ScienceDaily (Oct. 12, 2012) — Heightened activity between the emotional and auditory parts of the brain explains why the sound of chalk on a blackboard or a knife on a bottle is so unpleasant. In a study published today in theJournal of Neuroscience and funded by the Wellcome Trust, Newcastle University scientists […]
Source: Dawn Author: Anwar Iqbal For 20 years Rashid waited for this day. But instead of boarding the plane, he returned his tickets. It all seemed so meaningless to him after reading how a 14-year old girl, Malala Yousufzai, was gunned down […]
The Express Tribune: by Chris Allbritton Pakistan is a land of many stories, and I miss them terribly. But what I don’t miss, having been forced to leave Pakistan this summer because of a possible threat to my safety, is the constant barrage of conspiracy theories and an unwillingness by […]
RT: Italy’s Catholic Church will be forced to pay taxes starting in 2013 after the EU pressured the country’s government to pass a controversial law stripping the Church of its historic property tax exemption. The Catholic Church in Italy is excluded from paying taxes on its land if at least […]
Story Summary Since the dawn of the industrial age, a recurrent fear has been that technological change will spawn mass unemployment. However, neoclassical economists disagreed, predicting that this would not happen because people would find other jobs, albeit possibly after a long period of painful adjustment. Two hundred years of […]
By Ben Hubbard and Zeina Karam, Saturday, October 13, 5:40 PM Washington Post BEIRUT — Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaeda joined Syrian rebels in […]
Source: NY Times: After a few cold nights the colors come on like glowing embers. Then they burst into flame. They crackle in flickering reds, yellows and electric greens. They are beautiful and surreal against the infinite blues of a chilly October afternoon sky. Entire landscapes are transformed into a […]
WASHINGTON – Advertisements sponsored by a Muslim advocacy group were unveiled Friday in response to a pro-Israel ad posted in four Metro stations this week. The Council on American-Islamic Relations plans to have the ads installed at three Metro stations by next Wednesday, according to council national executive director Nihad […]
Source: NY Times: Intelligence officials believe Iran was the origin of network attacks that crippled computers across the Saudi oil industry and breached American financial institutions. Read More:
By Chris Zdeb, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – Local Muslims will go door-to-door in Edmonton and Leduc this weekend as part of a national campaign to educate Canadians about Islam and […]
Source: Washington Post: Stefano Buonamici/BLOOMBERG – A protestor carries a banner reading “Catalonia is not Spain” during a march in favour of Catalan independence on Sept. 11, 2012. BARCELONA — It was a soccer game of Super Bowl proportions: Madrid vs. Barcelona, Spain’s two main cities clashing in a legendary […]
Source: Washington Post: JERUSALEM — A fierce statement against Jews by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual guide drew criticism from an Israeli lawmaker Saturday, while a Jewish activist group called on Washington to cut contacts with Egypt over the issue. Mohammed Badie said during his weekly message that Jews were […]
Source: TOI People hold candles and pictures of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Oct 9, 2012 by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls, at a school in Lahore October 12, 2012. (Reuters photo) RAWALPINDI: The police said on Friday that they had […]
Source: The Local: Senior citizens in Germany have seen a fifth of their buying power disappear since 2000, with the elderly in the former East Germany losing the most, new data show. More:
Source: Asian Human Rights Commission via Nasim Malik. The Ahmadis, a sect that believes in Islam and claims to be an ardent follower of it, has been declared as non-Muslim under the Pakistani legislation. Evidently, the Government of Pakistan has not only confiscated their freedom to faith, belief and practice, […]
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BBC: The technique could be used to prevent debilitating and fatal “mitochondrial” diseases, which are passed down only from mother to child. However, the resulting baby would contain genetic information […]
The Express Tribune AQ Khan: the truth finally prevails By Sajad Haider Published: October 12, 2012 “The public and AQ Khan’s admirers should know that firstly, he was just a copper metallurgist employed in Holland by Urenco and assigned to a less sensitive section, which was not directly involved in […]
By Laiq Ahmed Atif Source: The Malta Independent Online The extremist, fundamentalist, fanatic and terrorist have once again proven that they will target anything that comes in their way, and […]
Global Post: In a 2012 election outside the United States, Barack Obama would beat Mitt Romney 65 percent to 18 percent, GlobalPost finds. BOSTON — Foreign affairs might not be […]