PARIS — Economic growth among developed nations is likely to accelerate in the first half of this year as strength in the United States and Japan help to compensate for the continuing malaise in Europe, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmentsaid Thursday. “The global economy weakened in late 2012 […]
Source: The Local The share of people at risk of poverty in the population stood at 15.8 percent in Germany — or just over one in six — compared with an EU average of 16.9 percent, Destatis said in a statement. A person is defined as being at risk of […]
Source: Qantara Interview conducted by Albrecht Metzger What is behind the Islamicisation and radicalisation of young people in Europe? To what extent do European foreign policies and military interventions abroad play a role in this? Albrecht Metzger spoke to sociologist Dr Matenia Sirseloudi about politically motivated violence and radicalisation processes […]
Source: Qantara Indonesia has the biggest Muslim population in the world and is often described as a country where people live peacefully side by side, tolerating difference. In reality, however, the targeting of religious minorities has been on the increase for years. By Andy Budiman Indonesia’s brand of Islam is […]
Source: The PEW Forum on Religion & Public Life March 26, 2013 Easter is one of the most important religious holidays of the year for many Christians – a time […]
by Mike Ghouse, Huffington Post Facts don’t matter. It did not matter to the leadership of President Bush and his obedient followers. They chose to believe what they had decided to believe about WMD, despite the information to the contrary. Muslims leadership is no different, each one of the sect […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary The fast pace of developments in and around Syria in the past week has pushed the country more quickly toward the end of Bashar Assad’s regime, a situation many of us thought was imminent last autumn. The Syrian government that ruled […]
Story Summary The moderate political and military command structure the United States has been trying to foster within the Syrian opposition appears to be fracturing, a victim of bitter Arab regional rivalries. The battle for political influence has centered around the opposition’s March 19 appointment of Ghassan Hitto as interim […]
By Vessela Sergueva Daily Star, Lebanon KORNITSA, Bulgaria: “Here, feel the bullet, it was never taken out,” says Ibrahim Byalk, presenting his arm where a bullet is still lodged 40 […]
Source: A times: By M K Bhadrakumar Writing in the Los Angeles Times a year ago, predicting with extraordinary prescience how exasperating the American efforts to negotiate an Afghan settlement would turn out to be when the crunch time comes, Peter Tomsen who was president Ronald Reagan’s special envoy to […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in commemoration of the forty days which, according to the Gospels of Matthew, […]
By Nasir Gondal MD, New York Lying within the wrap of alwadi alKabir the river, is the pearl of Cordova. The seat of the power, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth of […]
by Mohamed Cherif, swissinfo.ch Mar 27, 2013 – 11:00 The aim of international sanctions is to de-escalate and solve conflicts, but there must be no hidden agendas, says Hans-Christof von […]
by Andrea Ornelas and Marcela Aguila Rubin with input from Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Mar 27, 2013 Since the end of the Cold War the United Nations Security Council has increasingly […]
Global Post: DURBAN, South Africa — Donkey, water buffalo and goat are just some of the animals found in mislabeled beef in SouthAfrica. A study by South Africa’s University of Stellenbosch said that a shocking amount of the country’s ground beef and sausages contain various other animals. Perhaps the most horrifying revelation for […]
Berkeley Daily Planet: By Khalida Jamilah: March 8th is a celebration for a worldwide Women’s History Month. It is an appreciation for women’s contribution to society’s progress. For instance, American women were struggling to pursue a higher education as society believed that they were incompatible in developing their intellectual skills. It was […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia March 28, 2013 (AP) Thai authorities and Muslim separatist leaders on Thursday started peace talks aimed at ending almost a decade of unrest in the country’s far south, as a fresh attack by suspected militants killed three Thai soldiers. Thailand’s National Security Council secretary-general Paradorn Pattanathabutr said […]
There is outrage in Chicago over plans to close more than 50 public schools – most of them in poor and minority neighbourhoods. Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the closures are tough but necessary in order to deal with a $1bn deficit and what he called “underutilised” schools. He also […]