Citigroup Inc. (C) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) were the reigning champions of finance in 2006 as home prices peaked, leading the 10 biggest U.S. banks and brokerage firms to their best year ever with $104 billion of profits. By 2008, the housing market’s collapse forced those companies to […]
Source / Courtesy: Milpitas Patch Once a year during Ramadan, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community opens its doors to the mosque and invites the non-Muslim community to participate in the meal. … Leaders from different religions, including Jewish, Sikh, and the Buddhist temple next door, spoke of the similarities between their faiths. […]
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motorsaid on Monday that they would jointly develop a gas-electric hybrid fuel system for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles aimed at keeping larger models affordable as the automakers work to meet stricter fuel-economy standards. The companies said they did not plan […]
Source: AAAS When Martin Brasier discovered what looked like fossil cells in between the cemented sand grains of an ancient beach in Western Australia, he knew he had his work cut out for him. One of the biggest challenges for geologists is deciding when a fossil is really a fossil, […]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle Teresopolis, Brazil — When the avalanche of mud swept through Vanessa Silva’s neighborhood, it punched out the front wall of her house and poured right into her kitchen and bathroom. Six months later, the mess of brick, twisted metal and dirt is still there. Silva and her […]
Source/Credit: Mysuburbanlife.com Glen Ellyn, IL — Today was the kickoff for the “Muslims for Life” campaign at the Baet-ul-Jaamay Mosque in Glen Ellyn. The campaign is a nationwide initiative created by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to bring a message of peace and sanctity of all human life. “Terrorists have painted […]
By AFRA NAUSHAD, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang is a Chinese calligrapher extraordinaire who has been producing Chinese-Arabic calligraphic art for over a decade. Born in 1963 in Yucheng, Shadong province of China, Haji Noor Deen was the first Chinese national conferred with the honorable Certificate of Arabic Calligrapher […]
ARABNEWS At the end of Sunday’s Mass, Benedict announced that the next World Youth Day will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013 – a year early to avoid conflicts with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Pope Benedict XVI returned to Rome on Sunday night after a four-day […]
NDP Leader Jack Layton has died at age 61 after a long battle with cancer, CBC News has learned. Layton died at his home in Toronto early Monday, surrounded by family, according to a statement from his wife, Olivia Chow, and his children, Sarah and Michael Layton. The leader of […]
Libyan rebels capture coastal city of Zawiya A Libyan worker chats with two rebels as they patrol an oil refinery controlled by anti-Kadafi forces on the outskirts of Zawiya. (Giulio Petrocco, Associated Press / AUG 19 From the Associated PressAugust 20, 2011, 10:25 a.m. Zawiya, Libya— LibyaGn rebels expelled government forces from […]
President invites Egypt’s deputy ambassador amid quarrel over apology, rocket fire in south. President Shimon Peres held a dinner marking the Arab holy month of Ramadan at his residence in Jerusalem Sunday evening, inviting Egypt’s deputy ambassador to participate amid threats the country would withdraw its ambassador from Israel. At […]
Israeli Policemen and members of the so-called Border Guard Units, closed on Sunday night after midnight the Bas Al Amoud area, one of the main gates of Jerusalem, while more than 1500 Palestinian youths continue their protest in the Al Aqsa mosque in Old Jerusalem. Hundreds of soldiers and policemen […]
MAURITIUS, BALI: Medical tourism in Mauritius increases dramatically, Bali wants to copy. Medical tourism to Mauritius has seen a tenfold increase over the past five years with 11,000 medical tourists in 2010. The Island hopes to attract 100,000 a year by 2020. Medical tourism is gaining momentum in Mauritius with […]
A voice of Christian Zionists in the U.S., Beck is staging a rally in Jerusalem this week to “restore courage,” specifically the courage of ordinary Americans to publicly champion Israel. At a time when the Israeli government is feeling especially besieged—by armed attacks, a Palestinian initiative at the U.N., and […]
United States Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech at Sichuan University in Chengdu City, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. [Photo: Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday called China’s rise a “positive development” that will bring more opportunities for bilateral […]
Source/Credit: Huffington Post TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi’s defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in Green Square, the symbolic heart of the fading regime. Gadhafi’s whereabouts […]
Source / Courtesy: Bloomberg Hong Kong’s policy of denying permanent-residence rights to foreign maids is being challenged as unconstitutional, stoking public debate over ethnic discrimination in the Chinese city. Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a domestic helper from the Philippines who has lived in Hong Kong since 1986, asked the Court of […]
by Clare O’Dea, swissinfo.ch Some of the most vulnerable members of society, frail and dependent old people, suffer physical and emotional abuse in their own homes – and the problem is growing. As life expectancy continues to rise, so do the numbers of people needing daily care and at risk […]
By WALAA HAWARI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay have expressed appreciation for the efforts of the Saudi Red Crescent (SRC) to connect them with their families. In a letter of appreciation to the Saudi Red Crescent Association in the Kingdom, detainee Ahmad Al-Darbi said his fellow […]