International companies are preparing contingency plans for a possible break-up of the euro zone, according to interviews with dozens of multinational executives. http://www.cnbc.com/id/45487482
TOKYO (majirox news) — The $21 billion funeral industry is changing as more Japanese households are cutting down on the expensive business of dying during the global economic downturn. Many Japanese are choosing cheaper funerals as the aging population is growing. In fact, Japan has the highest proportion of […]
By Reuters Published: November 30, 2011 Courtesy: Xpress Tribune The United States (US) is preparing to accede to Pakistani demands that it vacate a remote air base in Pakistan used for […]
By Reuters Published: November 30, 2011 Courtesy:Xpress Tribune BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA:US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she regretted Pakistan’s decision to boycott next week’s international conference on Afghanistan but hoped […]
Several politicians and citizens in general are enraged over the violation of their sovereignty. While this outburst of grief is understandable and very much justified, one wonders why other acts of violence against ethnic and sectarian minorities in Pakistan have not stirred the same outpour of grief and anger that […]
Source :Asiatimes on line. By – Mahan Abedin Iran’s claim last week to have arrested 12 spies from the Central Intelligence Agency has been grudgingly confirmed by United States officials, suggesting a major CIA defeat if not a full-blown disaster. ATol sources in Tehran confirm the embarrassing outcome is the […]
Source: Asiatimes on line M K Bhadrakumar As the US gathers its flock, including its most reliable sycophant Britain, to move against the Iranian sphere via regime change in Syria, Tehran has taken the gloves off. The downgrading of ties with London moved with such speed that it is obvious […]
Source: Newyorktimes: “Some participants, who declined to be identified by name, expressed dissatisfaction with the military briefing.”. Also on Tuesday, the Pakistani military also offered its first detailed account of the weekend episode, which widely differed with NATO and Afghan diplomat accounts. The army ruled out United States assertions that […]
On Wednesday, Germany’s Federal Administrative Court is set to rule on whether German schools must accommodate Muslims by providing them with a place to pray. In a landmark case, Germany’s […]
By ARAB NEWS MADINAH: While Dr. Azhar, a medical doctor from Mauritius, worked at King Fahd Hospital in Madinah, he was given a remote control to operate his TV set at home. After he left the Kingdom 23 years ago, he discovered he still had the device in his possession. […]
By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Diplomats and security experts on Tuesday urged world governments to seize what some are calling the “last chance” to avert a regional nuclear arms race. […]
AMMAN (JT) – Returning the Palestinians and Israelis to the negotiating table is in the best interest of Jordan and Germany, His Majesty King Abdullah said on Tuesday, warning that […]
If the global financial crisis has taught the world anything, it’s that there is massive weakness running through western banking systems. The big banks in New York and London, once considered to be the strongest and most stable in the world, have been completely exposed for what they are– weak, toxic, and […]
Source: Reuters Author: Balazs Koranyi Norway’s banks are well capitalised and continue to report solid earnings, but European turmoil, high household debt and rising funding costs have increased risks for the sector, the central bank said on Tuesday. Banks are expected to post healthy capital levels this year but the sector, […]
Source/Credit: The Atlantic By Jeffery Goldberg Recently, my arch-nemesis Pamela Geller, who gives the fight against Islamist terrorism a bad name, denounced the good people who bring us Butterball turkeys for allowing their birds to be slaughtered according to Muslim custom. These halal birds, she said, are tortured in the […]
The Holy Quran, revealed in the desert of Arabia in the seventh century stated that the purpose of defensive warfare is to preserve the sanctity of cloisters, churches, synagogues and mosques. The Quran named the place of worship of the Muslims as the last on this sacred list. In so […]
A former journalist at the Daily Star told the Leveson Inquiry into press standards that he received threats and may have had his phone hacked after he quit the paper […]
Vienna has topped a list as the nicest place to live in the world, thanks to its excellent infrastructure, safe streets and publish health service. German and Swiss cities also […]
President Obama calls the occupation of the British Embassy in Teheran as a ‘totally unacceptable behavior’. I agree. But let us look at other ‘totally unacceptable behavior’ versus ‘absolutely acceptable behavior’: ‘Unacceptable’: Entering a diplomatic mission in protest. ‘Acceptable’: Embargo including cutting banking and airline relations, where first of all […]
On 19 October 2011, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat issued a Press Release entitled ‘World Muslim Leader sends warning to Dutch Politician Geert Wilders’ (copy attached in PDF on Alislam.org). The […]