Source: National Post …Canadians aren’t afraid of Mexico, despite hand-wringing over the questionably safety of the country that’s embroiled in a drug conflict. If anything, tourism is growing. Travelers continue […]
Credit to: Science Daily A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, provides even more reason for people to read a book or do a puzzle, and to make such activities a lifetime habit. Brain scans revealed that people with no symptoms of Alzheimer’s who engaged […]
Britain escalated its warnings to Iran on Tuesday over its threats to close the oil lanes of the Gulf by declaring that additional naval forces were lined up to defend […]
Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, has said France would not give in to “panic” and pull its troops out of Afghanistan this year after four of its soldiers were […]
Salman Rushdie has launched a fierce attack on the Indian government for pandering to extremist Muslim groups and failing to protect freedom of speech after threats of violence forced him […]
How can a religion of love, compassion and turning the other cheek be periodically hijacked for the purposes of Crusades? This is a history, which everyone of us needs to […]
Moammar Gadhafi loyalists have seized control of Libyan town, officials and fighters say BENGHAZI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan city and raised the ousted regime’s […]
Researchers Develop Gene Therapy That Could Correct a Common Form of Blindness Science Daily(Jan. 23, 2012) — A new gene therapy method developed by University of Florida researchers has the […]
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http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/900231252.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707About one million homeowners facing foreclosure could have their mortgage burden cut by about $20,000 each as part of a long-awaited deal taking shape among state attorneys general, federal officials and the nation’s largest mortgage servicers. But a final agreement remained out of reach Monday despite political pressure from the […]
Source: NY Times Op Ed. By JONATHAN LAURENCE, Associate professor, Boston College. TWO weeks ago, dozens of cars were set alight in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand after a 30-year-old truck driver, Wissam El-Yamni, was roughed up and then died while in police custody. The uproar underscored the hostility of […]
Source: Express Tribune The Pakistan-American businessman, who is one of the central characters of the Memogate scandal, has twice denied coming to Pakistan to record his statement before the commission. ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal has given Mansoor Ijaz one final chance and has summoned the Pakistan-American businessman […]
Source: Newyork Times: An Islamic flag atop the White House in “The Third Jihad.” Ominous music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie covered by sheets and a doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying over the […]
Source: Times of India. To those blessed – or perhaps cursed, given the times we live in – with a long memory, Salman Rushdie’s absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival and the parallel and related Congress courtship of the Muslim vote in Uttar Pradesh are an eerie and discomforting throwback […]
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar China and Qatar have been taking virtually opposite positions apropos events in Libya and Syria. Yet, they do not seem to be deterred by this little difference and are bonding in a big way in economic cooperation to mutual benefit. Chinese Prime Minister […]
Leading Indian newspaper ‘The Hindu’ has asked India to make an “unreserved apology” to Bangladesh for Border Security Force’s brutal torture of a Bangladeshi man shown in a recent video. Source: Op Ed, The Hindu. New Delhi needs to make an unreserved apology to Bangladesh for the brutal conduct of […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: January 24, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Despite assurances on full security from the judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal, Pakistani-American […]
Source: Asia Times. By Pepe Escobar No one ever lost money betting on the foolishness of European Union (EU) politicos. And if you are an oil trader, rejoice – all the way to the bank; as expected, EU foreign ministers – meekly following the Barack Obama administration – have given […]
Ynetnews: President puts his concerns in writing in wake of racist acts against Israelis of Ethiopian descent, asks musician Idan Raichel to compose music On the backdrop of recent acts of racism against Israel’s Ethiopian community, President Shimon Peres recently visited the Amit Reshit School in Jerusalem, where children of […]
Huffington Post Ethiopian Israelis marched by the thousands in Jerusalem today in the late afternoon from the Knesset Parliament to the city’s center against a blazing setting sun. In one […]