Reuters, Cairo : Egypt’s foreign ministry summoned Qatar’s ambassador on Saturday to complain about interference in its internal affairs after Doha criticized Cairo’s crackdown on the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. The formerly close Qatari-Egyptian relationship has soured since the Egyptian army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who had been firmly supported by Doha, last July following mass protests against his one-year rule. Cairo then launched a wide crackdown against Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood group and labeled it a terrorist group last week....
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Campus Report : WiFi service will be provided in the whole campus of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)....
Al-jazeera.com : Thousands of anti-government protesters have marched through the Thai capital, a prelude to a broader action next week when they say they will shut down Bangkok in their bid to scuttle a February election and topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. “We will keep walking, we won’t stop, We will walk until we win and we won’t give up.” The protesters, who accuse Yingluck of being the puppet of her self-exiled brother and former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, gathered on...
AP, India : Rescuers using backhoes and shovels searched for survivors Sunday under a massive pile of broken concrete and...
Life Desk : A US teenager, who lost his sight while he was 12 due to a rare form of...
Life Desk : Breastfeeding for a longer duration has been associated with a reduced risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), reveals...
BBC Online : Direct talks on ending the conflict in South Sudan have officially opened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The negotiations are focusing on bringing about a ceasefire and the release of political prisoners. The talks, led by teams representing the warring parties, are expected to get under way in earnest on Sunday. Rebels supporting sacked Deputy President Riek Machar are involved in fierce fighting with the forces of President Salva Kiir. At least 1,000 people have been...
BBC Online : A US ice-breaker is to help two ships that are stuck in thick ice in Antarctica following a rescue mission. The Polar Star has been asked to cut a path through the ice in order to free the Xue Long and the Akademik Shokalskiy, the US Coast Guard said. The Chinese boat, Xue Long, became ice-bound after helping to rescue 52 passengers stranded on Akademik Shokalskiy on Thursday. The Russian research vessel has been trapped since 24...
BBC Online : Parts of the US are braced for potentially record-breaking low temperatures as an Arctic chill brings more freezing weather. A winter storm has already blanketed areas of Canada and the north-eastern US with up to 2ft (60 cm) of snow. It has been blamed for 16 deaths and the cancellation of more than 5,000 flights since Wednesday. Forecasters say temperatures in the US Mid-West could feel as low as -58F (-50C) with the effect of wind chill....
Reuters, Ramallah : Palestinian protesters on Friday condemned the latest efforts by US Secretary of State John Kerry to advance peace talks with Israel, using chants evoking the Arab uprisings and telling him to go home. Hours before Kerry was due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a raucous crowd of several hundred took to the streets of Ramallah, the West Bank’s de facto capital, chanting “Kerry, you coward, there’s no place for you in Palestine!” Separately, an official close...
Life Desk : New evidence for smell language in the Malay Peninsula has been unearthed by a team of psychologists....
Life Desk : A study claims that mangrove trees, which are highly sensitive to cold, have expanded enormously on the...
