they are well-established. They scanned the addiction […]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘seize’ Bama town in Borno
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has seized the key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces, residents say. Thousands of civilians have fled the town, along with soldiers, they added. The military has not yet officially commented on the claim that it has lost control of […]
Nigeria's Boko Haram 'seize' Bama town in Borno
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has seized the key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces, residents say. Thousands of civilians have fled the town, along with soldiers, they added. The military has not yet officially commented on the claim that it has lost control of […]
France bans Muslim worker from nuclear sites
A French court has upheld a ban on a Muslim engineer from accessing nuclear sites, citing his links with what it termed as “jihadist networks”, but his lawyer called it a case of Islamophobia. Lawyer Sefen Guez Guez told AFP news agency on Monday that he was looking at launching […]
Steven Sotloff ‘beheading’: British captive shown in Isis video which claims to show death of second US journalist
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) released a video tonight claiming to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff and threatening a British hostage with a similar fate if the US continues air strikes against its forces. At the end of the new clip, […]
Steven Sotloff 'beheading': British captive shown in Isis video which claims to show death of second US journalist
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) released a video tonight claiming to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff and threatening a British hostage with a similar fate if the US continues air strikes against its forces. At the end of the new clip, […]
Israel Announces Massive West Bank Land Grab
Epigraph: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your […]
‘I can create Neanderthal baby, I just need willing woman’
A scientist has said it would be possible to clone a Neanderthal baby from ancient DNA if he could find a woman willing to act as a surrogate. Source: The Telegraph By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 9:26PM GMT 20 Jan 2013 241 Comments The process would not be legal in many countries […]