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Lebanon crisis sparks regional row
May 14, 2008 - 03:11
Deadly clashes between pro- and anti-government fighters in Lebanon have given way to harsh verbal exchanges between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, warned Iran on Tuesday about what he called support of a "coup" in Lebanon by opposition forces.
He said:...
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Hamas Rejects Israel's Truce Condition
May 14, 2008 - 03:11
GAZA CITY — The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas rejected on Tuesday, May 13, Israeli conditions on an Egyptian-brokered truce proposal already accepted by Palestinian factions.
"Whoever thinks that the (captured Israeli soldier Gilad) Shalit issue will be settled for free as part of the...
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Italy: Muslims 'victims' of media
May 14, 2008 - 03:11
Rome, 12 May(AKI) - An international conference on multicultural relations has heard how Muslims suffer from discrimination and poor media perceptions about Islam.
The US state department's senior advisor to European and Eurasian Affairs, Farah Pandith, said Muslims suffered from a...
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Islamic Finance Fulfills US Home Dream
May 14, 2008 - 02:51
CAIRO — Mounir Elhaj was anxious to know how Islamic finance could help her avoid the dilemma of a woman she knows who lost her house after paying mortgage for 17 years once she started missing payments, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, May 13.
"The bank still took her house," Elhaj, 45,...
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Bush Tour Diminished by Hezbollah Show of Force
May 14, 2008 - 03:12
WASHINGTON - While this week¡¯s trip by President George W. Bush to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt was never conceived as a triumphant ¡°victory lap¡± around the region, the swift rout of U.S.-backed forces by Lebanon¡¯s Hezbollah Friday has provided yet another vivid illustration of the rapid...
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Violence erupts in Sadr City
May 14, 2008 - 03:12
At least 11 people have been killed and 20 others wounded after US troops and Shia fighters clashed in Baghdad's Sadr City, hospital officials have said, despite a truce being agreed at the weekend.
The US military on Tuesday confirmed clashes had taken place but said only three fighters had...
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Poor Haj Services Anger Governor
May 14, 2008 - 03:12
JEDDAH, 14 May 2008 — Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal yesterday called for a 10-year program to solve Haj-related problems. “Protecting the dignity of the guests of God (pilgrims) should be our main objective,” he told officials attending a workshop on Haj.
The governor criticized...
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Iran president to offer proposals to ease nuclear row
May 14, 2008 - 03:12
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will soon put forward new proposals to resolve its dispute with the West over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
But he also made clear the Islamic Republic would not bow to U.N. demands and suspend uranium enrichment activity that...
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Sharif quits Pakistan coalition over judges dispute
May 13, 2008 - 02:58
Pakistan's fragile coalition government suffered a blow yesterday when Nawaz Sharif, leader of the second-largest party, pulled his ministers from the six-week-old cabinet.
The withdrawal of the Pakistan Muslim League followed the collapse of talks with Asif Ali Zardari, the leader of the...
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Lebanese army vows use of force
May 13, 2008 - 02:58
The Lebanese military has promised to restore law and order to the country, by force if necessary.
The statement came as fighting continued between pro- and anti-government groups on Monday in the northern city of Tripoli, leaving one person dead.
"Army units will halt violations ... in...
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Israel Sets Terms for Gaza Truce
May 13, 2008 - 02:58
JERUSALEM, 13 May 2008 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked Egypt’s intelligence chief yesterday to tell Gaza fighters a truce would be conditional upon progress being made toward freeing a captive Israeli soldier.
Olmert also asked Omar Suleiman to tell the Palestinian armed factions they...
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U.N. and Iran hold talks on disputed nuclear work
May 13, 2008 - 02:58
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. atomic watchdog began talks on Monday on the Islamic state's disputed nuclear programme, which the West fears is a front to build weapons, the official IRNA news agency reported.
IRNA said Hermann Naeckerts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
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Kidney for Bread in oil-rich Iraq
May 13, 2008 - 02:58
BAGHDAD — Iraq, which has the world's third-biggest oil reserves, is making billions of dollars in oil exerts thanks to record-setting prices. Still, many of its citizens sell parts of their own bodies just to survive.
"I couldn’t see my children crying for food and I can not get them at even...
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Sadr City Residents Fear A Cease-Fire Means More Violence
May 13, 2008 - 02:58
BAGHDAD - One day after an agreement between followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr and the Iraqi government to end more than six weeks of fighting, the streets in parts of the vast Shiite slum of Sadr City were deserted, amidst signs of a battle. Wires snaked out of potholes and from...
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From Nakba to Two-state Chimera
May 13, 2008 - 02:58
RAMALLAH — Sixty years after Israel was created on the rubbles of their country and after two decades of fruitless negotiations, Palestinians are losing faith in the long-touted two-state solution.
"Israel's maximum offers don't meet our minimum demands" a senior Palestinian official told...
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Siege of Gaza squeezes life out of the land
May 13, 2008 - 02:58
The field is planted with shoulder-high rows of corn and is so close to Israel that the tall concrete boundary wall is well within sight, along with the Israeli military jeeps on their regular patrols into northern Gaza.
For Abid Razzaq Ouda, 40, who farms this land, this brings its own...
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Fresh clashes rock Beirut
May 12, 2008 - 03:45
Renewed gunfire was heard in Beirut in the early hours of Monday morning, after a day of relative calm in the city amid clashes between pro- and anti-government fighters.
Reporting from the Lebanese capital, Al Jazeera correspondent James Bays, said that intense gunfire was heard in the...
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French Mosques Look up to Bourget
May 12, 2008 - 03:45
PARIS — Le Bourget, Europe's biggest gathering of Muslims, has become the best destination to raise funds to build much-needed mosques for France's sizable Muslim minority.
"Le Bourget has become the biggest opportunity for French Muslims to raise money for mosques," Qaderi told IslamOnline.net...
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Lebanese Army Deploys but Clashes Rage On
May 12, 2008 - 03:45
BEIRUT, 12 May 2008 — The army deployed across much of Lebanon yesterday after Hezbollah ceded control of west Beirut but clashes raged on in the north and in the Druze mountains. Heavy machine-gun fire and loud explosions echoed through a number of villages in the district of Aley as Druze...
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Arab League to send mediating mission to Lebanon
May 12, 2008 - 03:45
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers, holding an emergency session on Sunday, will send a high-level delegation to Beirut immediately to try to mediate a way out of Lebanon's worst civil strife in 18 years, the Arab League said.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa and Qatari Prime...
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OIC endeavoring to rectify Muslim image
May 12, 2008 - 03:45
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ýhsanoðlu has stated that a project called the Islamophobia Observatory has been launched in order to eliminate the worldwide waves of fear of Islam.
Ýhsanoðlu cited the commonsensical intellectual reaction of the Danish...
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Gaza power plant shuts down
May 12, 2008 - 03:45
A power plant in Gaza City has shut down, affecting 500,000 local inhabitants and forcing local hospitals to run on reserve fuel.
Large parts of the Gaza Strip, particularly Gaza City, were in darkness after the main power station shut down its generators on Saturday.
The Hamas government's...
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Muslim police group to tackle anti-Islam prejudices
May 12, 2008 - 03:45
A MUSLIM Police Association is to be established in Scotland, it was revealed yesterday.
The group, headed by Strathclyde Police, will aim to encourage recruitment and retention among Muslims, improve understanding of the faith and tackle "Islamophobia".
PC Amar Shakoor, who was Scotland's...
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Turkey bombs PKK bases in Iraq
May 12, 2008 - 03:46
Turkish warplanes bombed bases of the fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in neighbouring northern Iraq late on Saturday, the Turkish army has said.
The "intensive" bombing in the Avasin-Basyan region targeted a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party militants, the statement on Sunday...
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Hariri Proposes Lebanon Initiative
May 09, 2008 - 00:28
BEIRUT — Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri proposed on
Thursday, May 8, a four-point initiative to settle the political crisis, amid
scenes of fierce gunbattles between rival groups in Beirut for the...
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Bush extends Syria sanctions
May 09, 2008 - 00:28
George Bush, the US
president, has said he is extending sanctions against Syria following
Washington's charge that Damascus has been building a nuclear reactor with North
Korea's help.
Bush announced his decision on Wednesday to continue a...
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Clashes Escalate In Lebanon
May 09, 2008 - 00:28
Clashes between government
supporters and the opposition in Lebanon escalated on Thursday, with gunfights
in several parts of the country, roads blocked and Beirut’s airport effectively
shut down.
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Al-Qaida leader in Iraq captured during Mosul raid
May 09, 2008 - 00:28
The leader of al-Qaida in
Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been captured in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi
officials said last night.
Al-Masri, also known as Abu
Hamza al-Muhajir, was arrested...
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New Islamic Studies Centers in UK
May 09, 2008 - 00:28
CAIRO — Aiming to boost the study of Islam and promote a better understanding of
the Muslim faith, two renowned British universities are launching research
centers for Islamic studies thanks to a donation from a Saudi...
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Olmert denies taking bribes
May 09, 2008 - 00:28
Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime
minister, has admitted he accepted campaign donations from an American
businessman, but denied that the contributions constituted bribes.
In a televised statement on Thursday night from his residence in Jerusalem,...
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