Source: The Telegraph A study has found that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more “working memory”, giving them the ability to hold a lot of information in their heads and manipulate it mentally. Children at school need this type of memory on a daily basis for a […]
Source: The Telegraph Although physical quality of life goes down after middle age, mental satisfaction increases. The study of more than 10,000 people in Britain and the US adds support to a previous report that happiness levels form a U-curve, hitting their low point at around 45, then rising. Researchers […]
Source: the Guardian In recent weeks, atheists and agnostics who are friendly towards religion have been filling the column inches. Editors, and perhaps readers, are weary of the so-called militant secularism evangelised by you know who. So kindly non-believers have been commissioned. But there is something paradoxical about their appreciation […]
Haaretz: New York Times, Washington Post report on the initiative started by two Israelis who sent a Facebook message to Iranians last Thursday saying, ‘We will never bomb your country. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Nasim Rehmatullah and Harris Zafar On Monday, March 12th, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah – Saudi Arabia’s supreme religious […]
Courtesy: Guardian Psychology paper finds Facebook and other social media offer platform for obsessions with self-image and shallow friendships Saturday 17 March 2012 09.41 EDT Too many ‘friends’? A psychology paper has found a link between Facebook and other social media and socially disruptive narcissism. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images […]
Credit: TOI It’s something Mitt Romney and Rahul Gandhi are trying too hard to show they have. On Tuesday, American Republicans in the state of Illinois had the chance to vote for their choice to face Barack Obama in November. They backed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who needed a […]
Let us enjoy reading this Mulla Nasruddin Hodja’s Story of A Question of Time . Nasruddin Hodja was tilling his patch of land when a hunter came riding up. “Hey, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: March 22, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Presenting his argument in the prime minister contempt case, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan maintained that the […]
Washington Post: By E.J. Dionne Jr.:vWhere evangelicals cast a minority of the ballots, Mitt Romney has won. Where evangelical voters predominated, Romney has lost, in most cases to Rick Santorum. Romney’s victory […]
(Reuters) – A foiled plot by suspected Islamic militants to attack and bomb targets in Bali, including a bar popular with tourists, marks an escalation of the violent threat in Indonesia as […]
Credit: Spiegel Germany oulouse Siege Over The man thought to be responsible for killing seven in a murder spree in southern France is dead, French Interior Minister Claude Guéant confirmed on Thursday. Mohamed Merah, who claimed he belonged to al-Qaida, had brought the country to a near standstill after killing […]
Is there a God? Yes. I am as certain that there is a God as I am certain of anything. I am as certain that there is a God as […]
Credit: Asia Times: The continuing lull in US-Pakistan relations complicates the Afghan withdrawal process for European forces, with Central Asian routes more expensive and diplomatically complex than the Pakistani link closed over last November’s friendly fire incident. Anger at “negative acts” by US troops is also high among US allies. […]
Credit: Asia Times: The latest United Nations Security Council statement on Syria displays unanimity of opinion over the year-long crisis. The onus on the West now is to find a way to work with Russia rather than around Russia, which is taking a lead role in pressurizing President Bashar al-Assad. […]
Examining the new atheists’ own “reasonableness” and “internal coherence The Washington Post: By Tom Gilson The new atheists–participants in the contemporary anti-religion movement led by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, the […]
By MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Haj Minister Bandar Al-Hajjar said ongoing efforts to work out a 25-year strategic plan for Haj and Umrah operations reflect the top priority given by the […]
By TARIQ ALHOMAYED, ARABNEWS A dangerous statement, or gaffe, was made by the Russian Foreign Ministry, by its minister Sergey Lavrov, in which he said: “If the current Syrian regime collapses, some countries in the region will want to establish Sunni rule in Syria.” It is very strange that a […]
SOUF/JERASH — Once known for its abundant pure springs and lush green farms, the small town of Souf in Jerash is now severely lacking in fresh water sources. Springs in […]
Credit: UK TIMES LONDON: Zubair Khan This time Mr Mazhar Javed, Acting Ambassador of Pakistan in Germany, accompanied by Mr Ghulam Haider, Press Counselor Pak Embassy Berlin, who briefed the […]