Japan whaling fleet off to Antarctica
TOKYO — Japan’s whaling fleet left port Tuesday for the country’s annual hunt in Antarctica, press pictures showed, with security measures beefed up amid simmering international protests. Three ships, led by the 720-tonne Yushin Maru, set sail from Shimonoseki in western Japan on a mission officially said to be for […]
Women in Britain are fed up
Women in Britain today are fed up and that really isn’t good news for the government. The economy is declining, yet the cost of living is rising. And it’s women who are feeling the pinch become tighter and tighter in the rise in household bills, food prices, and increases for those […]
Laughter is the best medicine: “Alhamdulillah!”
An Imam was selling his horse in the market. An interested buyer came to him and requested if he could get a test drive. The Imam told the man that this horse is unique. In order to make it walk, you have to say Subhanallah. To make it run, you […]
Laughter is the best medicine: The good News and the bad News
Here is the story of an Imam who got up after Friday prayers and announced to the people: “I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it’s still out there in your […]
Kingdom seeks global backing for Palestinians
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Monday urged the international community to adopt a united and decisive stand to help the Palestinians get their legitimate rights including an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital on the basis of UN resolutions. The weekly meeting of […]
Post-Assad Syria would drop special Iran ties
BEIRUT: The collapse of the 40-year-old Assad regime in Syria would radically change the politics of the Middle East, reducing the influence of Iran and its Islamist proxy Hezbollah in […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Monday urged the international community to adopt a united and decisive stand to help the Palestinians get their legitimate rights including an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital on the basis of UN resolutions. The weekly meeting of […]
Most Jordanians see satellite channels as instigators of Arab revolts – poll
By Khetam Malkawi JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Two-thirds of Jordanians believe that satellite TV channels had a role in driving recent protests and revolutions in the Arab world, a newly released survey showed. The poll, “How the public evaluates media coverage of the Arab revolutions” surveyed 1,933 participants from across […]
Jordan requests exclusion from Syria sanctions regime
By Omar Obeidat and Hani Hazaimeh JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Jordan officially requested to be excluded from implementing Arab League sanctions on Syria to avoid possible damage to the Kingdom’s interests, a senior official at the foreign ministry said on Monday. “We asked the Arab League’s technical committee, during its […]
The Incredible 3D Street Paintings Of Kurt Wenner
Wenner’s specialty is the centuries-old practice of street painting. But what sets him apart from other artists who cover swaths of public space with their work is that Wenner’s work is 3D. It appears to drop deep beneath the ground into another world–one often filled with characters from Greek mythology […]
Statistics Show These High Heels Will Get You A Pay Raise
The usual reason shoe sellers want women to wear high heels is for the sexy, long-legged look. But Deichmann Graceland, a German shoe brand has come up with a new incentive: To make women tall enough to qualify for a promotion at work. The ads show a closeup of the heels, […]
Horrific global food crisis is looming
Michael Snyder. Pravda Ru. ….the world is on the verge of a horrific global food crisis. At some point, this crisis will affect you and your family. It may not be today, and it may not be tomorrow, but it is going to happen. Crazy weather and horrifying natural disasters […]
OIC demands world-wide bans on criticizing Islam.
The State Department vs. Free Speech Hillary Clinton chats up the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which demands world-wide bans on criticizing Islam. By NINA SHEA AND PAUL MARSHALL Last July […]
Future of Islamic Financing shaky after UM Financial insolvency
Reuters By Shaheen Pasha and Cameron French | Reuters – DUBAI/TORONTO (Reuters) – The insolvency of an Islamic mortgage lender in Canada may hinder the growth of sharia-compliant finance in North America, where the industry has struggled to gain traction in the absence of a supportive regulatory framework. UM Financial […]
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UK: In their rush to save the economy, politicians forget about the people, and the gulf widens between rich and poor
Pensioners and parents are being forced into poverty. Who will be their champion? At the height of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln stood in a soldiers’ graveyard and promised […]
United Russia wins parliamentary elections
Pravda Ru. o5.12.2011. Russia’s Central Election Commission has processed 92 percent of votes as of Monday morning, Dec. 5. United Russia, the ruling party, has gained 49.67 percent of votes, Nikolai Konkin, the secretary of the commission said. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation gained 19.13%, Just Russia – […]
Vladimir Putin: the gremlin in the Kremlin
Russia’s ‘squeezed middle’ is disenchanted with Mr Putin, as his election humiliation shows – even his allies are getting nervous about his plans. As Vladimir Putin nurses a rare electoral […]