Tag archive for ‘President’
A visitor tries an iPhone at an Apple store in Beijing March 28, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
By Team Folks On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
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Apple apologizes to Chinese consumers, revamps service

By Terril Yue Jones and Poornima Gupta BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO | Mon Apr 1, 2013 10:03pm EDT (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook apologized to Chinese consumers on Monday and altered iPhone warranty More...

Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide by Bat Ye’or, translated from the French by Miriam Kochan and David Littman. 2002.FarleighDickinsonUniversity Press, Associated Universities Press,Cranbury,NJ,USA and Gazelle Book Services,Lancaster,England. 528 pages. Price $60 (HB), $19.95 (PB).
By Team Folks On Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
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Dhimmitude: Historical Consequences of Jihad

Islamic conquests resulted in a multitude of second-class citizens known as Dhimmis and a state of mind called ‘dhimmitude’. It is characterized by victims of Jihad going into denial and flatter their tormentors.  Book More...

By Team Folks On Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
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‘Historian Romila Thapar’s Dogmas’

Column by Dr. Vijaya Rajiva Romila Thapar has entered her 80s and the favourite historian of Indian Marxist circles and as well the feted and decorated icon of certain sections of the international scholarly jet More...

Title: The Qur’anic Concept of War (Hardcover, 193 pages), 2008 edition | Author: Brigadier S.K Malik (Pakistani army) | Foreword: General Zia ul Haq (Late President of Pakistan) | Publisher: Adam Publishers & Distributors. New Delhi, India
By Team Folks On Saturday, January 12th, 2013
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Pakistan’s War Manifesto

Book Review by Sujit Das Title: The Qur’anic Concept of War (Hardcover, 193 pages), 2008 edition | Author: Brigadier S.K Malik (Pakistani army) | Foreword: General Zia ul Haq (Late President of Pakistan) | Publisher: More...

By Team Folks On Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
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Owaisi’s rant: Provocative Politics or Everlasting Hatred?

Its politics and provocation are rooted in the delusion that Muslims were the original rulers of India and the British stole the country from them and handed it to the infidel Hindus. The complete silence of Sonia More...

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell speaks to reporters on his way to lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
By Team Folks On Saturday, December 29th, 2012
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Senate leaders to make last-ditch “fiscal cliff” effort

Report by Roberta Rampton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON | Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:35pm EST (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and U.S. congressional leaders agreed on Friday to make a final effort to prevent the More...

Afghan dealers exchange currency at a money market in Kandahar
By Team Folks On Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
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Special Report: Stalking the Taliban in Afghan currency markets

Report by Matthew Green KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:04pm EST (Reuters) – Haji Khairullah Barakzai is the ultimate Afghan success story: illiterate village boy makes a fortune thanks to a lifetime More...

People look over table of handguns for sale at a gun show in Kansas City
By Team Folks On Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
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Gun enthusiasts pack shows to buy assault weapons

Report by Dave Warner Kevin Murphy ALLENTOWN, Penn./KANSAS CITY, Missouri | Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:25pm EST (Reuters) – Gun enthusiasts thronged to shows around the country on Saturday to buy assault weapons More...

Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks to reporters about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Capitol Hill
By Team Folks On Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
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In Kerry, Obama picks foreign policy leader, loyal stalwart

Report by Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON | Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:24pm EST (Reuters) – John Kerry gave up his presidential dreams after a narrow loss to Republican George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. election, but More...

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By Team Folks On Friday, December 21st, 2012
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Protecting the Children Forced to ‘Walk Among Snakes’: Looking Back From Newtown

Column by Stephen Schwartz - In the United States, mourning and debate over the horror at Newtown, Connecticut, continue.  Although the number of victims was fewer, even microscopic by comparison, the massacre More...