RICHMOND, Va. — Federal Reserveofficials regularly air their views in public speeches, but they rarely engage in public debates. On Tuesday night, two of the officials who disagree most sharply about the Fed’s current policy did just that. The exchange between Charles L. Evans, an outspoken advocate for the Fed’s […]
Source: Spiegel: The experience of dying at a slaughterhouse is “an enormous ordeal” for cattle. A farm in northern Germany is proposing an alternative: shooting the livestock in the places they live. Many believe the method provides a stress-free death for the animals. More:
Source. The Local New Education Minister Johanna Wanka said on broadcaster ZDF’s Morgenmagazin show on Wednesday that the numbers so far were “very positive” and more should be done to inform people about the change. There are around 300,000 people with overseas qualifications living in Germany, but Wanka said that […]
Source: BBC A national inquiry into child sex abuse has opened in the Australian city of Melbourne, with more than 5,000 people expected to provide evidence of “abuse and consequential trauma”. PM Julia Gillard has warned that the commission will unearth “some very uncomfortable truths”. She said that its opening […]
Source: Smithsonian.com. Step outside after the first storm after a dry spell and it invariably hits you: the sweet, fresh, powerfully evocative smell of fresh rain. If you’ve ever noticed this mysterious scent and wondered what’s responsible for it, you’re not alone. Back in 1964, a pair of Australian scientists […]
Source: TOI The 86-year-old Queen received 31 million pounds last year, but that will be increased to 36.1 million pounds in 2013-2014 financial year. LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has been given a hefty pay hike of 5 million pounds for the current financial year to carry out her official […]
Onislam.net: BRUSSELS – Criticizing rising hostility against Muslims and their religion in the European continent, Turkey’s minister to the European Union said that Islam has become a reality in Europe, […]
Source: Asia Times: By Dilip Hiro Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the United States’ mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely reported. Only one crucial element is missing from this routine censure: a credible explanation of why American nation-building failed there. No wonder. To […]
NY Times: BUSSY SAINT-GEORGES, France — Set above a sweep of green farmland, the crumbling stone chapel at the center of this village met the spiritual requirements of its Roman […]
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has called off an April 4 rally that was intended to kick-start its election campaign after the Pakistani Taliban threatened to attack its public meetings. The PPP had scheduled the rally for April 4, the anniversary of […]
(Reuters) – Nearly 100 percent of young Pakistanis are pessimistic about the future and believe their country is headed in the wrong direction, a survey released on Wednesday found. A British Council study, entitled “Next Generation Goes to The Ballot Box”, also showed that only one in five young adults […]
Epigraph: “And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous.” (Al Quran 25:75) […]
Source: Manchester University: “Muslims in general, and people of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origins in particular, are shown as giving the highest proportions of their incomes to charitable causes,” said Professor […]
Source: Jerusalem Post.com By ANAND KUMAR (The writer is associate fellow in the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.) n the ongoing war crime trials in Bangladesh 10 top leaders of the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and two leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are being […]
By: Naila Mubashir Dr. Sheikh Ejaz Ahmad, addressing the audience at “Muhammad: messenger of peace” conference in A.D Bruce Religion Center, University of Houston On Thursday, March 21, the Cypress Houston […]
Monday, 25 March 2013 Author / Source: ANISUR RAHMAN KHAN and HARUN UR RASHID E-mail Print PDF Salima Hashmi DHAKA, MAR 24: The Pakistan government should formally apologise to the people of Bangladesh for the atrocities committed by Pakistan occupation army during the War of Independence in 1971, Salima Hashmi, […]
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Source: www.kids.niehs.nih.gov Follow the movement of the rotating pink dot in the picture below, and your eyes will only see the pink dots… Seen? Beautiful pink dots, aren’t they? Trick #1: Change focus: Concentrate […]
Source: Asia Times: By Matthew J Walton Recent violence in Myanmar between Buddhists and Muslims in the central town of Meikhtila (also spelt Meiktila) and areas beyond, which has left a reported 43 people dead, as many as 12,000 displaced, and more than 1,000 homes and building destroyed, has raised […]