Source: Yahoo News UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Defying U.S. and Israeli opposition, Palestinians asked the United Nations on Friday to accept them as a member state, sidestepping nearly two decades of failed negotiations in the hope this dramatic move on the world stage would reenergize their quest for an independent […]
Accra, Sept. 16, GNA – Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has inaugurated a 13-member Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) to provide an independent assessment of how petroleum revenues are managed and used. The Petroleum Revenue Management Act calls for the establishment of PIAC to monitor and evaluate compliance with […]
Source: Eli Lake, NEWSWEEK (The Daily Beast) While publicly pressuring Israel to make deeper concessions to the Palestinians, President Obama has secretly authorized significant new aid to the Israeli military that includes the sale of 55 deep-penetrating bombs known as bunker busters, Newsweek has learned. In an exclusive story to […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Federal Reserve wants consumers to apply for more mortgages and businesses to take out more loans, in order to boost the sluggish U.S. economy. At least, that’s the thinking behind Operation Twist, a policy announced by the Fed Wednesday that’s meant to drive down long-term […]
By TOM HENEGHAN | REUTERS BERLIN, Sept 23 : Pope Benedict told German Muslims in Berlin on Friday they can expect cooperation and support from Roman Catholics as long as they respect Germany’s constitution and the limits it sets on pluralism. Meeting representatives of the country’s four million Muslims, he […]
Courtesy / Source: Yahoo News WASINGTON (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that as an engineer he’s sure the twin towers were not brought down by jetliners. Ahmadinejad, in an interview with The Associated Press, says it would have been impossible for two jetliners to bring down the towers […]
Police charge Toronto man with arson http://www.thewhig.com/ By Elliot Ferguson The Whig-Standard Updated 9 minutes ago Leeds OPP issued an arrest warrant Thursday in connection to a house fire east of Kingston Monday. The fire at the home of Murray and Alia Hogben, caused an estimated $1 million in damage. […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS The expansion of the Jamrat project in Mina is considered one of the largest projects in the history of the holy site. The project, implemented over five phases at a cost of about SR4.2 billion, primarily focused on providing space for the faithful […]
Source / Credit: Guardian UK The Palestinian leader is expected to hand over a letter asking for Palestine to join the UN as a state shortly before he addresses the general assembly to plead the case for admission. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, is scheduled to speak shortly afterwards. He […]
By SAMAR FATANY, ARABNEWS Today we celebrate the National Day with greater hopes and aspirations about the future of our country. It is encouraging to note that a major initiative has been taken to lead the Kingdom to a better future. The initiative aims at countering religious extremism and eradicating […]
Source/Credit: Ostran.se ∫ By: Ulf Carlsson ∫Friday 23 September 2011 A fighter: Nasim Malik has been fighting for Palestine for 40 years – It’s time for a recognition of the state, he says. To recognize Palestine as a state alongside Israel is the only solution to the state of the […]
By Zubair Khalil Khan Dental Surgeon MM Bajwa MSc, recieving the Europe Star Award from Lord Ahmad of United Kingdom. On the eve of Pakistani Achievement Award-2011, for which the ceremony held at London Marriot on 16th of September, a Pakistani Origin Ahmadi Dental Surgeon of Germany, Mohammad Muzafar […]
Rand Dalgamouni, JORDAN TIMES ZURICH – One young Jordanian is working to share her experience in interfaith tolerance and dialogue in the Kingdom with the rest of the world. Fresh graduate Ayah Alfawaris has represented Jordan at international summits, speaking as an ambassador for interfaith dialogue. In 2010, she was […]
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Diplomats struggled to find a formula on Thursday to avoid a clash over the Middle East as time ticked down on Palestinian plans to ask the United Nations to recognise their statehood, Reuters reported. President Mahmoud Abbas is pushing ahead with plans to submit the Palestinian […]
Hate leaflets circulating in Pakistan have been linked to Stockwell Mosque Source/Credit: BBC London: By Kurt Barling: Special correspondent / 22 September 2011 A south London mosque is at the centre of allegations it helped promote of acts of terror and hate in Pakistan. Leaflets circulating in Pakistan calling for the […]
China has reacted angrily to a US deal to upgrade Taiwan’s ageing fleet of US-built F-16 fighter planes. Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said the $5.85bn (£3.77bn) deal would “inevitably undermine bilateral relations”, including military and security co-operation. He also summoned US Ambassador Gary Locke to protest against the deal. Read […]
By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS MADINAH: A defective education strategy was a major factor in the spread of the “takfir” ideology among young Muslim men and women, according to two scholars who spoke at a seminar on the phenomenon in Madinah on Thursday. On behalf of Custodian of the […]
Courtesy / Source: BBC Two French Muslim women who continue to wear the full-face veil in defiance of a new law banning it in France have been issued fines by a court. Hind Ahmas and Najate Nait Ali were arrested wearing the niqab in public outside Meaux town hall, eastern Paris, soon after the law came in […]
By BARBARA FERGUSON, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM American Muslims are the country’s most ethnically and racially diverse faith group. In the Washington DC area, the Muslim population is relatively large and made up of many young, short-term globe-trotters, student and embassy types who are looking to gather and network. Outside Washington, in the […]
Barack Obama and Sheikh Hasina Source: The Daily Star Thursday, September 22, 2011 UNB, New York US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his desire to visit Bangladesh during a brief conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New York. Obama also praised Hasina for her government’s role in addressing […]