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 […]
Source: The Local A bird is being blamed for trapping hundreds of passengers in a train for most of Monday night – stuck in a tunnel while en route from Frankfurt to Cologne. More:
Dr. Mansoora Shamim, is a scientist at CERN (European center for nuclear research) in Geneva Switzerland. Dr Mansoora was one of the thousands of scientists who worked on the multi-billion dollar […]
Source: ET Both empires and states fail or collapse. Examples include the Roman, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, Mughal and British empires. From the recent past, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Sudan are the best examples. Professor Norman Davies, in his book Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations […]
Source: General Knowledge, Education Website. Foster + Partners have released designs for the biggest building ever built: Crystal Island in Moscow will be 450m high, cover an area of almost half a million square meters and contain a total floor area of 2.5 million square meters.The Crystal Island has already […]