Palestine News Network: Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Riyad al-Maliki said on Thurdsday that American intervention had stopped the Palestinian application for statehood from getting nine votes in the UN Security Council and that he would not pursue a vote on Friday. Al-Maliki told the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat, “We were not […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Vision 2016, a historic project initiated by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for the welfare of Indian Muslims, grabbed the attention of the audience at an IDB workshop on Monday when Muslim NGOs gave presentations of their projects and programs. Jamal Muhiyuddin Alwaye spoke […]
By SULTAN AL-TAMIMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Head of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) Prince Sultan bin Salman on Monday urged young Saudis to take the lead in contributing to and enriching the country’s heritage and culture. He also said that Saudi female architects should be given […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said Syrian President Bashar Assad should start a new phase of political life in Syria. Responding to a question during an interview with the BBC in London on the current situation in Syria and what he would do were he in […]
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Russia will be relaxing taxes on flights flying over Siberia. The move should mean that flights out of Europe heading towards Far-East Asia will be at least 10% cheaper. A deal has been in the pipeline for a long time, but it was shelved […]
We can pretty much guarantee that your morning commute has nothing on the kids of Pili Village in China. Located deep in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, Pili is home to more than 80 school eligible children. And the adults of the village want to give them the education […]
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CAIRO: A top Egyptian court on Monday overturned a decision barring members of President Hosni Mubarak’s former party from standing in a parliamentary election that starts later this month. A lower Egyptian court in the Delta city of Mansoura ruled Friday to ban members of former National Democratic Party (NDP) […]
BBC Stem cells taken from a patient’s own heart have, for the first time, been used to repair damaged heart tissue, researchers claim. The study, published in the Lancet, was designed to test the procedure’s safety, but also reported improvements in the heart’s ability to pump blood. The authors said […]
Even as Bank of America and other major lenders back away from charging customers to use their debit cards, many banks have been quietly imposing other new fees. Need to replace a lost debit card? Bank of America now charges $5 — or $20 for rush delivery. Deposit money with […]
Source: TOI on line ROME/ATHENS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Europe could be living through its toughest hour since World War II as new leaders in Italy and Greece rushed to form governments and limit the damage from the euro zone debt crisis. Complete Story:
Courtesy / Source: NY Times ULYSSES, Kan. — Change can be unsettling in a small town. But not long ago in this quiet farming community, with its familiar skyline of grain elevators and church steeples, the owner of a new restaurant decided to acknowledge the community’s diversity by adding some […]
A panel for Japan’s Meteorological Agency has begun looking into measures against long-period ground motions caused by earthquakes. Read more
Source/Credit:Monday, November 14, 2011 , by-Briseida-Mema-AFP “It’s another girl,” Roza said to the doctor, tears streaming down her pale face. “I cannot keep it, doctor, I already have three daughters,” she implored. The tiny, 28-year-old woman whose hair is already streaked with grey is more than four months pregnant – […]
Source/Credit:Monday, November 14, 2011 , by-Moira-Mizzi World Diabetes Day has grown from humble beginnings to become a globally-celebrated event to increase awareness. This year the occasion is concerned with diabetes in children and adolescents. Money and property, or the lack thereof, are not the only assets that we might inherit […]
Source/credit:Monday, November 14, 2011 , by-AFP Researchers said they had discovered a unique microscopic channel through which malaria parasites must pass to infect red blood cells, a finding that opens up a highlypromising target for a vaccine. The doorway mechanism is common to all known strains of the deadliest mosquito-borne […]
Source / Courtesy: NY Times H. Gobind Khorana, who rose from a childhood of poverty in India to become a biochemist and share in a Nobel Prize for his role in deciphering the genetic code, died on Wednesday in Concord, Mass. He was 89. His death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute […]
Kababir Mosque, of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Published by Ven Satya Priya Sraman in Islam on November 12, 2011 The Ahmadiyyah movement (Ahmadi) is a camp in Islam which was founded arise the end of the 19th aeon in Punjab, India, and advance from there to altered countries. A lot […]