Radio Pakistan: Tributes paid to Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam Rich tributes were paid to Pakistan’s first and only Nobel laureate Professor Abdus Salam at a symposium held at Imperial College London today (Tuesday‚ March 26). Leading physicists of the world‚ including Professor Tom kibble‚ Professor Michael Duff‚ Professor Chris […]
try not to share links from the Daily Mail website because that is what they want – clicks galore to keep the advertisers happy, regardless of the nonsense the articles regularly […]
God willing the inaugeration will take place on March 29 Baitur-Rahman Mosque. Source: http://www.islamahmadiyya.es. The opening ceremony of the Baitur-Rahman mosque, located at la Pobla de Vallbona, on the north of Valencia, […]
Source: Science Daily Women’s abilities to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake make them better corporate leaders, researchers have found. A survey of more than 600 board directors showed that women are more likely to consider the rights of others and to take a cooperative approach to […]
Euphoria gives way to reality in Egypt: Bercovici The so-called Arab Spring is in a deep freeze in Egypt as the ruling Muslim Brotherhood confronts its critics in the street. The Toronto Star, Thousands of protesters in Cairo, Egypt, marched to express their rejection of the Muslim Brotherhood and President […]
Tribune staff and wire reports 12:37 p.m. CDT, March 26, 2013 WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices signaled on Tuesday that they are reluctant to embrace a broad ruling finding a fundamental right to marriage for gays and lesbians across the United States. As sign-waving demonstrators massed outside, the court completed […]
Mar 26, 2013 – 17:07 The Swiss Federal Office for Migration has extended fast-track decision-making to asylum seekers from Kosovo and Georgia. Cases not needing clarification will be considered within 48 hours and deportations will take effect soon afterwards. A similar procedure was instituted in August 2012 for asylum seekers […]
Since all identities are imagined, my identity as a Pakistani is no more, no less sacred than religious, cultural, ideological, linguistic or racial identities you subscribe to A lot of […]
STORY SUMMARY Ten years ago this week, I was covering the U.S. military as it began its assault on Iraq. Invading Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein a decade ago was one of the biggest strategic errors in modern American history. One was from a prominent Lebanese Shiite publisher who supported […]
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STORY SUMMARY Qatar’s emir called on Tuesday for the immediate establishment of a $1 billion fund to help Palestinians in Arab east Jerusalem, and offered to contribute $250 million towards […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 26 March 2013 The Cabinet yesterday passed a law that would allow spouses accompanying King Abdullah Foreign Scholarship students to receive special monthly allowances. “If a scholarship student is accompanied by his Saudi wife at the place of his study he would be entitled to have […]
AFP | Mar 25, 2013 | 22:19 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel is to immediately unblock revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, frozen last year in retaliation for the Palestinians winning upgraded UN status, the premier’s office said on Monday. The decision came after a visit last week […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul chose a ”Bridge Together” slogan for its 2020 Olympic bid on Monday, while an IOC poll indicated strong public support for the city’s fifth attempt to […]
“We are at a point today when the guns will fall silent and ideas will speak,” declared Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish insurgency, in Turkey on March 21. “Turks and Kurds fought together (in the First World War), and launched the Turkish parliament together in 1922. The basis of […]
London, March 23, 2013 The 4th Annual ‘Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for the Advancement of Peace’ was presented by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad to Dr Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, in recognition of his […]
Source: Spiegel The drama over Cyprus has made clear that the euro-zone crisis is developing into a struggle over German hegemony in Europe. On the surface, Merkel and Schäuble seem to be working to stabilize the economy. In actuality, they’re binding other nations with the shackles of debt. More:
Source: A Times. By Pepe Escobar Reports on the premature death of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have been greatly exaggerated. Western corporate media is flooded with such nonsense, perpetrated in this particular case by the head of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Reality spells otherwise. The […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has left for Dubai after a tiff with his father, President Asif Ali Zardari, over the affairs of the PPP, leaving the party without its star campaigner for Pakistan’s general election. Bilawal, recently named patron-in-chief of the Pakistan People’s Party, developed differences with Zardari […]
Huffingtonpost: This week, millions of Jews around the world will celebrate the holiday of Passover, commemorating the Jewish exodus from ancient Egypt. At the start of the holiday, we will […]