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Al Jazeera Thu 29 Dec 2011 The inevitability of Mitt Romney - "Why don't they like me?" Time magazine asked on the cover of its December 1, 2011 issue, next to a face shot of a bushy-browed American politician Mitt Romney. According to that nebulous... (photo: AP / LM Otero ) Massachusetts Mitt Romney Photos US Wikipedia: Mitt Romney |
The Siasat Daily Thu 29 Dec 2011 'Islamic Awakening attests to Iran revolution' Tehran, December 29: Iran's foreign minister says the sweeping wave of Islamic Awakening underway in the Middle East and North Africa indicates the deep-running roots of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Iran Islam Photos Protest Wikipedia: Iranian Revolution |
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The New York Times Thu 29 Dec 2011 Violence Flares in Syria Despite Observers’ Visit BEIRUT, Lebanon — Violence continued to flare in the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday, despite the presence of Arab League observers who are supposed to be... (photo: AP) Mideast Photos Syria Violence Wikipedia: 2011 Syrian uprising |
Joy Online Wed 28 Dec 2011 Nigeria Boko Haram clashes: 'Thousands flee Damaturu' About 90,000 people have been displaced in clashes between militant Islamists and the security forces in Nigeria's Damaturu city, an official has said. The Boko Haram... (photo: AP / Sunday Aghaeze) Africa Human Rights Nigeria Photos Wikipedia: Boko Haram |
Ha'aretz Wed 28 Dec 2011 Religious extremists are undermining Israel's democracy The violent incidents in Beit Shemesh this week, beginning with little Na'ama Margolese, who was spat on and cursed on her way home from school, and followed by an attack... (photo: AP / Oded Balilty) Democracy Israel Photos Religion Wikipedia: Haredi Judaism |
Al Jazeera Wed 28 Dec 2011 Karzai accepts Taliban office in Qatar " />" /> Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has said he will accept the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar for the purpose of holding peace talks. If the US insists... (photo: AP / Shah Marai, Pool) Karzai Photos Qatar Taliban Wikipedia: Hamid Karzai |
The Washington Post Wed 28 Dec 2011 Religious limits on women spur controversy in Israel BEIT SHEMESH, Israel — A sign outside a row of synagogues directing women to walk on the other side of the street has turned this town near Jerusalem into a front... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty) Israel Photos Religion Wikipedia: Israel and the apartheid analogy Women |
The Guardian Tue 27 Dec 2011 Gospel starts to strike a chord in Brazil, the home of bossa nova Evangelical Christians' music is gaining ground in Brazil, with major TV channel screening gospel festival at Christmas Regis Danese, one of Brazil's top gospel artists,... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska) Brazil Christmas Music Photos Religion Wikipedia: Evangelicalism |