By MARK LAVIE | AP CAIRO: Egypt’s decision Wednesday to end its blockade of Gaza by opening the only crossing to the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory this weekend could ease the isolation of 1.4 million Palestinians there. It also puts the new Egyptian regime at odds with Israel, which insists on […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh Al-Asheikh has emphasized the need for utilizing modern information media including the Internet and FM radio stations to spread the message of Islam. “FM radios with shortwave have been found more effective in propagating Islam,” the minister said, […]
Israel will never embrace peace on its own; it will have to be forced on it If you stand on your head, the world around you is bound to look upside down. This is what Israel’s leaders have been doing all these years. And this is what Benjamin Netanyahu did […]
By Hani Hazaimeh AMMAN – The new electoral system will end individual competition for parliamentary elections as the candidates will be able to join the race as part of a list at the governorate or the Kingdom level, members of the National Dialogue Committee said on Wednesday. The committee also […]
Another woman died in Germany on Wednesday after being treated for infection with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria on Wednesday, as government minister warned the situation remained “threatening.” Consumer Affairs Minister Ilse Aigner and Health Minister Daniel Bahr called for everyone to take particular care with food […]
Germany can expect significantly more violent weather in the coming years due to climate change, according to a new study from the Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Potsdam. According to the report seen by the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper, severe storms will hit the country every ten years on […]
US president tells parliament that Europe and the US will not be eclipsed by booming eastern economies Barack Obama declared on Wednesday that the Anglo-American special relationship would provide “indispensable” leadership to the world and said it was wrong to think that the rise of China and India had undermined […]
LONDON May 25 (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague dismissed fears that Western nations were getting dragged into an Iraq-style conflict with their campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. France, Britain and the United States are leading the air strikes on Libya, which started in March after the U.N. […]
Power shortages a sensitive topic in war-battered nation * Free gasoil for generators that run for at least half day BAGHDAD May 25 (Reuters) – Iraq’s cabinet has agreed to provide free fuel to neighbourhood generators across the country on condition they supply at least 12 hours of electricity a […]
Sometimes it can seem as though complementary/alternative treatments and traditional medicine live in two silos — never the twain shall meet, as the saying goes. We go to the doctor when we’re sick or for regular wellness checks. And we go to the yoga studio or a meditation class. Yet […]
Israel’s Emergency Regulations Get Lease on Life At a time when the Arab regimes are suspending state-of-emergency laws in the face of popular protests, Israeli lawmakers have quietly voted to extend them another year into their seventh decade. A joint meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense committee and […]
Laiq Ahmed Atif & Hon. George Pullicino, Minister for Resources & Rural Affairs of Malta The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta has participated in the tree planting event on Sunday 22nd May at Selmun Family Park Mellieha. The Hon George Pullicino Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs attended the event; also the Prime Minister visited the […]
African migrants, captured and jailed by the rebels they were fighting in Libya’s Western Mountains, say they were tricked or coerced into the army of Moammar Gadhafi in the belief they faced an al-Qaeda invasion. In rare first-hand accounts from a group branded “mercenaries” by the rebels, five men from […]
CAIRO— Globe and Mail Update A Cairo court on Sunday imposed the first death sentence in the killing of protesters during the popular uprising that deposed President Hosni Mubarak, condemning a police officer who was tried in absentia. It was the first such sentence in over a dozen court cases involving […]
DNA tests come in a bottle these days. Bin Laden’s DNA was confirmed somewhere in Pakistan or on an aircraft carrier within hours after he was alledgedly shot. Now, also the DNA of IMF director Strauss Kahn is confirmed within days. Michael Ruppert, former FBI investigator, wrote what a world-class […]
Rfi Media reports quoting a source close to the inquiry, said on Monday that investigators found traces of semen from former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on the clothes of the hotel maid who has accused him of attempted rape. DNA was found on the shirt of the 32-year-old woman who […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Up to 12 million girls were aborted over the last three decades in India by parents that tended to be richer and more educated, a large study in India found, and researchers warned that the figure could rise with falling fertility rates. The missing daughters occurred mostly […]
China has apparently introduced new standards to reduce the number of criminals it executes. The Supreme People’s Court – the highest in China – has told lower courts to suspend death sentences for two years. Read More
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is reported to be in Beijing for a summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao. The secretive leader’s armoured train was spotted in the capital and later a heavily guarded motorcade sped through the city. Read More
BEIJING – The European Union (EU) will continue to be given top priority by Chinese exporters, but they are “much less confident” about selling products to developed customers such as North America, Japan and South Korea, according to a foreign trade report released on Tuesday. It concluded that the nation’s […]