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 […]
Do not forget this fact that these baseless libels and false accusation of infidelity against Shia Muslims would be greatly in favor of Israel and the United States, because such actions lead to Shia’s hatred toward Wahhabism The letter is posted:2011-05-07-09:37 In his name, the most high Dear Sheikh In […]
The Sikh community in Lahore have been prevented from observing a religious celebration at a gurdwara, their musical equipment thrown out and their entry barred, after a religious group persuaded the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) that celebrating the Muslim holy day of Shab-e-Barat was more important than the Sikh […]
Herman Cain said Sunday that Americans should be able to ban Muslims from building mosques in their communities. “Our Constitution guarantees the separation of church and state,” Cain said in an interview with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “Islam combines church and state. They’re using the church part of […]
Source / Credit: CNN I recently visited Garissa, Kenya — a city of at least 180,000 people not far from the border with Somalia — and areas to the north to see how this year’s drought has impacted families in the area. From an outside perspective, it’s easy to hear about drought […]
Source: almasryalyoum Ongoing negotiations surrounding President Obama’s recently pledged US$2 billion aid to Egypt suffer from disagreements between Cairo and Washington. While the Washington insists on subsidizing civil society organizations directly “without approval from the Egyptian government,” Cairo rejects this position and demands that Washington reveal details about $42 million it […]