Komodo National Park Close to Tally Needed for ‘Wonder’ Status Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. Support for Indonesia’s Komodo Island National Park to be named one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature continues to mount, with more than 100 million votes sent by text message since the service went live in […]
What was your first reaction when you learnt of the killing of Colonel Gaddafi? t first I could not believe it. There were so many rumours about his fleeing the country, his capture and even his death. When I got the news on Thursday last (20.10.2011), I phoned his son, […]
Pesident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono bestowed national hero titles on seven Indonesian citizens during a ceremony at the State Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday. Special honors were also given to humanitarians and artists, including Betawi icon Benyamin Sueb. The seven new national heros are: Idham Chalid, a former minister and head […]
By BRIAN ROHAN | REUTERS BENGHAZI, Libya: Fighters who toppled dictator Muammar Qaddafi in Libya’s uprising will keep their weapons for now to aid in security, an Islamist commander said. Many are expected to leave their units, given the end of major combat operations, while those who stay could accept […]
By JIM LONEY | REUTERS BAGHDAD: The US military is vacating Saddam Hussein’s ornate palaces at its war headquarters in Baghdad and will turn the property over to Iraq next month, but Saddam’s prison toilet is leaving with the Americans. The stainless steel commode and a reinforced steel door have […]
By ARAB NEWS MINA: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah congratulated all Muslims in the world in an address to the pilgrims on Monday. “From the land of the sacred message and revelations, I congratulate you and Muslims everywhere on the occasion of the Eid Al-Adha,” the king […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Mina, Nov. 7, 2011 Day 4 went without any hassle. It was pretty quiet during the day. Small groups of pilgrims headed to the Jamarat complex, either on foot or via the Makkah Metro, to complete the stoning ritual. It was extremely peaceful. At […]
Mauritius: So far, so good On an idyllic island marooned in the Indian Ocean, Matthew Bell is reduced to incoherent ecstacies. Modern Mauritius is that kind of place, he says : Someone once told me you can’t use the word “so” unless it’s followed closely by “that”. Technically, it’s […]
Source/Credit: Free-Malaysia-Today: By: Patrick Lee | November 8, 2011 Targeted by both society and the state, Ahmadis in Malaysia plead for a fair voice, fearing the worst if they’re denied this. SELAYANG: In the middle of Kampung Nakhoda, there is an unassuming three-storey building. Nothing about its humble stature makes it stand out from […]
Bagatelle Mall of Mauritius opened to the public at the end of last month, that is exactly one year after Prime minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam officially inaugurated the development site. Mauritius’s first regional shopping centre developed by leading South African property investment and development company Atterbury, in collaboration with ENL Group, […]
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake jolted the federal capital and various areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Upper Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, reported Express 24/7 on Tuesday. The earthquake’s epicenter was found to be the Hindukush mountain range with a depth of 203 kilometres. http://tribune.com.pk/story/288945/6-3-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-parts-of-punjab-kp-ajk/
University of Texas Southwestern’s scientists have created a new flu vaccine that can protect us against any kind of flu, not just one type. Read more: http://gizmodo.com/5856999/scientist-create-the-definitive-flu-killer#ixzz1d5oudtYk
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Italian bond yields hit record highs Monday, getting perilously close to the 7% mark, as faith wanes in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The yield for 10-year Italian bonds spiked to 6.5% Monday, easing back from earlier highs of 6.8%. Read more
Source: Dawn Author: Dr. Irfan Zafar Dr Iqbal Syed Hussain is the author of eight books and hundreds of articles that regularly appear in the European, Middle Eastern and Pakistani media. His works include Islam and Western Civilisations, Terrorism in Action, The Qur’an and Modernism, Islam and the Clash of […]
27-year old man in Larvik has been detained and charged with illegal storage of explosives. The police say he had enough fertilizer in his home to make a 200kg bomb. Read More
Young people in Southern Europe are fleeing the financial crisis in their homeland, and there is an increasing interest in seeking work in Norway, NRK reports. Read More
Today Muslims all over the Philippines mark Eid’l Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, one of the two greatest feasts of Islam. President Aquino declared this day a regular holiday, through Proclamation 276 pursuant to Republic Act 9849 which provides that Eid’l Adha be celebrated as such. To be sure, […]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak left for an unscheduled trip to London shortly after a secret visit to Israel by the British chief of staff General Sir David Richards earlier this week as guest of Israel’s top soldier Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz. Read more: http://macromon.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/is-iran-about-to-get-hot/#ixzz1d1YLEBlW
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1082245–powerful-punjabi-press-has-its-fans-and-foes?bn=1 We’ve all heard about the power of the press. It pales in comparison to the power of the Punjabi press. At least that’s the view of an increasing number of people who say they have become victimized by a highly influential — and what they call irresponsible — ethnic […]