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Monday, 22 December 2008 - 24 Thul-Hijjah 1429 H
03:21 AM
The remains of a Continental Airlines Boeing 737 with the fuselage partially buckled and one engine and part of its landing gear ripped off. The plane was speeding for takeoff from Denver International Airport for Houston, Texas, when it veered off and fell into a ravine
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RIYADH – Global attention will be focused Monday on Saudi Arabia when King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques unveils the Kingdom’s 2009 budget in the afternoon and addresses the nation.The Cabinet’s budget session will take place at Khozaim Oasis outside the capital, Riyadh.
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RIYADH – Minister of Water and Electricity Abdullah Al-Hussain almost fell unconscious during questioning in the Shoura Council Sunday, prompting Council Chairman Sheikh Saleh Bin Humaid to briefly suspend the session.The minister was seen leaning on his
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Landmark opening
Saudi men perform evening prayers infront of a theater before watching the Saudi .
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Feeling the pinch
A pedicab driver rides through an intersection at twilight on a cold winter’s night in Beijing, Sunday. China urged local authorities to help find jobs for the 210 million .
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Man. Utd on top of the world
YOKOHAMA – Wayne Rooney’s superb 73rd-minute strike gave 10-man Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Ecuador’s LDU in the Club .
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Performance will dominate India’s election next year
A striking paradox looms large in India’s public life after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Members of the city’s elite, including .
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Mumbai hotels come alive, see a new era
MUMBAI – Two luxury hotels that were stormed by militants re-opened amid tight security in Mumbai Sunday, less than a month after devastating attacks that rocked India’s financial and entertainment hub.
The Trident and Taj Mahal hotels received their first . ...Read more
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Five ways to disobey!
Ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi mentions a conversation between a young lad and the great scholar Ibrahim Bin Adham in his book Kitab At-Tawwabeen, page 285.
The young boy: O Abu Ishaq, I am wronging my soul, advise me with something that’ll hold me back from disobeying Allah and breathe new life into my heart.. ...Read more
The young boy: O Abu Ishaq, I am wronging my soul, advise me with something that’ll hold me back from disobeying Allah and breathe new life into my heart.. ...Read more
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Indian poetess pens ‘longest English poem’
2,742 lines, 436 stanzas, 19,444 words and still counting... 26-year-old Afrin Siddiqui, a commerce graduate from Gulbarga, a small town near the south Indian city of Hyderabad, has made history of sorts in India, by penning the .
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