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NEMDIL   Florida pastor not backing down on Qoran-burning  01/01/1970

A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the Sept.11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down. Jones,

NEMDIL   At least 15 killed in Russia blast: official  01/01/1970

At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an apparent suicide attack on a central market in the Russian Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz, Russian investigators said. Russian investigators opened a probe into an "act of terror" and officials said the blast appeared to have

NEMDIL   Most Arab states mark end of Ramadan on Friday  01/01/1970

Most Arab countries announced they would celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, on Friday. In Saudi Arabia, seen as the beacon of Sunni Islam, the supreme court ruled that Thursday would be the final day of fasting, before the

NEMDIL   Al-Qaeda claims Yemen series of attacks: report  01/01/1970

Al-Qaeda said it carried out a series of attacks on security forces in Yemen, including deadly clashes in the restive south, a U.S.-based group that monitors Islamist websites reported. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the jihadist network's local affiliate, put out three

NEMDIL   Iran suspends woman's stoning: Foreign ministry  01/01/1970

Iranian authorities have suspended the sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after weeks of condemnation from around the world. "The verdict regarding the extramarital affairs has stopped and it's being reviewed,"

NEMDIL   Israel orthodox Jews don face covers  01/01/1970

Thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel have started covering their faces with black veils to avoid looking at "indecently" clad women, according to news reports. In the past couple of days, thousands of fundamentalist Jews launched a campaign under the title “Protecting the

NEMDIL   Pakistan holds 3 over failed Times Square bomb  01/01/1970

Pakistan's police have arrested three suspects linked to a Pakistani-American accused in New York of the attempted car bombing of Times Square, a senior police official said Wednesday. The three were detained in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, two weeks ago and had been interrogated for

NEMDIL   Hamas members arrested over settler attacks  01/01/1970

The Palestinian Authority has arrested several Hamas members for organizing and carrying out two recent attacks on Israeli settlers, a senior official said late Tuesday, as Israel said that the West Bank will be sealed off during Jewish New Year celebrations. The Palestinian security official,

NEMDIL   Palestinian-Italian launches online Arabic lessons  01/01/1970

A Palestinian woman living in Italy launched an online Arabic teaching program that has attracted thousands of users from all over the world and earned her the title “phenomenon” in Italian media. Maha Yacoub, a Palestinian-Italian living in the city of Livorno on the western coast, starting

NEMDIL   US religious figures condemn anti-Muslim frenzy  01/01/1970

U.S. religious leaders early Wednesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn Quran copies on Sept. 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad. Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders

NEMDIL   World Muslims to mark Eid al-Fitr Thurs. or Fri.  01/01/1970

Muslim and Arab countries will announce Wednesday night whether the feast of Eid al-Fitr will start on Thursday or Friday, depending on the sighting of the new moon that will mark the beginning of the lunar month of Shawal, which follows the fasting month of Ramadan in the Muslim hijri calendar.

NEMDIL   US missile strikes kill 14 militants in NW Pakistan  01/01/1970

At least 14 militants have been killed by suspected U.S. drone attacks in northwestern Pakistan on wednesday. The first drone fired a missile at a house linked to a group that often carries out attacks on NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan, killing at least ten militants, intelligence

NEMDIL   Gunman in uniform kills 2 US soldiers in Iraq  01/01/1970

A gunman wearing an Iraqi army uniform killed two American soldiers Tuesday in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. They were the first American soldiers killed since the U.S. officially ended combat operations in the country last week. The attack occurred within an Iraqi army

NEMDIL   Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan  01/01/1970

Famous Hollywood actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday to bring more international attention to their suffering and provide aid needed to help the country recover from its worst natural disaster Jolie is travelling as the

NEMDIL   Film recounts trauma of war-scarred US troops  01/01/1970

A documentary premiering at the Venice film festival explores the trauma of U.S. soldiers returning from war in Iraq and struggling to readjust to normal life, with little if any help from the military. "Ward 54", by Italian journalist Monica Maggioni, is named after the psychiatric

NEMDIL   GCC states urge UK to expel Bahraini dissidents  01/01/1970

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council have called on Britain to expel two leaders of Bahrain's Shiite opposition charged with plotting to oust the kingdom's Sunni government. The six GCC states urged Britain "to deal seriously with terrorist groups and

NEMDIL   Car bomb kills 20 in Pakistan after Taliban threat  01/01/1970

A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police residential complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 50 others, officials said, in another blow for a country grappling with devastating floods. The dead were the wives and children of police officers, said Khalid

NEMDIL   Iran says vetting UN nuke inspectors is its right  01/01/1970

Iran said on Tuesday that it was within its rights to vet U.N. inspectors who monitor its nuclear facilities after the U.N. watchdog said its work was being hampered by the barring of some of its staff. "We have this right ... to change the inspectors as per their

NEMDIL   UAE freezes four Iranian bank accounts: report  01/01/1970

The United Arab Emirates' central bank has frozen four Iranian bank accounts cited in a United Nations Security Council blacklist after uncovering their presence in the UAE banking system, a newspaper said on Tuesday. A U.N. resolution of June 9 names 40 entities and one individual on a

NEMDIL   Saudi rejects Sri Lanka maid torture allegations  01/01/1970

Saudi authorities denied allegations that a Sri Lankan maid was tortured by hammering nails into her body and accused Sri Lankan labor firms of blackmail. Saad al-Badah, head of the Foreign Workers Committee at the Saudi Chamber of Commerce, said that 49-year old Sri Lankan maid L.G. Ariyawathi