Get Up. Get Out. Don’t Sit. By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Just as we were all settling in front of the television to watch the baseball playoffs, two new studies about the perils of sitting have spoiled our viewing pleasure. The research, published in separate […]
Russian TV: The Public Chamber’s resolution on the draft bill on protection of believers’ feelings “does not reflect the community’s opinion,” a senior cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church has […]
Express Tribune: BIRMINGHAM: Malala Yousufzai has come out of her coma and is trying to stand for the first time since the shooting, Express News reported on Friday. Malala, international media said, was now out of danger. The BBC tweeted an update saying: Pakistani teenager #Malala Yousafzai standing for first time since being shot by […]
Source: Asia Times: By Dilip Hiro The United States and Pakistan are by now a classic example of a dysfunctional nuclear family (with an emphasis on “nuclear”). While the two governments and their peoples become more suspicious and resentful of each other with every passing month, Washington and Islamabad are […]
Source: Allafrica.com CHAOTIC situation ensued on Friday afternoon in Mbagala area, Dar es Salaam leading to destruction of three churches, (Anglican, Seventh Day Adventists and Pentecost), vehicles including that of the District Police Commander (OCD) and stealing of church choir musical instruments. The mayhem was reported to have been started […]
Source: TOI: WASHINGTON: At least 20 people have died and another 257 have been infected by the outbreak of deadly meningitis, linked to a contaminated drug, a federal health agency has said. The disease has now spread to 16 States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, adding […]
Source: TOI KOLKATA: A West Bengal CPM stalwart is on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Days ahead of embarking on Haj, Abdur Rezzak Mollah, credited for sounding an early warning on the Left Front’s disastrous land acquisition policy, insisted his faith in Karl Marx figured way below his absolute devotion to […]
Source: The Local The number of German men getting cosmetic surgery has more than doubled over the past five years, making one in every five patients male, the German association for aesthetic surgery (GÄCD) said on Thursday. Read More:
Source: ET On October 9, 2012, little Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head and neck by a brave and, according to Imran Khan, an ‘ideological’ member of the great TTP, as she travelled home from school in a Suzuki van. Two masked men (which leads one to ask immediately […]
by Dana Al Emam | Oct 18, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan on Thursday renewed his call for “knowledge societies” to boost intellectual life among youths […]
ARAB NEWS Friday 19 October 2012 JEDDAH: The Car Syndicate has readied more than 20,000 buses to transport 1.7 million pilgrims between Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites during this […]
Gas prices: There’s not much that presidents can do about them GOP nominee Mitt Romney makes sure he gets to make his point even as debate moderator tries to move on. By John W. Schoen, NBC News When you pull up to that gas pump and nearly faint […]
RT: The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police – the mutawa – has said that there is an urgent need to employ more women in the force. Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh told the official Saudi Gazette newspaper that he hoped a recruitment drive would take place soon. Earlier this […]
Huff Post: by Steve McSwain. I think the thing I find most troubling about fundamentalism, whether in politics or in religion, is the war fundamentalists declare and then wage on almost anyone whose opinion or understanding of truth is different from theirs. In its more extreme forms, fundamentalists take up […]
Source: Wikipedia The list of non-Arab Sahaba includes the non-Arabs among the original Sahaba(r.a.) of Muhammad(s.a.s). Muhammad had many followers from amongst the Arabs, from many different tribes. However, he also had many non-Arab Sahaba, from many different ethnicities. Some of these non-Arabs were among the most beloved and loyal […]
By Kevin Connolly BBC News, Jerusalem There is some evidence that humans and cats first learned to cohabit in the Middle East, where cat bones are often discovered among the […]
After 80 years in print, the newsmagazine adopts an all-digital format. We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek will transition to an all-digital format in early 2013. As part of this transition, the last print edition in the United States will be […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — A top Turkish pianist and composer appeared in court on Thursday to defend himself against charges of offending Muslims and insulting Islam in comments he made on Twitter. Fazil Say, who has played with the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and others, is on trial […]
Epigraph: They are surely disbelievers who say, ‘Allah is the third of three;’ there is no God but the One God. (Al Quran 5:73/74) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]