BAGHDAD: Six years after the United States invaded Iraq, Americans and Iraqis for the first time have starkly different views about the country's future. Americans are ready to close the book on the war, but for Iraqis, the story is far from over.
As the war enters its seventh year this week...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration, in a sign of thawing ties with Iran, is likely soon to relax restrictions on contacts between U.S. diplomats and Iranian officials, said a source close to the matter.
But the source, who asked not to be named because a review of U.S. policy on Iran is not...
Friday, March 20, 2009
TORONTO: Canadian government has yet another time urged Indian government to find the peaceful solution to Kashmir issue saying, Not only should Indian government respect the human rights of Kashmiri but also it must be resolved according to the wishes of the people of...
Saturday, February 28, 2009
HRW criticizes scarf ban in Germany BERLIN: Laws banning female teachers from wearing the headscarf in parts of Germany violate the rights of Muslim women, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The ban, in force in half of the 16 German...
General
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The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
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Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car.
History
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If a statue of a person in the park on a horse...
Animals & Birds
.A snail can sleep for three years.
.All polar bears are left handed.
.Butterflies taste with their feet.
.It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
.Elephants are the only animals that can't...
CAIRO: A dozen Palestinian groups met under Egyptian auspices in Cairo on Thursday at the start of a long-awaited dialogue, which could reunite Palestinians after 18 months of schism between Gaza and the West Bank.
All parties said they hope the dialogue will lead to a new national unity...
1. Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
2. Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.
3.The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.
4.Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of
water to boil.
5.There are about one...
Vegetables are important protective food and are highly beneficial for health and prevention of diseases. But the juices extracted from the fresh raw vegetables are more benificial as they furnish all the cells and tissues of the body with the elements and nutritional enzymes which they require...