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• Rare, heavy rains soak pilgrims at Islams hajj

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 160
  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Rare, heavy rainstorms soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling Islams annual hajj as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. The downpours add an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu....
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• ‘Islam Has No Justification For Terrorism’, Said Saudi Arabian Envoy Faisal Hassan Trad

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  The "anti-Islam" remarks by former law minister Ram Jethmalani who linked Wahhabis, a conservative Muslim sect, with terrorism, is a closed chapter for him, but Saudi envoy to India Faisal Hassan Trad says Muslims have a long way to go and work hard to rid their faith of the Islamic terror stigma. "Despite ...
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• Saudi Arabia

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 150
  Thanks to STOPshariaLAWnow here is a peek at life in Saudi Arabia
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• Huthi Rebels Using New Tactics on the Battlefield

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  As confrontations between Saudi forces and infiltrators enter its fourth week, information received from the battlefront indicates that the infiltrators have resorted to new combat tactics, including disguising themselves as animals after their previous ploy of using womens clothes had failed, as they try to ...
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• Jordanian Commandos Reinforce Saudis on Yemen’s Border?

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 508
  This is unbelievable. Maybe if we all say it slowly: There is no military solution. The Yemen Times details reports of Somalis fighting alongside the Hotuhis and picks up reports in the Saudi media of yet another player, Jordan, on the side of the Saudis: Saudi media sources revealed on Saturday that Jordanian ...
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• Losing the Democracies: Obamas Heart is With the Hooligans

  
  The New Republic - The Spine Feed — Authority: 121
  At least, thats what many of our old and deeply democratic friends seem to feel. Now, its hard to accept that the president of the United States would actually make that choice. He probably feels--but how do I really know? I actually dont--that the hooligans and especially the hooligans who produce our oil and the ...
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• Kuwait: Saudi Campaign on Democracy

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  An opinion piece in the Palestinian Al-Quds al-Arabi by Nasser al-Abdali (translated by Mideast Wire) argues that Saudi Arabia has launched an undercover campaign to frighten Gulf citizens over the political and social action taking place in Kuwait. While the Saudis are attempting to suppress ...
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• Photo You Must See: Preparing for the Hajj in Mecca

  
  World Hum — Authority: 613
  REUTERS/Caren Firouz Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca after morning prayers, performing a mini haj, before the start of this year’s hajj pilgrimage.  
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• Saudi Arabia: Witchcraft and Sorcery Cases on the Rise

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 682
  (Kuwait City) - The cassation court in Mecca should overturn the death sentence imposed on Ali Sabat by a lower court in Medina on November 9 for practicing witchcraft, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Saudi government to cease its increasing use of charges of "witchcraft" which remains ...
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• Yes the Saudis are unlikely to suceed militarily in Sa’ada

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 508
  First, preening with bombs: the Saudi boys become men with the blood of Yemeni children. The following is a snippet from an article in Al Quds that addresses internal Saudi dynamics: “(Political science professor at British universities and Saudi author Madawi) Al-Rasheed then indicated that the response to the ...
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• Gulf States Leaving the Dollar Behind?

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  by Vasko Kohlmayer “The Gulf single currency is not happening tomorrow or the day after,” says Kuwait’s Finance Minister Mustafa al-Shamali. “Sufficient time” is needed to prepare for such a move the minister told the Kuwaiti parliament last week. Al-Shamali’s statement is startling in how ...
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• Strange Bedfellows

  
  Bloodthirsty Liberal — Authority: 151
  Try not to take the bedfellow metaphor too literally: such imagery would be too off-putting to take the rest of this seriously:In his speech at the opening of the parliament session, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned against Iranian interference in Arab affairs. He said that his country would not hesitate to ...
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• The New luxury-sporty Kia Cadenza

  
  Desinformado.com — Authority: 441
  The all-new Kia Cadenza luxury sporty sedan revealed in Korea today (where it is called the K7), will be a ‘big step into the future’ for Kia when it goes on worldwide sale next year. New Cadenza will make its overseas world premiere at next month’s Riyadh Motor Show in Saudi Arabia on 12 December, followed ...
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• Inside Mazrak refugee camp, Yemen

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Inside Mazrak refugee camp, Yemen
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• Saudi pulls out all the stops

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 516
  Only four pilgrims have so far died from swine flu, not 10 as reported in some section of media, the minister of health claimed on Monday. “There are no new deaths among pilgrims because of swine flu beyond the four deaths which were already announced. There are also no other epidemics,” Dr. Abdullah al-Rabeeah ...
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• The Beginning of Hajj Commemorated in Saudi Arabia

  
  Holidays Around The World - Holidays Around The World — Authority: 477
  Beginning of Hajj: November 25, 2009The beginning of Hajj is a public holiday in Saudi Arabia.Hajj is a famous pilgrimage to Mecca, and every Muslim that has the physical ability and money to do it must do it at least once in their lives. It is the 5th pillar of Islam faith, and it starts [...]Other interesting posts: ...
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• Asian Cup Round-up

  
  Japan World Cup Team Blog — Authority:
  Asian Cup qualifying for Qatar 2011 is reaching the latter stages now, with the latest round of matches this week. For the uninitiated, the Asian Cup has 16 finalists coming from a variety of qualification routes – just to make things easy. Qatar qualify automatically as hosts, as do the top 3 nations from the ...
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• The Syrian illusion revisited Posted by Tony Badran

  
  The Jerusalem Post BlogCentral — Authority: 141
  Here are two excellent recent pieces by  Emile Hokayem  and Jonathan Spyer  on the stale old illusion of a Syrian "peace track," and assessing the whole enterprise of engagement with Syria more generally. Spyer explains why the so-called "Syria track" - that most absurd leftover from the delusional 1990s ...
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• Driving Force: the n7nu Campaign in Saudi Arabia

  
  Muslimah Media Watch — Authority: 535
  The advertisement begins with a short video of a woman moving from the back seat to the front seat, followed by the simple question, “drive?” The video sets the tone for this campaign, which asks the general population to discuss and also listen. The n7nu campaign has a very simple message: one of awareness.  ...
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• Muslim Hajj pilgrims killed by swine flu

  
  Interfaith — Authority: 127
  Four Muslim pilgrims have already died from swine flu on this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which officially starts on 25 November. Three of the victims, from Sudan, India, and Morocco, were on their seventies. The other was a teenage girl from Nigeria. Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry said all four victims ...
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