Fiji’s military to ‘monitor’ parliament From:AAP FIJI’S ruling military has warned it will closely monitor parliament when the coup-plagued nation finally elects a new government, as officials wrapped up work on a draft constitution. Military leader Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup and tore up the last […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ira Chernus Here’s the question few peole are asking as 2012 ends, especially given the effusive public support the Obama administration offered Israel in its recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza: will 2013 be a year of confrontation between Washington and Jerusalem? It’s true that the […]
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar The top geopolitical tragedy in 2012 is bound to remain the top geopolitical tragedy in 2013: the rape of Syria. Just as once in a while I go back to my favorite Hemingway passages, lately I’ve been going back to some footage I shot […]
Source: The Local. Germans will drape decorations on around 30 million Christmas trees this year, after shelling out way over half a billion euros on a holiday tradition with Teutonic roots. More:
Source: The Local Germany’s conservative Family Minister Kristina Schröder has angered colleagues in her Catholic-influenced Bavarian sister party for saying that the masculine definite article “doesn’t mean anything” when it comes to God. More:
Source:Sierra Express Media: By: SEM Contributor on December 20, 2012. Patriotic Sierra Leoneans in Maryland, USA, have formed an organization to support Ahmadiyya schools in Sierra Leone. The organization is called Zintabah USA and was founded three months ago by an international business magnate, Kalilu Fadika. In an interview Yesterday […]
By Zubair Khan Photos: Courtesy of Mr. Abdullah Wagishauser. Some personalities are considered borne fortunate. Events in their lives keep on proving this fact. Professor Dr Paul Weigl is considered to one of such personalities. Since many years he is busy in Oral Implantology Department of Goethe University Frankfurt Germany. […]
By Michael Kelley December 18, 2012 “Information Clearing House” – — Business Insider” — December 13, 2012 — In March President Barack Obama reportedly offered Israel bunker-buster bombs and other […]
RAMALLAH — There are some 11 million Palestinians scattered around the world, including more than five million refugees living throughout the Middle East. Their plight has made headlines in Syria, where the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA says as many as 100,000 Palestinians may have fled the Yarmouk refugee […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 21 December 2012 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently decided to mark Dec. 18 of each year as World Arabic Language Day. […]
جرمنی میں 50/ کروڑ روپے کی لاگت سے جامعہ احمدیہ کی نئی عمارت کا افتتاح فرینکفرٹ (نمائندہ جنگ) جرمن دارالحکومت سے کچھ فاصلے پر جماعت احمدیہ کے سربراہ مرزا مسرور […]
Plan for mosque draws anti-Islam sentiments Vince Chadwicks Muslim Khaliq Fazal (left) with Christian Danny Nalliah. Photo: Wayne Taylor ANGER at plans for a mosque and evangelical church to be built side-by-side in Melbourne’s east has spilled over amid claims Islam ”directly contravenes our freedom values”. It was standing room only […]
RT: Here’s a last minute do-it-yourself Christmas gift that’s sure to surprise that special certain someone: an American drone enthusiast has successfully rigged a high-powered paintball gun to his own aircraft, and all for under two grand! A West Coast man who goes by the alias “Milo Danger” has gone […]
RT: The most powerful company on the Internet just got a whole lot creepier: a new service from Google merges offline consumer info with online intelligence, allowing advertisers to target users based on what they do at the keyboard and at the mall. Without much fanfare, Google announced news this […]
CGNewsService: Robert Amir Berry. By avoiding stereotyping and making sure headlines and quotes do not misrepresent a situation, editors and journalists can help reduce those same stereotypes, and arguably instances of violence as well. New York City – The question of how media can play a role in defusing or […]
Niqab in court OK in some cases: Supreme Court CTV News: In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a woman can wear a religious veil […]
France 24. French President Francois Hollande on Thursday said he recognized that the “suffering” inflicted on the Algerian people during French colonial rule was “brutal and unfair” – but stopped short of issuing an apology. Speaking to Algerian lawmakers on the second day of a landmark visit to the former French territory, […]
Reuters) – As a year-end deadline looms, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on Thursday with their own “fiscal cliff” plan that muddles negotiations with the White House to avoid steep tax increases and spending cuts. The Republican-led House is aiming to vote on Thursday evening on […]
Religion News Service | By Greg Horton PRYOR CREEK, Okla. (RNS) Pryor Creek, Okla., is gun country. Located midway between Tulsa and Siloam Springs, Ark., the town of approximately 8,500 […]
The Jakarta Post: The persecution and harassment of the Ahmadiyah and other religious minorities in Indonesia have not yet been addressed and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has put this problem […]