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
Monday, 12 September 2011
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...
Sonia is much better: Rahul
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Google acquiring Motorola Mobility
Google Inc. said yesterday that it will pay $12.5 billion for cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., the biggest acquisition in the Internet search giant’s history and one designed to make it a more formidable competitor to Apple Inc. and its iPhone.
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Monday, 15 August 2011
Nation mourning Sheikh Mujib
The nation is observing the National Mourning Day, the 36th death anniversary of the country's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday laid a wreath on the grave of the architect of Bangladesh's independence at Tungipara in Gopalganj.
Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force, armed forces, Hasina's younger sister Sheikh Rehana...
Sunday, 14 August 2011
Palin visits Iowa fair, stokes 2012 speculation
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets visitors in the Cattle Barn, Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa
Sarah Palin stoked speculation anew Friday of a future presidential run, inserting herself into the 2012 conversation by visiting in Iowa during an important week in the GOP race — and just as Texas Gov. Rick Perry becomes a candidate.
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Ames Straw Poll: Is it All Hype and No Substance?
The Ames Straw Poll got underway in Iowa today, and CNN and the national media have turned their collective eyes toward what is being hailed as an important moment in politics. But is it really? Or is it a lot of well-publicized hype over nothing much?
The Ames Straw Poll has been billed as a bellwether of Republican political trend. However, the straw poll is taken in August each presidential election cycle and has as yet picked only one presidential winner since 1979 (George W. Bush) and only two candidates that were actually nominated for president...
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Scandals, economy take toll on Brazil's Rousseff
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has suffered the first major fall in her popularity, a poll showed on Wednesday, as she battles a rash of corruption scandals and a slowing economy.
Although her ratings remain relatively high, a sustained fall could undermine the 63-year-old career civil servant's ability to stay the course on economic austerity measures and make it harder to push reforms through an unruly Congress.
Rousseff's approval rating dropped 6 percentage points to 67 percent, while the number of those who disapproved more than doubled...
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
China launches first aircraft carrier on maiden sea trial
China's first aircraft carrier held its sea trial on Wednesday, a step likely to stoke patriotic pride at home and jitters abroad about Beijing's naval...
Comcast Launches $10 Internet Access for Low-Income Families
Cable and Internet provider Comcast is launching a new program to offer discounted Internet service and computers to low-income families. The program, called Internet Essentials, will "provide low-cost access to the Internet and affordable computers as well as digital literacy training to families with children who are eligible to receive free lunches under the National School Lunch Program," according to the company's blog.[More from Mashable: Amnesty International’s Website Blocked in Saudi Arabia]
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Monday, 8 August 2011
Lady Gaga accused of copying
Lady Gaga on Friday was slapped with a lawsuit claiming her hit song "Judas" on the new album "Born This Way" was copied from a similar tune by a Chicago-based singer and songwriter.
Rebecca Francescatti, who filed the suit in US District Court...
US economy dealing blow to Obama's 2012 hopes
With every gloomy economic report, debt crisis and mood swing on Wall Street, US President Barack Obama's fight for re-election in 2012 gets a little...
Sunday, 7 August 2011
'Curiosity' premieres today with Hawking 'God' episode
Sometimes the medium really is the message.
"Did God Create the Universe?" is the premiere episode at 8 p.m. today of the new Discovery series "Curiosity," which will also air on TLC and Animal Planet, and there is something hopeful about that. Even in these jaded times, God manages to trump sex, aliens, evil and the panoply of other tantalizing topics that will be explored in future episodes, while, in the world of Discovery anyway, Stephen Hawking, who's featured in the episode, remains a bigger name than Robin Williams, Samuel Jackson, Maggie...
