July, 2011

• 11 July

  US to hold back $800 mln in aid to Pakistan: report

  

  (Reuters) – The Obama administration will hold back about $800 million in aid to the Pakistani military because Washington is unhappy with Pakistan's expulsion of U.S. military trainers and its campaign against militants, the New York Times reported Saturday.   Relations between the two governments have been strained with the United States wanting Pakistan to intensify its counterterrorism efforts. The …

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• 11 July

  Protests spread in Egypt as discontent with military rule grows Jack Shenker in Cairo

  

  Interim leader's speech fails to convince protesters blocking off Cairo bureaucratic headquarters and road to Suez canal   Egyptian protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Photograph: Mohamed Hossam/AFP/Getty Images     Protests have brought Egypt's administrative and commercial nerve centres to a standstill , as government attempts to stem a growing wave of opposition to military rule succeeded only in galvanising …

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• 8 July

  Let’s Put Women in Their Place By Faraz Omar | Saudi Life

    MEN, it’s time to wake up. We’re losing ground and failing in our charge. We are ignorant of how women in the glorious middle ages used to be, so we have no idea how we should expect our women to be. Blame it on foreign influence, disconnect with history, or whatever, but the modern status quo is unacceptable. And to …

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• 8 July

  Canada ends combat operations in Afghanistan By The Associated Press

  

  KABUL, Afghanistan — Canada has formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan after years of being on the front lines of the fight against Taliban insurgents in the south. Canada is the sixth largest troop-contributing nation, behind the U.S. and European countries. While 2,850 Canadian combat troops are going home, 950 others have started streaming into the country to help train Afghan security …

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• 8 July

  Afghanistan: What Defeat Looks Like, It’s the beginning of the end by Justin Raimondo,

  

  IN THE TOILETS WITH THEIR TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS Critics of the war in Afghanistan are fond of asking: "What would victory look like? How will we know when we’ve won?" In view of the latest events in that war-torn country, it’s fair to stand that question on its head and ask: What would defeat look like?    It looks like this: as …

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• 7 July

  காத்தாண்குடி கொலை பட்டியல்

  

    தமிழீழ விடுதலைப்புலிகளால் LTTE கடந்த 23வருடங்களாக காத்தான்குடி முஸ்லிம்களுக்குஏற்படுத்தப்பட்ட உயிர் மற்றும் பொருளாதார இழப்புக்களின் விபரம். FACT SHEET ON KATTANKUDY Area 1 Square Mile Population 50,000 (Supposed to be most dense of the towns and villages in the whole of South-East Asia) Location Batticaloa-Kalmunai Trunk RoadNorth: Batticaloa   South: Araipattai Village East: Batticaloa Lagoon West: Sea (Bay of Bangal) Character Though a village, urban in outlook and character Cottage Industry Handloom, Handicrafts 5A- Number of …

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• 7 July

  British Actress Inspired by Prophet’s Life Myriam Francois-Cerrah Embraces Islam By Reading Islam Staff

  I embraced Islam after graduating from Cambridge. Prior to that I was a skeptical Catholic; a believer in God but with a mistrust of organized religion. The Qur’an was pivotal for me. I first tried to approach it in anger, as part of an attempt to prove my Muslim friend wrong. Later I began reading it with a more open …

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