What does your blood type say about you?
A Japanese minister has resigned, saying that his blood type accounted for his failings. According to Japanese belief, what might yours mean? Read more
Mayan Warrior Sculptures Discovered In Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican archaeologists have found two 1,300-year-old limestone sculptures of captured Mayan warriors that they say could shed light on the alliances and wars among Mayan cities during the civilization’s twilight. (Scroll down for photos) The life-size, elaborate sculptures of two warriors sitting cross-legged with hands tied behind their backs […]
Bodyguard for the Brain: Researchers Identify Mechanism That Seems to Protect Brain from Aging
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Mainz have discovered a mechanism that seems to protect the brain from aging. In experiments with mice, they switched off the cannabinoid-1 receptor. […]
Chain Restaurants To Add More Healthful Kids’ Meals
In a nod to the growing demand for nutritious options for families eating out, restaurants across the country will make it easier for parents to swap fries for apple slices in their […]
Mumbai: Explosions shake India’s financial hub
Three near-simultaneous explosions have shaken India’s commercial capital Mumbai (Bombay), police say. Twenty-one people were killed and 113 injured, said Maharashtra state’s Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan. He called the explosions, during Mumbai’s busy evening rush-hour, “a co-ordinated attack by terrorists”. One explosion was reported in the Zaveri Bazaar, another in […]
Germanys Weapondeal with Angola
Merkel is 1st German chancellor to visit Angola LUANDA, Angola — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that her country is willing to help train Angolan soldiers for peacekeeping, a German news agency reported. Merkel made the offer during a visit to Angola’s capital. She was the first German chancellor […]
Should parents lose custody of severely obese kids?
A controversial new editorial is firing up the debate about what to do about kids who have become severely overweight, suggesting that some of them should be placed into foster care. In an opinion piece in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association, an obesity specialist and his co-author discuss […]
Terror strikes Mumbai again with series of blasts
Mumbai, India (CNN) — At least 21 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded Wednesday in a series of explosions that rocked congested areas of India’s financial capital, Mumbai, according to Prithviraj Chavan, the state’s chief minister. Chavan said it was too early to talk about suspects but at least one […]
“White Masai” rediscovers passion for Africa
by Gemma d’Urso in Lugano, swissinfo.ch Thirteen years ago after causing a sensation with her book The White Masai, Corinne Hofmann has returned to the theme of Africa with her new book, Africa, My Passion. It tells of an arduous but glorious journey, her experiences visiting slums and her daughter’s […]
Doctor fined for killing UK patient keeps licence
A German doctor who killed an English patient with an accidental morphine overdose has been fined €7,000, but frustrated medical authorities say they do not have the power to strip him of his licence to practice. Read more Here…
Why the US won’t leave Afghanistan
Surge, bribe and run? Or surge, bribe and stay? How US military bases and the energy war play out in Afghanistan. Among multiple layers of deception and newspeak, the official Washington spin on the strategic quagmire in Afghanistan simply does not hold. No more than “50-75 ‘al-Qaeda types’ in Afghanistan”, […]
Picture of the day: Cactus Bee, Arizona
A cactus bee (Diadasia sp.) pollinates a barrel cactus in Tucson, Arizona. Source: National Geographic “He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.” (Al Quran 59:25) […]
In Rabwah Every House has a story to tell
RABWAH: The tombstones in Rabwah’s graveyards tell a macabre tale. The graves of the men killed in the attacks on Ahmadi places of worship in Lahore – retired army officers and young factory workers among them – rest with the dozens killed due to the persecution of the Ahmadiyya community. […]
Gold Advances to Record on Debt Crisis
Gold climbed to a record in Londonand New York as concern about Europe’s debt crisis spurred demand for the metal as a protection of wealth. Bullion rose to an all-time high in British pounds. Ireland joined Portugal and Greece yesterday as the third euro-area nation to have its credit rating […]
Police confirm three blasts in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Three blasts rocked Mumbai within minutes of each other, police said on Wednesday. According to TV reports, at least 3-4 persons have died in the blasts. An unconfirmed number are reportedly injured. More Here…
PRESS RELEASE: ANOTHER AHMADI MUSLIM KILLED IN PAKISTAN
It is with great sadness that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat hereby confirms that on 11 July 2011, a well known and respected Ahmadi lawyer, Mr Malik Mabroor Ahmad (50), was martyred in Nawab Shah, Sindh. At approximately 8.15pm local time, Malik Mabroor Ahmad was shot point blank near his office by an unidentified gunman. Upon hearing the […]
For Euro Zone, It’s Euro Bonds or Else
A share trader in Frankfurt. The euro debt crisis is escalating. Markets in Europe are being hit hard by fears that the debt crisis will spread to Italy, which is regarded as too big to rescue. German media commentators say the time has come to stop the piecemeal bailout efforts […]
Murdoch’s paper worked with criminals, says former UK PM Brown
News International Chairman James Murdoch arrives at News International in London on Tuesday. (Reuters) LONDON: Ex British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday accused Rupert Murdoch’s News International media group of using criminals to illegally obtain information about his private life and of the shock he felt when it published […]
Al-Qaida plotting internet jihad
LONDON: Al-Qaida is plotting a jihad on the internet against Britain and the West, and has launched teams to target key computer systems, officials said. Terrorists have even tried to invade Facebook in their “campaign of electronic warfare”, The Sun reported. The Google Earth and Street View applications are being […]
Big in Berlin
Thomas Meyer/OstkreuzThe interior of Murkudis’s concept store is minimalist but expansive. It’s not as though anyone in Berlin really needed proof, last week, that the city’s once-hip central Mitte neighborhood had officially jumped the shark — two years’ worth of boutique hotel and Mavi-store openings, plus skyrocketing rents and a […]