Source: BBC More British soldiers and veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan over the same period. BBC Panorama learned that 21 serving soldiers killed themselves last year, along with 29 veterans. The Afghanistan death toll was 44, of whom 40 died in […]
Source: BBC.COM Egypt’s public prosecutor has frozen the assets of 14 Islamist leaders, according to judicial sources. The Muslim Brotherhood head Mohammed Badie and his deputy Khairat al-Shater are reported to be among them. Mr Badie and other Brotherhood figures are already the subject of arrest warrants, while the ousted […]
Source: BBC Civil rights groups in the US have expressed dismay after neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida last year. […]
Bloomberg News Philippines, Muslim Rebels Forge Wealth-Sharing in Peace Accord By Joel Guinto and Clarissa BatinoJuly 14, 2013 Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Google Plus Email The Philippines and Muslim rebels signed a wealth-sharing agreement after eight months of talks, bringing President Benigno Aquino closer to a final pact ending four decades […]
The influential Muslim Brotherhood has lost its first genuine test after coming above ground. Now the group faces an uphill struggle to stay afloat after its rapid fall from grace Hatem Maher, Wednesday 10 Jul 2013 Hassan El-Banna, whose religious zeal and activism spurred him to establish the Muslim Brotherhood […]
The National, By Hugh Naylor: They were best friends, his family said. Inseparable. The three-year-old does not grasp what happened on the evening of November 19, when an Israeli missile […]
Source: Press TV Video footage of seven Israeli soldiers arresting a five-year-old Palestinian child has caused outrage around the world, highlighting Israel’s history of violating the rights of children. Normal […]
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The Corpse of American Diplomacy lies among 51 dead Egyptians Tarek Fatah The Toronto SUN, July 10, 2013 By the time the Egyptian army stopped firing on demonstrators in Cairo on Sunday, 51 people lay dead with 400 wounded. Among the Egyptian bodies, lay the corpse of American diplomacy and […]
STORY SUMMARY Under the norms prevalent in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the Saud family’s rule, princes of varying age and political responsibility have been expected to show their […]
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN — Seven Jordanian nationals were reportedly killed while fighting alongside Islamic comrades in Syria, sources say, amid a reported influx of over 200 Jordanian […]
Source: Zeenews.com via Wasim Sr. Islamabad: Pakistan is working on a new security policy document which, among other measures, will seek to disband militant outfits which were involved in terror attacks in neighbouring countries, including India, a media report said on Saturday. The national security policy is being thrashed jointly […]
MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMAD ARABNEWS Friday 12 July 2013 Umrah pilgrims visiting here say it is a privilege and absolute joy to break their fast in the Prophet’s Mosque. Abd Al-Jaleel […]
Source: Hindustan Times: Edward Snowden possesses data that could prove far more “damaging” to the US government but the fugitive leaker has chosen not to release them, said a journalist who first broke the story.Glenn Greenwald told Argentina’s La Nacion paper that Snowden, who is currently stranded in Moscow, had […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS/AL-EQTISADIAH Sunday 14 July 2013 The authorities in Makkah have banned pilgrims from using wheelchairs on the mataf (the circumambulating area around the Kaaba) during peak hours. Lt. […]
Source: Hindustan Times: Bhikkhu Wirathu, 46, is one of the most talked about figures in Myanmar. The Buddhist monk is the leader of the 969 movement, which is opposed to what they say, is the spread of Islam in the predominantly-Buddhict Burma, and is intended to safeguard Buddhism. But many […]
Source: TOI The 163-year old telegram service in the country – the harbinger of good and bad news for generations of Indians – is dead.Once the fastest means of communication for millions of people, the humble telegram was today buried without any requiem but for the promise of preserving the last telegram as a […]
Source: ET The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an outlawed umbrella of militant groups blamed for most violence in Pakistan, has set up a special cell in Syria to coordinate the ongoing ‘jihad’ against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, reports the BBC Urdu. “The cell has been established with the help of the […]
Source: ET While a frenzied debate is raging over the Abbottabad Commission report released by Al Jazeera, the report is actually an earlier draft that had been prepared by the commission through a bizarre internal arrangement under which several versions were to be produced by the members in the hope of […]
MindBodyGreen. Dr. Stephen Cowan. After 25 years practicing pediatrics, and caring for thousands of children, I’ve noticed some patterns that offer me a deeper vision of health. Here are some of those invaluable lessons: 1. Growth and development are not a race. These days we’re in such a rush to […]