New Al-Qaeda chief praises Syrian protesters

Cairo, July 28: Al-Qaida’s new leader praised Syrian protesters seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad while trying to portray the uprising as an Islamic battle against American and Israeli interests. The video message posted on websites Wednesday is Ayman Al-Zawahri’s first More

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Islamic Sharia law zones set up across Britain

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

London, July 28 Islamists across Britain have launched a poster campaign, setting up zones where the Sharia law would be enforced, a media report said Thursday. The bright yellow posters put up at bus stops and on street lamp posts read: "You are entering a Sharia-controlled zone - Islamic More

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Advanced Zamzam dispensers to replace orange drums

Makkah: Technologically advanced and highly hygienic dispensers and filling machines will be used to distribute Zamzam water to worshippers at the Grand Masjid in Makkah and the Prophet’s Masjid in Madinah during Ramadan, an official said on Monday. According to the Umm Al-Qura calendar the More

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Songwriter of Syria uprising meets gruesome death

Beirut, July 28: Ibrahim Qashoush’s lyrics moved thousands of protesters in Syria who sang his jaunty verses at rallies, telling President Bashar Assad, “Time to leave.” So when his body was dumped in the river flowing through his hometown, his killers added an obvious message: His throat was carved More

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Mubarak's trial to be held in Cairo on Aug 3

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Cairo, July 28:  Former president Hosni Mubarak and others, involved in the killing of pro-democracy activists during a popular uprising that ousted the Egyptian strongman, will be put on trial in Cairo on August 3, the state media reported today. "It has been decided that the trial of More

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Suicide bombing kills 12 outside bank in Iraq

Baghdad, July 28: A suicide bomber today struck an Iraqi bank in Saddam Hussein's hometown where policemen were picking up their paychecks, killing 12 and wounding 30 people, officials said. The mid-morning blast was the fourth major attack this year on Iraqi security forces in the northern More

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Briton builds world's longest motobike

London, July 28 A Briton is all set for a new Guinness world record for the longest motorbike -- 22 metres long and with 25 seats. Colin Furze, 31, spent a month building the motorbike, which is as long as a tennis court, the Daily Mail reported. He used a 125 cc moped and extended More

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Afghan war has cost Britain 18 bn pounds

London, July 28: The cost of British military operations in Afghanistan was Thursday officially estimated at over 18 billion pounds (around $29 billion), The Guardian reported. The figures released by the House of Commons defence committee also show the cost of imposing a UN-backed no-fly More

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