Cyclists and a pedestrian share a sidewalk in Berlin. Photo: John MacDougall/AFP Source/Credit:Monday, October 31, 2011 , by-Benoit-Toussaint,AFP Germany might still be known for its high-speed autobahns, but in cities, bicycles are now so popular that a war of words has broken out between drivers and cyclists over who rules […]
Source/Credit: Monday, October 31, 2011 ,Opinion-by-Renee-Laiviera Equality and fairness in society is a goal declared by the vast majority of countries on a worldwide basis. Specific international conventions have been signed and ratified by the majority of states to endorse this objective. One of these international instruments is the Convention for […]
The folks at the USDA released their projections for 2011/2012-food price inflation. The bad news is that feeding ourselves will cost ~4% more in 2011. The good news is that USDA thinks prices will rise only ~2.5% next year. Read more: http://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2011/10/food-for-thought.html#ixzz1cMB73gOuhttp://www.businessinsider.com/food-inflation-usda-report-krasting-2011-10
I don’t know what it is with humans that they want to be scared by ghosts and ghouls on Halloween, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Thus was born a whole new genre of ghosts and horror stories in literature, movies and television. Even children are immersed early in […]
WASHINGTON, DC—The conflict in Southern Philippines is among the primary issues that the US government wants to take up with the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), White House officials said on Thursday. Rashad Hassan, US special envoy to the OIC, did not disclose the extent of the planned […]
Manila: The Philippines welcomed one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies on Monday, after she arrived to a celebratory cheer at a packed government-run hospital. Weighing 2.5 kilos, Danica May Camacho was delivered just before midnight on Sunday amid an explosion of camera flashes in the delivery room at Manila’s […]
by Etienne Strebel, swissinfo.ch The higher your self-esteem, the greater the chance of a successful relationship and improved work and health, according to scientists at Basel University. Does self-esteem increase success, are people with more of it more successful – or do the two reinforce each other? Ulrich Orth, professor […]
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A quarter of women surveyed on the Internet by a Jeddah social center have said husbands who perform the Haj alone are being selfish. They said the men should take their wives with them. About a third of the women who answered the […]
The US threat to stop supporting UNESCO financially if it votes for the admission of Palestine as a full member amounts, simply, to blackmail. Washington has been taking an actively hostile position on the Palestinian quest for recognition as an independent state by international organisations; now it is UNESCO’s turn […]
There have been violent protests in the central Chinese province of Henan after a policeman suspected of drunk driving crashed his car and killed five people. Read More…
(Reuters) – Global consumer confidence remained weak in the third quarter with more than 60 percent of consumers saying it was not a good time to spend, and one-in-three North Americans saying they have no spare cash, a survey showed on Sunday. The economic outlook, followed by job security, became […]
Editor’s Note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. For more from Sachs, visit Project Syndicate or follow it on Facebook and Twitter. By Jeffrey D. Sachs, […]
A child walks past pumpkins CULVER CITY: A child walks past pumpkins on display at a pumpkin patch in southern California, ahead of Halloween, which falls every year on October 31. afp Refer:
Source: Asia Times on Line The United States has embarked on a divide-and-rule strategy in South Asia with a propaganda assault on Pakistan’s warming relations with India and Iran, highlighting Washington’s increasingly desperation to embed itself in the region as the Afghan endgame enters a crucial phase. In this context, […]
Source: Times of India When Libya’s interim government announced the official ” liberation” of the country on October 23, it also declared that a system based on the Islamic sharia, including polygamy, will replace the dictatorship that Col Muammar Qaddafi ran for 42 years. “We as a Muslim nation have […]
Source: Times of India Horror movies are good for mental health (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) Scared of watching horror flicks? Well, its bad news for the ladies who are wary of watching such movies. Excuses for not watching the movies will not work anymore. Studies have shown that horror movies can […]
Source: Times of India No one really knows the exact number of living, breathing human beings on the planet at any one time. But it is worth pausing to note that the worlds population is now approaching or has already exceeded the unprecedented 7 billion.The UN has helpfully issued an […]
Every society is made by people of different classes, values and ages, and everyone has to play an important, essential and crucial role in the society of today and of future. And it is the duty of every member of society to participate to strengthen the society. And every society is […]
RIYADH: A Saudi court on Saturday jailed for 15 years a Saudi woman known as “Al Qaida lady” for being the first woman in the kingdom tried for involvement in violence by the jihadist network, state media said. “A Saudi woman was sentenced to 15 years in jail starting on […]
By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press TAWERGHA, Libya (AP) — This town once loyal to Moammar Gadhafi is no more: its 25,000 residents have fled, fearing retribution from vengeful victors from the neighboring city of Misrata who have burned and ransacked homes, crossed out Tawergha’s name on road signs and vowed […]