April, 2014

• 22 April

  Global warning on threat food crops are facing By S. H. Moulana

  

  We note the price increases of fruits, vegetable and other products whenever we walk into a supermarket but we fail to understand what is actually triggering this or the cause for it. Especially, food products have a domino effect with adverse condition in production. Until I came across the news related to various diseases affecting the food production, I, too, …

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• 22 April

  The Prawer Plan, which was put into effect last week, involves demolishing Arab Bedouin villages in the Negev Desert to make way for new Jewish settlements. World Bulletin / News Desk

  

  The Arab League on Thursday warned of serious consequences of a controversial Israeli plan, dubbed the Prawer plan, to destroy dozens of unrecognized Bedouin villages in Negev and evacuate tens of thousands of locals. "This plan contradicts substantially with efforts to provide an atmosphere conducive to the success of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks," the pan-Arab body's chief Nabil al-Arabi said in …

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• 22 April

  AN APPEAL BY A POOR PERSON TO COMPLETE HIS HOUSE

  

  I was made to understand br A.R.M.Riswan of # 14 Circular Road, Henamulla, Panadura, had fallen sick , has heart problems and unable to do any hard work and requesting some assistance to complete the house which he had commenced. He is married to a Sinhala revert and has two children, a boy and a girl. Both are attending school …

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• 16 April

  How To Clean Your Arteries With One Simple Fruit

  

  The future of cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment will not be found in your medicine cabinet, rather in your kitchen cupboard or in your back yard growing on a tree.       Pomegranate Found To Prevent Coronary Artery Disease Progression     A new study published in the journal Atherosclerosis confirms that pomegranate extract may prevent and/or reverse the primary pathology …

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• 16 April

  MPs consider boycotting parliament

  

  Several Muslim Parliamentarians are considering boycotting Parliament sessions if action is not taken to control the “terror” activities of the Bodu Bala Sena. Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen said that the proposal to boycott Parliament is still being discussed and a final decision has not been reached. The police have already summoned Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary, the Venerable …

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• 16 April

  SAVING OUR CHILDREN FROM MALNUTRITION By Anthony Sciberras

  

  For the vast majority of people, life was not meant to be fair and easy.  Of course, all parents desire the best for their offspring, but things don’t always go according to plan. Personal dreams can be quickly shattered and harsh reality sets in when a shocking misfortune sometimes fatal raises its ugly head. I have seen and spoken with …

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• 16 April

  The Mosque in Washington – The Untold Story of American Foreign Policy Unraveling at Home By Waleed Shahid

  

  On June 28th, 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower addressed a crowd of American and Muslim diplomats gathered at the Islamic Center of Washington’s inauguration. Speaking from under marble columns and turquoise floral tiles he declared that the United States held a “strong bond of friendship with the Islamic nations” and called for the “peaceful progress of all men under one God.” …

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