Source: Asia Times: By – Jim Lobe Northern European countries lead the world in fairly applying laws, according to an annual index. East Asia also ranks highly, while South Asia trails the regional field and Cambodia ranks as the worst in Asia gauged by a number of categories. A predicate […]
Source: Asia Times: By:Pushkar Indians are doing well in the knowledge economy. India is not. There is a misconception in some quarters that both are making rapid gains. The fact is that Indians based outside India continue to make impressive gains in the knowledge economy but India’s achievements remain quite […]
Source: TOI The higher the penalty, the greater the rigor that the courts are expected to display in arriving at the decision. It is however hard to apply this principle, ironically enough, to the highest possible penalty: namely, death. This has been admitted by the highest court of the land […]
By Al Arabiya Prominent and influential Western news media “got it wrong” on Monday in reporting that Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi had backtracked on his decision to claim sweeping powers beyond the judicial review. Some news media published apologies for the mistake, others just chose not to and opted for […]
Source: TOI Faced with an unprecedented strike by the courts and massive opposition protests, Egypt’s Islamist president is not backing down in the showdown over decrees granting him near-absolute powers. CAIRO: Faced with an unprecedented strike by the courts and massive opposition protests, Egypt’s Islamist president is not backing down […]
Astronomers have discovered a mammoth black hole containing as much mass as 17 billion Suns. The object is more than 11 times wider than the orbit of Neptune. Read more
Source: Bussiness Insider A 425-pound woman died last month in Hungary after three airlines allegedly told her she was too fat to fly back to America.Janos Soltesz plans to sue Delta, KLM, and Lufthansa next month, claiming the airlines are responsible for his wife Vilma Soltesz’s death after all three refused […]
by Renat Kuenzi, swissinfo.ch An exhibition in Bern presenting the history of the Palestinian exodus has raised questions about the validity of featuring one side of the conflict. More than […]
Nov 28, 2012 | 22:07 What Israel fears most from Palestine’s bid to upgrade its status at the UN to that of non-member observer state is the ability of the Palestinian Authority to take it, thereafter, to the International Criminal Court for its crimes against humanity and war crimes against […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 29 November 2012 Aman Union members have contributed $ 17.4 billion in investment and export insurance for OIC countries this year, said its Secretary-General Dr. Abdel-Rahman Taha. “The insurance support given by the union this year is 17.6 percent more than that of 2010 when it […]
New York, the city that was once considered among the most dangerous places in the world, has recorded its first day in living memory in which no one was shot […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Spinello Aretino Exorcism of St Benedict Pope Benedict unwittingly performed an exorcism of two men possessed […]
November 26, 2012 By Saeed Qureshi, who is a senior journalist and a former diplomat. Those who believe that Saudi Arabia has an Islamic system of government are either mistaken or ill-informed. It is outright a monarchy or kingdom that runs counter to the concept of an Islamic state. Even […]
Ynetnews: A Saudi-backed center to promote interfaith dialogue worldwide began work in Vienna on Monday by bringing hundreds of religious activists together to discuss how to promote understanding among different beliefs. Named after Saudi King Abdullah, the center is a welcome boost for bridge-building between faiths in an era of […]
Haaretz: Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, and Spain will join France in backing Palestinian upgrade at UN; Britain seeking assurances from Palestinians; Germany will oppose move. More European states joined France on Wednesday in backing a Palestinian bid for limited statehood but Britain held back, saying it wanted an assurance that the […]
DUBAI: The Vatican’s Foreign Minister, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, has lauded the “many shared values” the city-state holds with the UAE as well the religious tolerance and freedom of worship enjoyed by Christians in the Emirates. In an interview with XPRESS, the 70-year-old archbishop said that two new churches have been […]
Source: Friday Times: President Asif Zardari is hogging the news. And most of it is bad news, for himself and the country. The Lahore High Court is hearing petitions against him on two counts. One petition prays that he should be stripped of one of the two hats that he […]
Source: UPI The Saudi royal family denied reports King Abdallah was placed on life but the monarch’s failing health has brought the succession issue into focus. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Lebanon The dramatic events in Egypt over the past few days following President Mohammad Mursi’s unilateral decree giving him unchallenged political authority should not surprise or frighten anyone. In fact, the continuing developments can be seen as a positive stage in the country’s […]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: The Palestinians are facing “intensive pressure” not to sue Israel for war crimes at the International Criminal Court if they win upgraded UN status, an official said on Wednesday. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said that various foreign governments, led by Britain, […]