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Luke Bryan’s ‘What Makes You Country’ album review

Los Angeles - Muslimchronicle

If Luke Bryan has faced criticism from some country purists that his anthems aren’t true to the music form’s roots, he’s got an answer — a polite one, mind you — for them. The opening title song on his 15-track CD What Makes You Countryoffers a welcoming, big tent view of the genre the includes cowboys in Texas, hunters in GeorgiaRead more

Texas police arrest man with guns in hotel set to fete New Year's

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Police in Houston, Texas said Sunday they had arrested a belligerent man in possession of a number of guns at a high-rise hotel where a major New Year's celebration is planned. The arrest, coming as cities across the country and around the world were preparing New Year's Eve celebrations, sparked fears of a repeat of the Oct. 31 mass shootingRead more

Race to grab 'Japan's Babe Ruth' is on

london - Muslimchronicle

The race to bring Shohei Ohtani to Major League Baseball is officially on after MLB owners ratified the new posting system for Japanese players on Friday. Ohtani, the 23-year-old Nippon Ham Fighters star dubbed the "Babe Ruth of Japan" is regarded as one of the hottest properties in baseball -- a two-way threat with a fastball clocked at 100 mphRead more

Biker groups flourish in post-Qaddafi Libya

Tripoli - Muslimchronicle

Donning leather and helmets (sometimes), they roar along Libya’s hair-raising, potholed roads on carefully polished Harley Davidsons and Kawasakis. Part of a growing scene, there are now hundreds of bikers in Tripoli alone who come from all walks of life. One is the imam of a local mosque, another a 60-year-old mechanic who lived nearly three decades in Texas. RidingRead more

Al Akhawayn and Dallas Universities Agree to Boost Academic Cooperation

Rabat - Muslimchronicle

Morocco’s Al Akhawayn University and Dallas University in Texas have signed a memorandum of understanding setting up a new framework of work and cooperation between the two institutions. The signing ceremony, which took place on November 15 at Dallas University, was attended by the Moroccan ambassador to the US, Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui. Al Akhawayn has partnered the American universityRead more

US chemical plants must prepare for more HarveyUS chemical plants must prepare for more Harvey

london - Muslimchronicle

A Texas chemical plant explosion during Hurricane Harvey underscores the need for industrial plants to rethink emergency preparedness for more serious storms, US investigators said Wednesday. "Our message is you do have to reassess your worst-case scenario," US Chemical Safety Board director Vanessa Allen Sutherland said in a briefing on the probe of the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas.Read more

AGU participates in major reproductive medicine congress

Manama - Muslimchronicle

Dr. Mariam Fida, Director of the Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Unit at the Princess Al-Jawhara Centre, Arabian Gulf University (AGU), has recently participated in the annual American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Congress, which was held in Texas, US. The ASRM Congress is considered one of the main gatherings worldwide in the field of Reproductive Medicine, with 9000 participants representingRead more

Texas gunman motive 'domestic,' not racial or religious

Sutherland Springs - Muslimchronicle

The gunman who murdered 26 people at a Texas church on Sunday is believed to have been driven by a "domestic" dispute, officials said. "This was not racially motivated, it wasn't over religious beliefs. There was a domestic situation going on with the family and in-laws," Freeman Martin, regional director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, told a newsRead more