NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The French and Greek election results are being viewed as a smackdown on austerity. In France, Socialist Francois Hollande won the presidential election, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, who supported the compact to increase fiscal discipline in the Eurozone. And the makeup of the next Greek government […]
Germany’s education minister is facing a battle for survival following allegations that she cheated in her university dissertation. The founder of VroniPlag, a website dedicated to unearthing academic cheats, claims […]
Mohammed Shafiq has defied death threats to stand up against the gangs who prey on young white girls. The father-of-three lives within a short drive of where the victims were […]
Source: The Herald Potty humor just got prehistoric. A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago. The research published Monday in Current Biology suggests that large dinosaurs made a significant contribution to the greenhouse […]
Source: Slashgear. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but when it’s over it would sure be nice to have a designated driver built into your car. Thanks to Google’s driverless car program, you might soon be able to have just that. After three months in safety testing and approval, […]
Once, Mullah Nasruddin traveled to Konya to borrow money from Jalal, his friend who lived there. Jalal, who knew that Nasruddin and his money were soon parted, put the cash into a purse for safekeeping and instructed the Mullah to be extra cautious on the trip home. All the way […]
Mulla Nasrudin sat fishing in a bucket of water. A visitor, wishing to be friendly, asked, “How many have you caught?” “YOU ARE THE NINTH,” said Nasrudin.
By DAMMAM: ARAB NEWS Nearly 90 percent of charity organizations in the Kingdom are not transparent and they have no financial controllers, according to an expert in charity work. Abdul Wahab Noor Wali, professor at King Abdul Aziz University and former assistant secretary-general of World Assembly of Muslim Youth, also […]
Businessinsider.com: This Mother’s Day, go ahead and tell your mom how much you value her―just don’t try to back it up with numbers. New survey data shows a decline in […]
Standard Times- Go SanAngelo Recently, when asked, “What can fear do to you?” I was reminded of two experiences. The first started with me asking a Sunday School class of first graders, “What would you say if someone wanted you to pray for them?” A visitor to the class, a […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: Statement : The Asian Human Rights Commission has had discussions with the leaders of the Ahmadis, a religious minority community of Islam, at Lahore, Punjab province. During […]
Daily Telegraph: There are now just 80 days to go before the start of the Great Siege of London, when the daily routines of millions of the capital’s citizens are […]
the guardian Look for the religion section of almost any bookshop in Britain, and you’ll find it’s been subsumed under “Mind, body and spirit”. The reason is simple: what we call religion has changed – dramatically – in just the past 30 years. I think the change is so significant […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Jeddah: There is a new Islamic awakening all over the world and Muslims are slowly returning to their roots, said the editor in chief of […]
By RICHARD LOUGH | REUTERS ARABNEWS OBO, Central African Republic: In a bare concrete room in a far-flung corner of Central African Republic, US special forces and Ugandan soldiers map […]
By ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Malik bin Anas, known as Imam Malik, is a prominent name in Islamic history. He was not only a great scholar of Hadith, but also a jurist after whom was founded one of the four Islamic schools of Islamic jurisprudence: the Maliki school. He was […]
By Conor Friedersdorf May 4 2012, 3:52 PM ET 19 Several conservative writers are heavily invested in arguing otherwise, but they don’t have the facts on their side. Reuters Over at Commentary, Jonathan Tobin complains that “most of the mainstream media still takes it as a given that there […]
Source: The Daily Beast by Alice Feiring | May 7, 2012 1:00 AM EDT To transform the parched, arid Bangladeshi soil into a lush organic tea garden took dung. Tons of it. How to acquire the massive amounts needed was the sticky problem facing Kazi Anis Ahmed, the 41-year-old cofounder […]
7 May 2012 Last updated at 11:51 ET Help An organisation which represents more than 850 priests in Ireland has been meeting to discuss the future direction of the Catholic Church. The Vatican has recently criticised leading members of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) for expressing views which contradict […]
France24. In style and probably in substance, France’s incoming president could not be more different than the country’s outgoing leader. François Hollande’s political rise to the country’s top post has been slow and steady, with the French media portraying him as “Monsieur Normal” – an easygoing, everyday man. Contrast that […]