NY Times: …………..Wendy Sherman, the United States under secretary of state for political affairs, announced the reward for Mr. Saeed, described as the leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba, during a visit to India on Monday. […]
Pakteahouse: Usman Ahmad: Prior to anything else being said, let it be clearly stated that the recent murder of Master Abdul Qudoos at the hands of the police is not […]
Starbucks Corp expects China to become its second-biggest retail market measured by the number of its stores by 2014, following just behind the United States in that regard, said a company executive. John Culver, president of Starbucks China and Asia Pacific, said the coffee chain is planning to move faster […]
Greater engagement with Asia will play a key strategic role in China’s opening-up policy, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday. Promoting growth will provide sound and sustainable development for the region, Li said at the opening ceremony of the annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia. As the largest […]
China’s exploration for energy and other natural resources overseas is conducted in strict adherence to international trade rules and is good for the world because it contributes to the supply of natural resources, said Zhang Guobao, chairman of the Advisory Board of the National Energy Commission. Read More…
China, the world’s biggest cigarette market, may suffer slower economic growth because of cancer and other chronic diseases that are hurting the labor force, Minister of Health Chen Zhu said. Read More…
Services on two of China’s biggest micro-blogging sites are back after being part suspended three days ago. The companies that run the sites had stopped users commenting on other people’s posts, following rumours of a coup in Beijing. Read More…
Ghanaweb: Mr. Kwesi Hutchful, Tema Metropolitan Director of Education, at the weekend reiterated the call on parents and guardians to do everything possible that would motivate and encourage their children […]
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Rfi France. An auction of instruments of torture due to take place in Paris on Tuesday has been cancelled after protests from France’s culture minister and human rights campaigners. The planned sale was organised on behalf of the descendants of a former French public executioner, Fernand Meyssonnier, who died in […]
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church has announced it is withdrawing from talks on a new constitution, saying Islamist domination of the drafting body made its participation “pointless”, Egypt’s […]
The Swiss charity Helvetas says it is moving its aid workers from the embattled region of northern Mali to the south of the country. Pierre-Yves Suter, who is stationed in the capital Bamako, said a military offensive by Tuareg rebels in the north was reason for serious concern. “It might […]
By TARIQ ALHOMAYED, ARABNEWS (a view from Saudi Arabia) Nearly three days after the Arab Summit in Baghdad was adjourned, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki launched an attack, more like a personal attack, on both Saudi Arabia and Qatar — which he described as “these two countries”, in defense of […]
By DUBAI: K.T. ABDURABB, ARAB NEWS STAFF The Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD) is an excellent platform for NGOs, government and business companies to exhibit […]
AFP | Apr 02,2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi has been placed in solitary confinement for a week after calling for the Palestinians to […]
Source: Times of India Way back in 1953, French author Jean Giono wrote the epic tale The Man Who Planted Trees. It seemed so real that readers thought the central character, Elzeard Bouffier , was a living individual until the author clarified he had created the person only to make […]
Source: The pioneer Twenty three years after they were last driven out of their homeland, the Hindus of Jammu & Kashmir have survived the nightmare and are now even more emboldened to return to the State of their origin. They cannot remain refugees in their own country After bearing the […]
“Conferences such as these provide a platform for people to come together and demonstrate strength in unity. But it is at the grassroots that the real hard work is done to build […]
Editor’s Preface: Mind versus Brain discussion and study of human consciousness may not only have bearing on our understanding of physiology and psychology of mind, but may also help us understand […]