Three major automakers plan to join an initiative to create online road traffic maps in preparation for future disasters, according to a nonprofit organization. In the Great East Japan Earthquake last year, widespread confusion resulted after road networks were seriously disrupted. ITS Japan, an NPO that promotes research and development […]
Source: Spiegel International The tiny village of Feldheim, some 60 kilometers southwest of Berlin, was catapulted by chance to the forefront of the renewable energy movement. Now visitors from around […]
Credit: Spiegel International-Germany. Nicolas Sarkozy is unpopular because he has behaved more like an upstart than a president. He’s trying to get re-elected,claiming to have changed, but it’s probably too late. The French people prefer his Socialist opponent François Hollande,who would bring change to France and upheaval to Europe. By Mathieu […]
Credit: Stratfor: U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. James Mattis The United States is not eager to launch an air campaign against the Syrian regime that would be similar to the NATO campaign in Libya even though numerous U.S. lawmakers have called for such a campaign. Not only did Libya not […]
Credit: Asia Times on Line: Dick Cheney’s premise that even a 1% chance of an attack on the US must be dealt with as if it were a certainty has been rendered obsolete. Now, says the current occupant of the White House, no direct threat to the US needs to […]
Credit: Asiatimes on Line: Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan has undermined the Israeli leadership’s “Bomb Iran” campaign by explaining how “rational” Tehran’s leadership is in the calculated language of the intelligence community. Dagan knows the real security implications of a regional war and that current tensions were born out of […]
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir: The teachings of Islam on religion are very clear. Muslims are commanded that every person’s religion (and their faithfulness to it) is a matter […]
Washington Post: The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops will make an important decision this week: Do they want to defend the church’s legitimate interest in religious autonomy, or do they want […]
The Daily Telegraph; By Boris Johnson: If I were Nadia Eweida, I would be starting to think that the whole world had gone completely mad. You remember Nadia, the mild-looking […]
Asian Human Rights Commission Statement : The situation in Pakistan grows worse for the religious minority groups on a daily basis. The security and law and order situation has become so […]
السلام علیکم میرے محترم شوہر جناب راحت نسیم ملک ۲۰ فروری ۲۰۱۲ بروز سوموار اس جہانِ فانی سے کوچ کر گئے۔انا للہ و انا الیہ راجعون۔ اللہ تعالیٰ ان کو اپنے جوارِ رحمت میں جگہ عطا فرمائے اور ان کے درجات بلند کرے آمین ثم آمین خاکسار نے ان […]
Jakarta Post: Recent disputes on the construction of religious buildings, the prosecution of minority sects and the rejection of hard-line groups have resurfaced the discussion of tolerance. I argue that […]
Israel 21C: Forbes has released its annual billionaires list and included 13 Israeli moguls on it. Idan Ofer, who inherited his $6.2 billion wealth from his father Sammy, is considered […]
The Roman Catholic bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, has defended a pastoral letter in which he reminded church-goers that divorced Catholics who remarry cannot receive communion. “The ten commandments were […]
By JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Most Saudi students who applied for US citizenship have subsequently abandoned their attempt to change nationality, a Saudi diplomat said. “Only 13 students applied for citizenship in the United States. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken firm steps against such actions such as stopping their […]
Reuters | Mar 11,2012 | 23:45 Jordan Times OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Although Israel can expect a barrage of missiles from various fronts if it attacks Iran, the response might be less catastrophic than some predict, with Middle East turmoil distracting old foes. There is also a gathering view in Israel, […]
AMMAN (Petra) — JORDAN TIMES. His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday said Arab Christians are an “integral” part of the Arab-Islamic culture, stressing the need to protect the Christian presence […]
The most successful entrepreneurs and executives I have seen are savvy business people first, and experts in their field second. This may seem counter-intuitive to technologists, especially in an era when technology seems to be driving the world. Yet the sad truth is that a technology not focused on a […]
This editorial is part of our GREAT DEBATE feature ‘Why Aren’t There More Women In Positions Of Power?‘ Recently, while in car with my husband and me, my six-year old saw a road sign for “Manchester,” and commented that she would not want to live there because men would […]
Filipino nurses have stayed put in Fukushima, Japan, site of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history, to help their elderly patients. In a speech marking the first anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe on Sunday gave thanks to the Philippines […]