Ahmed Rashid, one of the world’s foremost experts on Afghanistan, once welcomed US intervention in the failed state. But in a SPIEGEL interview, the Pakistani journalist says the West’s model for development is fundamentally flawed and must be changed. SPIEGEL: Mr. Rashid, in 2014 the West will withdraw from Afghanistan. […]
Source: The Local Silvester is the German name for New Year’s Eve – owing to the fourth century Pope Sylvester I. Eventually made a saint by the Catholic Church, his feast day is observed on December 31. St. Sylvester’s day became associated with New Year’s Eve with the reform of […]
Ulf Dunkel had come under fire from the national Jewish spokesman over two anti-circumcision poems he published. Haaretz: Germany’s Green Party said Monday that a candidate who had described Jews […]
Mulla Nasrudin arrived at a village shouting angrily: “I have lost my saddle bag. Hurry up and find it, or else I’ll do with your village what I did to the other village!” The frightened villagers scattered around looking for the missing bag until someone found it. “What would you […]
Source: ET ARACHI: Shabana Khan* speaks from behind a screen put up to protect her identity at a recent women’s assembly. I cannot see her. I do not know what her age is. I have no way of observing her non-verbal communication. But what I do know is that this […]
By Victor Lipman Being (somewhat) active on Twitter, and fascinated by the vast amounts of wildly random but often extremely useful information endlessly tweeting across it, I’m always interested in […]
Two-thirds of Israelis support peace with Palestinians that ensures security, polls find The Times of Israel: 67% of respondents say they would support two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, […]
Newstrackindia: Qadian (Punjab), Dec.31 (ANI): In a message delivered on behalf Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Sardar Sewa Singh Sekhawan, a former state government minister, conveyed the former’s greetings […]
Source: ET We have yet to learn how to grieve as a nation the thousands of names and the unnamed. If we stopped for a second to make the pain register, perhaps something unimaginable would happen to us as a people. Perhaps, for now, because it is so unbearable, our […]
PCBS: Palestinian population reaches 11.6 million in 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The population of Palestinians around the world totaled 11.6 million in 2012, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said. […]
MKA-UK: Published on Dec 30, 2012 A Special interview with Mir Mahmood Ahmad Nasir Sahib; nephew of Hadhrat Ummul-Momineen, Syeda Nusrat Jehan Begum Sahiba (rh), therefore nephew of the Promised Messiah […]
Agence France Presse ARABNEWS CAIRO: International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned Sunday the Syrian war was worsening “by the day” as he announced a peace plan he believed could find support […]
by Taylor Luck, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan is set to receive $300 million from the Gulf states to boost investment in renewable energy, officials say, as Amman looks to solar and wind power as potential solutions to the country’s chronic energy woes. According to Minister of Energy and Transportation […]
by Taylor Luck, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Dozens of injured Syrians crossed into Jordan late Saturday as fighting continued to intensify in what Syrian rebels are describing as “the decisive […]
Dec 31, 2012 – 08:03 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish intelligence officials have discussed the prospect of Kurdish militants disarming in talks with their jailed leader aimed at ending a conflict […]
Dec 30, 2012 – 18:42 By Jeff Mason and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama offered strong support for former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as the potential next U.S. defense secretary but said in remarks aired on Sunday that he had not yet decided on a nominee for […]
On Islam: Khadija Noor. “I believe that there is only one God, and that only He is worthy of worship. I believe it is He who created us.” “I believe that there will be a Day of Judgment, where we will stand before Him, and answer to Him for our […]
Vice Chancellor of a univ in Punjab – We all believe in one God
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 31 December 2012 Seven US citizens have taken the initiative to return a number of Saudi artifacts, which they possessed for decades and were of great […]
सौजन्य : जागरण कादियां में अहमदिया जमात के सालाना जलसा को संबोधित करते हुए संगठन के मुख्य सचिव मुहम्मद इनाम गौरी ने कहा कि हजरत मुहम्मद जी की शिक्षा का केवल अहमदिया जमात ही पूरी तरह पालन करती है। जमात हजरत मुहम्मद जी को खातमुल नबीईन मानती है। हजरत मिर्जा […]