It's not just dictators. Governments around the world, many of them popularly elected, have tried for years to control the Internet and social media,...
Friday, 16 September 2011
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India probes transfusions after 23 kids get HIV
At least 23 children who received blood transfusions have tested positive for HIV, Indian officials said on Monday as authorities launched an investigation into a government hospital.
The infected children, aged between five to 10 years, suffer from thalassaemia, a rare genetic disorder that requires regular transfusions. Parents said their children received fresh blood at a public hospital in Junagadh ...
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Requirements in Dress
The First Requirement: Extent of CoveringThe dress must cover the whole body except the areas specifically exempted. The Qur’an states:“Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do. And say to the believing women that they should lower their...
UK to tackle social problems after riots
Britain needs to tackle deep-seated social problems following riots and looting in English cities this week, the centre-right govt said, and a US street crime expert it has brought in said arrests alone would not solve the problem.
“There are communities that have just been left behind by the rest of the country. There are communities that are cut-off from the economic life-blood of the rest of the country,” Finance Minister George Osborne said. Prime Minister David Cameron, criticised by some in his Conservative party as being too liberal...
