Source: Stratfor: Ultimately, politicians who miscalculate and mismanage tend not to survive. Putin miscalculated in Ukraine, failing to anticipate the fall of an ally, failing to respond effectively and then stumbling badly in trying to recoup. His management of the economy has not been exemplary of late either, to say […]
The Huffington Post | By Shadee Ashtari Young children who are exposed to religion have a hard time differentiating between fact and fiction, according to a new study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science. Researchers presented 5- and 6-year-old children from both public and parochial schools with three […]
183. To recognize the sign of Allah [27:94] And say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah; He will soon show you His Signs, and you will know them.’ And thy Lord is not unaware of what you do.
183. To recognize the sign of Allah [27:94] And say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah; He will soon show you His Signs, and you will know them.’ And thy Lord is not unaware of what you do.
STRATFOR Geopolitical Weekly MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014 – By George Friedman There is a general view that Vladimir Putin governs the Russian Federation as a dictator, that he has defeated and intimidated his opponents and that he has marshaled a powerful threat to surrounding countries. This is a reasonable view, […]
The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Tell most people your son is having extreme stomach pains, and they will tell you to get to a hospital as soon as possible. […]
The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Tell most people your son is having extreme stomach pains, and they will tell you to get to a hospital as soon as possible. […]
Young children who are exposed to religion have a hard time differentiating between fact and fiction, according to a new study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science. READ MORE…
Source: Huffington Post By Wray Herbert, Author, ‘On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits’ One of the classic papers in the history of psychology is Hans Eysenck’s “The Effects […]
Source: Huffington Post By Wray Herbert, Author, ‘On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits’ One of the classic papers in the history of psychology is Hans Eysenck’s “The Effects […]
by Merza Noghai | Jul 21, 2014 | 23:35 AMMAN — Egyptian authorities have refused to allow a Jordanian medical delegation to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, Jordan Medical Association council member Bassem Kiswani said Monday. The five Jordanian doctors were part of a European delegation […]
World Bulletin — Mads Gilbert Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor who volunteers at the overburdened Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip, has written a letter addressing US president Barack Obama. Dearest friends, The last night was extreme. The “ground invasion” of Gaza resulted in scores and carloads with maimed, torn apart, […]
There is not going to be peace as long as Benjamin Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel; it was Netanyahu who broke off talks in April, Dr. Charles Cogan, former CIA officer, told RT. RT: Hamas says it has captured an Israeli soldier. The IDF has denied the claims, […]
By Randy Fabi JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian election officials were expected on Tuesday to officially declare Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo the winner of a hotly contested presidential election in […]
• Human Rights Watch documents ‘sting’ operations • Report raises questions about post-9/11 civil rights Nearly all of the highest-profile domestic terrorism plots in the United States since 9/11 featured […]
• Human Rights Watch documents ‘sting’ operations • Report raises questions about post-9/11 civil rights Nearly all of the highest-profile domestic terrorism plots in the United States since 9/11 featured […]
Wasps kill mayor of Quebec town Sun News Network Toronto LUCIE F. ROUSSEL Credits: SUPPLIED PHOTO MAXIME DELAND | QMI AGENCY MONTREAL – The longtime mayor of a Montreal suburb died after she was stung by a swarm of wasps Sunday. Lucie F. Roussel, 51, had been mayor of La […]
The Washington Post: by Terence McCoy — In 2005, Pusanidevi Manjhi was branded a witch and tortured for four days by a powerful landowning family in the village Palani, in the Jharkhand state of India. (Rama Lakshmi/The Washington Post) If it began like the others, the first sign that Saraswati Devi would […]
By Erin Evers BAGHDAD, Iraq – Militiamen saunter unchallenged along Baghdad streets with rocket-propelled grenade launchers slung across their shoulders. Neighborhood after neighborhood is being ghettoized and sealed off by checkpoints manned by fighters in civilian clothes carrying machine guns. On Iraqiyya, the state TV channel, the war propaganda is […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—As the bodies of those killed on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 decompose, some stricken families of those on board look set to suffer more frustration if religious burial rites are passed over. Islam typically has strict requirements for burial of the deceased. Rites include bathing corpses, dressing them in white […]