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Obama : Attack on One Faith is Attack on All Faiths
In a strong rebuttal to ambience of hatred against Muslim Americans fueled partly by some presidential candidates, President Barack Obama has urged Americans to stay true to their core values that includes freedom of religion for...Feb 4, 2016 1022 0 -
In Pakistan, it is potatonomic decision time
In Pakistan’s agricultural heartland, particularly between the central city of Lahore and Multan in the south, potato harvesting activity is picking up pace. In addition to mechanized digging of the earth to bring the potatoes out, thousands...Feb 4, 2016 1696 0 -
Why more than half the world remains offline
Nearly 3.2 billion people are now online, which comes to about 43.4 per cent of the world population, but the number still falls significantly short of reaching the anticipated goal of 60 per cent by 2020. The ramifications...Feb 3, 2016 2364 0 -
2016 Election Watch: How will Clinton and Cruz shape their next fights?
First-time Senator Ted Cruz defied polls to trounce Donald Trump in the Republican Iowa Caucus in the animated race for the White House, while self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders surged on the back of young voters to...Feb 2, 2016 941 1 -
Pakistan’s democracy has opportunity to deliver
General Raheel Sharif – who is credited with prosecuting Pakistan’s most effective fight yet against terror – in North Waziristan and elsewhere along the Afghan border -– has announced that he would retire from the powerful army...Jan 27, 2016 1113 1 -
After the storm, digging out and counting the cost
Life is gradually returning to normal in cities and states along the U.S. East Coast after a mammoth blizzard Jonas dumped more than two feet of snow, claimed around 30 lives and shuttered down businesses, schools...Jan 26, 2016 885 0 -
What keeps Egyptians’ quest for democracy unrequited
Five yeas ago Egyptians launched the Arab Spring uprising on January 25, when, inspired by the Tunisian demonstrations, men and women from almost all segments of the society raised their full throttle but mostly peaceful demand...Jan 24, 2016 953 0 -
Iran in limelight with a thousand ramifications
In a development holding out wide-ranging implications, the United States and Europe Saturday lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for Teheran’s implementation of its end of last year’s nuclear deal that stops the oil-rich Persian nation...Jan 17, 2016 1098 0 -
Digital Advances: Winners, Losers and Spoilers
The impact of information technologies on everyday human activity has been so sweeping that for majority of populations in the digitally connected world life is viewed in two broad ways: online and offline. Increasingly, productivity, GDP...Jan 14, 2016 1227 0 -
More than two-third of 71 slain journalists in 2015 were targeted
Photo above shows a photographer in the line of duty, returning after getting a close shot of a burning vehicle. Photo Credit : Aziz Ahmed for Views and News The death of 71 journalists in 2015...Jan 14, 2016 1042 0