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UPDATED ON:TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007 14:15 MECCA TIME, 11:15 GMT   http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4AB9A3E2-134A-47C6-9B34-0758723F8110.htm   Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, has warned his cabinet colleagues to "watch your mouths", issuing the warning at their regular meeting on Tuesday after two big embarrassments to his government.   Fumio Kyuma, the defence minister,

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Michael McKenna January 31, 2007 AN Australian Vietnam veteran has been charged with a plot to assassinate controversial Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare for a $50,000 bounty allegedly sponsored by Australia. William Ernest Johnson, 61, appeared in the Honiara Magistrates Court yesterday over his role in the alleged conspiracy to kill Mr Sogavare earlier this month. Mr Johnson,

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NEW DELHI: Interest rates are likely to go further up as the central bank might resort to increase the rates at which it lends short-term funds to banks in the third quarter review of annual statement on monetary policy for 2006-07 on Wednesday. As inflation continues to be the prime concern of the government, the Reserve Bank of India, a chairman of a public bank said, would also like to slow

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NEW DELHI: India's quest for a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system has ended. It will access the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), ending speculation that India was considering being a part of the network, formerly a military system, now open to civilian use. India's search for a GPS system had seen it engage in negotiations with the European project Galileo, but the

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Associated Press Sports Updated: 9:47 a.m. ET Jan. 26, 2007   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16826131/   GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -The parents of three Guilford College football players charged with ethnic intimidation defended their sons Friday, nearly a week after an on-campus fight between the players and three Palestinian students. The parents of Michael Bates, Michael Robert Six and

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An independent citizens' fact-finding team discovers that attacks on Muslims in coastal Karnataka routinely go unreported. And now, police atrocities are also being overlooked. These are excerpts from the team's report   Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was unrepentant about the state police's style of violence-management in Mangalore, when he defiantly said, "Were they to dream of such

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By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia auto correspondent TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top two carmakers, Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., are likely to post double-digit profit growth for the latest quarter on strong sales and a weaker yen, while third-ranked Nissan Motor Co. is seen stalling on tepid demand. The domestic Japanese market offered a mixed bag of sales data for October-December, with popular

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By deploying a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf the United States has sent a "strong signal" that it is in the region to stay and working with allies to deal with an Iranian threat, Vice President Dick Cheney said. He repeated the Bush administration's stance that the United States seeks to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program through diplomatic means, but

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is taking steps to greatly expand military and economic ties with Iraq, Tehran's ambassador to Iraq said in an interview on Sunday with New York Times. The ambassador, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, said Iran was prepared to offer Iraqi forces training, equipment and advisers for "the security fight" and was ready to assume major responsibility for the reconstruction of Iraq. He

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By Paul Tighe Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah invited leaders of the Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah to hold talks in Mecca to try to end fighting between their supporters in the Gaza Strip. The king issued his invitation yesterday, saying the leaders should ``discuss the issues between them in an objective manner without any interference from outsiders,'' the official

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By Louise Roug and Borzou Daragahi, Times Staff Writers9:40 PM PST, January 28, 2007 BAGHDAD -- "Iraqi" and American forces killed several hundred gunmen Sunday, fighting a daylong battle in which a U.S. helicopter crashed, killing two U.S. troops, Iraqi security officials said.The fighting in the holy city of Najaf on the eve of the Shiite holiday of Ashura came as a mortar attack killed five

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TEHRAN - Three International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors arrived in Tehran on Saturday while Iran is getting prepared for nuclear celebrations in early February. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8511080237 Despite a recent parliament approval allowing government to revise cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran continues cooperation with IAEA and in

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January 28, 2007 David S. Cloud Greg Myre New York Times   http://www.thestar.com/News/article/175688   WASHINGTON–The Bush administration will inform Congress tomorrow that Israel may have violated agreements with the United States when it fired U.S.-supplied cluster munitions into southern Lebanon during its fight with Hezbollah last summer, the U.S. State Department said yesterday. The

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Jane Fonda's speech at the end of her visit to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War This is Jane Fonda. During my two week visit in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, I've had the opportunity to visit a great many places and speak to a large number of people from all walks of life--workers, peasants, students, artists and dancers, historians, journalists, film actresses,

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by General Leonid Ivashov Global Research, January 24, 2007 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=IVA20070124&articleId=4581   In the overall flow of information coming from the Middle East, there are increasingly frequent reports indicating that within several months from now the US will deliver nuclear strikes on Iran. For example, citing well-informed but

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January 27, 2007   WASHINGTON -- Convinced this is their moment, tens of thousands marched Saturday in an anti-war demonstration linking military families, ordinary people and an icon of the Vietnam protest movement in a spirited call to get out of Iraq. Celebrities, a half-dozen lawmakers and protesters from distant states rallied in the capital under a sunny sky, seizing an opportunity to

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By STEVEN R. HURST and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writers 1 hour, 25 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - In perhaps the boldest and most sophisticated attack in four years of warfare, gunmen speaking English, wearing U.S. military uniforms and carrying American weapons abducted four U.S. soldiers last week at the provincial headquarters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala and then shot them

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DEMOCRATS CONSIDER OPTIONS TO AFFECT MILITARY STRATEGYBy Ron Hutcheson and Renee SchoofMcClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON - President Bush defended his Iraq strategy Friday in a closed-door meeting with Republicans in the House of Representatives and told reporters that he's ``the decision-maker'' on troop deployments even if Congress opposes his plans.Bush brushed off his critics as

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By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Democrats took the first step toward a wartime repudiation of President Bush on Wednesday, convening a Senate committee to endorse legislation declaring that the deployment of additional troops to Iraq is "not in the national interest."   "We better be damn sure we know what we're doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more

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By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer 31 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The United States launched an airstrike in Somalia against suspected terrorist targets — the second such attack this month, defense officials said Wednesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the action was carried out in secret, provided few details about the strike by an Air Force AC-130 gunship earlier

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2007 Aljazeera   Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, has said that the US is incapable of inflicting damage on Iran, in an interview with state television on Tuesday.   The Iranian leader also said that "wise" Americans would not allow George Bush, the US president, to attack Iran , as a US Navy carrier group moved toward the country.   Ahmadinejad said: "They [the US

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By Jason Szep WALTHAM, Mass., Jan 23 (Reuters) - Jimmy Carter defended his controversial book on Tuesday, telling a predominantly Jewish university that his goal was revive Middle East peace talks and that attacks on his character had hurt him and his family. Jewish groups have expressed outrage at "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," arguing that its comparison of Israel's treatment of

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Updated 1/23/2007 8:58 PM ET USA TODAY staff and wire reports   BAGHDAD, Iraq — A helicopter operated by the private U.S. security company Blackwater crashed Tuesday in Baghdad, a U.S. military officer said. The officer told USA TODAY that four bodies were found aboard the helicopter. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, the officer said. The Associated Press, however, reported that

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 15:01 GMT   Israeli President Moshe Katsav is to be charged with rape and abuse of power, the ministry of justice has announced. Correspondents say a final decision on the indictment will be made only after a hearing, in which Mr Katsav will be able to present his side of the case. Mr Katsav, whose position is largely ceremonial, has denied any

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Bruce Loudon, South Asia correspondent January 23, 2007   http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21101933-2703,00.html A US-led arms embargo against Burma's military rulers is to be breached by India, with New Delhi indicating yesterday that it will supply a range of military equipment to the regime in return for help in dealing with terrorism in the region. After talks in Burma's

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Allahabad, Jan 21 (IANS)   http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/january/21/indian_muslim/allahabad_erupts_over_police_inaction_in_gang_rape.html   Angry political activists Sunday demonstrated here against police inaction after two young women from a madrassa were gang-raped. The women were Wednesday abducted from the madrassa by four unidentified men who raped them and dropped them off at

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Bangalore, Jan 22 (IANS) http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/january/22/indian_muslim/bangalore_tense_after_communal_clashes.htmlA day after police firing sparked by communal clashes left one person dead and several injured, tension simmered in Bangalore Monday. But authorities said they were confident peace would return soon. A 12-year-old boy was killed and at least 22 people were injured

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Monday, January 22, 2007 · Last updated 3:30 a.m. PT By SHAWN POGATCHNIKASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_NIreland_Collusion.html BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Police intelligence officers covered up at least 10 killings and other crimes committed by Protestant outlaws who were on the payroll as informants, an investigation found Monday. Following a 3-year

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Last Updated: Monday, 22 January 2007, 11:22 GMT BBC NEWS   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6286289.stm   Russia has criticised a decision by the US to expand its embryonic missile defence shield to the Czech Republic and Poland.   A senior Russian military commander said the plan was "an obvious threat". On Sunday the US asked for permission to build a missile defence base on Czech territory

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Raid Qusti, Arab News   RIYADH, 22 January 2007 — Saudi Arabia yesterday said it would study a NATO proposal to join four other GCC countries in the NATO's Istanbul Summit Communiqué, but said that there must be a complete understanding of its regional goals and agendas. "The Kingdom will study the proposal submitted by NATO to join the Istanbul Summit," said Foreign Minister Prince Saud

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By Steve Schifferes Economics reporter, BBC News, Bangalore   Globalisation is a word that is on everyone's lips these days, from politicians to businessmen. BBC News is launching a major examination of the subject. Few places in the world have seen the dramatic effects of globalisation more than Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, which is experiencing an unprecedented IT boom that is

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By Choe Sang-Hun Published: January 21, 2007   POHANG, South Korea: Spitting plumes of white smoke, a wave of South Korean Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles storms the freezing cold beach. Drill sergeants huddled in the cold compare it to the U.S. military's World War II landings in Normandy. "It's the same stuff you see in the Hollywood movie 'Saving Private Ryan,'" one says. Inside

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Philip Bowring Published: January 21, 2007   HONG KONG: China's growing pride and self-assertion have over-reached themselves dangerously.   Future historians may well see Beijing's use of a missile to destroy an old weather satellite as having more lasting global impact than the Iraq war.   For the present, China's action has focused attention on a potential threat to U.S. security at least

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By Pallava Bagla Monday, January 22, 2007 (Thiruvananthapuram): Indian scientists for the first time have safely guided a space capsule back to Earth.Indian space agency ISRO said the capsule splashed down in the Bay of Bengal. It added, efforts are underway to locate it and bring it ashore. Scientists will see if all experiments have gone as planned and most importantly if the ceramic tiles

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Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:33pm ET   By David Mageria and Jeremy Clarke NAIROBI (Reuters) - Carrying anti-Bush and anti-Ethiopia placards, hundreds of Kenyan Muslims rallied on Friday to accuse authorities of unfair arrests and increased harassment due to the crisis in neighboring Somalia. At a peaceful meeting after Friday prayers outside Nairobi's main mosque, the protesters said Kenya was currying

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Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:49pm ET   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. contingency planning for military action against Iran's nuclear program goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former U.S. intelligence analyst said on Friday. "I've seen some of the planning ... You're not talking about a surgical strike," said Wayne White, who was a top Middle East

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  The Doomsday Clock is ticking while most of us are burying our heads in the sand ..    http://www.iviews.com/Articles/articles.asp?ref=IV0701-3212   On January 17, 2007 the Doomsday Clock, presently set at seven minutes to midnight, is set to be moved forward by its caretaker The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. This symbolic gesture reflects the sense of foreboding experienced by many in the

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Updated Mon. Nov. 27 2006 11:32 PM ETCTV.ca News Staffhttp://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061127/quebec_motion_061127/20061127?hub=TopStoriesThe House of Commons has passed a motion that defines the Quebecois as "a united Nation within Canada." The majority of Conservative and Liberal MPs supported the motion, along with the Bloc Quebecois and New Democrats. The vote passed 266

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By Christopher Mason Published: January 15, 2007   http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/15/news/journal.php   TORONTO: When it comes to producing a funny television show or movie in Canada, producers here have a reliable stable of topics — French-English relations, urban-rural dynamics and anything that involves a bumbling politician or the United States. But Islam — something of a third rail

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By ERIC MARGOLIS Sun, January 14, 2007    http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Margolis_Eric/2007/01/14/3362343-sun.html   NEW YORK -- In his memorable, 1961 farewell speech, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans to avoid foreign entanglements and beware the growing power of the military-industrial complex. It was sharply ironic to see American air strikes being launched this

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By Arab News15 Jan 2007The writing seems to be on the wall for the mighty greenback in 2007. The dollar is overvalued and has further to fall in the coming months, with major implications for many countries, not least the oil producers. It is not a coincidence that the US Treasury has just announced the reintroduction of the US silver dollar coin, phased out before the World War II, causing many

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Press AssociationMonday January 15, 2007 2:08 PMThe United Kingdom could be broken up by the Conservatives and Welsh and Scottish nationalists, Wales and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has warned.He said the UK was under threat from "an opportunistic coalition of myopic Tories and the narrow separatists of Plaid Cymru and the Scottish Nationalists".Writing in the Western Mail, he accused

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By Matthew BrunwasserPublished: January 14, 2007SOFIA: The arrival of Romania and Bulgaria has lent an unexpected twist to the proceedings of the European Parliament, which is expected when it convenes Monday to include a new grouping of extreme rightists intent on undermining the European Union from within.This is no empty prospect: In the 785- member Parliament, legislators previously bereft of

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By Carlos H. CondePublished: January 13, 2007CEBU, Philippines: The leaders of the 10 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations approved several agreements on Saturday considered by many here to be remarkable in their scope and visionary in their ambition.Among the agreements approved on Saturday, the first day of the meeting of the heads of state in this central Philippine province

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U.S. policy ensures it stays a failed statehttp://www.thestar.com/News/article/170680January 13, 2007, Thomas WalkomAmerican-backed, foreign Christian troops intervene in a Muslim civil war to unseat the winning Islamist side; a U.S. warplane searching for alleged terrorists in that same country blasts the wrong people; both the European Union and the United Nations express their dismay; Canada,

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations13 January 2007Russia and China have vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would have urged Burma to ease repression and release political prisoners. VOA correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports newly-elected Council member South Africa also voted against the measure.Russia and China joined together in a rare double veto Friday to block a

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By Joe De Capua Washington12 January 2007The relief organization OXFAM says nomadic herdsmen have been innocent targets of bombing in the south of the country. Beatrice Karanja, a spokesperson for OXFAM in Nairobi, tells VOA the bombings have affected some of the agency’s humanitarian water and sanitation programs.“Oxfam has been receiving reports from our partner organizations in Somalia that

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Distracting Congress from the Real War PlanBy PAUL CRAIG ROBERTShttp://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01102007.htmlIs the surge an orchestrated distraction from the real war plan?A good case can be made that it is. The US Congress and media are focused on President Bush's proposal for an increase of 20,000 US troops in Iraq, while Israel and its American neoconservative allies prepare an assault on

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Israeli PM Olmert meets with Chinese PM. Olmert receives warm welcome but request that Chinese PM reconsider policy against Iran falls on deaf ears.Ronny Sofer, BeijingPublished: 01.10.07, 14:06The Chinese's warm welcome of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his visit to China for a meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao turned out to be inconsequential, when China's intention to stick

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By Dave DonaghyJanuary 10, 2007 05:31pmABORIGINAL activist Murrandoo Yanner has warned of a domino-effect of unrest and bloodshed in indigenous centres following a riot in the north Queensland community of Aurukun. An angry mob of around 200 people last night rampaged through the Cape York community forcing police officers, their families and Aboriginal elders to seek refuge in the police station

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Paul McDougall(01/05/2007 11:00 AM EST)A Muslim electronics engineer who developed five patents for IBM claims the computer maker fired him because of his religion and that managers at the company mocked him for refusing to eat during the Ramadan fast and once told him to ignore Islamic law and clean a knife that had been used to cut pork.Mahmoud Mousa, who calls himself a "Jordanian Muslim

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LONDON (Reuters) - Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper said.Citing what it said were several Israeli military sources, the paper said two Israeli air force squadrons had been training to blow up an enrichment plant in Natanz using Nuclear "bunker busters."Two other sites, a heavy water

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By M.J. Akbar, mjakbar@asianage.comSaddam Hussein is more powerful in his grave than he ever was in his palace. Alive, he was a dictator. Dead, he is a martyr. The evil inherent in arbitrary power is in the process of being interred with his bones.Strong men like to be associated with iron. Hence, an Iron Duke, or Iron Chancellor, or Iron Fist, an Iron Will. It is ironic that all it needs is an

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03 Jan 2007 19:34:00 GMTby: Nina Brenjo"Slow genocide" is the phrase a Somali, who runs a humanitarian relief organisation, used to describe the reign of warlords before the Islamists' six-month rule of his country. And he's not alone in thinking that the recent ousting of Islamists, in power since June 2006, is far from good news for Somalia, according to Martin Fletcher, Britain's Times

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By Sahal Abdulle and Guled MohamedMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalis protested in Mogadishu on Saturday against Ethiopian troops backing the interim government, hurling stones, burning tyres and reviving memories of the chaos that largely stopped during six months of strict sharia rule by Islamists. In the latest show of discontent with the forces that drove the Islamists out, some protesters

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Mina, KSA - Pilgrims completed the ritual stoning of the devil without any untoward incidents. They started the stoning after pre dawn prayers & thanked God for the safe Hajj this year. Many pilgrims praised King Abdullah & other saudi authorities for their efforts to prevent any accidents this year during Hajj. The African Market--------------------Muslim women from African countries such as

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Arafah, KSA - More than 3 million muslims reached the plains of Arafah on Friday to seek forgiveness from God for their past sins & promised to turn over a new leaf in an emotionally charged atmosphere. The grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia advised muslims to return to the precepts of the Quran & Sunnah for success in this world & the Hereafter. He also advised them to stay united in the face of

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By A MatinMina, KSA - Pilgrims reached the tent city of Mina and spent the day in preparation for the 'Day of Arafah'. Traditionally, the stay at Mina was used to rest the camels and quench their thirst. However, as no camels are used anymore, the pilgrims utilised the time to refresh themselves and stocked up on supplies. The Saudi authorities have mounted a huge logistical operation to ensure

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Muslim men & women circumambulate around the Kaaba, which was built by Prophet Abraham along with his son Ismail. This ancient place of worship is the direction muslims face while performing their prayer & it signifies the unity of muslims. Male muslims wear 2 pieces of unsewn cloth & women wear modest clothing which erases any barrier of class or wealth which may have existed previously. Saudi

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By A MatinMakkah, KSA - Large crowds of pilgrims converged upon Islam's holy city as the 'Day of Standing' on the plain of Arafah, which falls on Friday, drew close. Makkah resembled a global village on Wednesday with people of all nationalities as diverse as the Bosnian & Ethnic Chinese Muslims. It was heartening to see both Sunni & Shia, Kurd & Turkmen and other people standing shoulder to

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By Lulwa Shalhoub, Arab NewsJEDDAH — Architecture student Lama Al-Zoghibi won the “I Matter” prize in the third and final night of the activities that took place at the Equestrian Club here recently.More than 2,500 applications were received from women who made presentations of ideas that would help empower Arab women.Al-Zoghibi was declared the winner of this contest of innovation with her

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By Khaled AlmaeenaMuscat — Saudi Arabia and Oman yesterday called for a peaceful resolution of the standoff between Iran and Western countries on Tehran’s nuclear program. They emphasized the right of all countries in the region to possess nuclear technology for peaceful purposes but reiterated that the Middle East must be made free of weapons of mass destruction.King Abdullah arrived in Jeddah

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By Abdul-Rahman Yusuf, IOL CorrespondentMOGADISHU - Students in several schools and universities have signed up to defend their homeland after the SICS postponed school exams to allow willing students to fight the invading troops."Was I supposed to wait the soldiers of Habasha to invade my house?" asked student Abdullah Hasan.He told IOL he volunteered to fight so that his country wouldn't become

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By A MatinKSA (TC-Press) - Tomorrow is the big day. The day when our journey begins. The day when we leave for Makkah. The Road to Makkah beckons ....

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Somali Muslims prevented from performing HAJJ by ETHIOPIAN AIR BOMBINGBy Guled MohamedMOGADISHU (Reuters) - "This latest attack has come at time when so many people are traveling to attend haj", witnesses said of the Mogadishu air raid. "It is a shocking attack!"Reuters report below ...http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyid=2006-12-25T114647Z_01_L24148211_RTRUKOC_0_

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By A MatinKSA (TC-Press) - Starting tomorrow, our correspondent will travel along with pilgrims from all over the world to Makkah and bring you a day-by-day account of this amazing spiritual and temporal journey as it unfolds.HAJJ 1427Watch this space for more …..For Info on Hajj, go to Islamcity Hajj Information Centerhttp://www.islamicity.com/mosque/hajj/

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Somalia: Ethiopian Warplanes bomb Mogadishu’s main Airport- Aweys, Mogadishu 24, Dec.06 ( Sh.M.Network) – Ethiopian warplanes have bombed Mogadishu’s main airport.Witnesses said number of people were killed and dozens injured.Sheik Abdirahim Aden Wehliye, has told Shabelle by cell phone that Ethiopian fighter jets dropped two bombs in to the airport. He did not say the exact number of casualties.

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