The Japanese engineer calling for a life without electricity
Yasuyuki Fujimura runs the Atelier Non-Electric company and advocates a lifestyle without electricity. Photograph: Japan for Sustainability It is not all that long ago when we began using so many electrical appliances in everyday life. Japan’s first “pulsator-type” washing machine, a prototype of current models, reached the market in 1953. […]
Frenchman to swim from Tokyo to San Francisco
NEW YORK — At least he’ll have the ocean currents in his favor. Benoit “Ben” Lecomte, a Frenchman living in the United States, intends to swim clear across the Pacific Ocean next year, an unprecedented 5,500-mile (8,800-kilometer) journey expected to last five grueling months—and may land him in the history […]
Women intensify campaign against legal guardian
By WALAA HAWARI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Women campaigning for the abolishment of a rule stipulating they name a legal guardian every time they apply for a job say their patience with the Ministry of Labor is running thin because the government department has not responded to their initial demand. […]
Meat of record sacrificial animals utilized
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s sacrificial meat utilization program has been instrumental in helping millions of pilgrims to perform sacrifices without hassles during the past three decades, said Ahmed Mohamed Ali, president of Islamic Development Bank (IDB). “We have been facilitating the sacrificial rites of […]
3-day workshop to empower Muslim NGOs opens at IDB
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Islamic Development Bank’s community development workshop aims to empower Muslim NGOs in different parts of the world by providing them with necessary training to boost their leadership skills, said Awadh Alassaime, director of the IDB department for communities in nonmember countries. […]
Jordan advised to play it carefully as powers seek more sanctions on Damascus
By Omar Obeidat Jordan Times AMMAN –– As economic sanctions against the Syrian regime are set to be broadened, experts stressed that Jordan has to carefully weigh its interests before joining the drive. With the US and the European Union (EU) still working to put more pressure on Syria to […]
Terror, revenge engulf Nato’s Libya
The “new Libya” has entered its own “Terror” which is spreading inexorably, aided by NATO member states including American, French and British SAS units known locally as “disappearance squads”. This is one of the rapidly developing consequences of the UN’s rush to “protect Libya’s civilian population” last spring. And it […]
Law of the Jungle in Libya
Exclusive: The murder of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi was widely hailed in the West as a just outcome. But it involved powerful nations making up the rules as they went along, the law of the jungle disguised as international justice, observes Peter Dyer. By Peter Dyer If there is one […]
Biologists have identified a gene that slows the aging process
UCLA On November 8, UCLA biologists reported that they had slowed the aging process in fruit flies. They activated a gene called PGC-1, which increases the activity of mitochondria, the tiny power generators in cells that control cell growth and tell cells when to live and die. “We took this […]
Muhammadiyah Bans Smoking
The country’s second-largest Islamic group has thrown its full weight behind efforts to rid Indonesia of its heavy smoking habit. After issuing a fatwa in March 2010 to tell its tens of millions of followers that it was religiously unacceptable to light up, Muhammadiyah is now set to declare all […]
Indonesia dominates Southeast Asian Games
JAKARTA—Indonesia won 16 gold medals to extend its domination of the 26th Southeast Asian Games into a third day Sunday for a total of 40 gold, 21 silver and 13 bronze. Thailand surpassed Vietnam to move into second place after claiming 11 golds, 16 silvers and 24 bronzes. Vietnam collected […]
Anti-Ahmadiyya Mullahs Altered / Corrupted Sahih Bukhari Ahadith (Urdu)
It talks about Jesus, may peace be on him, one who was a prohet to the Israelites, is described as a Caucasian and the Jesus, predicted to come in Latter days is an Asian with brown complexion. …
Even as Governments Act, Time Runs Short for Euro
BERLIN — The window of opportunity to save the euro is rapidly closing, as the sovereign debt crisis erodes the solvency of Europe’s banks and drives up borrowing rates for even once rock-solid countries like France. On Saturday, the crisis swept away another leader, when Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned after 17 […]
Pakistan Army on board peace talks: Singh
Published: November 13, 2011 Two days after he and his Pakistani counterpart resolved to write a‘new chapter’ in relations between their countries, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that Pakistan’s powerful military was fully on board in carrying forward the peace process, reports The Economic Times. “I did discuss with […]
PML-N warns army, ISI to stop supporting PTI
Published: November 13, 2011 LAHORE: The frantic political stir created by the up-and-coming Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has provoked opposing reactions on Saturday from the two heavyweight parties of the country, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). While Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani calmly shrugged off talk […]
Perhaps change is coming to Pakistan!
Zubair Khalil Khan If there’s one thing that separates humans from other creatures on earth it is foresight: the potential to proactively anticipate what might be, and act accordingly. Yet, caught up as we are in our daily chore of busying out an existence that’s more often than not fuelled […]
Malta: Elderly people face crisis
Source/Credit:, Sunday, November 13, 2011 , by-M.Xuereb The provision of care homes for the elderly is reaching crisis point with people waiting to get into a state-run home outnumbering residents, statistics show. There are 1,107 people on the waiting list to be admitted to one of the eight government homes, which […]
Koran Exhibition in Delhi Shut Down By Indian Islamic Clerics; Ahmadi Muslims Accused of Distributing ‘Distorted’ Koran
Source: MEMRI.ORG: November 13, 2011 A visitor at the Koran exhibition in Delhi (image courtesy: Roznama Ummat) In September 2011, Ahmadiyya Jamaat India held what was to be a three-day exhibition, from September 23-25, on the Koran and Islam’s message at the Constitution Club in New Delhi. However, the exhibit was […]
US speeds up militarization of Iran’s neighbors
With American and Iranian relations on the brink of war due to news or a nuclear program being developed out of Tehran, Obama administration insiders say the US is about to cut an arms deal with a powerful American ally in the region. According to a report published today in […]