October, 2011

• 14 October

  Monument of eternal friendship: Pakistan Pavilion at Buddhist Museum

  

  The government and the people of Pakistan established a historic Pakistan Pavilion at the Sri Dalada International Museum of World Buddhism, Kandy in response to the proposed plans for the establishment of an International Buddhist Museum. The Pakistan Pavilion was opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in May. The pavilion offers an excellent opportunity for visitors to access to information about the …

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• 12 October

  U.S. Arms Bahrain While Decrying Russian Weapons in Syria By Thalif Deen

  

  UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11, 2011 (IPS) – Peeved at Russia's Security Council veto derailing a Western- sponsored resolution against Syria last week, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice implicitly accused the Russians of protecting the beleaguered government of President Bashar al-Assad primarily to safeguard their lucrative arms market in the Middle Eastern country. But around the same time, the United States was …

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• 11 October

  Lankan Haj pilgrims arrive in Saudi By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS

  

    RIYADH: The first batch of Sri Lankan pilgrims arrived at the Haj Terminal in Jeddah on Thursday evening. Ambassador Ahmed A. Jawad, Consul General Adam Bawa Uthumalebbe and officials from the Lankan consulate in Jeddah received them. At the Colombo airport, the pilgrims were seen off by senior minister in charge of Sri Lankan Haj operations Abdul Hameed Mohamed …

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• 11 October

  EGYPT – Islamists and Secularists Draw Closer Analysis by Emad Mekay

  

  CAIRO, Oct 8, 2011 (IPS) – Egypt, routinely the cradle for new Arab and Islamic ideologies, is now witnessing the birth of yet another line of thought – Islamic Liberalism. The term is touted now as a panacea for the eight-month impasse that has locked Islamists and their secularist rivals in bitter bickering over how this Arab nation should be …

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• 11 October

  Afghanistan: Ten Years of Aimless War By Eric Margolis

  The renowned military strategist, Maj. Gen. J.F.C Fuller, defined war’s true objective as achieving desired political results, not killing enemies. But this is just what the US has been doing in Afghanistan. After ten years of war costing at least $450 billion, 1,600 dead and 15,000 seriously wounded soldiers, the US has achieved none of its strategic or political goals. …

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• 11 October

  Pakistan is the Real Victim of Bush’s Great 9/11 Folly By Peter Preston

  

  It might have been an economic star by now, but the war on terror has left Pakistan a failing state We have seen 10 years of going nowhere on one side of the border – and 10 of going backwards on the other: back to bloodshed, back to civil chaos. It's simplistic to say that Afghanistan doesn't matter. You might …

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• 10 October

  Graduate Studies at KFUPM – Spring Semester 2011-12

  

  Dear Colleagues,   We are glad to invite you to be part of and contribute to the awareness campaign to let potential highly-qualified graduate students be aware of our graduate scholarship opportunities for MS and PhD degree in Sciences and Engineering. It is highly appreciated if you kindly take a special care by forwarding this e-mail to your contacts and …

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