Source. Asiatimes on Line Russia has given Iranians cause for joy as the much-delayed nuclear power plant in Bushehr finally goes online. More nuclear contracts with Tehran may follow along with positive action from Tehran on Moscow’s proposals to end the nuclear impasse. Celebrations are tempered, however, by the “double-edged […]
Source: Asiatimes on Line. As the Libyan Transitional National Council already behaves like a lame duck and as the militias will simply not vanish, it’s not hard to picture Libya as a new Lebanon, with regions carved up between numerous factions. This includes the deadly Islamic temptation – which is […]
Source:Asiatimes on Line The leaked United Nations report on the takeover of a Turkish ship by Israeli commandos last year in which nine people died has sent relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv from cold to icy. In the immediate future, the countries will take their own separate paths navigating […]
source:toi on line The government has begun to look for alternate ways to deal with drug abuse, and little wonder. With an estimated 7.5 crore drug addicts in India at last count – that’s just the formal figure – it isn’t a problem that’s going to go away soon. Neither […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweeden through Asian Human Rights Commission About AHRC: The Asian Human Rights Commission is a regional non-governmental organisation that monitors human rights in Asia, documents violations and advocates for justice and institutional reform to ensure the protection and promotion of these rights. The Hong Kong-based group was founded […]
Source: The Associated Press Author: Steven R. Hurst WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney’s autobiography presents a robust defense of his push for the U.S. invasion of Iraq without critically examining two issues central to America’s near-failure in the war: the Bush administration’s decision to disband the country’s army and banish […]
Source: Express Tribune Author: Najmuddin A Shaikh If we support an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process of reconciliation and if we are part of the solution and not part of the problem, then it is logical for the Afghans to expect us to use our influence with the Taliban to persuade […]
Source: AFP CERNOBBIO, Italy — Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Sunday urged the international community and the new Libyan authorities to avoid making the same “big mistake” as in Iraq. “If somebody used to work for the regime but has no blood on his hands, why destroy all the […]
Source: Guardian Author: Patrick Wintour David Cameron has asked the Gibson inquiry into alleged UK complicity in tortureto be widened to examine the extent of intelligence-sharing by British secret services with the Libyan Gaddafi regime, including rendition and torture. He will set out details of how the Gibson inquiry will […]
Source: CNN Author: Steven Kull On the ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, many Americans are wondering whether the risk of a terrorist attack against America has been reduced. The picture is mixed. With the death of Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda is weaker. With revolutions in several Arab countries, […]
Source: The Rio Times RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – There was a small confrontation between residents and the military Peace Force in the pacified community Complexo do Alemão (Zona Norte) on Sunday evening. Three people were arrested, one woman got shot by a rubber bullet and one Military Police officer got hit […]
Source: The Rio Times RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Situated in a little street in Tijuca is an under-construction building with a door made up of several nailed planks holding up the entrance gate. This humble structure is the site for the Tijuca Mosque – home of the Sociedade Beneficente Muculmana SBMRJ (Beneficent Muslim […]
IT just keeps getting worse for Julia Gillard. The latest Newspoll published in The Australian today shows the prime minister’s support has plunged to record lows while Opposition Leader Tony Abbott outstrips her as preferred prime minister. To add to Ms Gillard’s woes, the man she deposed as leader, Kevin […]
A Jordan-based group is threatening to file a lawsuit against Israel in the International Criminal Court over its opening of the baptismal site Qasr al-Yahud near the Jordan River. The group, which calls itself “The Arab Union to Resist the Expulsion of Arab Christians”, is headed by the speaker of […]
WikiLeaks’ Asian Field Day In Indonesia, the national police are discovered to be using a hard-line Islamic group as its hidden “attack dog.” In Indonesia, octogenarian Singaporean founder Lee Kuan Yew calls Islam a “venomous religion. In Malaysia, UMNO leaders are “willing to blacken Malaysia’s reputation to ensure the end […]
Authorities are placating extremists, writes Tom Allard in Indonesia. Ulil Abshar Abdalla is one of Indonesia’s most perceptive intellectuals, a Harvard-educated Islamic reformer and an adviser to the President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. When asked what has happened to Islam in Indonesia since the September 11 attacks, he says: ”I think […]
BBC: Settlers set fire to West Bank mosque after Israel demolishes illegal structures in Migron A mosque in a Palestinian village north of Jerusalem was attacked overnight, residents say. Two tyres were set on fire and thrown into the mosque in the village of Kasra, near the West Bank city […]
Source: Asiatimes on Line By Pepe Escobar Call it the Friends of Libya war; the R2P war (as in “responsibility to protect” Western plunder); the Air France war; the Total war; anyway, the “friends” had a blast spinning their win in Libya, which magically is not in Africa anymore. It has […]
by Bernard Léchot, swissinfo.ch Ten years on from the attacks in the United States which killed nearly 3,000 people, questions about the fateful day still remain unanswered. swissinfo.ch spoke to three Swiss specialists who have sifted through the official and unofficial versions. “When I saw the second plane – indicating […]
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A total of 400 young Saudi men and women will tie the knot next week during a mass wedding sponsored by Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. Saeed Al-Niaimi, chairman of the Welfare Society for Marriage Assistance and Family Care that is organizing the […]