Source: Uni-Heidelberg Images: Etwiller / Eichenlaub The vast majority of the human genome consists of DNA without any apparent function, so-called “junk DNA”. A study conducted by the scientists Dr. Laurence Ettwiller and Michael Eichenlaub at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Organismal Studies now highlights this “dark matter” of the genome […]
By ALASTAIR MACDONALD | REUTERS SIRTE, Libya: In the shattered Libyan town of Sirte, the hometown where Muammar Qaddafi met his end last month, the mood was grim on the eve of one of Islam’s great festivals — the only good news was for the sheep. As fellow Libyans prepared […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Arafat, Nov. 5, 2011 The highlight of this year’s Haj is, without a doubt, the railway that is shuttling tens of thousands of Saudis, Indians, Pakistanis, Egyptians, Indonesians, Malaysians and Europeans. The high-tech trains picked up pilgrims with valid tickets at various stations at […]
Hundreds of thousands gather in a valley near Saudi city of Mina for the stoning of the devil, the last and dangerous rite of Haj Mina: Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims massed in a valley near the Saudi holy city of Mina on Sunday for the stoning of the […]
One of the best examples of what results from the collapse of a sociopolitical system is the rise of the Third Reich in Germany during the 1930s. Burdened by global recession and a humiliating military defeat, the bulk of middle-class Germany found refuge in Adolf Hitler’s ideology. read more http://tribune.com.pk/story/288139/transition-without-transformation/
The inference was clear: The Israeli Air Force was strengthening its cooperation with Western allies in preparation for a NATO assault on Iran. Read more: http://macromon.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/is-iran-about-to-get-hot/#ixzz1cwGPj1ic
Customers of MF Global Holdings Inc. whose money is still trapped at the futures broker almost a week after filing for bankruptcy protection say the safeguards meant to protect them failed as exchanges and regulators work to move client positions. CME Group Inc. (CME), the world’s largest futures exchange that’s […]
Source / Courtesy: Express Tribune Muslim Hajj pilgrims perform the noon prayers at the Nimra mosque near Mount Arafat. PHOTO: AFP By Agencies Published: November 6, 2011 MOUNT ARAFAT / SAUDI ARABIA: Addressing millions of Hajj pilgrims, the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz said those shedding blood and spreading anarchy in […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The finals of the HSB-KLBA Basketball Championship on Wednesday will be a historic ‘slam dunk’ of sorts. For the first time, four members of parliament (MP), including two deputy ministers, will square off at the championship held at the Malaysian Basketball Association (Maba) Stadium in Jalan Hang Jebat […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MINA: Slaughterhouses in Mina and nearby areas are geared up to receive the huge number of pilgrims who will begin sacrificing animals, a major rite in Haj, beginning on Sunday. The municipality has equipped with the latest technology the five slaughtering units in […]
By ARAB NEWS ARAFAT: More than 2.5 million pilgrims from around the globe prayed for peace and security on the sprawling plains of Arafat on Saturday amid a forceful condemnation by Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh of those who provoke hostilities between the Ummah and its leaders. The […]
According to Joe Schwarz, Director of the McGill Office for Science and Society, the lack of doctors in Quebec is driving people towards alternative medicine – and he doesn’t mince his words when asked to share his thoughts on this development. “The problem with some of the alternative medicines is […]
he Jerusalem Light Railway has provided the ancient city with new travel possibilities since it opened in August, but it is also proving controversial. The borders in Jerusalem are invisible, and to an outsider barely perceptible. If you did not know they were there, you might – on a fleeting […]
Source: Guardian Author: Jamie Doward Gedimanas Rekesius was sitting in a park sipping a coffee when he answered the question that made him a modern-day slave. “Are you working?,” the middle-aged man asked, as he joined Rekesius on a bench outside the Medical Academy hospital in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest […]
Source: Qantara Performing a religious ritual like hajj and using a smartphone is no contrast. Modern Muslim pilgrims can stay connected via platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Ali Almakhlafi reports When pilgrims walk around the Kaaba in Mecca these days, an increasing number of them will have their friends with […]
LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani antiterrorism court indicted five militants and two police officers Saturday in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said. Ms. Bhutto was killed after an election rally in 2007 in an attack by at least one gunman and a suicide bomber, both of […]
Today is the Day of Arafat. More than 2.5 million pilgrims, including 1.8 million who have come from abroad, will gather on the plains of Arafat today for the most important ritual of the Haj — praying, chanting and reciting the Qur’anic verses and supplicating before their Creator. Makkah has […]