By RFI Belgium has moved a step further towards forming a new government after marathon negotiations involving the country’s eight Flemish and Francophone parties. Brussels has been without a government for a world-record 459 days. More: http://www.english.rfi.fr/europe/20110915-belgium-moves-step-closer-forming-government
Credit: Journal Argus At a recent meeting at East Nissouri Union Church, Ronald Easton of the Christian Services Centre organization talked about efforts to bring Bible study to Ontario public schools, to be offered during what are commonly known as “nutrition breaks”. Taken in isolation, this might not seem controversial. […]
Source / Credit: Simcoe.com By Travis Mealing MIDLAND – An organization promoting peace, condemning terrorism and raising awareness about Islam will pay a visit to Midland this weekend. Representatives of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada have called on 190 towns across Canada since launching this initiative in November 2010. “It’s […]
Coutesy: Dawn Pakistan. LOWER DIR: A suicide bomber attacked a funeral of a member of a pro-government Pashtun tribe in a village in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 31 people, police said. More than 35 people were wounded in the attack in Lower Dir district near the Afghan border, […]
By REUTERS Published: Sep 15, 2011 22:53 Updated: Sep 15, 2011 22:55 TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI: Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron landed in Libya to a heroes’ welcome on Thursday, promising help for the new rulers that French and British air power helped to install and being told the favor may be repaid […]
Rally calling for closure of Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital could mount into scenes like those seen in Cairo by Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian Staff at the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman left the city ahead of a demonstration planned for Thursday evening, fearing a repetition of […]
By Annie Slemrod, The Daily Star , Beirut, Lebanon Palestinian refugees will not become citizens of a new Palestinian state, according to Palestine’s ambassador to Lebanon. From behind a desk topped by a miniature model of Palestine’s hoped-for blue United Nations chair, Ambassador Abdullah Abdullah spoke to The Daily Star […]
Rfi France. Any French citizen who pays one euro and declares a commitment to left-wing ideals will be able to vote in next month’s primaries and tonight the potential candidates will outline their positions in a carefully stage-managed exercise. It was widely assumed that former IMF boss Dominique […]
The Catholic Church in Switzerland should have done more to combat apartheid in South Africa. That is the finding of the Swiss national commission for justice and peace, which has published a report on the topic. The report, presented at a news conference in Bern on Thursday, said Catholic Church […]
source. dawn.com Interior Minister Rehman Malik during a visit to the Islamabad Police headquarters. – Photo ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to jar the bad cops of the city out of their obstinate ways, the Islamabad police hierarchy has decided to put them to shame, Dawn has learnt. A points system […]
source. dawn.com Afghan policemen leave the site of an attack in Kabul September 14, 2011. US officials suspect militants from the Haqqani network were behind the attack. –Reuters ISLAMABAD: The US warning on militants based in Pakistan goes against counter-terrorism cooperation between the two allies, the foreign ministry said on […]
Church Commissioners are treating a valued piece of heritage as if it were a shopping mall. Rose Castle, Cumbria: once home to the Bishop of Carlisle, and still a jewel in the Church’s property portfolio. During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell took a dim view of Rose Castle, the […]
Source. Asia Times on Line WASHINGTON – General David Petraeus wrote in his 2006 counter-insurgency manual that the United States command headquarters should establish a “narrative” for the counter-insurgency war – a simple storyline that provides a framework for understanding events, both for the population of the country in question […]
Source: Asia Times on line By Mike Davis Someday, a new Edward Gibbon in China or India will surely sit down to write The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire. Hopefully it will be but one volume in a larger, more progressive oeuvre – The Renaissance […]
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his “700 Club” viewers that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer’s is justifiable because the disease is “a kind of death.” During the portion of the show where the one-time Republican presidential candidate takes questions from viewers, Robertson was asked what advice a man should give to […]
source. asiatimes on line Pakistan suffered one suicide bombing before 9/11 – and 4,808 deaths in 303 attacks since. Responsibility is at the door of jihadi groups who for years had been indoctrinated by the Pakistan military and intelligence services for action in Afghanistan and Jammu and Kashmir. In a […]
source. times of india WASHINGTON: America’s new intelligence chief David Petraeus has predicted that al-Qaida leaders may flee Afghanistan and the entire south Asia as they were being pressed hard by American forces. More:
Source: Swissinfo Twice as many people attend services each week in free – mostly evangelical – churches as in the state-recognised Protestant Church. That is according to findings published on Thursday as part of a National Science Foundation project investigating religions, the state and society. Twenty-nine per cent of all […]
By SHEYMA BUALI, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM Published: Sep 14, 2011 16:38 Updated: Sep 14, 2011 16:38 MakeSpace Architects is a London-based firm whose work specializes in private and social housing, as well as community buildings. Much of the community work focuses on the development of mosques and Islamic centers. Besides designing and […]
By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR, RIMA.ALMUKHTAR@ARABNEWS.COM Published: Sep 14, 2011 16:26 Updated: Sep 14, 2011 17:32 A renowned Arab Caliph once said: “If I were a merchant, I would only trade in Oud perfume, so that if I did not make a profit, I would have profited from its sensational scent.” Oud […]