Source: The New York Times MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In Silicon Valley, the line between computing and biology has begun to blur in a way that could have enormous consequences for human longevity. Bill Banyai, an optical physicist at Complete Genomics, has helped make that happen. When he began developing […]
Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — A World Bank report shows a broad reduction in extreme poverty — and indicates that the global recession, contrary to economists’ expectations, did not increase poverty in the developing world. The report shows that for the first time the proportion of people living in extreme poverty […]
Source: Wired.com Late last year, scientists with the OPERA collaboration in Gran Sasso, Italy reported an incredible finding: neutrinos that appeared to be moving faster than the speed of light. The news spread at a barely slower pace, fascinating the public. One thing everyone knows is that a very famous […]
In yet another sign of a strengthening recovery, the United States added 227,000 net jobs in February, the third consecutive month of gains over 200,000. The unemployment rate was unchanged from 8.3 percent in January, the Labor Department reported Friday, as nearly a half million people who had been staying […]
President Hu Jintao on Friday stressed maintaining national integrity, ethnic unity and social stability in Tibet, and other Chinese leaders also joined with national legislators in panel discussions. During a panel discussion with legislators from the Tibet autonomous region at the ongoing parliamentary session, Hu urged the consolidation of foundation […]
Controversial clauses that permit detention, arrest or surveillance of suspects at specific places, without informing their families, have been partially revised in response to an outcry to curb possible abuses of public security measures, as the latest amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law is tabled for lawmakers to read. Read […]
Credit: Friday Times: Wasim Saroya of Selvenia n any society, the middle class is self consciously bound by a self-devised code of morality and has definite ideas about society and where it should be heading. Middle classes tend to be overly sensitive to how they are viewed and so their […]
(Reuters) – Banks are foreclosing on America’s churches in record numbers as lenders increasingly lose patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages, according to new data. The […]
NY Times: Are men useless, at least when it comes to caring for a family? India’s recent draft food security bill, currently in front of Parliament, seems to suggest so. […]
Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday approved a formation of the Human Rights Commission, DawnNews reported. A meeting of the upper house was chaired by Farooq H. Naiq here. […]
Dawn.com: WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Shad Begum was among 10 of the world’s leading women activists the United States honoured on Thursday for their efforts to improve the lives of other women. […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: March 9, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday while adjourning the hearing till March 14, […]
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama on Thursday praised Ghana as a model for Africa in terms of democratic practices as well as economic development. “Ghana has proven, I think, […]
Staff at Tokyo Sea Life Park said they believed the penguin was alive and well and somewhere in the Japanese capital after receiving reports it had successfully fed itself. Read more
Dubai: Eleven women were honoured at the 11th International Women’s Day Excellence Awards held on Thursday. The award ceremony recognised a range of talent in the community, placing women from different cultural backgrounds in the limelight. Read more
Credit: Press & Guide via Wasim Saroya of Selvenia: Imam Irshad Ahmad Mali, regional missionary of the community. There are over a billion Muslims around the world, divided into many groups. But there are some issues that bring them together on the table. And one of those issues they agree […]
Credit: Appen Newspapers via Wasim Saroya of Selvenia: JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held a free public health fair on Saturday, March 3, at the Ocee Library in order to educate the community on how to live a healthy life. Saima Ahmad, one […]
AFP | Mar 08,2012 | 22:39 JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The United States offered Israel advanced weaponry in return for it committing not to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities this year, Israeli daily Maariv reported on Thursday. Citing unnamed Western diplomats and intelligence sources, the report said that during Prime […]
AMMAN – The Syrian lira has rapidly been losing value versus the Jordanian dinar over the past weeks, reaching 117 liras per JD1 record low on Thursday, money changers said. […]
AFP | Mar 08,2012 | 22:38 JORDAN TIMES TUNIS — A Tunisian minister on Thursday condemned a university’s ban on full-face veils that sparked a weeks-long sit-in by conservative Muslims, […]