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• Salah Uddin Ayyubi

  12 October 2013 ( #Crusader, #Syria, #Nur ad-Din Zangi, #Abbasid Caliphate, #Ayyubid dynasty, #Saladin, #Yemen, #Egypt )

  Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb better known in the Western world as Saladin, was the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. A Muslim of Kurdish [1] [2] [3] origin, Saladin led the Muslim opposition against the European Crusaders...

• Quetta Terroriest attack and killing of innocent grils

  17 June 2013 ( #Balochistan, #Altaf Hussain, #Imran Khan, #Balochistan Pakistan, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Quetta )

  Pakistan is still in shock after a female suicide bomber killed 14 innocent female students in a bus as they were leaving a local university in Quetta, capital of the restive Balochistan province. As if that were not enough, the militants then followed...

• Apple Inc Facts and History

  19 May 2013 ( #IOS, #iLife, #iTunes, #iPhone, #iPod, #Safari, #Apple, #iWork )

  Apple's headquarters at Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California, USA. Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California [2] that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics,...

• Egypt's youth pay a high price

  15 July 2013 ( #Sinai Peninsula, #Egyptian, #Salafi, #Muslim Brotherhood, #Jeddah, #Sinai, #Mohamed ElBaradei, #Egypt )

  English: Mr. Mohamed Badia -General Guide of Muslim Brotherhood- during opening ceremony of Alexandria Muslim Brotherhood main office العربية: الأستاذ محمد بديع -المرشد العام للإخوان المسلمين- خلال حفل افتتاح مقر الإخوان المسلمين بالإسكندرية After the...

• Tough challenges ahead for Nawaz Sharif

  05 June 2013 ( #Nawaz Sharif, #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Imran Khan, #Jeddah, #Pakistan, #Sharif, #Pakistan Peoples Party, #Pakistan Muslim League )

  The honeymoon period of incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his party Pakistan Muslim League (N) is almost over and tough challenges lie ahead. He has to grapple with a flailing economy, chronic power shortages and the country’s security crisis,...

• Syria carnage continues

  21 May 2013 ( #Hezbollah, #Syria, #Jordan, #Iran, #Blue Line (Lebanon), #Jeddah, #Lebanon, #Damascus )

  According to media reports, thousands of Syrian troops with the help of Lebanon’s Hezbollah have launched a new offensive in the strategically important town of Al-Qusayr, which is located near the Lebanese border and is a key position on the road to...

• Conspiracy against Tyyip Ardogan Governemnt in Turykey

  09 June 2013 ( #Turkish people, #Kurdistan Workers Party, #Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, #Syria, #Government, #Turkey, #Jeddah, #Saudi Arabia )

  Recent agitation and campaign against Turkey’s present government is astonishing. Agitation started when the government decided to build a mall where a park was located. During the agitation, several shops, public transport, government offices were looted...

• Hurricane Sandy

  04 April 2013 ( #United States, #Sandy, #Cuba, #Caribbean Sea, #Hurricane Sandy, #Tropical cyclone, #Northeastern United States, #Greater Antilles )

  Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. Classified as the eighteenth named storm, tenth hurricane and second major...

• Lessons for political parties in Pakistan

  21 May 2013 ( #PPP, #Muttahida Qaumi Movement, #MQM, #Awami National Party, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Pakistan Peoples Party, #Sindh )

  The outcome of the recent general elections is a big lesson for so-called secular parties in Pakistan. The Pakistan’s Peoples Party (PPP), the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) suffered badly in the elections. Despite killings...

• Don’t link religion with terror

  27 May 2013 ( #David Cameron, #Islam, #France, #Muslim, #Islam in the United Kingdom, #Jeddah, #Afghanistan, #London )

  There is no justification for the killing of innocent people because of their ethnicity or religious background. Britain is still trying to come to terms with the brutal killing of the British security officer within meters of the army base in East London....

• Helping Yemen overcome crisis

  24 February 2013 ( #Somalia, #Militant, #Jeddah, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, #Saudi Arabia, #Yemen, #Al-Qaeda )

  Jeddah Saudi Arabia According to reports, Saudi Arabia has pledged $ 3.25 billion aid to its neighbor Yemen for development projects and to ensure the country's security and stability. At a time when world is passing through worst economic and financial...

• Andy Murray

  09 July 2013 ( #Grand Slam, #Roger Federer, #Novak Djokovic, #Murray, #Fred Perry, #Tennis, #2013 Wimbledon Championships, #Andy Murray )

  Murray collecting balls to serve to Novak Djokovic Andrew Barron "Andy" Murray, OBE (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player, ranked World No. 2 [2] and British No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the ATP for the first time on 16...

• Motorola, Inc Histroy

  19 May 2013 ( #Motorola, #Dimetra, #Motorola Mobility, #Motorola StarTAC, #Android, #Motorola MicroTAC, #Google, #Motorola Solutions )

  A Motorola Micro TAC 650e flip phone with box, manual, and AC overnight charger. Motorola, Inc. ( pron.: / m oʊ t ɵ ˈ r oʊ l ə / ) was an American multinational [5] telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. After having lost $4.3 billion...

• Nakba Day يوم النكبة

  13 May 2013 ( #Nakba, #Palestinian people, #1948 Palestinian exodus, #Israeli Declaration of Independence, #1948 Palestine War, #Nakba Day, #Palestine Liberation Organization, #Israel )

  Nakba Day (Arabic: يوم النكبة Yawm an-Nakba, meaning "Day of the Catastrophe") is generally commemorated on 15 May, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut). For the Palestinians it is an annual day of commemoration...

• Musharraf escape

  21 May 2013 ( #President of Pakistan, #Islamabad, #Akbar Bugti, #Pervez Musharraf, #Pakistan, #Jinnah International Airport, #Benazir Bhutto, #Pakistan Muslim League (Q) )

  According to media news former Pakistan President Pervaiz Musharraf escape from Judiciary after his arrest order. Only days ago election commission cancelled his all nomination papers from four different Places. Recent condition of former most powerful...

• The SARS coronavirus

  13 May 2013 ( #World Health Organization, #Vancouver, #Severe acute respiratory syndrome, #National Microbiology Laboratory, #SARS-Coronavirus, #Marco Marra, #SARS, #Coronavirus )

  The SARS coronavirus, sometimes shortened to SARS-CoV, is the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). [1] In April 16 of 2003, following the outbreak of SARS in Asia and secondary cases elsewhere in the world, the World Health Organization...

• Rub' al-Khali desert.

  05 May 2013 ( #United States, #Namib Desert, #Desert, #Rub al Khali, #Southwest, #Biology, #Wilfred Thesiger, #Nathan Drake )

  The Rub' al Khali (Arabic: الربع الخالي ar-Rubʿ al-Ḫālī , [note 1] "the empty quarter") or Empty Quarter is the largest sand desert in the world, [1] encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including most of Saudi Arabia and...

• Check your Children Security

  27 May 2013 ( #Islamabad, #School bus, #Compressed natural gas, #Gujrat, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Gas cylinder, #Egypt )

  Seventeen pupils lost their lives after a gas cylinder explosion in their bus in Pakistan the other day. Recently, a gas cylinder of another bus exploded in Karachi, killing several people. Because of the steep increase in diesel prices, people in Pakistan...

• Samsung Facts and History

  19 May 2013 ( #CJ Group, #Shinsegae, #Samsung, #Seoul, #Samsung Group, #South Korea, #Samsung Electronics, #Lee Byung-chull )

  The Samsung headquarters Samsung Group (Hangul: 삼성그룹 ; Hanja: 三星그룹 ; Korean pronunciation: [sam.sʌŋ ɡɯ'ɾup̚] ) is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated...

• HIV/AIDS

  01 May 2013 ( #Infection, #HIV-AIDS, #Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, #Immune system, #Needle exchange programme, #Disease, #AIDS, #HIV )

  English: A view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)....

• Buddhist extremists have launched a fresh wave of attacks against the country's Muslim minority

  01 May 2013 ( #Myanmar, #Sectarian violence, #Muslim, #Ethnic cleansing, #Buddhism, #Yangon, #Burma, #Rohingya people )

  After months of sectarian violence targeting Muslims, Myanmar’s Buddhist extremists have launched a fresh wave of attacks against the country's Muslim minority. In the latest such violence, one person has been killed and nine more people have been injured...

• Thames River

  01 May 2013 ( #English Channel, #Thames, #Gloucestershire, #England, #River Thames, #Rhine, #North Sea, #London )

  Thames River from top, London. The Thames is only 346 km (215 miles) long. It is England’s longest river and the second longest river in the United Kingdom. Lon... g ago, before Britain was separated from continental Europe, the Thames was a tributary...

• US-Taliban talks

  26 June 2013 ( #United States, #War in Afghanistan (2001–present), #Demography of Afghanistan, #NATO, #Taliban, #Qatar, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan )

  According to news media the Taliban has opened a political office in Qatar and now direct talks will start between the United States and the Taliban. This move is not surprising, as NATO is due to withdraw next year, recent attacks on sensitive locations...

• DR Congo conflict

  03 March 2013 ( #Western Europe, #Paul Kagame, #Tutsi, #Democratic Republic of Congo, #Africa, #Zaire, #Congo, #Rwanda )

  Courtesy : BBC Continue reading the main story DR Congo Seeks Democracy Weapon of war Rebel kaleidoscope UN under fire Q&A: DR Congo's M23 rebels The Democratic Republic of Congo is slowly recovering from a conflict known as Africa's first world war,...

• Preikestolen, Norway

  27 May 2013 ( #Pulpit Rock, #Forsand, #Ryfylke, #Norway, #Lysefjord, #Kjerag, #Preikestolen, #Suicide )

  Preikestolen or Prekestolen, also known by the English translations of Preacher's Pulpit or Pulpit Rock, and by the old local name Hyvlatonnå (“the carpenter-plane’s blade”), is a massive cliff 604 metres (1982 feet) above Lysefjorden, opposite the Kjerag...