Epigraph: From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” (Matthew 4:17) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the […]
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NEW YORK: Karen Asare, Composing half of the nation’s population, Egyptian women constituted a major force in the 2011 Revolution; however, though more than half of the ministers were replaced in the cabinet that was announced yesterday, Read more
Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Monday underwent successful arthroscopic surgery of the left knee which he had injured in a sports event. The surgery, conducted at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, took 45 minutes from 8.30am, Director-General of Health Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said in a statement. […]
FUKUSHIMA — American entrepreneur and philanthropist Elon Musk, through his Musk Foundation, has donated $250,000 to build a solar power system in Soma City, in Fukushima Prefecture. Last week, Musk—who co-founded PayPal and Tesla Motors—visited an area of Soma City that was devastated by a tsunami earlier this year, for […]
Kuala Lumpur: Employers and worker organisations want the government to suspend the amnesty programme for the 1.2 million illegal workers which began monday, arguing that the ongoing exercise to register legal workers using the biometric system was incomplete and riddled with problems. “To carry out both exercises in parallel was […]
Kota Kinabalu: There are more illegal immigrants in the State than originally thought. Hence, the State Government has decided to give them another week to register under the current 5P exercise. State Secretary Datuk Sukarti Wakiman who revealed this at the end of the two week 5P registration programme on […]
TOKYO — Japan intervened in the foreign currency market Thursday and its central bank eased monetary policy, landing a one-two punch to knock the yen from export-sapping highs. Read more
IPOH: State Veterinary Services Department deputy director Dr Rohani Kasim (pix) was found dead at her rented Permai Lake View apartment unit Thursday. It is learnt that Dr Rohani, 33, was found stangled in the house at 3am. Police have detained a man to assist in the investigations and are […]
GEORGE TOWN: The Chinese are back as the majority, overtaking the Malays as the largest community in Penang with them accounting for 42.9% of the state’s population last year, 2.2% more than the Malays. According to the latest report by the Department of Statistics, the number of Chinese in Penang […]
KUALA TERENGGANU: A kind gesture by a bank officer in giving way to an ambulance proved disastrous as his car was rammed by another vehicle. Mohd Haslin Ibrahim, 34, was sending his wife Salina Salleh, 31, to work at 11.30am when they stopped at the Gong Kapas traffic light here. […]
By annabelkantaria, mytelegraph When visiting a foreign country, to what extent should you go to fit in with that country’s way of life? I pose the question as the Holy month of Ramadan begins across the Muslim world and, with it, comes a debate provoked by the Association of British […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) has sponsored the participation of three girl students from Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah in the five-day Global Leadership Conference 2011 held recently in Singapore. The conference was in preparation for the Earth Summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro, […]
AMMAN (Jordan Times) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday held talks with Bahrain’s King Hamad Ben Isa Al Khalifa, which focused on developing the Jordanian-Bahraini relations and the current regional conditions, according to a Royal Court statement. During the talks at Rawda Palace in Manama, both leaders stressed the […]
By AGENCIES, ARAB NEWS LONDON: A UK court has ordered the newspaper The Independent on Wednesday to pay Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of Saudi Arabia, Prince Naif, libel damages over an article which accused him of ordering police chiefs to shoot and kill unarmed demonstrators during this […]
Source: Dawn On 28 May 2010, two Ahmadi “places of worship” were attacked simultaneously during Friday prayers in Lahore. As the siege went on for hours, news channels across the board were strewn with live footage from the scene of attack. For the first time in Pakistani history, Ahmadi community, […]
Very interesting documentary. First episode: Kingdom of David: Rivers of Babylon: http://video.pbs.org/video/1354541084/ Watch all four parts in Youtube Wikipedia has a page about the Documentary: Kingdom of David was a part of the Empire Series of history documentaries for the [Public Broadcasting Service] (PBS) Public television stations produced by Oregon […]
Source: Bloomberg News It’s possible that, in the long view, 2011 will be seen as Indian democracy’s summer of discontent. It’s hard to escape the sense of simmering mass unrest bred by the cynicism and cupidity of the political class. In the capital, the UPA coalition government, led by the […]
Source: BBC News Ten suspected thieves have been beaten to death by villagers in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, police said. They said the killings took place in Chikaballapur, 55km (34 miles) from the state capital, Bangalore, late on Tuesday. One man was injured. More than 70 people have […]