King: Dialogue will strengthen unity
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 13 August 2012 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday highlighted the importance of dialogue in strengthening national unity and improving relations among citizens. […]
Iran steps up relief efforts in quake-hit villages
Mohammad Davari | AFP ARABNEWS Monday 13 August 2012 VARZAQAN, Iran: Iran on Sunday stepped up relief operations in shattered villages in its northeast after saying rescue operations were completed […]
Tantawi’s sack strengthens Mursi
CAIRO: ARAB NEWS Monday 13 August 2012 Egypt’s president ordered changes to the military top brass yesterday, including pensioning off Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi who served Hosni Mubarak for two […]
Pulling the plug
by Jean-Claude Elias | Aug 10, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES A joke currently circulating on the web: One evening a teenager and his mother were sitting cozily, talking about life and death. Teenager: “Mom, seriously, I think euthanasia makes perfect sense. Don’t you ever let me live like a vegetable […]
King Abdullah’s Islamic Unity Vision Applaued
King Abdullah’s Islamic unity vision lauded Faheem Al-Hamid and Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Faal Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Islamic unity vision of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and his initiative to convene the Islamic solidarity summit in Makkah this week has come for all-round praise from Arab and Muslim […]
Did Adam Start Out in Paradise? As in THE Paradise?
Author: Anonymous It should be understood that none of the notes or arguments I present are of my own making and most are a translation, summary, and/or gist of writings of various […]
Bangladesh indigenous peoples: We exist!
Source/Credit: World War 4 Report Tribal communities across Bangladesh on Aug. 9 observed the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People with rallies to demand their constitutional recognition as “indigenous people.” An especially large mobilization was held in Rangamati in the southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts. (See map.) The protests were a reaction to recent statements by Foreign […]
Parasites may get nastier with climate swings: study
ScienceDaily OSLO, Aug. 12, 2012 (Reuters) — Parasites look set to become more virulent because of climate change, according to a study showing that frogs suffer more infections from a fungus when exposed to unexpected swings in temperatures. Parasites, which include tapeworms, the tiny organisms that cause malaria and funguses, may […]
Worst Outbreak of Whooping Cough in 50 Years in U.S.
ScienceDaily (Aug. 8, 2012) — This year the U.S. has seen the worst outbreak of whooping cough in more than 50 years. In fact, it has reached epidemic levels in many states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the numbers of cases reported is already twice as many […]
New storm coming: 150 towns, cities still under water
Philippine News: MANILA (AFP) – Emergency relief officials and doctors deployed to flood devastated communities in the Philippines Sunday to prevent outbreaks of disease as the death toll jumped to 85. The flooding that submerged 80 percent of Manila early in the week has largely subsided but more than 150 […]
Iran earthquakes kill 300 and injure 5,000
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FIJI NEWS – Nine Fiji delegates to World Youth Program
Nine delegates for Fiji to SWY 07:36 Thu Aug 09, 2012 2011 Ship for World Youth Program delegatesTaken from/By: Google Report by: Elenoa Turagaiviu Fiji will be sending nine delegates to the Ship for World Youth Program next year. 101 applications were received by the Ministry of Youth and Sports […]
Hate fest shameful – al-Quds day in Toronto
Hate fest shameful Decision to allow anti-Israel Al-Quds rally at Queen’s Park all wrong Tarek Fatah- The Toronto SUN August 12, 2012 Did you know there are Canadians among us who are inspired by a mass-murderer? Canadians who take their cue not from our constitution or the values we have […]
Air Mauritius announces slightly reduces loss for the first Quarter this year
Air Mauritius announced a slightly reduced loss from last year for quarter 1 of 10.4 million euros, compared to 11.9 million euros in 2011. Airline sources blamed, in particular, the change in value between the euro and the US dollar for the magnitude of the loss, which according to media […]
Israeli lawmaker’s proposal to divide al-Asqa Mosque worship stirs uproar
By AL ARBABIYA A bill drafted last week by a right-wing Israeli lawmaker to schedule separate prayer hours for Jews and Muslims at al-Aqsa Mosque has caused an uproar, regional […]
Israel sniper to get 45 days over Gaza war shooting
JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier implicated in the killing of two Gaza women carrying a white flag faces a 45-day jail term under a plea bargain approved by a military court on Sunday, local media said. The sniper, identified by Israeli media as “staff sergeant S,” was charged with manslaughter […]
Olympics closing ceremony: spectacular end to the Games will celebrate 50 years of British pop
The London 2012 Olympics will close with a thrilling tribute to the best of British music from the past 50 years, in what its director is promising will be “a fabulous emotional experience”. By Patrick Sawer, and Claire Duffin Details of the ceremony, called A Symphony of British Music, have […]
Pro-Assad journalist killed in Damascus
A journalist working with Syria’s state-run SANA news agency has been killed in his residence just outside the capital Damascus. No further details are available at this moment. There have been several attacks on pro-regime media over the course of Syria’s 17-month-old conflict which, according to the UN, has claimed […]
Jakarta Globe: In Pakistan, Ahmadis Lose Hope This Ramadan
Karachi, Pakistan. As millions around the world enter the third week of the Ramadan fast, the fraternity that typically unites Muslims during the holy month does not extend to Pakistan’s […]