No breakthrough, but more sessions planned by Hani Hazaimeh, Jordan Times AMMAN — Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday said the talks Amman hosted between the Palestinians and Israeli negotiators were held in a “positive atmosphere and reflected the seriousness of both sides to reach substantive results”. Chief negotiator Saeb […]
A trio of Indian origin comedians – Rajiv Satyal, Hari Kondabolu and Azhar Osman will be on an US sponsored Indian tour in an effort to strengthen ties and spread religious harmony. Rajiv Satyal, who is best known as “The Funny Indian” said “It’s cool to be able to go to India because that’s […]
An NGO held a three-day Interfaith Harmony Camp at St Anthony’s High School, Lawrence Road, Lahore. “Through this, we hope to promote a sense of harmony, tolerance, co-existence and respect […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times George Santayana is well known for the saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” […]
TRIPOLI — Libyans with ties to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi will be banned from running in elections under a bill drafted by the country’s new rulers. Academics who wrote about […]
Experimental research on mice is offering an intriguing glimpse into how stem cell treatments might one day help slow the aging process. This new research was conducted on mice that […]
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says his department’s new Office of Religious Freedom won’t become a vehicle for playing domestic politics in Canada’s immigrant communities. Mr. Baird dismissed criticism […]
Source / Courtesy: The Huffington Post By Harris Zafar For those who may not know, we are in the midst of National Bible Week, sponsored by the National Bible Association. This is a week, especially identified to raise awareness of the Bible’s importance and relevance to the nation and the […]
Courtesy: NY Times By PAUL KRUGMAN In 2011, as in 2010, America was in a technical recovery but continued to suffer from disastrously high unemployment. And through most of 2011, as in 2010, almost all the conversation in Washington was about something else: the allegedly urgent issue of reducing the […]
Source: The Economic Times KOLLAM (Kerala): Nobel Laureate and architect of Bangladesh Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus today stressed the need to discard the economic theory that business is all about profit-making and said all economic activitiesshould focus on solving the problems of society.Speaking at the inaugural session of the International […]
The question remains: are the Americans really leaving Iraq? Or are they leaving from the door to come back in through the window? The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is twice the size of the White House, covering an area of 104 acres. In addition to the mammoth complex, there are […]
Courtesy: Eurasia Review January 2, 2012 By Rajeev Sharma Under the Prime Ministership of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshhas undoubtedly cracked down on the jehadi brand of terrorism as well as terror outfits that have been needling India for years. But Dhaka may have to do more tomake these efforts more […]
Religious believers distrust atheists more than members of other religious groups, gays and feminists, according to a new study by University of B.C. researchers. The only group the study’s participants […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians have found a new symbol for their growing frustration at uneven justice in this young, democratic nation: cheap, worn-out flip-flops. They have been dropping them […]
A serious world war is erupting in Israel about identity, narratives, the status of Israeli Arabs and the right of return. Haaretz: When the prime minister convened an emergency meeting […]
Source: The Local A woman in the eastern German town of Leipzig has given birth to a white twin and a black twin – a phenomenon scientists say is a […]
Source: The Local A group dedicated to maintaining the German language’s purity is upset that a dictionary maker’s “Youth Word of the Year” is derived from English. Does German deserve […]
Source: The Local The head of Germany’s Jewish community Tuesday expressed “shock” and “shame” after ultra-Orthodox protesters in Israel donned Holocaust symbols, including yellow stars, at a recent demonstration. […]
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[ Italica – Sabrina Patota ] – Italy’s new premier Mario Monti has just taken office and among the social reform of his new government there is a proposal known in labour literature as gender-based taxation or GBT. This reintroduces the debate on “why it is useful to tax women […]