Scientists discover new species of monkey hidden deep in Amazon rain forest By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:01 AM on 13th August 2010 Scientists have discovered a new species of  Amazon monkey species in Colombia, which they say is at risk as its home is gradually destroyed. A team of researchers from the National University of Colombia observed 13 groups of the new species – dubbed the Caqueta titi monkey because it was found in the southern state of Caqueta, near Peru. The new variety of titi monkey, which has the scientific name Callicebus caquetensis, is the size … Continue reading Callicebus caquetensis – a new titi monkey

The real A.I.: Childless millionaire builds ‘intelligent robot’ that sings Karaoke, laughs and tells jokes By Mail Online Reporter Tony Ellis and his wife, Judie, do not have any children or animals at home – but with chatterbox robot Aimec following them around, there is never a dull moment. The couple effectively have a robotic child, just like in the 2001 futuristic fairy tale Artificial Intelligence starring Haley Joel Osment. Their creation is so advanced it can tell jokes and keep its human parents up to date on their interests by scanning the internet. Mr Ellis has spent years creating … Continue reading Aimec – A robot

Last victim of Treblinka: He survived SEVEN Nazi concentration camps… but the nightmare caught up with him 44 years after starting a new life By Tony Rennell He was just another down-and out, one of the winos who routinely slept out on the perilous granite piers and iron girders of the railway bridge spanning the Clyde in the centre of Glasgow. There was a possibility that, befuddled by whisky, he accidentally tumbled into the waters swirling below  –  that he didn’t intend to die. But the more likely scenario was that he had deliberately jumped from his grim perch. Either … Continue reading Hershl Sperling

Quaid’s view of minorities By I.A. Rehman dawn.com In his Aug 11 speech the Quaid-i-Azam took a radical step beyond unexplained safeguards and called for excluding religion from the affairs of the state and offered the non-Muslim citizens complete equality with their Muslim compatriots. – File Photo. Quite a few groups and individuals wish to resurrect what they describe as Jinnah’s Pakistan. The argument in support of the effort is that decades of disregard for the Quaid-i-Azam’s vision of Pakistan has landed the country into one crisis after another and its future cannot be guaranteed without a return to its … Continue reading Make Pakistan a Secular Republic?

Reclaiming the faith By Irfan Husain dawn.com On another note (no pun intended), Ayatollah Khamenei is reported as having recently denounced music on the grounds of frivolity. While conceding that in Islam, music was halal, or kosher, Iran’s supreme leader went on to say: “… promoting it and teaching it is not compatible with the highest values of the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic … It’s better that our dear youth spend their valuable time in learning science and essential and useful skills and fill their time with sport and healthy recreations instead of music.” – File Photo. Although … Continue reading Reclaiming Islam from the Mullahs

Cholera in Pakistan as Prime Minister says 20 million affected by floods Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said that 20 million people had been affected by the worst floods in the country’s history, as the UN confirmed the first cholera case. telegraph.co.uk Published: 1:29PM BST 14 Aug 2010 A Pakistani flood affected family eats charity food at a tent in Sukkur Photo: AFP/GETTY Independence day celebrations in Pakistan were cancelled as floods continued to bring misery to millions and aid agencies warned of a “second wave” of deaths from disease. “The floods affected some 20 million people, destroyed standing … Continue reading Cholera in Pakistan as PM says 20 million affected

et neutrality: what is it and what does it mean? ‘Net neutrality’ is a controversial topic. It means treating everything on the web equally – but is it an ideal that can be achieved? By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor telegraph.co.uk France has asked Google to hand over the data it has collected During Barack Obama’s election campaign, the future president’s use of technology was much documented. But it was one specific policy that won him the hearts and minds of Silicon Valley: he supported the idea of so-called “net neutrality”. Such was the heat surrounding this thorny issue that … Continue reading Net neutrality

India’s visa rule is unfairly persecuting innocent Pakistanis Being born in Pakistan is not a evidence of predisposition to commit terrorist acts. The visa rules are racist, and must change Robert Wintemute guardian.co.uk, Saturday 14 August 2010 12.00 BST Most people would be shocked if they went to the visa website of a London embassy and read: “Processing time is two to three days for British citizens, but seven to eight weeks for British citizens of Jewish origin”. Indeed, advertising an intention to discriminate is contrary to the Race Relations Act 1976. Yet, explicit discrimination of this kind can be … Continue reading Indian visas for British Pakistanis

Ramadan is not an excuse for gluttony Ramadan should remind us of those less fortunate, but in some parts of the Muslim world it means gorging yourself after sunset Shaista Aziz The Guardian, Saturday 14 August 2010 Article history An estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world are marking the start of one of the most important months in the religious calendar, Ramadan. We believe that it was during Ramadan that the Qur’an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad. So, for the next 30 days Muslims will abstain from water and food from sunrise to sunset. The sound of rumbling … Continue reading Ramadan – an excuse for gluttony?

Barack Obama defends plans for Ground Zero mosque Relatives of 9/11 victims accuse president of ‘abandoning America’ over support for Islamic cultural centre David Batty and agencies guardian.co.uk, Saturday 14 August 2010 13.58 BST Article history Barack Obama defends the mosque plans during a White House dinner celebrating Ramadan. Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/APThe US president, Barack Obama, has defended controversial plans to build a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, saying to oppose them would be un-American. Prominent Republicans have led protests against the construction of an Islamic cultural centre and mosque two blocks … Continue reading Barack Obama defends Muslims