PETALING JAYA: More than 20 tonnes of illegal ivory have passed through at least two Malaysian ports since 2003, earning the country an unsavoury reputation as a transhipment hub for the multi-million ringgit trade and the figure involves only those seized. Wildlife monitoring trade network Traffic regional director Dr William […]
A wonderful three hour documentary! It’s a television first, claims the BBC Press Office. OK they would say that wouldn’t they but I think it might be the first time in decades – if not ever – that a British network has screened a programme, let alone a series, about […]
Source: Dawn A man of Pakistani origin has been arrested and charged in the US with supporting Lashkar-e-Taiba, FBI officials said on Friday. Jubair Ahmad, 24, of Woodbridge, Virginia, allegedly received religious training from the terrorist group as a teenager in Pakistan and later attended one of its training camps. […]
The Golden Age of Learning in the Arab-speaking World Source: Qantara Arabic-speaking researchers have made major contributions to science. In his book The House of Wisdom, physicist Jim Al-Khalili examines the extent of their influence on the Western World. Anne Allmeling sends us this review Nowadays, when we talk about […]
Published in I, Science. The whole Story here For something so small, it’s not shy of a big theory. In fact, the atom and its activity have a long history in the world of theoretical science, punctuated by the ideas of many a perplexed physicist. The birth of atomic theory […]
The Local The IFA consumer electronics fair, which opened to the public in Berlin on Friday, is shaping up as a battleground for tablet computer makers to attack the Apple iPad’s dominant market position. Fears of a recession have not hit the German capital, where fair organizers said they had […]
Source: BBC News Anna Hazare is no stranger to hunger strikes. The activist’s fast at Delhi’s sprawling Ramlila grounds was his 16th since 1980. But, at 13 days, it was his longest. It was also his most significant ever. He took on India’s troubled government by demanding the setting up […]
Source: New York Times SALVADOR, Brazil — Jenilson Dos Santos Conceição, 20, lay face down on the rough concrete, his body twisted, sandals still on his feet, as the blood from his 14 bullet wounds stained the sloped alleyway. A small crowd of residents watched dispassionately as a dozen police […]
Source / Courtesy: Times of India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s upcoming visit to Bangladesh – along with the chief ministers of five bordering Indian states – is ground-breaking in more ways than one. For far too long, India’s South Asia policy had a single-minded focus on Pakistan. While the latter is […]
source:toi on line PAKISTAN: Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan have kidnapped more than 30 Pakistani boys who had mistakenly crossed the unmarked border from the country’s lawless northwest, officials said on Friday. They said the incident took place on Thursday after the group of boys, aged between 12 and 18, left […]
Sourse: asiatimes on line Surveying the Libyan wasteland out of a cozy room crammed with wafer-thin LCDs in a Pyongyang palace, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il, must have been stunned as he contemplated Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s predicament. “What a fool,” the Dear Leader predictably murmurs. […]
“I quickly grabbed my camera and put it on a tripod by the window,” said the 31-year-old photographer who caught the moment the Eiffel Tower appeared to be struck by lightning. The photo, taken from his apartment window last year, surfaced this week and won the Office du Tourisme de Paris […]
The economy failed to add new jobs in August, the first time there has been no increase in net jobs in the United States in 11 months. The flat performance was down sharply from a revised 85,000 gain of jobs in July, the Labor Department said Friday, and was far […]
Source/Credit: The News: By Mansoor Ahmad:Tuesday, August 30, 2011 LAHORE: “I am convinced that this system is made for the rich and they will take away any opportunity that comes for the poor,” said Noor Elahi, who failed to find work for the second day running. “While affluent families are shopping […]
How an Anti-Ahmadi site made me a better Ahmadi Muslim? Posted on August 31, 2011 by theartofmisinformation By Luqman Ahmad: I accidentally stumbled upon an anti-Ahmadi site a few months ago. At first it seemed like just another regular anti-Ahmadi website with hate-filled material, but then I read a few articles and it was clear […]
Source/Credit: WAMU Moderate Muslims were appalled by the terrorist attacks on the U.S. a decade ago, but many have reported being harassed since. That’s partly why members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community want to show the nation their faith is about upholding life. Naseem Mahdi, vice president of the group, says […]
Source/Credit: San Diego Reader Today marks the kickoff of the Muslims for Life campaign – an effort by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to donate 10,000 units of blood via blood drives across America throughout the month of September. The group says its goal is to honor the memory of those […]
This Eid when I woke up to get ready I was in a somber mood. I knew I wasn’t going to the Aqsa mosque (the central mosque) where there would be thousands of people and the sweet smell of perfume would make the cool morning air even fresher. No. Those days […]
Jakarta Globe Not all Muslims celebrated Idul Fitri with jubilance and excitement. For members of the Ahmadiyah minority sect, this year’s celebration is marked by heartache and fear. Firdaus Mubarik, a spokesman for the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI), told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday that approximately 600 Ahmadis in Sukadana […]
Tropical plants may contain the basis of new and effective treatments for ovarian cancer, according to researchers at the Universities of Strathclyde and Portsmouth. The scientists are developing a programme for testing plant extracts for the ability to stop cells from ovarian tumours growing. In initial tests, several plant extracts […]