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 […]
Source: cnn.com http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Celebrities with a penchant for weird baby names (looking at you, David and Victoria Beckham) should avoid having kids in New Zealand. The country’s Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages has been cracking down on parents who get too creative when naming their kids, Australia’s Herald Sun […]
Surce: cnn.com A 14-year-old suspected hit man was captured near Mexico City in December. STORY HIGHLIGHTS In a video, the 14-year-old defendant tells an interrogator he has killed four people “I slit their throats,” the American-born teenager says A children’s rights activist in Mexico says as many as 30,000 youths […]
Source: arabnews.com Pakistan may be the next theater of war as the US military establishment and Israeli lobby expand their campaign Even though it was Colin Powell who rang up Musharraf that cold September morning in 2001 asking him to join America’s war in the finest diplomatese, it was his […]
Source: Dawn.com By Cyril Almeida SOMETIMES big decisions turn on simple questions. In the aftermath of 9/11, the question was a simple one: did we get it? Did our generals get that 9/11 was an epochal, seismic shift, that the old way of doing business had to be chucked out, […]
Source: Dawn.com Initially, different cultures and regions had different ethics of business. With increasing globalisation, the various sets of business ethics are continuously acquiring common values and forms. Islam has given guiding principles for all human activities and also prescribes and explains the ethics of business. More:
Source: Dawn.com THE comprador, clientelist military of a clientelist state has suddenly found its own sense of pride and nationalism. A military which has been critically dependent on US aid for far too many years has now turned around to say that it will ‘rely on domestic resources’ to make […]
Source: Dawn.com National Assembly of Pakistan. – File Photo ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan embassy in Washington leads in terms of annual expenditures among all 121 foreign missions which the country maintains throughout the world, the National Assembly was informed on Thursday. More:
Source: Voice of Warsaw A giant panda will be formed by 1,600 people dressed in white and black T-shirts bearing WWF logo at the Sluzewiec horse racetrack in Warsaw, July 23, as part of a campaign organized by the World Wildlife Fund – a global organization involved in conservation […]
By JOUD AL-AMRI | ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 21, 2011 23:10 Updated: Jul 21, 2011 23:26 JEDDAH: Though Shariah is clear in its preservation of the rights of all people, some men exploit their wives’ ignorance of such rules to make money when divorcing them. Divorce is legal for both men […]
ISTANBUL/BARCELONA (AFP) – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Turkey on Thursday for a gathering with his envoys abroad ahead of a Palestinian bid for UN recognition, Anatolia news agency reported. Abbas is to meet with Palestinian ambassadors, convening in Istanbul at the weekend, before leaving Turkey on Saturday afternoon, […]
By Khetam Malkawi, Jordan Times AMMAN – Although the tourism sector has exhibited steady growth in recent years, this year is witnessing a downturn in the industry’s growth that has so far diminished its contribution to the Kingdom’s gross domestic product (GDP). Experts differ in their analysis of the situation […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday stressed his rejection of the police attack against journalists that occurred during a protest at Al Nakheel Square in Amman Friday. During a meeting with Jordan Press Association (JPA) President Tareq Momani, the King described the assault as “unjustifiable”. A Royal […]