Book Review: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter, Simon & Schuster, New York (2006) No American president has probably touched the lives of so many outside in a positive way than Jimmy Carter – the 39th president. For the past three decades, since leaving the White House, he has been a resolute voice for human rights and democracy. It …

As we await what many hope will be the start, on July 15, of a renewed India-Pakistan peace process, or "Composite Dialogue" – derailed since the Mumbai attacks of November 2008 – I am reminded of two past conversations. The first occurred in 1999. In a meeting with a senior Pakistani official, the topic came around, as it usually did, …

  We would like to update the list of Presidential Award winners for Scientific Researchs for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.    Following two brothers also will be honored for their contribution towards scientific researches  in addition to Dr. Nazrin Marikkar, Br. M.M. Bahir, Dr. M.M.M. Najim, Dr. M.I.M. Mowjood. Prof. M.A.M. Sitheeque – Maruthamunai     Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, currently …

Voters in Teaneck have chosen the first Muslim mayor in the thickly Jewish populated Bergen County in New Jersey. According to reports, Mohammed Hameeduddin, who won a council seat two years ago, earned five out of seven votes at the annual reorganization of township government. Teaneck has 14 synagogues and lots of stores catering to the town's large Jewish population. And …

The BBC reported on July 4 that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US ballistic missile base in Poland was not directed at Russia. The purpose of the base, she said, is to protect Poland from the Iranian threat. Why would Iran be a threat to Poland? What happens to US credibility when the Secretary of State …

  It is time that our big brother India practises towards its own minority of around 150 million Muslims throughout the country in general and Kashmir in particular what it preaches to Sri Lanka on   minority rights.   Time and again Indian government officials from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to other top officials insist Sri Lankan government of the need …