Credit:ET ISLAMABAD: While saying that the media should promote a positive image of Pakistan, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Monday that no one practices human rights as much as Pakistan does. Speaking to the media at the Independence Day seminar, “Pehchaan Pakistan”, held by Express Media Group in Islamabad, […]
Credit: The Economic Times via Wasim Sroya. ISLAMABAD: With no let up in crimes against Hindus in Mirpurkhas area of Pakistan’s Sindh province from where nearly 20 families have left the country, the minority community leaders from the region have approached the Indian and US missions for help. The Hindu […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]