Finding the real source of terror

Especially for the last 20 years, there is a concept called "Islamic terror" on the agenda of the Western world. The terrorist attacks, which were organized against the two big cities of the United States of America on September 11, 2001 and resulted in the death of tens of thousands of innocent people, brought this concept to the world agenda once more. As Muslims, we strongly condemn these attacks and we offer our condolences to the American nation. This article explains that the source of the violence that we condemn is definitely not Islam. A...

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Scientists find most massive star ever discovered

Those behind the find say the star, called R136a1, may once have weighed as much as 320 solar masses. This image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a new near-infrared image of the R136 cluster, obtained at high resolution with the MAD adaptive optics instrument at the ESO's Very Large Telescope which provides unique details of its stellar content. At birth, the three brightest stars each weighed more than 150 times the mass...

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French parliament approves ban on face veils

Following Tuesday's vote, the ban on face-covering veils will go in September to the Senate, where it also is likely to pass AP Published: 19:10 July 13, 2010 Support for some kind of legal restriction on the full veil in France cut across age groups, professions and political affiliation. Image Credit: AP Paris: France's lower house of parliament has approved a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite...

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Complaints against Facebook

The police women and child's bureau has received over 50 complaints against the social networking website Facebook. According to the bureau the complaints include individuals copying pictures of Facebook account holders and creating indecent images. The bureau said they have received close to 20 such complaints within the last two months and they have launched an investigation into these complaints. The bureau added these perpetrators use the Facebook...

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First liver transplant here

By Vineetha M.GamageMarking a turning point in the Medical History of Sri Lanka, a team of local surgeons have succeeded in performing the first Liver Transplant in Sri Lanka. A team led by Dr. Mandika Wijeratne had performed the surgery and the patient who underwent the operation is now being treated under supervision at the Intensive Care Unit, National Hospital Director Dr. Hector Weerasinghe told reporters. He said the specialty of...

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