In a Ban, a Measure of European Tolerance
PARIS — During a recent protest in Marseille, seven people were suddenly surrounded by the police, bundled into a van and brought in for questioning. Their offense was not the […]
Obama’s Security Nightmare: Disintegration of Pakistan
Daily Times: The disintegration scenario —Lal Khan The dominant intelligentsia with its constricted outlook, shackled in the fetters of an obsolete and redundant capitalist ideology, is now the merchant of […]
‘I don’t want to be complicit’ if Israel attacks Iran
RT: The highest ranking officer in the United States military has announced that he is against American participation in any Israeli-led attack on Iran, even as pressure to destroy the Islamic Republic’s rumored nuclear program remain unrelieved. Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in […]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Concludes Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit
Source: China Daily TEHRAN – The 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit concluded in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Friday after the adoption of the outcome documents. Iranian President Mahmoud […]
Prayer leader arrested for fabricating evidence in 11 year old girl case
Express Tribune: RAWALPINDI: Police have arrested prayer leader Khalid Jadoon on charges of fabricating evidence, which he had used to accuse Rimsha Masih of committing blasphemy by allegedly burning Quranic pages, Express News reported early on Sunday. Express News correspondent Qamarul Munawar said that Hafiz Muhammad Zubair, who witnessed Jadoon adding pages of the […]
British far-right extremists voice support for Anders Breivik
National Front and English Defence League members praise Norwegian mass murderer as ‘inspirational’ and a ‘role model’. A number of rightwing British activists have publicly praised mass murderer Anders Behring […]
Dutch elections: Crisis of faith in the spiritual home of the euro
The rise of the Dutch Socialist Party could end Holland’s reputation as a Brussels-friendly member of the beleaguered Eurozone club, reports Harriet Alexander. Maastricht is a town at the heart […]
Firefighters bring Spanish wildfires under control
The worst wildfires in memory in the Malaga region of southern Spain were being brought under control yesterday, leaving a charred and blackened wasteland where there had been fragrant pine […]
Ontario finally getting a breast-milk bank
Source: Toronto Star Six years after it was first proposed for Ontario, a breast milk bank that could have saved dozens of vulnerable babies is still months away from completion. Vancouver has had a facility for more than three decades, and Calgary opened one in April after only 16 months […]
‘Missing’ posters prompt Muslim anger
Credit: The Local Newspaper. ‘Missing’ posters prompt Muslim anger Four Muslim groups have pulled out of an anti-extremism partnership with the government in protest at a poster campaign which they say puts all Muslims under general suspicion.The posters resemble those put up to try to find missing people and show […]
Bearded Men Cause Bridge Closure.
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Romney tests Tampa momentum; Democrats hope to blunt it in Charlotte
Credit: CNN Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — Mitt Romney departed Tampa, Florida, on Friday hoping to ride any momentum he had built up over the past week as he makes the final turn into the November election. Romney’s acceptance address won’t go down as often quoted but it got the […]
Survivor: German firm’s apology for birth defects drug ‘not enough’
Credit: CNN (CNN) — The head of a survivors’ group Saturday dismissed an apology issued five decades later by the German manufacturer of a drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with disabilities. Pharmaceutical firm Gruenenthal apologized Friday for the first time over its drug, thalidomide, which caused […]
Syria conflict: Fighting rages at Syria air bases
Credit: BBC Rebels and regime forces have been battling for control of several air bases in Syria. The government said it had repelled a huge attack on an air base near Aleppo while rebels claimed victory in another battle in the east of the country. The rebels have increasingly targeted […]
Bangla Deshi’s in India: Myth and Reality
Source: Northern Voices Online The Assam violence between Bodos and Muslims, alleged by many to be Bangldeshi infiltrators, has a long chain of repercussions. The number of dead is nearly eighty. Killings are continuing and the people who have been displaced have been over 4 lakhs. There is no exact […]
Sectarian killings might break Pakistan: Altaf Hussain
Credit:ET MQM chief addresses a conference organised to promote harmony between different sects of Islam. PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: Expressing serious concerns over the ongoing sectarian violence in the country, Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM’s) chief Altaf Hussain said on Saturday that the trend might break Pakistan. “If people are not provided protection, […]
Pakistan’s Sindh is land of peace, amity, interfaith harmony: Bhagwandas
Source: Business Recorder ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Justice ( Retd) Rana Bhagwandas has said that Sindh has always remained the land of peace, progress, amity, human and interfaith harmony. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of a booklet titled, ” Sufi Shah Inayat- a […]
A Superstar Televangelist in Pakistan Divides, Then Repents
A Superstar Televangelist in Pakistan Divides, Then Repents http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/world/asia/a-star-televangelist-in-pakistan-divides-then-repents.html?pagewanted=1&src=recg (Note: a Murderer becomes repentant – Amir Liaqat Husain) THE audience erupted as Aamir Liaquat Hussain, Pakistan’s premier televangelist, darted around the television studio, firing off questions about Islam. “How many gates are there to heaven?” he challenged. Children leapt from […]
Ahmadinejad ends Non-Aligned Movement Summit with call for world peace
Source: Haaretz, Israel In his closing speech as new NAM chairman, Iran’s president says “all NAM member states approved the need for a new world management upon the basis of […]
Tehran NAM Summit: When US, Israel Get Embarrassed
TEHRAN (FNA)- While the media wing of the major world powers, spearheaded by the United States, UK and Israel is sparing no effort to further isolate Iran over its nuclear […]