Report: 150 violations on Al-Aqsa Mosque during 2011
BNA: Occupied Jerusalem, Feb.23 (BNA) – A report issued by Al Aqsa Institution said today that 150 Israeli violations targeted Al Aqsa Mosque last year. The detailed report showed that […]
Russia says US may use Kyrgyz airbase in Iran strike
Dailytimes: MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday said it could not rule out that the United States would use the US Manas airbase in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan for an eventual strike on Iran over its contested nuclear programme. “It cannot be excluded that this site could be used in a potential conflict with […]
Rick Santorum’s ‘phony theology’ criticism of Obama follows a familiar theme
When Rick Santorum accused President Obama of having “some phony theology” last weekend, it was neither an isolated event nor an offhand remark. Instead, Santorum’s comments were a new twist on a […]
Rights group calls on Church to turn other cheek
Russian TV: Russian human rights activists have slammed a suggestion from the Orthodox Church to introduce criminal liability for religious insult, following a provocative appearance by a feminist punk band […]
Contribution of Islam to refugee law discussed
By ARWA RIKABI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees hosted a round-table discussion on Tuesday about the comparative study written on behalf of the UNHCR […]
Libyan leader acknowledges mistakes
AP | Feb 22,2012 | JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — Libya’s leader has acknowledged that his transitional government is powerless to control militias that are refusing to lay down their arms […]
EU supports Jordan with 3b euros over three years
Focus will be on economic growth, SMEs by Hani Hazaimeh | Feb 22,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan will receive a financial assistance package of around 3 billion euros […]
King (of Jordan) thanks EU for reform support
AMMAN –– His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday voiced appreciation for the EU’s continued support for programmes and plans Jordan is implementing to achieve sustainable development in all areas. During a meeting with EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, the King said Jordan seeks to become a “successful” model for reform […]
Dawkins’ False Papal Fatwa: ‘Einstein was a Pantheist and not a Deist?’
I agree with Prof. Dawkins expressions of religious tolerance but take issue with how he describes Einstein’s religion. Dawkins in this clip and in his book the God Delusion, claims […]
INFOGRAPHIC: Barack Obama May Be The Greatest Gun Salesman In America
Gun manufacturers would likely not be the first to come to mind when considering industries who have benefited the most during President Obama’s first term, but a study from Ammo.net finds that firearm sales and concealed handgun permit applications are at all-time highs since the 2008 election. Just to show a few statistics […]
Recession has Portugal urging citizens to leave to find work
LISBON, Portugal – For nearly 600 years, Portugal had one of the greatest colonial empires in Europe, commanding trade centers in Africa, South America and China. Now, laid low by […]
60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked
Source: The New York Times RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Rick Ruzzamenti admits to being a tad impulsive. He traded his Catholicism for Buddhism in a revelatory flash. He married a Vietnamese woman he had only just met. And then a year ago, he decided in an instant to donate his left […]
Can Gauck be president ‘while living in sin?’
Source: The Local Germans generally agree that Joachim Gauck is a good choice for president. But can the ex-pastor be the nation’s moral authority while staying married to one woman […]
‘Any fool could have been a Darwin,’ Richard Dawkins
Cat is out of the bag. After a life time of idealizing and making an idol out of Sir Charles Darwin, Prof. Richard Dawkins has a Freudian slip that any […]
Border melts as India, Bangladesh celebrate Mother Language Day
Source: twocircles.net By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS, Akhaurah (India-Bangladesh border) : With hundreds and thousands of people from either side of the border present and vivid functions and commemorations of the language martyrs, India and Bangladesh Tuesday jointly organised the International Mother Language Day. Men, women and young students belonging to […]
Bangladesh wants Bangla as an official UN language: Sheikh Hasina
Source: Feb 19, 2012, 06.46PM IST DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh was working to make Bangla an official UN language considering the vast number of its speakers and its rich literary heritage. Bangladesh is trying to establish Bangla as one of the official languages of the […]
Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%
WASHINGTON — President Obama will ask Congress to scrub the corporate tax code of dozens of loopholes and subsidies to reduce the top rate to 28 percent, down from 35 percent, while giving preferences to manufacturers that would set their maximum effective rate at 25 percent, a senior administration official […]
Memogate: Mansoor Ijaz arrives at Pakistan High Commission
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: February 22, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Mansoor Ijaz has arrived at the Pakistan High Commission in London to record his statement […]
Dead for 32,000 Years, an Arctic Plant Is Revived
Source: NY Times. Living plants have been generated from the fruit of a little arctic flower, the narrow-leafed campion, that died 32,000 years ago, a team of Russian scientists reports. The fruit was stored by an arctic ground squirrel in its burrow on the tundra of northeastern Siberia and lay […]
Cabinet Condemns Raid against Al-Aqsa Mosque, House Demolition
Wafa: Palestinian News Agency: RAMALLAH, February 21, 2012 (WAFA) – The Cabinet Tuesday condemned continuous attempts by Israeli settlers and extremists to raid Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City and […]