• West Asia

    Islam’s view on Obama’s reelection

    Back to the school of Sultan Obama! In the summer of 2009, many Egyptians admired the US president Barrack Obama’s visit to the Sultan Hassan Mosque in his way to Cairo University for delivering his important speech to Islamic World. For many, Obama was considered – at the very beginning…

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  • Arab-Asia relations should be peaceful to share common factors of both regions

    It is interesting to note that there are clear indications which show that the West is not fully aware of the realities of our life as Arabs and Muslims. This is seen in the appearance of such terms as conflict of civilizations and clash of civilizations over a number of…

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  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Islamist party fights street battle

    Dhaka–With  their  nine  top leaders  facing  trial  for  crime  committed during 1971,  leaving  their party office  under virtual siege for  last 18 months  and  about 18,000 party leaders and workers  in  prison facing  almost 16,000  cases  filed  during the present regime, Bangladesh  Jamaat-e-Islam  have  finally  decided  to fight  back alone…

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  • East Asia

    We present Mme President!

    Rep. Park Geun-hye couldn’t sleep. When Park, who turned 61 this year, looked up at the clock on the wall, it was one minute past midnight. She smiled at herself, thinking that she had been the 18thpresident of the Republic of Korea for an hour or so. Two hours before,…

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  • Huge hole in safety

    Nuclear plant operation cannot go on like now The recent news about prolonged, widespread use of substandard parts in atomic power plants here brings two questions to mind. First, which of the two cases would have been more perilous: whether the plant operators have committed such horrifying irregularities wittingly or…

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  • South East Asia

    [Indonesia Report] Rafflesia Patma, a giant flower, blooms at Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia

    One of Indonesian unique flower, Rafflesia Patma, recently blooms in Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia. Rafflesia Patma is a member of the genus Rafflesia that is known as the largest individual flower in the world. Rafflesia is an endemic plant that occurs only in Sumatra Rainforest, Indonesia. The blooming of…

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  • World

    Cutting my losses

    Don’t tell my supervisor but I’m calling in sick Wednesday. I heard the margin in Tuesday’s presidential election will be so tight there may not be a clear winner until the wee hours of the morning. This Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney smackdown is turning into the political olympics. I…

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  • Death with dignity

    Legal system needed to ensure peaceful deaths A committee under the president has decided to push ahead with a legal system allowing for the cessation of life support for terminally-ill patients in an effort to ensure peaceful and less painful deaths. The National Bioethics Committee held its second meeting for…

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  • South East Asia

    [Indonesia Report] Indonesian President in Vientiane, Laos, to attend ASEM Summit

    Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Vientiane, Laos Sunday (Nov.4) to attend the ASEMU Summit to be held on Nov. 5-6 on his way home from London he visited at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth. Indonesian Minister of Trade Gita Wirjawan who accompanied the President to London also arrived in…

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  • World

    Happiness Is equality

    LONDON ― The king of Bhutan wants to make us all happier. Governments, he says, should aim to maximize their people’s Gross National Happiness rather than their Gross National Product. Does this new emphasis on happiness represent a shift or just a passing fad? It is easy to see why…

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