By Taylor Luck AMMAN – As Arab and Turkish foreign ministers gathered in Rabat on Wednesday to discuss the Syrian crisis, the meeting posed diplomatic crossroads for Jordan, according to analysts. Amman is weighing a host of domestic concerns and international commitments as it stakes out its official position on […]
I recently was a presenter at a 5th grade Science Fair alongside professional astronomers, engineers, and physicists. My high school science teachers would have never predicted this. I struggled to pass my science classes and it wasn’t until I studied fitness as an adult that I became interested in biology. […]
(A Shiah point of view): The Supreme Leader’s View of Unity Between the Shia and the Sunni. Source: Facebook Sayed Mustafa Masawi Today, one of the main goals of the arrogant powers and the US is to foment discord. And the best way to do so is to foment discord […]
Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz alleged in an Oct. 10 op-ed in the Financial Times that on May 10, in the wake of Osama bin Laden‘s killing in Abbottabad, Zardari had offered to replace Pakistan’s powerful military and intelligence leadership and cut ties with militant groups. Ijaz said he was directed […]
A journey by train from Northern part of India to East india turns little less than a journey while it approaches the eastern states namely Bihar, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal. The abundance of landmines and threat from the Communist terrorists who call themselves as “Naxal” or “Mao-vadi” […]
پاکستان کی قومی اسمبلی نے ونی یا سوارہ، خواتین کی صلح کے بدلے جبری یا قرآن سے شادی اور انہیں املاک میں حقِ وراثت سے محروم رکھنے کے خلاف بل منظور کر لیا ہے۔ بی بی سی کی عنبر شمسی نے مشہور فلم ساز اور سماجی کارکن سمر من اللہ […]
Source/Credit::Wednesday, November 16, 2011 , by-Simon-Busuttil_MEP Ennahda, the moderately Islamic party, won the first free election held last month in Tunisia, scoring some 40 per cent of all votes. It will lead the first freely-elected coalition government since the Arab Spring started. …we have had a penchant for missing the […]
The headquarters of MI6 in London. Source/Credit:TheTimes:Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 16:38 , by-AFP British intelligence agencies helped disrupt a plan to kill Western representatives in Libya and attack the country’s interim leaders, Foreign Secretary William Hague said today. In a rare speech on Britain’s secret intelligence efforts, Hague also confirmed […]
BEIJING – There are vulnerabilities in the financial sector, though the financial system is sound overall, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report released on Tuesday, as it called for further reforms. In its first formal evaluation of China’s financial system, the Washington-based lender said China needs to […]
Chinese people are paying for the country’s heavy pollution with their health, the head of the UN Environment Programme says. Achim Steiner said hundreds of thousands of people were affected by premature death and respiratory illnesses because of poor air quality. Read More…
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoPlayerMain.swf My view and concern: European economies shrinking and Asia expanding. Is it by accident and chance or design?
Source: The Local Scientists in central Germany are working on a method with which they reckon they could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease years before any symptoms are noticed – by looking up patients’ noses. An early diagnosis would give people the chance to try to slow the development of incurable […]
A Zurich church has granted anti-capitalist demonstrators a new site to set up camp after they were cleared by police from the Lindenhof area on Tuesday morning. Demonstrators had been in the area as part of the global Occupy movement which is protesting against the excesses of the financial sector […]
YOUNGSTERS who play video games for more than 12 hours a week risk altering the structure of their brains, a Belgian study claimed. Researchers from the University of Ghent found that teenagers who spend hours gaming have more gray matter in the brain’s pleasure center, known as the ventral striatum. […]
The ax continues to fall on a beleaguered Wall Street. Citigroup is drawing up plans to eliminate about 3,000 jobs, or 1 percent of its global work force, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. The bank has already notified some employees who will lose their […]
US MARINES will conduct private exercises by themselves on Australian soil for the first time under a military build-up revealed just hours after President Barack Obama landed for a whirlwind Australian visit. The historic move increases America’s involvement in the booming Asia-Pacific region as a counter to the rise of […]
Natural medicines and therapies can help speed the healing of broken bones. Bones have the amazing ability to heal themselves, and this healing begins before you even see a doctor. However, doctor’s visit is always recommended to ensure that the bones are aligned properly and will join in a clean […]
A trip to the dentist at least twice a year can help to reduce the likelihood of suffering a heart attack or stroke. These are the findings of a group of researchers from the Veterans General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. The study findings were recently presented at the annual meeting […]
Source / Courtesy: China Daily There are more Chinese college students studying in the US than from any other country for the 2010-2011 academic year. China also remains one of the hottest destinations for American students studying abroad, ranking No 1 among Asian countries. The Institute of International Education and […]