Social justice without curbs Khaleej Times There are a certain obligations and restrictions in the Islamic way of life. Take the case of earning a livelihood first. | The meticulous care with which Islam has distinguished between right and wrong with respect to the means of earning wealth is not to be found in any other existing legal or soc...
Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace Philadelphia Daily News | MATTHEW LEE | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning that the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement. | In an unusual joint interview with ...
Afghanistan: Close Monitoring of Troubled Bank to Resume The New York Times | The Afghan bank under severe threat of collapse was closed, as usual, on Friday, the national day of rest. The country’s banking system will reopen on Saturday, and observers will closely monitor the number of creditors who try to withdraw th...
Lebanon: Hezbollah Chief Rejects Demand From U.N. Prosecutor The New York Times | The leader of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah said Friday that he would not respond to a demand by a prosecutor appointed by the United Nations to hand over all information relevant to the killing of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik...
Israel: Atomic Agency Seeking Signature on Nonproliferation Pact The New York Times | The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency asked Israel last month to consider signing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, according to a report made public Friday by the agency. Although Israel refuses to confirm it possesses a nuclear ar...
Iran: Opposition Begins Satellite Television Channel The New York Times | Iranian opposition activists have started a new satellite TV channel, RASA TV, from Belgium as an alternative to Iran’s increasingly state-controlled media. The channel is also available online. One of the channel’s organizers, Ebrahim ...
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Fast-track Mideast peace talks face big obstacles Houston Chronicle | WASHINGTON - Israel and the Palestinians have set a goal of reaching a final peace settlement within one year, a highly ambitious aim given past failures and future obstacles. | ...
UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport Herald Tribune | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said. There was no immediate word on ...
43 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing: police Gulf News | Quetta: A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing up to 43 people in the second major attack this week, piling pressure on a government s...
Saudi Arabia to raise wages for most military Khaleej Times RIYADH - Saudi Arabia will raise wages for most of its army staff, a move that follows a surge in inflation and the kingdom's first military engagement in almost 20 years against rebels in Yemen. | At about $41 billion, military expenditure accounted...
Solidarity Group gets new CEO [Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia] Insurance Newsnet | Aug. 31--MANAMA -- Ashraf Bseisu, a long-standing Solidarity executive and a prominent member of the region's insurance industry, has been appointed as group CEO with immediate effect. | The decision to this effect was announced on Monday following...
Saudi Arabia decision angers tourism sector Gulf News | Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has stopped granting of visas to those who wish to visit the kingdom only for tourism, Gulf News learnt on Monday. | The kingdom, to which people mainly come for Haj, Umrah or to visit Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) mosque in M...
Distressed Filipinos to be sent home Gulf News | Manila: The Philippine government has said it will continue to send home overseas Filipino workers who are in distress as part of the Aquino administration's "accelerated" programme. | The Philippine Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) said in a statement that the repatriation of distressed workers, as well as their chil...
Taliban facing financial crisis: US General Zeenews Washington: Noting that the Taliban has been driven to desperation around Marjah in southern Afghanistan, a top US general stationed there has said that the terrorist outfit is facing an acute financial crisis. | "We have intelligence that indicates to us that he (Taliban) has got a financial crisis on his hands," US Marine Corps Major General Rich...
