Don’t overstate anti-Muslim bias
Almost two weeks after the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on radicalization in the Muslim community in America, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has announced he will hold a hearing in the Senate. But, rather than…
Almost two weeks after the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on radicalization in the Muslim community in America, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has announced he will hold a hearing in the Senate. But, rather than…
Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad said in a book published Tuesday (March 8, 2011) that Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew was unhappy with his “municipal role” at the helm of the city-state, and harboured ambitions to…
Highly radioactive water has been found at a second reactor at a crippled nuclear power station in Japan, the plant’s operator said, as fears of contamination escalated two weeks after a huge earthquake and tsunami…
Can’t wait for the royal wedding? Here’s your essential guide to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s big day. The couple may be keeping many details under wraps for now, but if it’s out there and…
WASHINGTON — The nation’s Asian population became the fastest growing race over the past decade, experiencing a 43 percent increase from 2000 to 2010, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.…
For days, the wounded just kept coming to the 60-bed central hospital in Misrata, a city under siege from forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. But there were no empty beds, no electricity —…
Editor’s note: This letter, written by a Vietnamese immigrant working in Fukishima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam, has been circulating on Facebook among the Vietnamese diaspora. It is an extraordinary testimony to…
The Employee Benefits Research Institute has issued the 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey. And the answer is: We are not confident. This seems to be, one could argue, an acknowledgment of the obvious. One statistic that…
Tripoli, Libya— Despite five days of coalition airstrikes, troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continued Wednesday to terrorize residents of the besieged rebel-held city of Misrata. One witness said Gadhafi’s forces had attacked the…
Tripoli, Libya — As Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi crowed, “I do not scare,” the United States Tuesday got back two crew members whose F-15E fighter jet malfunctioned and said it will be able to hand…
Al Jazeera says SBY’s former Army buddies are using Islamist attacks to oust him from power It has seemed a mystery in recent weeks – why is the Ahmadiyah sect such a big issue all…
Bursting bowels and stunts gone wrong. Eleven tuk-tuk pilots share their most memorable experiences behind the wheel Got a big load? Want to get somewhere fast and cheap? Bangkok’s tuk-tuk drivers are the go-to guys.…
If a school can’t keep at least half its athletes on pace to graduate, it should not compete for a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship and be cut out of the multi-million dollar post-season…
London, England — Kate Middleton will travel to the royal wedding in the same Rolls-Royce that was used by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall when they were attacked by protesters in London in…
Dallas Wiens may soon be able to kiss his daughter, Scarlette, again, now that he has become only the second person in the world to receive a full face transplant. The 25-year-old Wiens, who lives…
NEW YORK–More than a year after signing it away, John Cuartas, a 51-year-old Colombian immigrant, still visits the home his family lost to foreclosure. Like many New Yorkers affected by the foreclosure crisis, Cuartas now…
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