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  • Israel does not rule out large ground offensive

    Israeli soldiers read the Torah Scrolls as they pray next to their 155mm artillery gun yesterday as the barrage against Hizbullah targets in south Lebanon continued from a forward base on the outskirts of Kiryat Shemona, Israel. MIDDLE EAST: Israeli defence minister Amir Peretz did not rule out the possibility yesterday that Israel would launch a ground offensive in Lebanon, just hours before at least six more Israeli soldiers were killed in fierce close-quarter battles with Hizbullah fighters just inside Lebanon. p

  • White House outlines plan for trying terrorists

    US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales US: The Bush administration has told senators it wants to retain key elements of military tribunals for inmates at Guantánamo Bay that the supreme court struck down as illegal, but to incorporate elements of the legal code used in courts martial of military personnel. p
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  • Iran accuses US of trying to obstruct nuclear talks

    IRAN: Iran accused the US yesterday of trying to obstruct talks to end a standoff over Tehran's nuclear programme while Washington said that its fears had increased because Iranians were present at North Korean missile tests. p

  • Polish MPs find time to pray for rain

    POLAND: MPs from Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) got a huge laugh in parliament after calling for a special Mass yesterday to pray for rain. p

  • Memo shows why Hirohito refused to visit shrine

    JAPAN: The bitter debate over prime minister Junichiro Koizumi's annual pilgrimages to the controversial war memorial, Yasukuni shrine, was given a new twist yesterday by a remarkable, beyond-the-grave intervention from an unusual critic: Emperor Hirohito. p

  • Reid plans firmer sentencing policy

    BRITAIN: The British home secretary John Reid announced plans yesterday to toughen sentencing guidelines following mounting public anger at a judicial system perceived as being too soft on serious criminals. p

  • Thousands of children used as spies by Ceausescu's police

    ROMANIA: The dreaded secret police of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu recruited thousands of children to spy on schoolfriends, parents and teachers, historians have revealed. p

  • Tackling congestion or doing bus workers out of their jobs?

    Kenya Letter:   It is not even rush-hour yet and the thick fug of diesel fumes hangs over the thousands of commuters thronging the forecourt of Nairobi railway station, waiting for their ride home. p

  • InShort

    A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p
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  • Reluctant hero has his voice heard

    The singer Sami Yusuf is an icon to young people in the Islamic world, proof that you can be hip and pious - Mary Fitzgerald met him in Cairo. p

  • Scholars and musicians hotly debate whether music is permissible or not

    It is one of the most hotly debated issues on Muslim discussion websites and has long been pondered by some of Islam's most respected scholars. With the advent of a whole new generation of Muslim musicians who try to blend their work and faith, it has taken on extra significance. p

  • My Ummah

    My ummah*, my ummahHe will sayRasulullah* on that day p
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