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18 Mar, 2013
Gulf’s Largest Heritage Project Underway in Sharjah
A compilation of progressive, positive, inspiring and motivating events and developments in the world of Islam for the week ending 18 March 2013 (06 Jumaada al-Awwal 1434). Pls click on any of the headlines belo to go to the story.
more…18 Mar, 2013
Xinhua Commentary: “Chinese dream” carries global significance
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) — The annual session of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) concluded Sunday with a promise of “Chinese dream” for the country’s 1.3 billion people. The catchword has drawn global attention because it is of great significance to the whole world. The “Chinese dream,” put forth by Chinese President Xi Jinping, is […]
more…18 Mar, 2013
Ten years on, Iraq still grapples with war’s legacy – The Hindu
It’s been more than six years since a bomb ripped away the eyes from Shams Karim, killed her mother and left the little girl, now seven, blind and disfigured for life. Psychiatric drugs help control her outbursts of crying and screaming. Throughout Iraq, there are tens of thousands of victims like her whose lives are […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
China Passes the Torch to a New Generation of Leaders
Beijing, March 15, 2013 – A handshake signaled the passing of the baton and start of a new era for the world’s most populous country. The people of China saw their new head of state elected on Thursday, carrying the dreams and aspirations of about 20 percent of the world’s population on his shoulders. President […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
Sock Culture Museum unveiled in Fangshan
2013-03-14 – A unique Sock Culture Museum was unveiled on March 13 in Yancun county, Fangshan district, Beijing. The museum is 3,200 square meters and boasts a collection of over 1,000 items, including exhibits on domestic sock culture, history, literature, machinery and of course real socks. A unique Sock Culture Museum was unveiled on March […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
US claims about China cyberthreat a ‘ruse’ to boost budgets
Beijing, 2013-03-15 – The Pentagon is seeking support from mass media and public opinion to avoid a budget cut in US cyberforces, and resorting to cyberthreats as a “cover” to actually boost investment in the sector, experts said in Beijng. US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that Washington will engage in more “tough talk” […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
China facing energy security threat: experts
Beijing, March 14, 2013 – Increasing dependence on oil imports is causing a threat to China’s energy security, and China may top the US to become the world’s largest importer of oil in the next five years, experts said Wednesday. “Considering the current growth in oil consumption, that day (China overtaking the US in oil […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
Remaking economy tops agenda for China’s new leadership
BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) — As China’s new leaders take the helm this week, they will inherit a job as challenging as it is enviable. They will steer an economy that is the world’s second largest and that has grown at a rate craved by most developed nations. It has neither the deep-running debt woes […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
US drone attacks a failure, creating more problems – Pakistani Scholars
WASHINGTON, March 15: The United States drone paradigm is not working as aerial operations in pursuit of elusive al-Qaeda are fueling militancy and adding to the woes of marginalized tribal societies, scholar Akbar S Ahmed told a Washington think tank. Dr Ahmed was speaking at the launch of his latest book at the Brookings Institution, […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
Asia Times Online : Europe’s odd policy in Palestine
Only a few international law experts would defend Israel’s fervent settlement constructions on occupied Palestinian land. Yet there has been little interest from Western powers to pressure Israel to cease its illegal activities. Without US and European funding it would have been nearly impossible for Israel to build settlements and transfer more half a million […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
UK Military Personnel at Increased Risk of Violent Offending – King’s College Research
London, (King’s College London Media release) Posted on 15/03/2013 – Men who have served in the UK Armed Forces are more likely to commit a violent offence during their lifetime than their civilian counterparts, according to new research by King’s Centre for Military Health Research at King’s College London. The study was published today in a […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
Iraq war damaged Britain, says new poll – The Independent
More than half the British public believes involvement in the Iraq war damaged the country’s reputation around the world, a new poll reveals today. On the 10th anniversary of the invasion, the survey by King’s College London (KCL) and Ipsos Mori shows opposition to UK involvement is the majority view. But most people still think […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
Days before Obama visit, NYT publishes pro-Palestinian manifesto | Haaretz
Days before U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel, the New York Times magazine has published an unusually pro-Palestinian cover story entitled “If There is a Third Intifada, We Want to be the Ones who Started It.” The 7,000-word article, written by author and freelance journalist Ben Ehrenreich, depicts the struggle of the Tamimi family […]
more…17 Mar, 2013
America Can Never Live Without War: Chidanand Rajghatta’s blog – Times Of India
President Obama ended the Iraq War and is now winding down a more justifiable war in Afghanistan that was aimed at eliminating terrorists and flushing out toxic fundamentalists whose nihilistic credo is to destroy modernism. It’s an unfinished job, but the US has no appetite for war, for now, although there are warmongers in Washington […]
more…16 Mar, 2013
China launches new state-owned railway corporation
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) — The Chinese government has approved the establishment of the China Railway Corporation to perform the business functions of the defunct Ministry of Railways (MOR) as part of the country’s cabinet restructuring plan. The planned corporation, with a registered capital of 1.04 trillion yuan (165.73 billion U.S. dollars), will be a […]
more…15 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: “Rise of South” Shifting Global Power Balance – 2013 Human Development Report
Mexico City, 14 March 2013 (UNDP Media release) — The rise of the South is radically reshaping the world of the 21st century, with developing nations driving economic growth, lifting hundreds of millions of people from poverty, and propelling billions more into a new global middle class, says the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) 2013 Human […]
more…15 Mar, 2013
Emerging Economies Moving from ‘Takers’ to ‘Shapers and Makers’ in New Geopolitical Landscape: WTO Chief
14 March 2013 – Global value chains now span South-South lines and emerging developing countries are active in writing international trade rules rather than simply taking what they are given, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said in an address at Bigli University, Istanbul, on 14 March 2013. Here is the full text of his speech: It […]
more…15 Mar, 2013
U.S. Federal employees plan anti-sequestration nationwide rallies March 20
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Federal employees are planning to hold about 100 rallies across the country on March 20 protesting sequestration, as part of a mass demonstration organized by the American Federation of Government Employees. The events will take place outside federal agencies and lawmakers’ offices to highlight the valuable work performed by […]
more…14 Mar, 2013
BLACKOUT: Networks Ignore Report Finding Massive Waste In Iraq Reconstruction | Media Matters for America
Broadcast and cable news networks have largely ignored a new report which concluded that the United States’ rebuilding efforts in Iraq squandered billions of dollars due to widespread fraud, abuse, and waste. Last week, Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, released a report concluding that of the $60 billion the U.S. has […]
more…14 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: U.S. Report Reveals “Countless Details” of Rebuilding Iraq at US$15 mln a day
A final report on the rebuilding of Iraq following the March 2003 U.S./U.K.-led attack issued by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) has unveiled “countless details” about the mess that resulted, costing U.S. taxpayers an average of US$15 million a day. Released just before the 10th anniversary of the attack on 20 […]
more…14 Mar, 2013
The Impact of the Bradley Manning Case – NYTimes.com
LAST month Pfc. Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to several offenses related to leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks in 2010, a plea that could land him in jail for 20 years. But Private Manning still faces trial on the most serious charges, including the potential capital offense of “aiding the enemy” — though […]
more…14 Mar, 2013
China: Quantitative Easing Policies Like “Quenching Thirst with Poison”
Beijing, March 13, 2013 – China won’t engage in any “currency wars” by depreciating the value of the yuan through monetary easing policies to shore up the economy, as some major economies have done, said a former deputy central bank governor on Tuesday. “The yuan will continue to fluctuate in both directions as the central […]
more…14 Mar, 2013
Global Times, China: Long live The Kingdom of Bicycles!
Illustration: Peter C. Espina/GT Beijing, Global Times, 2013-3-12 – Spring is always an ideal season for cycling. But for me, there is no fun in cycling in Beijing anymore. It’s a dangerous pastime – as I learned to my cost. As a keen cyclist who has lived in Beijing on and off since 1990, I […]
more…14 Mar, 2013
“Creative Australia” Launched, National Cultural Policy with A$235 Funding Support
Canberra, 13 March 2013 (Minister for the Arts) – Creative Australia, the new national cultural policy, will create jobs and encourage a new generation of artists and creative industry business with sweeping reforms to Australian Government support for the arts, cultural heritage and creative industries. Arts Minister Simon Crean today launched Creative Australia, a $235 […]
more…13 Mar, 2013
Cast Your Vote: UN Survey Gives Global Public a Voice On Future Development Paths
United Nations, (UN News Centre) Mar 12 2013 — Citizens from all over the world can help shape the future global development agenda through their participation in the United Nations survey ‘My World’, which allows them to vote on issues they believe are priorities and should be addressed by world leaders. Launched this week, the […]
more…13 Mar, 2013
Australia to Cut Red Tape for Visitor Visas
Canberra, Minister of Immigration & Citizenship, 12 March 2013 – Visitor visas will be simplified and a new short stay activity visa will be rolled out this month as part of the Gillard Government’s commitment to cut red tape. The new visitor visa framework, subject to final approval of the legislation by the Governor-General, builds […]
more…13 Mar, 2013
Majority of British children will soon be in families ‘below the breadline’, Government warned – The Independent
The majority of British children will soon be growing up in families which are struggling “below the breadline” because of welfare cuts, tax rises and wage freezes, the Government is warned today. Within two years, almost 7.1m of the nation’s 13m youngsters will be in homes with incomes judged to be less than the minimum […]
more…13 Mar, 2013
China “will not copy Western political systems”
BEIJING (Xinhua) 2013-03-12, – The newly-elected leader of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) pledged Tuesday that China will not copy Western political systems under any circumstances. “We need to steadfastly uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), adhere to and improve the system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation under […]
more…13 Mar, 2013
PressTV – Australia, Mossad base for espionage
No public official would dare go near the ‘IE’ word… Israeli Espionage in Australia. Why not? It’s because they have been complicit in Israeli spying inside their own country for decades. That’s why. They have been letting Israeli Intel recruit Aussies, both to recruit other spies amongst the many foreigners living there, but also to […]
more…12 Mar, 2013
If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You? – Truthdig
Go offshore young man and avoid paying taxes. Plunder at will in those foreign lands, and if you get in trouble, Uncle Sam will come rushing to your assistance, diplomatically, financially and militarily, even if you have managed to avoid paying for those government services. Just pretend you’re a multinational corporation. That’s the honest instruction […]
more…12 Mar, 2013
New U.S. Middle East Envoy says Time For Two-State Solution Is Now
TEL AVIV, Israel, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert H. Serry, told nearly 200 audience members at Tel Aviv University today that if the peace process does not happen in the next few months, it would be the end of the two-state solution. Not […]
more…12 Mar, 2013
New App to Help Consumers Choose Fish That’s Not Endangered
12 March 2013, Rome – You want to know more about the fish you are eating or going to buy? Is it maybe an endangered species? AppliFish will tell you. This free mobile application developed by the fisheries and biodiversity knowledge platform i-Marine makes aquatic-related information available to anyone, anytime, anywhere. While human consumption of […]
more…12 Mar, 2013
Business travel by air falls amid China’s frugality campaign
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) — Sales of first and business class flights have dropped as China’s frugality campaign gathers pace beyond high-end dining, according to the country’s civil aviation authorities. Since December, the number of business travelers on first and business class trips fell by about 10 percent compared with the same period a year […]
more…12 Mar, 2013
The Fall of the House of Europe : Pepe Escobar – Asia Times Online
A detailed case can be made that the financial Masters of the Universe used the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to turbo-charge the political disintegration of the EU via a tsunami of salary cuts, job precariousness for the young, the flattening of pensions and hardcore privatization of everything. No wonder roughly 75% of Italians […]
more…11 Mar, 2013
Brokers of Deceit; Pathways to Peace | Foreign Affairs
In Khalidi’s view, the limits of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process were established in 1978, when Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin laid down markers for the Camp David negotiations. Ever since then, the United States, although occasionally tempted to stray from these rules, has carefully adhered to them and sometimes argued for them even more strenuously […]
more…11 Mar, 2013
Europeans Dominate Visitor Arrivals to Palestine in 2012
A compilation of progressive, positive, inspiring and motivating events and developments in the world of Islam for the week ending 11 March 2013 (28 Rabee’ al-Thaani 1434). Pls click on any of the headlines below to go to the story.
more…10 Mar, 2013
Living With Less. A Lot Less. – NYTimes.com
My success and the things it bought quickly changed from novel to normal. Soon I was numb to it all. The new Nokia phone didn’t excite me or satisfy me. It didn’t take long before I started to wonder why my theoretically upgraded life didn’t feel any better and why I felt more anxious than […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
India Moves to boost Transparency in Clearing Hotel Projects
New Delhi, Ministry of Tourism, 10-March, 2013 – Union Tourism Minister Mr K Chiranjeevi today announced a major initiative to bring in transparency in granting approvals for hotel projects and classification status to functioning hotels. Presently, the hotel promoters and owners seek approval from the Ministry of Tourism for their projects and classification from one […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
Japan Outbound Up 8.8%, Inbound Up 34.6% in 2012
TOKYO (JATA Press release) – According to the estimate of outbound Japanese travel released on January 25 by the Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO), the number of outbound Japanese travelers in December was 1.43 million, a decline of 2.2% year on year. This was the fourth month of continuous decline since September 2012 on a […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
“Tourism is Key to Resolving Japan’s challenges”, JATA Management Forum told
TOKYO, 7 March 2013 (JATA Press Release) — The Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) held the 21st “JATA Management Forum 2013” at Royal Park Hotel in Nihonbashi- Kakigara-cho, Tokyo, on February 26, 2013. The overall theme of the forum was “Growing Stronger with a Global Vision! Creating New Value”. Society has been changing rapidly […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
PressTV – UK journalists worked as spies for MI6: Investigation
Several high-profile British journalists have collaborated with Britain’s secret intelligence agency MI6 during the Cold War, a new investigation shows. According to a BBC Radio 4’s Document programme called “The ‘secret agents’ of the UK press”, reports by a Soviet newspaper 45 years ago of “leaked” MI6 documents revealing the agency’s links with leading British […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
‘Israelis love the peace process, but achieving peace is not their goal’ — RT Op-Edge
The majority of Israelis are in love with the process, not with the peace. They are talking a lot about peace but doing nothing, nothing in order to achieve it. They are fascinated with dialogue, with photo op, with talking, with negotiations as to say this is the goal. But it is the tool, not […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
Canadian traditional Chinese medicine school seeks university status
VANCOUVER, March 8 (Xinhua) — Following six years of preparations, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) school in the Canadian province of British Columbia has applied to local educational authorities to become the first institute in the country to offer a TCM curriculum at the university-degree level. PCU College of Holistic Medicine in Burnaby, a Vancouver […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
China Bids to Control Burgeoning Size of Megacities
BEIJING, (Xinhua) 2013-03-09 — Grey smog returned to Beijing again over the past two days and forced residents to wear masks outdoors. Polluting weather has hit the Chinese capital frequently since the beginning of the year. A key factor leading to the smog is exhaust from vehicles. About 5.2 million vehicles are running on the […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
Malaysia’s AirAsia gets Indian Govt Approval for Name of New JV: AirAsia India
New Delhi, Mar 10 2013 (Press Trust of India) – Gearing up to launch services in India in partnership with Tatas, Malaysia-based low-cost airline AirAsia has got the Ministry of Corporate Affairs approval for the the name of its Indian venture that is to be called AirAsia (India) Private Ltd. The name of the new […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
China Successful Women in ‘Double Bind’
March 08, 2013 – Chinese women have taken great strides, but many young women still find themselves caught in a dilemma. Growing up in an era of rapid economic and social development, they are more aware of gender issues than their mothers, so they feel more pressured in the traditional patriarchal society. As an only […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
Credit card nation: Till debt do US apart by Chidanand Rajghatta – The Times Of India
There are nearly 200 million credit card holders in the United States, according to data from the Census Bureau, which means more than 60 per cent of the population is “plastic-ky” or “pla-sticky”. Then there are debit cards, prepaid cards, and other assorted synthetic instruments. The average American credit cardholder has 3.5 credit cards, with […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
After Shah Rukh Khan, Irrfan Khan ‘humiliated’ at US airport – Indian Express
The actor, who is currently starring in Tigmanshu Dhulia’s ‘Sahib, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns’, says he is tired of facing this everytime he travels to the US. “The policemen with big guns just take you to a room and ask you to sit. They don’t allow you to speak to anybody, nor use cellphones. And […]
more…10 Mar, 2013
Unilever CEO: Companies Need to Rebuild Citizens’ Trust
We remain convinced that businesses that both address the direct concerns of citizens and the needs of the environment will prosper over the long term. Companies need to show leadership to rebuild citizens’ trust – currently at an all time low. This thinking lies at the heart of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan USLP and […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: Survey On U.S. Employers’ Response to Shifting Health Care Landscape
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– March 07, 2013 – Employers remain committed to providing active employee health care benefits in the near future, according to findings from the annual Towers Watson/National Business Group on Health (NBGH) Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care, but are responding to changes influenced in part by health care reform with […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
Sequestration: U.S. Security Personnel Fret About Their Job Security
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– March 07, 2013 – The FBI Intelligence Analysts Association (FBI IAA) calls on the nation’s leaders to work together to end sequestration. If it continues and furloughs go into effect, the FBI and other national security and law enforcement agencies will be hindered from protecting the American people. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
Canadian CAs’ Optimism Dips In Wake of Concerns Over U.S. Economy
TORONTO, March 8, 2013 /CNW/ – Optimism about the national economy is down among Canada’s executive chartered accountants for the second straight quarter, according to the latest CICA Business Monitor (Q1 2013). Only 26 per cent of those surveyed in the first quarter of 2013 are optimistic about how the Canadian economy will perform over […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
India Lists Funding Efforts to Attract Its Overseas Scientists Back
Ministry of Science & Technology, 07-March, 2013 – The Ministry of Science and Technology is implementing several initiatives, including fellowships, to attract Indian scientists who have settled in various parts of the world for pursuing scientific research in India in their respective field of expertise as well as in home country research programs. Details are […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
India Launches Its Own National Internet Registry
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, 07-March, 2013 – Mr Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology launched the portal of National Internet Registry (NIR) here today. Speaking on the occasion Mr Sibal pointed out that unless this platform is inclusive, we will not be able to empower the people. He underlined that […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: TripAdvisor Report Projects Rise in Traveller Spending, Accommodation Profitability
NEWTON, Mass., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — TripAdvisor®, which claims to be the world’s largest travel site*, today announces the results of the world’s largest accommodation and traveler survey¹ – the TripBarometer by TripAdvisor. This study, conducted on behalf of TripAdvisor by independent research firm StrategyOne, a division of Edelman Berland , will be biannual and […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
WHO Fact Sheet: Violence Against Women – Worse Than Terrorism?
International Women’s Day commemoration March 8. World Health Organisation Fact sheet N°239 November 2012 Key facts: Violence against women – particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women – are major public health problems and violations of women’s human rights. A WHO multi-country study found that between 15–71% of women aged 15- 49 years […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: The Art Market 2012 – a Dialogue between East and West
SAINT-ROMAIN AU MONT, FRANCE, Mar 7, 2013 – (ACN Newswire) – For this study of the global art market in 2012, Artprice has formed an alliance with Artron, a leading information service on the art market in China within the Greater Asia region, in order to provide the best possible overview of the art auction […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: UNCTAD Report on Impact of Israeli occupation on Palestinian Economy
Rome, 08 March 2013 (UNCTAD media release) – The United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian Peopletook place at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome on 27 and 28 February 2013. It was organized by the United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights. Mahmoud Elkhafif, Coordinator of UNCTAD’s Assistance to […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
Xinhua Insight: Doubling income is easy, narrowing regional gap is anything but
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) — Legislators attending an ongoing annual legislative session are discussing one of China’s greatest challenges: narrowing the country’s wealth gap. In the eyes of legislators from underdeveloped regions, doubling the average income is easy, but narrowing the yawning wealth disparity is anything but. Xia Qingfeng, mayor of the city of Tongren […]
more…9 Mar, 2013
Late Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar Conferred India’s Inaugural Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony
Ministry of Culture, 07-March, 2013 – Indian President Mr Pranab Mukherjee here today conferred the first ever Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, 2012 on Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar at Rashtrapati Bhawan in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Cultural Harmony and Universal Values. Since Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away on 11th December, 2012, the […]
more…8 Mar, 2013
How the Economic Slump is Affecting U.S. Small Businesses
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– March 04, 2013 – U.S. small business employment increased slightly in February, with employees earning more money and working more hours. Small business revenues continue to drop, with the retail industry seeing the largest decline. Those are among the findings of the monthly Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) Small Business Employment and […]
more…8 Mar, 2013
Landgrabs Sending Many Myanmar Villagers From the Frying Pan Into the Fire, Reports Show
Bangkok – As investors rush into Myanmar, human rights and ethnic groups are stepping up warnings that rampant landgrabs, social injustice and a rule-of-law vacuum are pushing the country from the frying pan into the fire. Whereas in the past, only military dictators were the problem, they have been joined by business conglomerates and local […]
more…8 Mar, 2013
Older workers – Europe cannot assess if programmes actually help, say EU Auditors
Luxembourg, 5 March 2013 (European Court Of Auditors Press Release) – Increasing the employment rate of older workers is part of the EU’s strategic goals. But a new report by the European Court of Auditors has found that neither the Member States nor the Commission are in a position to establish how many older workers […]
more…8 Mar, 2013
A Look at U.S. Public Opinion on Drones | Pew Research Center
Drone strikes against terrorists abroad are supported by a majority of Americans but they draw widespread opposition in most other countries surveyed. A Pew Research Center survey conducted Feb. 7-10, 56% of Americans said they approved of the U.S. conducting missile strikes from drones “to target extremists in countries such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.” […]
more…8 Mar, 2013
Indian River Clean-up Plans Showing Mixed Results
Ministry of Environment and Forests, 05-March, 2013 – Ganga Action Plan (GAP) is being implemented since 1985 for undertaking pollution abatement activities in the identified polluted stretches of river Ganga through implementation of works like interception and diversion of sewage, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low cost sanitation works, crematoria work etc. Total Sewage […]
more…8 Mar, 2013
The Worst Mistake in U.S. History — America Will Never Recover from Bush’s Great Foreign Policy Disaster | Alternet
Having noted the ease with which a numbed American public patriotically looked the other way while our wars followed their particular paths to hell, our leaders no longer blink at the thought of sending American drones and special operations forces ever farther afield, most notably ever deeper into Africa, creating from the ashes of Iraq […]
more…8 Mar, 2013
UK Universities ignoring binge drinking culture – The Independent
UK Universities are failing in their duty of care to undergraduates by ignoring the binge drinking culture and failing to help young people settle into student life, according to head teachers. A survey of school leaders at both private and state schools revealed almost universal concern over the level of pastoral support on offer at […]
more…8 Mar, 2013
Israel denies entry to pro-Palestinian American Jew | Haaretz
A Jewish-American pro-Palestinian activist who is married to an Israeli woman was not allowed to enter the country with his pregnant wife. An Israeli court rejected his petition to cancel the order against his entry Tuesday, and he is expected to be put on a plane back to the United States Wednesday night. Adam Shapiro, […]
more…7 Mar, 2013
Int’l Women’s Day Poll: How do Travel & Tourism Ads Portray Women?
Bangkok — The world marks International Women’s Day on March 8. In the Asia-Pacific, commemoration of International Women’s Day will be dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. A statement by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific says, “Globally, up to seven in ten women will be beaten, raped, […]
more…7 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: Indian Well Being and Female Security Indices
Mumbai, March 5, 2013: Tata Strategic Management Group, the largest Indian-owned management consulting firm, today published the 2013 edition of Well Being Index (WBI) and Female Security Index (FSI) for India. Two clusters: Punjab, Delhi, HP, Haryana, and Kerala, TN, AP were ranked at the top of the WBI while Chhattisgarh, Assam, Jharkhand and Bihar […]
more…7 Mar, 2013
Chinese Project 15% Growth in Investments Abroad in 2013
Beijing, 2013-03-06 – China’s outbound investment is expected to grow by 15 percent this year, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the National Development and Reform Commission. The nation’s top economic planning agency said China will “adopt a more proactive opening-up policy this year”. China’s outbound direct investment in the non-financial sector, which […]
more…7 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: Report warns of rampant elephant poaching, illegal ivory trade
Bangkok, 6 March 2013— Populations of elephants in Africa continue to be under severe threat as the illegal trade in ivory grows – with double the numbers of elephants killed and triple the amounts of ivory seized, over the last decade. According to a new report entitled “Elephants in the Dust – The African Elephant […]
more…7 Mar, 2013
Australian diplomats broke rules on Zygier as case was flicked to ASIO
Fairfax Media understands that ASIO and Mossad had a deal not to use each other’s nationals as spies but that the Israelis broke the agreement by recruiting Mr Zygier and at least two other dual citizens. Relations had also plummeted because of Israel’s use of forged Australian passports in the assassination in Dubai of Hamas […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
Obama and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: It’s Time to Act | Inter Press Service
As President Barack Obama travels to Israel and Palestine in the spring, Washington’s unconditional backing of Israel could soon begin to harm U.S. interests and security in Arab Muslim countries. Recent Pew and Gallup polls show animosity toward the U.S. in many Muslim countries has deepened since he took office with most respondents citing U.S. […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
Eurobarometer Survey: People Still Travelling But 88% Stayed Within the EU
Brussels, 6 March 2013, European Commission Press release – The tourism sector is one of the few sectors that have continued to grow and create jobs, despite the crisis. Seven out of ten Europeans travelled in 2012 (the same proportion as in 2011). And of EU holiday makers, as many as 88% spent their vacations […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
Study: Adults With Learning Disabilities Must be Listened to on Abuse
CARDIFF, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Society must be better at listening, believing and doing something when people with learning disabilities say they’ve been abused. That is the message to come out of a unique piece of research undertaken by adults with learning disabilities. Launched today, 6th March, by the Unit for Development in Intellectual […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
Australian Green Light for Environmentally-strict Island Tourism Project
Canberra, 05 March 2013 (Ministry of Tourism) – In a significant boost for investment in Australian tourism, the Federal Government has given the green light to Queensland’s Great Keppel Island’s redevelopment project that will see it feature the first ‘Green Globe certified’ tourist resort in the Great Barrier Reef. The island will feature a beachfront […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
U.S. Fed Refuses To Protect Consumers & Merchants From Banks’ 500% Mark Up On Debit Card Swipe Fees
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 05, 2013 – The Federal Reserve refused today to protect consumers and merchants from a 500 percent mark-up levied by banks and credit card companies every time someone swipes a debit card. The fees directly impact the cost of consumer prices and merchants’ ability to hire employees and keep their doors open. A […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
China Loans US$200 mln for Railway Project in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, March 4 (Xinhua) — China’s Exim Bank has agreed to lend Sri Lanka 200 million U.S. dollars to finance a railway project, the Finance Ministry said in a statement here on Monday. The loan will be given to the Sri Lankan government under a Preferential Buyer’s Credit facility to finance the Matara- Beliatta Section […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: ADB Anti-corruption Report Lists Private Sector’s Heinous Creativity
MANILA, 4 March 2013 – Private companies, which regularly rail against public sector corruption and fraud, are themselves resorting to the same dirty tricks in attempts to access the millions of dollars worth of loans and grants disseminated annually by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), an official bank report shows. The Annual Report released on […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
Watching the Watchers: Israeli Espionage in U.S.
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 05, 2013 – On March 21, 2012 U.S. prosecutors played FBI surveillance video in court of former NASA employee Stewart Nozette agreeing to sell U.S. government secrets to Israel. Nozette was then sentenced to thirteen years in prison. The FBI surveillance video, obtained by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep) under […]
more…6 Mar, 2013
Toyota Launches ‘Toyota i-Road’ Personal Mobility Concept at Geneva Motor Show
Toyota City, Japan, Mar 4, 2013 – (JCN Newswire) – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has unveiled the “Toyota i-Road” personal mobility concept at the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show(1) now under way in Geneva until March 17. The concept, a three-wheeler with motorcycle-like maneuverability, is ideally suited for short-distance urban travel and was designed to […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
China’s Home-Grown C919 Jumbo Jet Plans Global Takeoff in 2014
Beijing, March 04, 2013 – China’s C919 jumbo jet is expected to begin its maiden flight in 2014, said Wu Guanghui, vice president of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and chief designer of the C919. Wu, also the member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said this on Monday. “This is China’s first […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
Chinese Upset by Behaviour of Some Of Their Fellow Travellers Abroad
March 04, 2013 – A February 22 post on Weibo shed some unkind light on the image of the “ugly Chinese” recently. Wen Fei, a Chinese woman working in Paris, posted a description of her encounter with some behaviors that give a bad name to Chinese overseas travelers. The incident took place on an Air […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
Booz Allen Awarded US$11 billion U.S. Homeland Security Contracts
MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– February 28, 2013 — Booz Allen Hamilton today announced it was awarded two, five-year contracts under the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Technical, Acquisition and Business Support Services (TABSS) $11 billion multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract vehicle. The wins, awarded on November 30, 2012 and February 15, 2013, are to support […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
FREE Download: McKinsey Institute Report on Financial Globalization: Retreat or Reset?
March 2013 (McKinsey Global Institute) – For three decades, the globalization of finance appeared to be an unstoppable trend: as the world economy became more tightly integrated, new technology and access to new markets propelled cross-border capital flows to unprecedented heights. But the financial crisis brought that era of rapid growth to a halt. Drawing […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
Popular Resistance: Rethinking South Africa by Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh
We were given tours of places like the Apartheid Museum, the Voortrekker monument, the Freedom Park, the Diepsoot Township/settlement, and Mandela’s house. At the Apartheid Museum we were painfully reminded of all the suffering and indignity of the era. The killings, economic injustice, and human rights violations were then rampant as they are today in […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
Imtiaz Muqbil’s Columns in Lookeast Magazine
Travel Impact Newswire Executive Editor Imtiaz Muqbil writes two columns a month in Lookeast magazine, one of Thailand’s leading consumer travel publications. Here are some of the recent columns: Thammasat University – A Must-see Destination Russian Visitors To Thailand: Women Outnumber Men The Next Big Thing: Northeast Thailand China is Now Dominant Force in Thai […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
Wild and Precious’ Plants and Animals in Focus at CITES Photo Exhibition in Bangkok
Bangkok, 03 March 2013 – Vibrantly-coloured snakes, predatory sharks, and delicate orchids are among the flora and fauna featured in a new international photography exhibition and publication launched today to mark the 40th anniversary of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the 16th Meeting of the […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
Silk Road Journeys: Uzbeks Target Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia
BANGKOK – A 12-member tourism delegation from Uzbekistan visited Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore last week in a bid to raise the profile of the Silk Road country and boost travel between Southeast Asia and Central Asia. It was the second roadshow in as many years. Last year, the delegation visited Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. This […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
Indian VP Releases “Excreta Does Matter” Report, Calls Waste Water “A Ticking Health Bomb”
Vice President’s Secretariat 04-March, 2013 – The Vice President of India, Prof Dr M. Hamid Ansari has said that India must work towards conserving water to minimize the generation of waste water. Addressing at the “Second Anil Agrawal Dialogue on ‘Excreta does Matter” organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) here today, he […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
China’s WTO Rep Warns of Increased Trade Friction with Europe, US
BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) — China should be mindful of increased trade frictions with European countries and the United States, the Chinese representative to World Trade Organization (WTO) warned on Monday. “China must remain alert to the intensity, measures and involved industrial sectors concerning trade restrictions on China,” said Yi Xiaozhun, permanent representative of China […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
US is the Don Corleone of International Politics — RT Op-Ed
The US corporate over-world has always worked closely with the CIA, the State Department and the Pentagon promoting the overthrow – known as “regime change in rogue states” – of governments that do not automatically align to US interests; or, better said, of governments that do not automatically align with the interests of the supra-national […]
more…5 Mar, 2013
Sequestering American Exceptionalism: Asia Times Online
The United States is moving against the tide of history in attempting to maintain its self-appointed world policeman role. The development of international institutions and law are more than a century in the making and will no doubt require another century to secure. But the “American Century” is most certainly coming to an end. The […]
more…4 Mar, 2013
European Commission launches Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
Brussels, 4 March 2013, European Commission, Press release – Commission President José Manuel Barroso today called on Europe’s digital businesses, governments, training and education sectors to join a Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to address up to 900,000 job vacancies expected to exist in Europe in Information and Communication technologies (ICT) by 2015. Despite the […]
more…4 Mar, 2013
U.S. Housewares Company Forecasts Kitchen Trends For 2013
ROSEMONT, Ill., March 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — World Kitchen, which claims to be America’s leading housewares company, forecasts kitchen and dinner table trends as the 2013 International Home and Housewares Show commences today in Chicago. Highlighting style and functionality, the family of World Kitchen brands delivers on-trend solutions to consumers this year. “A new year […]
more…4 Mar, 2013
Qatar-Oman Joint Tourist Visa for 33 Countries
A compilation of progressive, positive, inspiring and motivating events and developments in the world of Islam for the week ending 04 March 2013 (21 Rabee’ al-Thaani 1434). Pls click on any of the headlines below to go to the story.
more…4 Mar, 2013
Open Letter by Civil Liberties Group to Indian PM on Hyderabad Blast
So, Mr. Prime Minister, people of this country are wondering as to why the investigative agencies are fighting and competing with each other to investigate the Hyderabad blasts? Why the Hyderabad police are not allowing NIA to investigate the case? The Hyderabad police have already failed in solving the Makkah Masjid bomb blast and twin […]
more…3 Mar, 2013
Oxfam Survey Slags Big Brand Food Multinationals for Exploiting Land, Labour
London, 26 Feb 2013 (Oxfam Press releases) – The “Big 10” food and beverage companies – that together make $1 billion-a-day – are failing millions of people in developing countries who supply land, labor, water and commodities needed to make their products. Behind the Brands – part of Oxfam’s GROW campaign to fix the broken […]
more…3 Mar, 2013
Bradley Manning’s Full Statement: My Goal was to Spark Domestic Debate on Iraq war
I believe that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information contained within the CIDNE-I and CIDNE-A tables this could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general as [missed word] as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan. I also believed the […]
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