Credit: Allafrica.com Being an African president is a risky business. It can be fatal. We’re already three down this year alone, and critically-ill Meles Zenawi looks like he’ll make it four. Other continents, by and large, seem to do a better job of hanging on to their leaders. SIMON ALLISON […]
Credit: Allafrica.com An alert truck driver sent to deliver 19 tonnes of poisonous sodium cyanide to Harare’s main waterworks averted disaster last Wednesday when he raised alarm just when he was about to offload the chemical. The driver told workers at Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant that he suspected he […]
Credit: Asia Times. At the outset, let’s repeat the obvious. If an oil-rich country, such as Saudi Arabia, could and does pump out all its oil in one year (a wild assumption) and sells it at today’s going rate (another wild assumption), then the country would be rich as Croesus. […]
Credit:The telegraph via Wasim Sroya Adbus Salam: written out of history by his own country Professor Abdus Salam was one of Pakistan’s finest minds. His work in the field of theoretical physics, on unifying the electromagnetic and weak forces, earned him the country’s first – and only – Nobel prize […]
The Express Tribune: Omar Kamal bin Farooq One of the biggest disadvantages of living in a nation as homogeneous as ours is that it is very seldom that you get to hear alternative narratives on history, religion, culture and society in general. People who try and present narratives that are different from […]
FiFiji’s deposed PM Qarase faces jail term MICHAEL FIELD Last updated 16:11 01/08/2012 http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Dfa1e1412%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.stuff.co.nz%252Ffe257387c%26domain%3Dwww.stuff.co.nz%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7385890%2FFijis-deposed-PM-Qarase-faces-jail-term&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&ref=s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like&sdk=joey&show_faces=false&width=90 196 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1340179658.html#_=1343869089521&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7385890%2FFijis-deposed-PM-Qarase-faces-jail-term&size=m&text=Fiji's%20deposed%20PM%20Qarase%20faces%20jail%20term&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7385890%2FFijis-deposed-PM-Qarase-faces-jail-term https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7385890%2FFijis-deposed-PM-Qarase-faces-jail-term&size=medium&count=true&annotation=none&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz&hl=en&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DqujEvt2eNBE.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!SQxz7F5VozeYIa9SGw%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTPmONG5EcGSvyPz8ty-9C7u8BR8PQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Conload&id=I0_1343869085516&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz Share TIM WIMBORNE/ Reuters GUILTY: A court has found former Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase guilty of corruption. South Pacific Fiji’s deposed PM Qarase faces jail termDeepening mystery around seized Vanuatu yachtThaw in […]
PhilippineNews: When the Philippine department of energy told reporters this week it had received four proposals to explore oil and gas blocks off Palawan, the country’s westernmost island facing disputed waters in the South China Sea, many of the journalists’ questions focused on how Manila’s tiny navy could protect research vessels […]
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Note by the editor: Not a pretty picture, readers are encouraged to comment If Romney accomplished nothing else during his Israeli visit, he did manage to offend every single Palestinian Arab terrorist group, all of whom, the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP and the DFLP, issued press releases […]
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS | Wed Aug 1, 2012 7 Aug 1 (Reuters) – A French mayor has revoked the suspension of four Muslim camp counsellors following an uproar after he said they could not work properly because they might be weakened by their all-day fasting for Ramadan. […]
Credit: Asia Times By Pepe Escobar Was Prince Bandar “Bush”, 63, son of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz (perennial Saudi Defense Minister,1963-2001), semi-perennial ambassador to Washington (1983-2005), and secretive jihad financier, killed by a Syrian intelligence death squad? Thunderous silence prevails on Syrian, Iranian and Arab media (most of it controlled […]
London, July 31 (IANS) Courtesy an unplugged loophole in the British government’s welfare shake-up, immigrants having multiple wives can claim higher benefit payments, it has emerged. Benefits potentially available to spouses in polygamous marriages include income support, jobseeker’s allowance, employment and support allowance, pension credit, housing benefit and council tax […]
Australia, New Zealand restore diplomacy with Fiji Boston.com Australia and New Zealand say they will again station top diplomats known as high commissioners inFiji and will ease travel restrictions on Fijians associated with the regime. Fiji will reciprocate by placing top diplomats in New Zealand and Australia. See all stories on this topic » […]
Pakistan’s New Spy Chief Visits Washington at a Time of Frayed Relations By DECLAN WALSH and MARK MAZZETTI Published: July 31, 2012 S ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As befits any newly installed spymaster, a vague air of mystery surrounds Lt. Gen. Zahir ul-Islam, the head of Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, who is visiting Washington in […]
Summary Background Male circumcision could provide substantial protection against acquisition of HIV-1 infection. Our aim was to determine whether male circumcision had a protective effect against HIV infection, and to assess safety and changes in sexual behaviour related to this intervention. Methods We did a randomised controlled trial of 2784 […]
By Maqbool Ahmad QUADIAN: Today Qadian was complete bandh against insulting Shivling by Laxman Jhonson in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena (Bal Thakray) senior leader Ramesh Nayar and some other Hindu religious bodies […]
Source: The New York Times Author: Sam Borden With nearly three million Muslims living in Britain, the observance of Ramadan here is not generally a notable occurrence. Shops are open, […]
The Indian government on Wednesday formally allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan, the latest in a series of confidence building measures to build trust between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. […]