Inequality for All – another Inconvenient Truth?
Express Tribune: In one sense, Inequality for All is absolutely the film of the moment. We are living through tumultuous times. The economy has tanked. Austerity has cut a swath through the […]
Some Plants Are Altruistic, Too
ScieneDaily: Feb. 1, 2013 — We’ve all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface. Now, a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder suggests some plants are altruistic too. The researchers looked at corn, in which […]
‘Judge Islam by Prophet’s life and teachings’: Swami Lakshmi Shankaracharya
Swamy Lakshmi Shankarcharya addressed in Hyderabad on 14th of Oct, 2012 and more recently in Patna. A Vedic Scholar who Finds Islam is religion of peace and guidance to all […]
Dr Abdus Salam: one man seven lives — II
Daily Times: By Syeda Sultana Rizvi: For Dr Salam, religion did not occupy a separate compartment of his life; it was inseparable from his work and family life Initially, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) focused only on Theoretical Physics but after a decade, a wider range was included […]
A new beginning, maybe: Asma Jehangir as the Caretaker Prime Minsiter?
Express Tribune: By Saroop Ijaz: “While the settler or the policeman has the right the livelong day to strike the native, to insult him and to make him crawl to them, you will see the native reaching for his knife at the slightest hostile or aggressive glance cast on him […]
New Research Links Spiritual-Not-Religious People to Mental Disorder
People who have a spiritual understanding of life in the absence of a religious framework are vulnerable to mental disorder Written by Elizabeth Drescher British psychiatry researchers recently stirred the […]
TED Talk: How great leaders inspire action?
Source: http://www.ted.com Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brother. http://embed.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html
Bollywood North in British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Globe and Mail, Feb 2, 2013 Bhangra dancers and Bollywood celebrities, a blur of sequins and eye-popping golden costumes, crowded the stage at a Vancouver media conference this week, facing a convention-centre ballroom packed with South Asian community leaders along with politicians and their handlers, eager […]
Those promoting sanctions: be proud of yourself! Syria Sugar Consumption Falls 40% as War Shuts Down Sweet Shops
By Maher Chmaytelli & Isis Almeida – 2013-02-02T18:37:52Z …Syria’s sugar consumption fell by as much as 40 percent over the past 12 months as the civil war shut down its confectionery shops, T. Akhras Group Chairman Tarif Akhras said today. Demand for sugar in the Middle Eastern nation fell to […]
Marital Rape: An Unacknowledged Crime!
By Yasmeen Ali They are married. When She says NO. And He forces. It is Marital Rape. Every woman has a right to take a decision about her body, to decide if she wants to exercise birth control, get pregnant and when NOT to have sex. Physical coercion alone is […]
To the barricades, again
Source: The Economist. WITH angry crowds across the nation baying against him, Egypt’s president wagged his finger at the people in a late-night televised speech. He declared a curfew for some cities, he called for support for the police, he deployed the army to the streets. Seemingly as an […]
Army dismisses another Human Rights Watch report
Source: ET HRW report has claimed that the Pakistan government has failed to act against abuses by security and intelligence agencies. PHOTO: FILE RAWALPINDI: A spokesperson of Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) has termed the Human Rights Watch (HRW) recent report a pack of lies, propaganda driven and totally biased. More:
Self-developed nuclear reactor ready for export by China
The construction site of Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant in Zhejiang province, which uses the AP1000 reactor by Westinghouse Electric Co. [Photo/Xinhua] Source: China Daily China’s self-developed nuclear reactor, known as […]
10 Things Happy People Do Differently
Huffington Post: ……………… Here is what they do differently: 1. They build a strong social fabric. Happy people stay connected to their families, neighbors, places of worship, and communities. These […]
LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER SAYS: ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE
Islam: A Religion of Peace | IMAM HASAN QASIM OKIKIOLA Islam is one of the greatest and influential religions in the world and by implication, in every two persons, there is a Muslim, which accounts for the rate of enthusiasm with which people all over the world are now interested in grasping […]
Suspended Police Officers Police Chief over Islam Reversion
US Officers Suspended For Islam Reversion The two Muslim officers noted that their suspensions cost them the ability to work special events and overtime. WASHINGTON – Two police officers have sued Washington Metropolitan police in Superior Court, accusing its officials of suspending them indefinitely for converting to Islam. “The investigation […]
ALI’S TRAINER TOLD FBI OF BOXER’S ISLAM TIES
Ali’s Trainer Told FBI Of Boxer’s Islam Ties Angelo Dundee met with agents before Sonny Liston title bout View Document Angelo Dundee FBI File Angelo Dundee FBI File FEBRUARY 1–Two weeks before Muhammad Ali beat Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship, the boxer’s trainer met secretly with FBI agents and […]
Don’t count ‘doomsday asteroid’ out yet
Editor’s note: Greg Bear is an internationally bestselling science-fiction author of many books, including “Moving Mars,” “Darwin’s Radio” and “Hull Zero Three.” As a freelance journalist, he covered 10 years of […]
Global Leadership Vacuum: Europe Incapable, America Unwilling
Source: The Spiegel. An Analysis By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Munich AP US President Obama with Vice President Biden: “A decade of war is now ending.” US Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Germany this week in an effort to strengthen trans-Atlantic ties. Global politics have come to a standstill in […]
Sectarian violence: Suicide bomber kills 24 worshippers in Hangu
Source: ET Paramilitary soldiers and policemen gather at the site of the blast. PHOTO: AFP PESHAWAR: For any eyewitness, it may well have been a scene from the Armageddon. Charred human remains lay scattered amid pools of blood along the streets of a crowded market in Hangu, a brutal reminder of […]