Religion and Economics Rationality
Jakarta globe: A couple of days ago, a notorious organization disrupted a health charity event, demanding the event be stopped on the basis that it might be related to the […]
Guess who won’t be at Harvard this weekend?
Jersulem Post: This weekend, Harvard Kennedy School is hosting a controversial “Student Conference” that has been organized to promote the so-called “one-state solution” as the best option to end the […]
Delhi World Book fair: A fair like no other
In Delhi it’s that time of year again when publishers, distributors and retailers are scrambling around frantically getting everything from point-of-sale to stocks right. It’s the World Book fair (WBF), which comes around once every two years sprawling across the giant halls of Pragati Maidan. This is the fair’s 20th […]
Iraq militia hands over last missing US soldier’s remains
By PETER GRAFF AND SUADAD AL-SALHY | REUTERS ARABNEWS BAGHDAD: A Shiite militia has handed over the body of the last US soldier missing in Iraq, closing a final chapter of the war two months after US troops left and more than five years after the soldier vanished while secretly […]
Malaysia among top furniture exporters worldwide
KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of pieces of furniture will be on display at the 18th edition of the five-day Malaysian International Furniture Fair, beginning here on March 6. Close to 500 local and foreign furniture manufacturers and exporters are participating in the exposition, organised by MIFF Sdn Bhd. The fair, where […]
Stevens Institute of Technology honours Rosmah
NEW JERSEY: Stevens Institute of Technology, a premier private co-educational university focused on research and entrepreneurship and committed to exploring the frontiers of engineering, science, and management, bestowed its highest award on Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of the Malaysian prime minister. The university’s president, Dr Nariman Farvardin, presented the […]
Burning of the Book and the Great game
By AIJAZ Z. SYED ARABNEWS Are the Americans really that dumb? I mean after spending 11 years in the world’s most dangerous battlefield and dealing with the fiercely proud and famously hot-blooded Afghans you have to be stark, raving mad to be doing what the Americans were found doing last […]
Iran crisis stirs tensions in ex-Soviet Caucasus
AFP | Mar 01,2012 | JORDAN TIMES TBILISI — Thwarted attacks on Israelis in Tbilisi and Baku. Friction between Azerbaijan and its giant neighbour Iran. Fears of a new war over the conflict-bloodied region of Nagorny Karabakh. As warnings grow of a possible Israeli strike against Iran, the three small […]
Florida mulls outlawing Shariah, other foreign laws
Associated Press: WEST PALM BEACH: A measure to ban the use of foreign laws in US courtrooms is progressing in Florida’s statehouse. Critics call this one of the many unwarranted […]
Do I have the right to remain Ahmadi?
In 1966, nearly 180 million people in the US received Miranda rights – the right to remain silent to avoid self-incrimination. Half a century later, a religious community in Pakistan, another country […]
Funniest exam answers become internet sensation
Daily Telegrpah: Teachers from the US and UK are posting the best real exam answers from the pupils they teach on the websitehttp://funnyexam.com The students may have got an E in their tests but they’ve been creating chortles on the internet since the site was created. Many of the answers […]
Rich New York Woman Accused Of Keeping Immigrant Slave For Over 5 Years
A criminal complaint filed this week against a wealthy New York woman alleges that she kept an undocumented immigrant as a house worker for years, paying her just 85 cents an hour for nearly constant labor, and making her sleep in a walk-in closet. Read more:
10-Minute Moves For Strength, Speed and Agility
Be light on your feet Super-fun workout alert: Leap into these moves (based on Equinox’s Blockbuster Body class) designed to make you stronger, faster, and more agile. To get totally toned from this shape-up—co-created by Lisa Wheeler, Equinox’s national creative program manager of group fitness—choose a move for your arms, […]
The Army Is Eyeing These Cool New Camouflage Patterns
The U.S. Army is considering a wardrobe change. Five camouflage design teams have been chosen to move onto the next stage of the Army’s selection and testing process of Phase IV Camouflage Improvement Effort. The designers have to prove that their patterns of desert, woodland, and transitional camouflage stand up to scientific […]
They eat with dogs and get spit on but Pinay maids work on
HONG KONG — Whenever her Chinese employer is displeased with her work, a Filipina working in one of the high-rise apartments here is ordered to sit in a corner all day long, her back pressed hard against the cold steel frame of the dining table. Then comes the battery of […]
Here Are 10 Famous People Posthumously Baptized By Mormons
You’d never guess that these famous people are Mormons. They’d never guess it either, considering that they didn’t exactly consent to becoming Mormons. Posthumous baptisms allow Church members to give non-Mormon relatives a chance to get into heaven after death. Read more:
UK: David Cameron accuses Syrian regime of ‘medieval barbarity’
David Cameron said the Syrian regime was guilty of “medieval barbarity” as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces were accused of mass killings in the city of Homs. As snow fell over […]
UK: Petrol prices hit record high
Petrol prices have reached a new record level today, hitting 137.44 pence a litre. The latest increase has seen the price of unleaded rise by just over three pence since […]
Channel Tunnel to get mobile phone coverage
One of the pleasures of travelling through the Channel Tunnel is — for some passengers at least — the brief respite that it gives from the sound of people chattering […]
Minaratul Masih – The glory of Qadian
The white minaret, located close to the Mosque Aqsa is the glory of Qadian. As a symbol of Ahmadiyya Muslim community, minaratul masih(a.s.) is renowned all through out the world. […]