By Joel Greenberg, Published: July 22 AMMAN, Jordan — At the weekly anti-government demonstration after Friday prayers here in Jordan’s capital, Malik Gheith held up a poster showing a caricature of a fearsome-looking policeman wielding a club, captioned, “Your dignity ends here.” The message, a week after police beat peaceful […]
Protests over high house prices and rents spread across the country Tent protest villages have sprung up across Israel over the past week to demand action on house prices and rents, attracting large numbers of young workers and students, huge media attention and the panic of politicians beginning to feel […]
The September 11 2001 attacks remain controversial throughout the world. A new poll by the Pew Research Center finds the majority of Muslims from Egypt, Turkey, and the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Indonesia and Pakistan do not believe the 9/11 attacks were carried out by Arabs. The highest rate […]
The Jakarta Post JAKARTA: Islamic radicalism in Indonesia is not merely the responsibility of Muslims but also the government’s, says Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Indonesia representative Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin. “The government should also be held responsible for the spreading of religious […]
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Indonesian National Police on Saturday officially announced the arrest of the principal of the Umar Bin Khatab (UBK) Islamic boarding school, where a bomb blast two weeks ago killed one person, and named him a terror suspect. National Police Spokesman Brigadier General Ketut Untung Yoga […]
A bus has caught fire on a highway in central China, killing at least 41 people on board, state media say. Read More
Source / Credit: China Daily Foreign universities are getting ready to grab a bigger slice of the education pie in China by firming up their existing partnerships and forging new alliances with Chinese educational institutions. Much of the optimism in Western academic institutions stems from China’s strong economic growth, the […]
Within hours of being arrested by French police on minor drug-related charges, Walid Ferdi was dead. His cellmate, Badiaa El Massi, a Tunisian migrant arrested for living in France without a residency permit, lies in an artificial coma in a hospital bed in the town of Tours. Doctors say he […]
Canada has released the names of 30 suspected war criminals that the government says entered the country without proper migration documents and are staying there illegally. A statement on the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) website, released on Thursday, says that the people come from countries as far ranging as […]
(CNN) – A small tray of vegetable samosas costs $35 at the Mughal Express restaurant. But one particular tray, sold to strict Hindu vegetarians, might end up costing the Edison, New Jersey, restaurant a whole lot more. The Hindu customers said the restaurant served them meat samosas, harming them emotionally and […]
Source: The Telegraph Egypt’s generals were accused of subverting the country’s pro-democracy revolution on Thursday after they banned international observers from monitoring a vital parliamentary election to be held this autumn. The decision triggered outrage among many of the activists at the forefront of February’s overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil is just starting to tap into some of the biggest oil fields discovered in the past 30 years, but a growing debate over how to distribute the newfound wealth threatens to delay development of reserves that could transform the country into one […]
Source: CBS News (AP) BRASILIA, Brazil — The Brazilian government says it plans to expand Internet access in Brazil with low-cost broadband service. Paulo Bernardo Silva says that by 2014, the government wants Internet access to be available to 70 percent of Brazilian homes, compared with today’s 27 percent. Read […]
Europe’s biggest banks stand to lose 20.6 billion euros ($29.7 billion) on their Greek government bonds after lenders in the region pledged to contribute to a new rescue package for Greece. Banks will voluntarily agree to write down the value of their Greek securities by 21 percent as part of […]
Source: physicsworld UPDATE July 21, 2011: Omid Kokabee’s trial has been postponed to an unspecified date, according to friends. A doctoral student who was detained when he tried to leave his native Iran earlier this year will go on trial tomorrow for charges related to espionage, according to sources close […]
Surce: Times of India on Line. NEW YORK: A woman in the US has been featured on a new series of Nat Geo WILD for living alone on her 12 acres of land in California, with close to 800 cats and about 15 dogs. The series, titled ‘The Lady with […]
Source: times of india on line. WASHINGTON: It is probably fitting that the scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in Britain is the perfect tabloid story. It appears rich in peculiar twists and phenomenal turns and seemingly offers a freakish parade of powerful people bent on petty if perverse agendas […]
Source: asia times on line. Elite young North Korean girls selected to work in a network of overseas restaurants are instructed by Dear Leader Kim Jong-il to undergo cosmetic eyelid surgery, even though the operation is so popular the girls would have done it anyway. A change underway in beauty […]
Source:asiatimes on line. The global food system is straining under the intense pressure of rising demand, rising energy prices, growing water shortages and the onset of climate chaos. This, experts tell us, is only the beginning. The price of bread is forecast to nearly double in the next 20 years, […]
Source:asiatimes on line. The United States military has gathered biometric data, including eye scans, on one of every 14 Iraqis and one of every 20 Afghans. It may not be the same as winning a world war, building giant steel mills, or other American accomplishments of the past, but in […]