The Netanyahu government is not governed by pragmatism; it continues to be guided by the myths of Masada and Bar Kochba rather than by realistic assessment of international reality. By Carlo Strenger Israel’s strategic situation has worsened considerably in the last weeks. Turkey’s Edogan is scoring points in the Arab […]
A majority of more than two-to-one people around the world back UN recognition of Palestine as an independent state, according to a poll in 19 countries. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – A majority of more than two-to-one people around the world back UN recognition of Palestine as an independent state, […]
WASHINGTON — Investors have concluded that the Federal Reserve will announce new measures to promote economic growth after a meeting of its policy-making committee ends Wednesday. Long-term interest rates have moved as if the Fed had already spoken. The central bank is often described as facing the choice of whether […]
… On November 11, 2010, Dinesh D’Souza, former White House domestic policy analyst and recently appointed president of Kings College, debated Bart Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The debate—which was sponsored by the Center for Christian Studies—took place […]
By Khetam Malkawi, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – The number of tourists visiting the Kingdom from the Gulf states increased by 26 per cent in the first eight months of the year, compared to the same period in 2010, according to a Ministry of Tourism report. The report, which was released […]
SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES Despite His Majesty King Abdullah’s repeated assurances that the so-called Jordanian option is nonsensical and devoid of basis, there are some still determined to cling to this imaginary threat and exploit it to sow distrust and undermine the course of the Kingdom. There are still some who […]
Source/Credit: The Times/Malta/Friday, August 19, 2011 , by AFP The world population will reach seven billion later this year, with increases in the number of people in Africa off-setting birth rate drops elsewhere, according to a new French study published yesterday. Looking much further ahead, the National Institute for Demographic Studies […]
Source: The New York Times LUCKNOW, India — The first doctor to die, a senior government health administrator, was shot on his morning walk last October by two men on a motorbike. Six months later, his successor, a cardiologist, was shot to death while out on a predawn stroll. A […]
By RFI French police are trying to track down the instigator of a Facebook page that called on people to cut the throats of Muslims on the Eid Al-Adha holiday. The page has been closed down but its author is being sought for breaking anti-racist laws. More: http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20110909-french-police-stop-facebook-call-cut-muslims-throats
ARABNEWS US accepts the idea of a Palestinian state in principle; how can it oppose at UN? It is official. Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas has formally declared he will ask the Security Council to approve full membership of a Palestinian state at the United Nations, a move which is a […]
Rfi. Fr. The caretaker of the military cemetery of Saint-Michel de la ville discovered racist and Nazi slogans daubed on the gravestones when he closed up on Saturday. The graves belonged to Muslims killed fighting for France during World War I and were immediately repainted and restored. The graffiti were […]
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey. Pravda Ru. The United Nations Organization is no more or less than an umbrella for humanitarian intervention after disasters and catastrophes, a forum for discussion of issues pertaining to cultural heritage and a useful tool to channel developmental approaches. As a law-making body, the Libya Question has shown […]
by Marinella Correggia 1) Why at this time is NATO bombing Bani Walid and other sieged cities? (They have been under siege by the Abdel Jalil forces; therefore NATO should try to protect the civilians inside from the aggression of Abdel Jalil forces: INDEED, when civilians were inside Misrata and […]
Why is Romansh – spoken by 0.5 per cent of the Swiss population – considered a language, whereas Swiss German, spoken by almost 64 per cent, is classed as a dialect? The answer lies not only in linguistics, but also in issues of culture, identity and politics. Swiss German is […]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Turkey threatened to veto Israel earlier this year in case the Jewish state establishes an office as part of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue initiative which Israel is a part of along with other six countries. Davutoğlu revealed in an interview with Turkish CNN TURK […]
Jakarta Globe: The country’s military commander warned on Sunday against anyone going to Ambon to wage jihad, echoing a call by the country’s highest Islamic authority following deadly clashes there last week. Speaking in Jakarta at an event to mark the 66th anniversary of the Indonesian Military (TNI), Adm. Agus […]
source. asia times on line THE ROVING EYE While neo-Napoleonic French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his sidekick British Prime Minister “David of Arabia” Cameron were basking in the glow of their victory lap in Tripoli, the place was swarming with multilingual contractors. But nobody knows what’s really going on in […]
Source: New York Times Author: Nicholas D. Kristof WHAT’S most heartbreaking about starving children isn’t the patches of hair that fall out, the mottled skin and painful sores, the bones poking through taut skin. No, it’s the emptiness in their faces. These children are conscious and their eyes follow you […]
Source: New York Times Author: Johann Hari Book Review of THREE FAMINES: Starvation and Politics by Thomas Keneally Eradicating famine from the human condition is one of the most noble goals we can have. But to do this, we need to understand how famine happens — and in the past […]
Source: Dawn Author: Niaz Murtaza THE controversy about Jinnah’s vision for Pakistan rages on. Did Jinnah want a secular or a Sharia state? The two sides buttress their arguments by quoting his words selectively. Liberals quote his Aug 11, 1947 speech which says, “You may belong to any religion or […]