Source: Asiatimes on line The news and images coming out of Egypt are deeply troubling. At least 36 people have died since last Friday, and over 1,250 have reportedly been wounded in clashes around Tahrir Square in Cairo (and in several other cities). On Monday, the Egyptian government resigned and […]
Source:TOI A new study has found that people who wake up early are slimmer, happier and healthier than those who get up later in the day. Researchers at the Roehampton University concluded that those who fight the urge to ignore the alarm clock complete morning chores faster, pack their children […]
Source: Daily Times Haqqani was too experienced and sophisticated as well as knowledgeable to have thought that a ‘civilian coup’ to shackle the military in the aftermath of the bin Laden raid was anything but a harebrained scheme. More to his defence, Haqqani did not need an intermediary to pass […]
In many ways, the answer to that question is obviously yes. Money-market funds in the United States have quite dramatically slammed shut their lending windows to European banks. According to the Economist, Fitch estimates U.S. money market funds have withdrawn 42 percent of their money from European banks in general. And […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times What did the apostles of Jesus, may peace be on him, read or believe in? Most believing […]
http://www.wheels.ca/columns/article/801233 Smart’ steering wheel provides health check-ups while driving Sensors integrated into the ‘smart’ steering wheel measure and monitor the driver’s vital signs while driving. The health diagnostics are displayed on a screen mounted on the dash. Jakob Neuhauser / TUM Sensors integrated into the ‘smart’ steering wheel measure and […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page. Promoted post: Use and Misuse of Surah Nur by the Muslims, Before and After Nida Ul Nasser’s Allegations Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Petra was chosen as one of […]
Wealthy Indonesians have been on a buying spree for private jets, Ferraris and yachts this year. The list of luxury items is set to soon include London’s prime real estate. […]
British Columbia’s highest court has ruled that Canada’s anti-polygamy law should stand. Chief Justice Robert Bauman said the ban on multiple marriages was consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case comes after a judge threw out polygamy charges against two bishops of the Fundamentalist Church of […]
It was a night long on rhetoric, short on substance as the eight Republican hopefuls squared off yet again, this time at historic Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. The short […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Let me start this presentation with a few verses of the Holy Quran, which are a lighthouse on […]
Cave of Hira where the prophet had his first revelation! An honest study of the causes of the Dark Ages and European renaissance will lead to the inevitable conclusion that […]
By AGENCIES CAIRO: Clashes between Egyptian riot police and protesters demanding that Egypt’s ruling military council step down stopped overnight for the first time in days on Thursday. The two sides are observing a truce after deadly street battles in which at least 40 people have died. The truce came […]
By ANGUS MCDOWALL | REUTERS DUBAI: A suggestion last month that Saudi Arabia will try to limit how much money expatriate workers send home showed concern about the cost of having foreigners make up nearly a third of the population. An estimated 9 million foreign workers and their dependents remitted […]
By Raed Omari Jordan Times AMMAN – The government will refer the political parties, constitutional court and elections laws to the Lower House in January, February and March respectively, the […]
By Taylor Luck Jordan Times AMMAN – Jordan is three years away from its first operational wind farm as officials field interest in the country’s emerging renewable energy sector. Energy officials expect a wind farm in Fujeij, the Kingdom’s first large-scale renewable energy project, to be operational by 2014, according […]
AMMAN (AFP) -Standard & Poor’s on Wednesday lowered Jordan’s long-term local-currency sovereign credit rating to “BB” from “BB+” expressing concern about the country’s economy and political situation. The ratings agency also maintained its “BB/B” long- and short-term foreign-currency sovereign credit ratings on the Kingdom as well as the short-term local-currency […]
Source: Guardian Author: Randeep Ramesh Most of the women from the care agency, were, in the words of a 78-year-old, “nasty and rough”. Whatever the carers’ demeanour, the frail woman in a wheelchair did not expect attitude to translate to violence that left her bewildered and powerless. “Rather than say […]
To protect their savings, Greeks are pulling their euros out of the bank at an alarming rate. Over the past 21 months, they’ve been sending money to Swiss bank accounts, stuffing safe-deposit boxes, and installing home safes to horde euros. Greece: What would happen if Greece leaves the euro zone? [3] This post originally […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Since my visits to Hawaii islands and Bermuda, starting in 2004, I have become a staunch […]