WASHINGTON: The founder of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program claims that in the late 1990s North Korean officials paid kickbacks to senior Pakistani military figures in exchange for critical weapons technology. Abdul Qadeer Khan has given a United States-based expert documents that appear to show North Korea’s government paid more than […]
A charter fishing boat with 44 people aboard sank into the Sea of Cortez off Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least one person dead, the United States Coast Guard said. Eight people, seven of them Americans, were still missing late Monday night. “Initial reports from Mexico are that it was bad […]
Now they tell us. Heart specialists who sifted through a registry of more than 600,000 people treated with catheters, inflatable balloons and stents to clear blocked coronary arteries found the procedures were used too often in patients with stable heart trouble. About 12 percent of the interventions in stable patients, […]
Marine Le Pen’s Populism for the Masses French politician Marine Le Pen is attracting new voters to the National Front, the right-wing populist party founded by her father, by railing against immigration and globalization. With France’s elections a year away, Le Pen is already polling ahead of President Nicolas Sarkozy. […]
Germany is discussing its shortage of skilled professionals, and it hopes to solve the problem by attracting doctors and engineers from abroad. The government acts as if it can just stand there and start calling out for qualified workers from the around the world. But why should they come to […]
July 02–The random pop-pop-pop of firecrackers will reach its seasonal peak with Monday’s Fourth of July celebrations, but this most patriotic — and pyrotechnic — holiday can drive many combat veterans away from parade routes and picnics. Rather than hang around the house for barbecues with friends, some veterans who […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/its-muslim-kids-not-parents-who-are-embracing-a-politicized-islam/article2087476/ Natasha Fatah This summer, thousands of people will become new Canadian citizens. Many of them will be Muslims. They have come to Canada from every corner of the globe and, like my parents did 24 years ago, they will make this peaceful, progressive nation their home. My parents left […]
All signs so far point to a smooth transition in Thailand after deposed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s Puea Thai party handed the Democrats a humbling election defeat. Future stability will be determined largely by how hard and how fast Thaksin’s sister Yingluck, the new prime minister, pushes for an amnesty […]
A very quiet summit recently took place at a North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO) base in Molesworth, in the United Kingdom. Facing the British was none other than Prince Turki al-Faisal, former director general of Saudi Arabia’s feared Mukhabarat (intelligence services), and once a very close friend of slain al-Qaeda […]
Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT), or the Liberation Party, was founded in 1953 in Jerusalem. The party advocates the politics of pan-Islam by calling for the re-establishment of the Islamic caliphate. Hizb ut-Tahrir is active in most Muslim countries in addition to Western Europe, North America and Australia. […]
The 63rd Jalsa Salana, the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community concluded on July 3, 2011. The event which commenced on July 1, 2011 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg, was attended by 5,800 delegates from all over the country. Prominent government officials joined the […]
The modern world has embraced the 21st century movement toward digital and social media with fervent gusto. Facebook accounts have become an integral part of today’s social scene, physical resources like music and books are transferred by the click of a button and seemingly any piece of information can be accessed through […]
Employers given guidance on Facebook misconduct Social networking guidance is being issued to nurses and midwives by their regulatory body following an increase in misconduct cases relating to online activities and ethical code breaches. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said it was publishing practical advice on responsible use of […]
Emma Mills-Rittmann quit Facebook because, she says, other kids ruined it for her. “[Your friends] hang out with other people and they didn’t call you,” said the 14-year-old, who goes to St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Savage. “Then you see the pictures.” Minnetonka teen Allison Jensen knows the feeling. […]
“I didn’t think I would ever stop”, Abu Salah tells the circle. “After 14 years of buying and selling, hashish, heroin and cocaine, I had lost control of my life. I had no job. I would never speak to my family.” His story, and the clinic we are sitting in, […]
جسم کے اندر رکھنے والے بم سے نیا خطرہ The US has warned airlines of a potential threat from militants surgically implanting explosives. It came after the Department of Homeland Security issued a memo to security officials and foreign counterparts alerting them to the threat of “body packing”. No specific […]
ABENGOUROU, Ivory Coast—President Alassane Ouattara is trying to restore the economy of the world’s largest cocoa producer, but many farmers here continue to smuggle beans out of the West African […]
Major public and private donors have pledged more than U.S.$4.3 billion to immunize at least 250 million of the world’s poorest children against life-threatening diseases over the next five years and prevent more than four million premature deaths. “It’s absolutely brilliant value for money. For the price of a cup […]
Mrs. Catherine Gonzi, the wife of the Prime Minister of Malta Mr Atif, Mrs Muscat, Respected speakers, Ladies and Gentleman, It is a pleasure for me to share with you this opportunity to take stock of women’s issues. I thank all the previous speakers for their extremely informative and enlightening interventions about women […]
Nairobi — One person dies weekly in Kenya due to a shortage of anesthetics and the situation is worse in slums and rural areas across the country. In areas like […]