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Bakri’’s fromer wife being probed for possible fraud

October 13th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct.13 (ANI): The ex-wife of hate preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed is being probed over claims she fiddled state handouts. According to The Sun, Hanah Fostok, 48, split from the exiled firebrand ...

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Indian community in Qatar comes in for praise

September 22nd, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, Sep 22 (IANS) The expatriate Indian community in Qatar has been praised for its law-abiding nature and general attitude and behaviour by Qatar's Minister for Labour Sultan Hassan Al-Dhabit Al-Dousari.The minister ...

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Macca hopes to spread peace through Israel gig

Macca hopes to spread peace through Israel gig

September 22nd, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 22 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney has said that he hopes his upcoming concert in Israel would spread a message of peace in the region. The former Beatle is slated to ...

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Spanish police discover Al Qaeda handbook

August 4th, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Madrid, Aug 4 (DPA) The Spanish police have discovered an Internet handbook for Al Qaeda's European cells on the use of remote-controlled bombs against international troops in Lebanon and Afghanistan, the Cadena ...

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Lebanese prisoners arrive in Naqoura (Lead)

July 16th, 2008 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Naqoura (Lebanon), July 16 (DPA) Five Lebanese prisoners who were released Wednesday by Israel as part of a swap with the Lebanese Hezbollah movement arrived in Lebanon amid joyous celebrations. The prisoners ...

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Abbas welcomes Israel-Hezbollah prisoner swap

July 16th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Ramallah, July 16 (DPA) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Wednesday the ongoing prisoner exchange between Israel and Hezbollah and in a statement congratulated the families of the "liberated prisoners". Abbas, who was ...

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Hezbollah receives coffins of its 2006 war ‘martyrs’

July 16th, 2008 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Naqoura (Lebanon), July 16 (DPA) The Lebanese Shia Hezbollah movement Wednesday began unloading the remains of seven of its fighters from Red Cross trucks at Lebanon's border with Israel. Dozens of Hezbollah ...

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UK has spent over five million pounds sustaining clerics of hate

July 8th, 2008 - 7:28 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 8 (ANI): Preachers of hate such as hook-handed Abu Hamza have cost the British Government over five million pounds in legal aid and court costs. Hamza, now facing deportation to ...

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Vishesh Bhriguvanshi bags Most Valuable Player award

July 6th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) India's young talent Vishesh Bhriguvanshi was named the 'Most Valuable Player' of the Basketball without Borders Asia camp, which concluded here Sunday. Dong Hanlin from China won ...

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Israel offers direct talks to Lebanon

June 18th, 2008 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Tel Aviv, June 18 (DPA) Israel Wednesday officially offered peace talks to Lebanon. A spokesman for Premier Ehud Olmert said Israel was interested in achieving a peace deal with its northern neighbour ...

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New auto battery plant to boost Bangladesh exports

May 30th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by admin -
Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Rahimafrooz, a Bangladeshi manufacturer that is a familiar name in auto batteries in India and many countries, will begin production by this year-end at a new plant to ...

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Leave weapons out of Lebanon’s internal disputes: Hezbollah

May 27th, 2008 - 12:11 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Beirut, May 27 (Xinhua) Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said that his group will not use weapons in Lebanon's internal disputes. "The resistance weapons are directed towards the enemy," Nasrallah said ...

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Simon Cowell facing financial loss over Arabic Pop Idol scrapping

May 25th, 2008 - 11:26 am ICT by admin -
London, May 25 (ANI): Simon Cowell is facing a multi-million-pound loss due to the axing of a Middle East version of Pop Idol following a terrorist attack in Lebanon. The music mogul ...

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Lebanese parliament to elect new president Sunday

May 22nd, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Beirut, May 22 (DPA) Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri announced Thursday that the session to elect army commander Michel Suleiman as the next president would be held Sunday. Berri's office said in ...

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UAE, France to cooperate on nuclear energy

May 22nd, 2008 - 11:41 am ICT by admin -
Paris, May 22 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France plan to cooperate in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, WAM news agency reported Thursday. "French President Nicolas Sarkozy ...

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Arab committee makes two proposals to end Lebanon crisis

May 20th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Doha, May 20 (DPA) Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Bin Abduallah al-Mahmoud said Tuesday that the Arab ministerial committee made two proposals for Lebanon's ruling majority and the opposition to solve ...

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Hezbollah’s gains in Lebanon part of a regional process, next Jordan and Egypt

May 12th, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by admin -
Ramallah (West Bank), May 12 (ANI): Hezbollah's gains in Lebanon last week are part of a regional process that began last year in the Gaza Strip and will continue in Jordan ...

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Lebanon’s militant movement accuses opponents of killing its men

May 11th, 2008 - 2:37 am ICT by admin -
DPA Beirut, May 11 (DPA) Lebanon's Shia militant movement Hezbollah Saturday accused followers of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt of killing two of its members in a mountainous area east of Beirut. "We hold ...

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The Lebanese siren who is creating a storm in the desert

May 3rd, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by admin -
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): The Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe, who had caused a desert storm in the Middle East over her provocative ways, is having the last laugh. The performance of the ...

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Lebanon closes illegal crossings with Syria

April 22nd, 2008 - 8:27 am ICT by admin -
DPA Beirut, April 22 (DPA) Lebanese security forces erected barricades Monday, blocking nine illegal crossings into neighbouring Syria, a Lebanese security source said. Lebanese troops and police patrols managed to close nine illegal ...

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Dubai charity to educate kids in developing countries

April 17th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by admin -
Dubai, April 17 (IANS) Dubai based charitable organisation Dubai Cares has announced a plan for improving primary education in 12 developing countries, WAM news agency reported Thursday. The charity made the announcement ...

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ATTENTION EDITORS: Sports schedule for April 16, 2008

April 16th, 2008 - 12:00 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Following is the sports schedule for April 16, 2008 Olympics:Torch relay update Cricket:Indian Premier League build-up Football: AFC Cup match between East Bengal vs. Al Wihdat (Lebanon) Second division I-League ...

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Churchill Bros coach gets offer from Lebanon

March 13th, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by admin -
Margao, March 13 (IANS) Churchill Brothers Sports Club coach Karim Bencherifa, who has now quit the Durand Cup champions, has been made an offer to coach Lebanese League leaders Al Ansar. Al ...

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Himachal family seeks help to get man’s body from Lebanon

March 13th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by admin -
Shimla, March 13 (IANS) Unable to afford to bring back the body of a Himachal Pradesh man from Lebanon, his family has now appealed to the external affairs ministry for help. Kanshi ...

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UAE’s investment in Sudan touches $7 bn

March 12th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by admin -
Dubai, March 12 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the second largest investor in Sudan after China with a total investment of $7 billion, according to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al ...

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US hinders solutions to end Lebanon’s crisis: Syria

March 1st, 2008 - 10:00 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Damascus, March 1 (DPA) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said Saturday that sending the USS Cole warship towards the waters off the Lebanese coast assures that the US hampers political solutions that ...

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Allianz appoints Kamesh Goyal as Middle East region chief

February 20th, 2008 - 8:19 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Bajaj Allianz has appointed Kamesh Goyal as the new chief executive officer (CEO) for the Middle East and North African region from April. Goyal will take over Sam ...

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Chima Ramu finishes 11th in Hong Kong marathon

February 17th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Kennedy Chima Ramu finished 11th at the men's marathon in Hong Kong and helped India to stay on top for the fourth successive year in the South Asia ...

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Iran, Syria to jointly probe killing of Lebanese militant

February 16th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by admin -
Tehran, Feb 16 (IANS) Iran and Syria are to set up a joint fact-finding team to probe the assassination of Lebanon's senior Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah, a senior Iranian official has said. ...

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Failing 48-hour deadline, PPP decides to approach UN on its own for BB killing probe

Failing 48-hour deadline, PPP decides to approach UN on its own for BB killing probe

January 13th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by admin -
Larkana, Jan 13 (ANI): Failing the 48-hour deadline given by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to President Pervez Musharraf regime to allow a UN probe into Benazir Bhuttos assassination, the PPP has ...

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