By RFI France has launched the country’s largest-ever solar energy farm, with an array of panels spread over about 200 hectares in the mountainous southern Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region. It has roughly the same surface area as the nearby principality of Monaco, an independent state. With a production capacity of 90 […]
By RFI French prosecutors have dropped the sexual assault case brought against former IMF chief Dominque Strauss-Kahn by French writer Tristane Banon. They said they had prima facie evidence that a sexual assault took place, but the case was too old to prosecute. More: http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/ 20111013-banon-alleged-sexual-assault-case-against-strauss-kahn-dropped
Source: Dawn Author: Nilofar Ahmed SOME time after the migration of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his followers to Madina, the Makkans banned the entry of the believers in Makkah, even for the purposes of Haj or umrah. The Muslims yearned to visit the Kaaba to perform the pilgrimage. After about […]
Source: Dawn.Com It was bound to happen. When you have a vaguely worded law with so many loopholes, and a clergy hell bent on defining religion in asphyxiating, rigid boundaries, its supporters and enablers were bound to get scorched themselves. The law was eventually going to come and bite them […]
Hans David Tampubolon, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Bekasi municipality has officially banned the religious practice of the Ahmadiyah sect on Thursday, a move pluralists deemed as the legitimation of a violation of the spirit of the Constitution. The head of the Bekasi Agency for State Unity, Politics and Community […]
Brian J. Gavriloff / Edmonton Journal Kelly McParland What would we do without health studies, which provide a steady source of evidence that no matter what you do in pursuit of good health and fitness, it’s wrong? Here’ what I’ve: Multivitamins will kill you: All those vitamins you’re dutifully taking […]
China has urged the Obama administration to block a controversial currency bill aimed at putting pressure on the country to appreciate the yuan. The bill is a protectionist step that “gravely violates World Trade Organization rules,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said yesterday after the US Senate approved it in […]
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been named the most powerful person in the art world, according to a poll compiled by ArtReview magazine. But Mr Ai, who was released in June after being detained for more than 80 days by Chinese authorities, told the BBC he does “not feel powerful […]
Source/Credit: US Dept. of State SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am very pleased to be welcoming the foreign minister of Bangladesh. Minister Moni has been here in Washington meeting with officials and civil society and discussing the program and agenda that Bangladesh is following. We have certainly watched with great interest […]
Source/Credit: Religion Dispatches By Joseph Laycock Last weekend, pastor Robert Jeffress found himself in political quicksand when he called Mormonism a cult. Scholars of Mormonism along with evangelicals and progressive Christians responded that Mormonism is a legitimate faith and not a cult. But by debating whether Mormonism is a cult, […]
Source/Credit: CNN Tokyo (CNN) — An extraordinarily high level of radiation was detected in one spot in a central Tokyo residential district Thursday, prompting the local government to cordon off the small area, local officials said. Radiation levels were higher in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward than in the evacuation area around […]
Source/Credit: The News (International) By Kamila Hyat There have been several shocking incidents over the past week or so that go only to highlight the kind of intolerance we are facing in our society and the manner in which this is spreading. Worst of all the spirit of hatred has […]
Source/Credit: BBC / 13 October 2011 Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk has married his commoner bride in a lavish ceremony at a monastic fortress in the Himalayan nation. During the Buddhist ritual the king, who is 31, came down from his throne to place a crown upon the head […]
Source / Courtesy: The Jerusalem Post By ILAN BARUCH Palestine knows, Israel knows, the US knows, and the entire world knows what the end result of any attempt to end the conflict in the Middle East must be. Like so many others in Israel and Palestine, I, too, sat transfixed in front […]
Ginger supplements reduced markers of colon inflammation in a select group of patients, suggesting that this supplement may have potential as a colon cancer prevention agent, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Suzanna M. Zick, N.D., M.P.H., a […]
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo — I have changed the title Focusing too heavily on the “for richer” part of the nuptial vows could spell disaster for a marriage, according to research published today by Brigham Young University. In a survey of 1,700 married couples, researchers found that couples in which […]
week of unemployment benefits dipped slightly but remained over 400,000, according to a government report. There were 404,000 initial unemployment claims filed in the week ended Oct. 8, the Labor Department said Thursday, down 1,000 from the prior week’s revised 405,000. Read more
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1068726–speakers-at-muslim-conference-noted-for-disparaging-gays-and-jews?bn=1 Daniel Dale Urban Affairs Reporter Four of the six speakers scheduled to appear at an upcoming Muslim conference at a downtown hotel have made anti-gay or anti-Semitic remarks. The “Calling the World Back to Allah” conference is part of the “Canada Launch Tour” of the Islamic Education and Research […]
By AFP / Express / Kamran Yousaf Published: October 13, 2011 Source/Credit: Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman on Thursday said that Pakistan and the US have a “meeting of the minds” on securing a stable Afghanistan. In a joint press conference with Grossman, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said […]