China mine accident: Dozens of miners pulled out alive
Emergency teams in central China have rescued the remaining 45 miners who were trapped underground following a cave-in. Read More…
China envoy Zhang Yan in India map outburst
China’s ambassador to India has become involved in a heated exchange over a map that showed parts of India within China’s border, media reports say. Read More…
Climate Change – Rapid Spike in CO2 Emissions Shocks Researchers
Source: Spiegel International International attempts at climate regulation have failed on a number of levels. With CO2 emissions rising much more than predicted between 2009 and 2010, the goal of capping global warming at a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius now seems elusive. But political interest in changing course has waned. […]
PAKSAT-1R: Pakistan’s first indigenously made satellite inaugurated
Published: November 5, 2011 Source/Courtesy: Xpress Tribune LAHORE: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani formally inaugurated the commercial operation of Pakistan’s first indigenously made communication satellite Paksat-1R near Kala Shah Kaku in Lahore on Saturday. Addressing the inauguration ceremony‚ Gilani said that the application of space technology would contribute significantly […]
Hajj – a personal experience
By the grace of Allah I have been able to perform Hajj 3 times and Umra an additional 2 times. It was always a great experience, so great in fact that it is difficult to describe. But let me try … The last time I went for Hajj was 6 […]
HAJ DIARY: Day One
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 5, 2011 01:08 Updated: Nov 5, 2011 01:08 MINA, Nov. 4, 2011 Haj 2011 has begun on a bright note with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, including men, women and children, converging on this tent city with prayers and talbiyah on their […]
Foreign pilgrims break all-time record
By ARAB NEWS MINA: Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior who is also chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, has congratulated Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on the successful arrival of a record number of pilgrims for this year’s Haj. “This is the first […]
Millions converge on Mina
By SIRAJ WAHAB & SYED FAISAL ALI | ARAB NEWS MINA: The valley of Mina came alive as more than 2.5 million pilgrims from around the world converged on the tent city on their first stop to the plains of Arafat. There was adequate security. Officers were out in full […]
Philippines, Muslim rebels to continue peace talks
The Philippine government and Muslim rebels agreed Thursday to continue peace talks despite recent clashes that killed 19 soldiers in a southern province, the chief government negotiator said. … Read the full story at The Seattle Times
After U.S. departure, a bloodbath in Iraq?
Source: Reuters Blog Author: Bernd Debusmann As the clock ticks towards the end of America’s military presence in Iraq, there are increasingly dire warnings of a humanitarian disaster unless steps are taken to protect more than 3,000 Iranian dissidents living in a camp in Iraq. How closely is Washington listening? […]
Pakistan ‘hiding’ nuclear bombs by moving them in civilian vans on congested roads
WASHINGTON: The Strategic Plans Division (SPD), in charge of the storage and security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons has started moving them in low-security vans on congested roads in order to hide them from US spy agencies, and Indian agents all the while making the weapons vulnerable to theft by Islamist militants, […]
Arrest at The Sun spreads Murdoch hacking scandal
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo News LONDON (AP) — A journalist at Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun tabloid has been arrested on suspicion of police corruption, British media reported Friday, a development that spreads the taint of scandal to the country’s biggest-selling newspaper. U.K. broadcasters and newspapers identified the journalist as award-winning […]
Pilgrims warned to watch out for gold fraud
By DIANA AL-JASSEM | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: During every Haj season one of the most sought-after goods by pilgrims is gold and jewelry from the Kingdom. They prefer this market, because of their belief that the precious metal and designer jewelry from the region is of top quality, and they […]
Supercomputer demolishes its own speed record
A supercomputer being developed in Kobe has broken its own record as the world’s fastest computer, achieving its performance goal of 10 petaflops, or 10 quadrillion computations per second, its developers said. The 10.51-petaflop performance in early October by the supercomputer being jointly developed by Fujitsu Ltd. and the Riken […]
Amir’s mother accuses Salman Butt in Cricket Spot-Fixing Scandal
Source: Dawn “My son is innocent and he did the no ball at the asking of the captain,” said Nasim Akhtar, the mother of Mohammad Amir, tears rolling down her cheeks at her home in the village of Changa Bangial outside the Pakistani capital. Amir, 19, is the youngest of […]
Will this year’s Hajj have an ‘Arab Spring’ effect?
Source: CNN Authors: Dan Gilgoff andDan Merica The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the world’s largest gathering of Muslims – the biggest annual gathering of humanity, period. So it’s no surprise that Middle East experts expect this year’s pilgrimage, the first to happen since the Arab Spring began […]
Western Responsibility to Protect the Arab Spring
Source: Huffington Post Author: Raghida Dergham The Arab Spring is currently suffering a setback, making it more an autumn. Yet this does not necessarily mean that winter will blow over the Arab Awakening and do away with it, before we can celebrate the Arab Spring’s first anniversary. Against the background […]