ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) — Investigators from Boston University (BU) and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System have shown evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in brain tissue from blast-exposed military service personnel. Laboratory experiments conducted by the investigators demonstrated that exposure to a single blast equivalent to a typical improvised […]
Source: China Daily BEIJING – China on Monday voiced its opposition to a defense spending bill passed last week by the US House of Representatives that pushed for sales of […]
Huff Post In 1955, after years of intensive seminary study and service in various Orthodox Jewish congregations in New England, I began to feel the need for a broader education and a wider range of experience. Up to this point, my entire religious education had taken place within the Jewish […]
By RFI French President François Hollande said France had done “more than its duty” in Afghanistan, as officials said a calendar to pull out troops would be drawn up in the coming days. Speaking at the end of a two-day Nato summit in the US city of Chicago, the new French […]
Washington Post: by Michael Gerson: In a blowout presidential election, a few large issues dominate. In a tight election, a range of smaller concerns — important to strategic constituencies in battleground […]
On the banks of the Volga river, in the very heart of Russia, the republic of Tatarstan has reunited two religions in its history. Throughout the ages, explorations and wars […]
Huff Post LOS ANGELES (RNS) After lobbying from Muslim and Sikh leaders, the Los Angeles Police Department has agreed to modify its information-gathering program on suspicious activities after the New York Police Department came under fire for spying on local Muslims. Since 2008, the LAPD has used the federal Suspicious […]
Russian TV: A big religious feeling deserves a big house of worship. Algeria is set to get its own mega-mosque with the tallest minaret in the world. Almost as tall […]
Express Tribune: A day after the authorities briefly banned access to microblogging website Twitter due to ‘blasphemous’ material, the city capital police on the orders of a city court on […]
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS An acute shortage of cement is delaying most commercial and residential projects in Makkah, according to sources in the contracting sector. Amid an unprecedented construction boom featuring […]
Source: ARABNEWS Bone-white sand squeaks beneath your feet, the curved beach framed by lush forested hills, empty but for a handful of expats and intrepid tourists who have got wind […]
Reuters | May 21,2012 | ARABNEWS CAIRO — The Arab League called on Tehran on Monday to halt what it described as a media campaign against Bahrain over a proposal for political and military union between Gulf Arab states. Saudi Arabia has been pushing the idea of closer Gulf integration […]
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday stressed that Jordan will continue its historic role in preserving and protecting the holy sites in Jerusalem, according to a […]
The NewYork Times- The opinion pages JAKARTA — Just a few days after Lady Gaga’s concert in Indonesia was canceled after protests by Islamic groups, I flew 1,370 kilometers from Jakarta to Padang, West Sumatra, and drove a further 130 kilometers, a four-hour journey along rough, winding roads, to Sijunjung, […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The Holy Prophet Muhammad’s address at the time of his final Hajj in the early seventh century about racial equality among other […]
Source: Pakistan Defence
By Chelsea Clinton and James P. Steyer Editor’s note: Chelsea Clinton is a board member of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on media and technology’s effects on children and teens, and wrote the foreword to “Talking Back to Facebook.” James P. Steyer is founder and CEO of […]
Health.com You’d like to do something—anything—to speed up your metabolism, but it’s out of your control. Right? Not quite. Although genetics and your age both play a role, recent studies suggest you have plenty of say over how well your metabolism—which involves your body’s ability to break down food into […]
An entire French village, which caught global public attention after failing to find a buyer for the price of a one-bedroomed Paris flat, was on Monday finally auctioned off to […]
David Cameron on Monday expressed Nato’s “frustration” at Pakistan’s refusal to allow alliance forces to use a vital supply route out of Afghanistan. The alliance on Monday urged Pakistan to […]