Norwegian beer prices are some of the highest in the world A woman said she thought she was in heaven when she turned on the kitchen tap to find a plentiful supply of beer.

Haldis Gundersen was planning to do the washing up when she made the unusual discovery at her apartment in Kristiansund, west Norway.
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      Caribbean More Last Updated: Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 02:14 GMT Brazil army ends Rio occupation By Tom Gibb BBC News, Sao Paulo The cache of weapons was stolen two weeks ago The Brazilian army has ended a nine–day occupation of slums in Rio de Janeiro aimed at recovering weapons stolen from an army base.

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      Bush speech US President George W Bush has set out his strategy to tackle the violence in Iraq, in an attempt to counter American scepticism over the war.

He gave details of coalition attempts to build up the Iraqi security forces and said: "We will not lose our nerve." And he accused Iran of contrib >>>

      By Jill McGivering BBC News, Beijing The NPC is a major part of the Chinese political year The annual 10–day session of China‘s parliament is drawing to a close on Tuesday, with analysts detecting more internal debate than in previous years.

The National People‘s Congress (NPC) is usually see >>>

      Vietnamese Indonesian More Last Updated: Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 10:12 GMT Chinese PM issues rural pledge Mr Wen promised more rural protection China‘s prime minister has ended an annual meeting of parliament vowing to improve the lives of poor farmers, amid worries about rising rural tensions.

Wen Jiaba >>>

      French More Last Updated: Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 01:18 GMT Drought–hit Somalia‘s race against time By Adam Mynott BBC News, Somalia Somalia is now in the grip of one of the worst droughts to hit the Horn of Africa for decades. The country has been without a functioning government for the past 15 years.
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      Foreigners will monitor the election – but critics say it will not be fair Early voting is set to begin in Belarus, five days before a presidential election officially due to take place on Sunday.

Opposition groups say early polling is an opportunity for President Alexander Lukashenko to rig the vote.
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      Ecuador says it is investigating what it describes as a violation of its airspace by the Colombian military.

Defence Minister Oswaldo Jarrin said a Colombian aircraft had been picked up by Ecuadorean radar at the weekend.

Colombia denied over flying Ecuadorean territory, but said the aircraft had been >>>

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      The BBC‘s Laura Trevelyan visited Ground Zero, the site of the Twin Towers, ahead of the construction of a controversial memorial to the victims of the 11 September attacks was due to begin.

Authorities say relatives were consulted over the design At the corner of the 16–acre site in Lower Manhatta >>>

      Protests started last week and resulted in clashes with police French students and unions have vowed to keep up the pressure on the government with further action over the new law on youth employment contracts.

Riot police were used to evict 200 protesting students from Sorbonne University in Paris at the week >>>

      Hamas has been given two weeks to form a unity government Officials from the Islamic militant group Hamas have held fresh talks with the other factions on forming a Palestinian coalition government.

The meeting reportedly ended without agreement, but Hamas was expected to submit a new draft programme before ta >>>

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      Maoist rebels in eastern India have released more than 40 train passengers they seized on Monday, officials say.

The rebels stopped a train in a remote area in Jharkhand state on Monday evening and held the passengers captive for more than 12 hours.

The rebels freed the passengers early on Tuesday and >>>

      Parliament has been rocked by a string of allegations India‘s parliament has recommended temporary suspension of four members over a scandal involving granting projects using constituency funds.

It said the MPs should be suspended till 22 March for "improper conduct". An Indian TV channel broad >>>

      By Sebastian Usher BBC world media correspondent The Iranian leadership reinforces its message through the media The authorities in Iran are highly conscious of the power of the media.

They use a two–pronged approach. At home, they enforce controls on the media that stifle freedom of expression, although >>>

      Mr Ahmadinejad said Iran would defend its right to nuclear energy Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed to resist increasing international pressure over the country‘s nuclear programme.

"No power" could take away nuclear technology, he told a crowd of thousands in Gorgan, northern Ira >>>

      The Ariel settlement is one Israel intends to keep after any peace deal Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has vowed that Israel will never give up the major Jewish settlement of Ariel in the West Bank.

Mr Olmert said the settlement, north of Jerusalem, would be "an integral part of Israel, whateve >>>

      Palestinian prison guards surrendering at Jericho‘s jail Israeli troops have taken control of a prison in the West Bank town of Jericho, destroying its walls with bulldozers and killing a guard.

They are trying to seize militant Ahmed Saadat, blamed for the assassination of a minister. He refused to surr >>>

      By James Copnall BBC, Abidjan Soro (l) met key political leaders last month Ivory Coast‘s New Forces rebel leader Guillaume Soro has travelled to the country‘s economic capital for the first time in more than a year.

Mr Soro controls the northern half of Ivory Coast after he launched a rebellion in >>>

      Mira Markovic has been in self–imposed exile in Russia Serbia has lifted an arrest warrant against Slobodan Milosevic‘s widow, potentially allowing her to return if his funeral is held in Belgrade.

Mira Markovic has been living in self–imposed exile in Russia, fearing arrest on fraud charges >>>

      The rebels called off a unilateral truce in January Transport across Nepal has been affected as Maoist rebels began an indefinite blockade to try to force the king to end direct rule.

They aim to stop supplies reaching the capital. Authorities say security is tight on key highways, and there are no reports of >>>

      By Paul Reynolds World Affairs Correspondent, BBC News website The United States is developing the concept of a "cold war" with Iran.

Iran has taken a more hardline stance since Ahmadinejad‘s election It would be a third way between trying to engage with the hard–line government there and >>>

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      Mr Lee has faced criticism before for playing golf during times of crisis South Korea‘s Prime Minister Lee Hae–chan has offered to resign for playing golf when he was supposed to be dealing with a national railway strike.

Mr Lee was criticised by opponents and some newspapers for not overseeing the >>>

      By Andrew North BBC News, Baghdad Several co–defendants are also on trial with Saddam Hussein It was the turn of some of the lesser–known defendants in the trial of Saddam Hussein to get some of the limelight on Monday.

There were several heated exchanges, with the judge repeatedly ordering a forme >>>

      Violence has soared since an attack on a key Shia shrine Iraqi authorities have discovered two more mass killings, taking the number of bodies found in the past 24 hours to more than 60.

The bodies of 15 bound and apparently tortured men were found in an abandoned vehicle in Baghdad‘s Khadra district.
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      Mr Milosevic complained of inadequate medical treatment The son of Slobodan Milosevic has accused Serbia of blocking his father‘s burial in the country.

Marko Milosevic, who is expected to collect his father‘s body from The Hague on Tuesday, said he was seeking a funeral in Moscow instead.

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      By Chris Hogg BBC News, Taipei Tensions between the two sides are running high It is 12 months since China passed a law authorising the use of force against Taiwan if the self–governing island moved towards formal independence.

On the face of it, it looks like nothing much has changed since then. Both si >>>

      Bird flu cases have been discovered along the Caspian Sea coast Azerbaijan has reported three human deaths from bird flu.

The cases, which have yet to be confirmed by the World Health Organization, would be the first such fatalities in the country.

Deputy Health Minister Abbas Velibeyov said the victi >>>

      The Olympios have a long feud with President Gnassingbe‘s family Togo‘s authorities are seeking opposition leader Harry Olympio in connection with an alleged attack on police headquarters last month.

Some of the 13 people arrested in connection with the petrol bomb attack have said they were workin >>>

      The trial has been hearing from a number of witnesses A federal judge has interrupted the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man to be charged in the US in connection with the '/11 attacks.

Judge Leonie Brinkema is considering whether to rule out the possibility of executing Moussaoui because >>>

      PAVLOS MAKRIDIS/ANA A sampling of icons currently on show at the Thessaloniki Museum of Byzantine Culture. The exhibition, which opened yesterday, will give art lovers the opportunity to view 88 icons from Orthodox communities in central and southern Albania. It is the first time such an exhibition has taken place in G >>>

      Government accused of deception after Eurostat rules on expenditure recording The decision by Eurostat, the European Union‘s statistics agency, to recommend that governments record military expenses upon the delivery of equipment and its integration into a country‘s armed forces instead of doing so when the >>>

      The government called a state of emergency for the prefecture of Evros in the country’s northeast yesterday after water levels on the Evros River reached dangerously high levels due to heavy rainfall and melting snow in the region, authorities said.

The army, the fire department and municipal crews were all on >>>

      MURDER PROBE Cretan police arrest British man in connection with his parents’ killings Police yesterday arrested the son of a murdered British couple in Hania, Crete, in connection to his parents’ death. Ryan Johnson, aged 32, was being held in police custody over the murder of Roger Johnson, aged 53, and his wife Jose >>>

      Church authorities in Lamia, central Greece, have described the body of an Orthodox monk that has remained intact 15 years after its burial as a «sign of God» as medical experts fail to come up with a scientific explanation to the alleged phenomenon.

«From the start I believed that this is a >>>

      Verdict ‘erroneous’ A Supreme Court prosecutor has recommended the reopening of the case involving the acquisition of shares in state–controlled firms by the State Portfolio Management Agency (DEKA) ahead of the 2000 national elections.

Last December, an appeals court cleared DEKA’s former chairman and b >>>

      A bank heist in central Athens went awry yesterday as one of the two armed men involved in the holdup accidentally shot dead his accomplice in their attempt to get away, police said.

The pair entered a branch of Alpha Bank on Acharnon Street at about midday and had begun their getaway from the branch with arou >>>

      Tomorrow will be a taxing day for most people, as a 24–hour general strike, called by two of the country’s main labor unions, promises to cripple public transport, disrupt flights and disable public sector services.

The metro, the Athens–Piraeus electric railway, the suburban railway and the tram w >>>

      El presidente francés ha presidido junto a Angela Merkel el Consejo de Ministros conjunto franco–alemán LVD – 14/03/2006 – 13.47 horas Berlín. (EFE).– El presidente francés, Jacques Chirac, rechazó hoy en Berlín las acusaciones respecto a la polít >>>

      RUPERT CORNWELL. DETROIT – 14/03/2006 La muerte, dicen, es la gran igualadora; salvo cuando esa igualdad se topa en la eternidad con los despojos mortales de uno de los iconos del movimiento estadounidense por los derechos civiles. Rosa Parks, la costurera de Alabama venerada por su negativa en 1'55 a ceder s >>>

      Para la fiscal Del Ponte, la reconstrucción histórica era casi más importante que la culpabilidad de Milosevic Cuando ‘la verdad‘ ralentiza la justicia El juicio de Nuremberg fue más rápido y práctico; las principales sesiones no duraron más de un ańo

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      LVD – 14/03/2006 – 10.03 horas Seúl. (EP/AP). El presidente surcoreano, Roh Moo Hyun, aceptó hoy la dimisión de su primer ministro, Lee Hae Chan, que se ha visto obligado a abandonar su cargo tras las críticas suscitadas por su actitud, después de que se descubriera que es >>>

      Al igual que en el caso venezolano, los dos partidos tradicionales sufren un descalabro El presidente
'3;lvaro Uribe ha arrasado en las legislativas colombianas, al obtener la victoria absoluta en ambas Cámaras. El histórico Partido Liberal sufrió un descalabro: por primera vez en 50 ańos no >>>

      El jamaicano, Patrick Robinson, es uno de los magistrados del Tribunal Penal Internacional para la antigua Yugoslavia (TPIY).

1 min Noticias relacionadas Internacional La justicia serbia retira la orden de arresto contra la viuda de Milosevic LVD – 14/03/2006 – 08.58 horas Los Balcanes tras Milos >>>

      El Partido Socialista amenaza con abandonar la coalición si Milosevic no tiene un funeral de Estado

MARC BASSETS – 14/03/2006 Bajo la nieve y el frío de Belgrado, menos de un centenar de personas mayoritariamente ancianos– hacían cola ayer por la tarde ante la sede del Partido Social >>>

      LVD – 14/03/2006 – 08.3' horas Actualizada: 14/03/2006 11.50 horas Bagdad. (EFE). Los cadáveres de más de 70 personas presuntamente asesinadas en acciones de violencia sectaria han sido encontrados en las últimas 24 horas en distintas áreas de Bagdad, informaron hoy fuentes p >>>

      Una abogada del Gobierno violó las normas procesales en el caso contra Zacarias Moussaoui Lasirregularidadesprocesales cometidas por una abogada del Gobierno de Bush obligaron a parar el juicio contra Moussaoui, acusadodeparticipar en el complot del 11–S. El bruscogiroenelcasopuedesalvarlo de la condena a mu >>>

      Marko Milosevic dice que su padre "fue asesinado" LVD – 14/03/2006 – 08.58 horas Actualizada: 14/03/2006 12.2' horas Londres. (Agencias). El Partido Socialista Serbio (SPS) anunció hoy que la Justicia serbia ha suspendido la orden de arresto que pesaba contra Mirjana Markovic, viuda del >>>

      Veinte millones de chinos se enfrentan estos días a violentas tempestades de arena Según los cálculos, el país pierde cada año 6.000 millones de euros por el avance de la desertización

RAFAEL POCH – 14/03/2006 Shapotou (región aut. de Ningxia). Corresponsa >>>

      LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 Austria, presidenta semestral de la UE, será el destino del primer viaje a Europa de la nueva presidenta de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, con motivo de la celebración de la IV cumbre entre la Unión Europea y América Latina, entre el 11 y el 13 de mayo próx >>>

      La protesta en las universidades se radicaliza y hay choques entre estudiantes y policía en la Sorbona A Villepin le espera una semana de infarto. Tres jornadas de protesta, tres, han sido convocadas para reclamar la retirada del nuevo contrato laboral para los jóvenes impulsado por el primer ministro franc&# >>>

      LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 Ap. ZAGREB Los tres líderes políticos durante la guerra de los Balcanes han muerto antes de que su papel en el capítulo más sangriento en Europa desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial fuera formalmente juzgado y posiblemente castigado.

La muerte el pasado sába >>>

      HAY QUE CAMBIAR LA estrategia diplomática hacia Bolivia y Perú para armonizar las agendas del futuro y superar los recelos del pasado

JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ ELIZONDO – 14/03/2006 La experiencia dice que el perfil geopolítico de Chile no garantiza un apacible pasar y que su imag >>>

      La liebre ha saltado porque la comisión que concede los honores tiene congelados tres nombramientos

RAFAEL RAMOS – 14/03/2006 Londres. Corresponsal Oferta! ˇSensacional oferta! Se proporciona título de noble de Inglaterra o par del reino a personas económicamente solventes interesadas >>>

      El ex líder serbio tomó una droga que anulaba su tratamiento de hipertensión Un análisis efectuado en enero detectó en la sangre de Milosevic una droga que pudo anular el efecto de su tratamiento para la grave hipertensión que padecía. El médico que halló la sustancia dijo q >>>

      El presidente palestino responsabiliza de la acción, en la que han muerto dos guardias, a EE.UU. y a Reino Unido LVD – 14/03/2006 – 10.33 horas Actualizada: 14/03/2006 14.24 horas Jericó. (Agencias). Al menos dos palestinos murieron hoy en el asalto del Ejército israelí a la c&aa >>>

      LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 Agencias La sección segunda de lo penal de la Audiencia Nacional acordó ayer aplazar el juicio contra el ex dirigente etarra Juan Carlos Iglesias Chouzas, alias Gadafi,para estudiar si los delitos que se le imputan han prescrito, tal como alega la defensa del ex miembro del co >>>

      Recuerda que los ataques "no se produjeron bajo un Gobierno socialista" LVD – 14/03/2006 – 12.16 horas Madrid. (EUROPA PRESS). La vicepresidenta primera del Gobierno, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, denunció hoy que la actitud del Partido Popular (PP) hacia la investigaci&o >>>

      Encarrilados todos los asuntos menos selecciones y circunscripción europea, que PSOE y PP vetarán La incógnita sobre la posición final de ERC deja en el aire que el referéndum se celebre el 18–J Aprobado el título del poder judicial, que confiere al Govern capacidad para crear juzgad >>>

      Los nacionalistas reclaman al Gobierno la deuda histórica gallega Los nacionalistas gallegos han intensificado, tras el acuerdo entreRodríguezZapateroyArturMassobreelE statut, suesfuerzo por marcar distancias del PSOE con la bandera del secular atrasogallegoenlasinfraestructurasferroviarias. Losnacionalistas >>>

      LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 Los puntos de desacuerdo que subsistían en el título del Poder Judicial quedaron resueltos el domingo por la noche con un nuevo pacto entre el PSOE, CiU, PSC e ICV que ayer se trasladó a la comisión. Tal vez el más relevante fue el que se refiere a la desaparici >>>

      LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 El debate sobre el Estado de la Nación se está preparando para la segunda semana de mayo, concretamente los días ' y 10. Aunque es prematuro dar por cerrada ninguna fecha ya que quedan prácticamente dos meses y está por medio la Semana Santa, esta es la prev >>>

      LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 Europa Press. MADRID El fiscal de la Sala de lo Penal del Tribunal Supremo Bartolomé Vargas ha presentado en la Fiscalía General del Estado su candidatura a la jefatura de la Fiscalía de la Audiencia Nacional, que hasta el pasado mes de febrero ocupaba Eduardo Fungairi >>>

      El dirigente de Batasuna alegó una afección bronquial para no presentarse en la Audiencia El juezGrande–Marlaskanoestá dispuestoa concederaOtegi ni un minuto más de lo necesario para que comparezca en la Audiencia Nacional en cuanto se haya repuesto de la bronquitis que alegó ayer para no >>>

      Villepin destaca en la Moncloa su esperanza de que se logren avances José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ya cuenta con el primer aval internacional para hacer frente a un eventual proceso de paz con ETA. Dominique de Villepin brindó ayer en la Moncloa el respaldo francés a los pasos que dé el presiden >>>

      LVD – 14/03/2006 – 14.52 horas Madrid. (EUROPA PRESS). El presidente del Consejo General del Poder judicial (CGPJ), Francisco José Hernando, remitió hoy un escrito al presidente del Congreso de los Diputados, Manuel Marín, en el que le anuncia «la imposibilidad institucional» de asistir >>>

      ERC aprueba el título con sólo algunas reservas a lo pactado entre PSOE, CiU e ICV El título del Estatut consagrado a Justicia quedó aprobado ayer con los votos en contra del PP y las reservas de Esquerra Republicana. El debate tuvo más altura que en las anteriores sesiones y por la tarde se em >>>

      LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 Redacción. MADRID Los vocales de la mayoría del Consejo General del Poder Judicial (CGPJ) consideran que el presidente del órgano de gobierno de los jueces, Francisco José Hernando, no debe comparecer mańana miércoles ante la comisión de Justicia del C >>>

      La creación de una circunscripción electoral propia en las elecciones europeas también podría desaparecer del Estatut

LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 Redacción. MADRID Los grupos catalanes y el PSOE sopesaban ayer la posibilidad de retirar del texto del Estatut el artículo consag >>>

      El president califica de desconcertante el pacto del convergente con Zapatero ElpresidentPasqualMaragall aprovechó ayer las últimas horas desu viaje oficialaChile para lanzar varios mensajes a líderes catalanes. Además de pedir unidad en la recta final del Estatut, negó que ofreciera a Artur Ma >>>

      Cree que el presidente catalán "esconde" debilidades y "alguna vergüenza" LVD – 14/03/2006 – 14.3' horas Barcelona. (EUROPA PRESS). El líder de CiU retó hoy al presidente de la Generalitat, Pasqual Maragall, a batirse en un debate público para aclarar >>>

      El PP avala la insinuación de falsedad de una pista clave e indigna al PSOE y a la policía El PP cree que algunos supuestos errores de la investigación judicial pueden hacerles recuperar el honor perdido en el 11–M. Rajoy apuntó ayer que el sumario del atentado podría ser nulo si se confi >>>

      SE TRATA DE evitar que en Espańa haya un foco de capitalidad tan pujante como Madrid

XAVIER BRU DE SALA – 14/03/2006 Hay causas causales. Hay causas colectivas. Hay una causa común que es la causa de todo cuanto sucede de desagradable alrededor del secular pleito catalán: la negativa de Ma >>>

      LA VANGUARDIA – 14/03/2006 Agencias Distintas asociaciones de víctimas del terrorismo saludaron ayer la creación por el Ministerio de Justicia de una oficina de atención personalizada junto a la Audiencia Nacional que les informará de la situación en la que se encuentran los juicios que l >>>

      LVD – 14/03/2006 – 14.00 horas Actualizada: 14/03/2006 14.55 horas Madrid. (EFE).– El presidente del Gobierno, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, aseguró hoy que el Ejecutivo seguirá cumpliendo los compromisos electorales y garantizó que continuará gobernando " >>>

      K.S. Ramkumar, Arab News JEDDAH, 14 March 2006 — Saudi Arabia’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization is due to the economic policy that it has all along pursued, a junior Saudi minister said on Sunday night.

«The Kingdom’s economic strategy has directed it to its accession to the WTO. It is i >>>

      Khalil Hanware, Arab News Basil Al–Ghalayini JEDDAH, 14 March 2006 — BMG Financial Advisors (BMG) has announced the creation of BMG Saudi Index, which will be officially launched in Riyadh on April 1.

The main features of the index include investability, total return index and liquidity.

BMG has >>>

      Maha Akeel, Arab News JEDDAH, 14 March 2006 — The nomination deadline for membership elections of the sector committees at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) has been extended to next week due to poor participation. The JCCI board of directors announced two weeks ago elections for its committees for the >>>

      Javid Hassan, Arab News RIYADH, 14 March 2006 — The first Global Design Forum in the Gulf, with a focus on industrial and urban design, will be held in Dubai from Feb.
3 –5 next year. The forum, whose objective is to establish a correlation among design, business and creativity, is being organized by Moutamar >>>

      Agencies KUWAIT CITY, 14 March 2006 — Stock markets in the Gulf states nose–dived yesterday on the back of strong correction pressure, sending shockwaves across the region and fears of a possible long–term slide.

Six of the seven bourses in the six–nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which >>>

      Khalil Hanware & P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News JEDDAH, 14 March 2006 — Saudi stocks plunged to new lows yesterday, sending shockwaves among investors as Shoura Council members urged intervention by the Finance Ministry and the governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) to prevent a market crash.

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      Arab News The National Commercial Bank is the gold sponsor of the first international conference on money laundering prevention being held in Cairo from March 22–23. Hany Faidy, NCB’s head of compliance, is leading the bank’s group to the conference. The NCB recently sent a group of young Saudis to Malaysia for a >>>

      Arab News MANAMA, 14 March 2006 — The Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance in association with Arab News and the Manama–based Ithmaar Bank will hold a training program for Arab journalists specializing in economic and commercial affairs here today.

Ithmaar Bank has invited about 20 journalists from >>>

      Adil Salahi, Arab News Q.1. As a group of new Muslims we want to know what is the Islamic concept of impurity? We are raising this question because we know a person who once carried a bottle of wine in his pocket while praying. Maybe he did not do it intentionally. Intentional or not, is his prayer valid?

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      Commentary by Sayyid Qutb In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Beneficent One day he entered the city at a time when its people were unaware (of his presence). He found there two men fighting, one belonging to his own people and the other to his enemies. And the one from his own people cried out to him for help agains >>>

      Adil Salahi, Arab News As we spoke of the pledges given by the early Muslims to the Prophet (peace be upon him), we mentioned that such pledges spelled out the commitment new Muslims were making for the rest of their lives. This was a new aspect introduced in their life. Hence, it was necessary that they should know to >>>

      Adil Salahi, Arab News Q. When I offer a Sunnah prayer, what should I say when I make my intention? Should I say that I am offering this prayer as a Sunnah for God, or for the Prophet?

N. Salaam A. There are two points to be clarified here. The first is that we offer all our worship to God alone. No one else h >>>

      Adil Salahi, Arab News We often hear or read stories about the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) companions and what they did in the service of Islam, wishing that we were with them, sharing their attitude and even doing better than at least some of them.

Should we indulge in such wishful thinking? Is it right to >>>

      Adil Salahi, Arab News Q. I read in a book by an eminent scholar that the Prophet (peace be upon him) borrowed money, and returned more than he received. Does this mean that each of the two actions — borrowing and giving back more than one borrowed — is a Sunnah? I also read that when Umar ibn Al–Khattab died he >>>

      Adil Salahi, Arab News The behavior of the Prophet (peace be upon him) provides a model for us to emulate. He had a keen sense of his position and status, realizing that his practice was observed and reported so that Muslims would follow his example in all situations. This is required in order to live an Islamic life t >>>

      Adil Salahi, Arab News Prayer is the most important aspect of Islamic worship. Its Arabic name, salat, has several connotations, but one of these is the establishment of a link or a bond. Indeed Islamic prayer gives a worshipper a clear sense of a direct link and a strong bond between him and God. As a believer begins >>>

      Lulwa Shalhoub, Arab News JEDDAH, 14 March 2006 — With the new drive to integrate mentally disabled people into regular schools and jobs in the Kingdom, the Ministry of Higher Education is accepting applications for scholarships for aspiring special–education teachers.

The ministry is working with Sultan >>>

      Essam Al–Ghalib, Arab News JEDDAH, 14 March 2006 — Rizwan Abdul Nabi has been defying the odds and appears to be set to win a court case against his sponsor, Khaled Al–Abbass Al–Telmesani.

Both sponsor and laborer have been locked in a court battle over unpaid wages. This case has left Abdul >>>

      Arab News AL–KHARJ, 14 March 2006 — An elementary school fight was broken up by a teacher, which angered a father, the daily Al–Watan reported. The father decided that because the teacher broke up a fight involving his son, he needed to teach the teacher a lesson by shooting him in the leg. The teacher was >>>

      Hasan Hatrash, Arab News Jeddah Municipality is cracking down on roadside stalls, such as these ones in downtown Balad, operated by expatriates. (AN photo by Hasan Hatrash)

JEDDAH, 14 March 2006 — Hamza Bamihriz, a souvenir stall operator in downtown Jeddah, expressed his fear yesterday of losing all the money >>>

      Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News RIYADH, 14 March 2006 — A 15–member delegation headed by Prince Turki ibn Nasser, chairman of the Presidency of Meteorological and Environmental Protection, left for Brazil to attend the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Cur >>>