Click on icons for more Kingdom stories
Click on icons for more World stories
Click on icons for more Islam stories
Click on icons for more Business stories
Click on icons for more Opinion stories
Click on icons for more Local Press stories
Click on icons for more Features stories
Click on icons for more stories

 

Friday 8 April 2005 (29 Safar 1426)

Terror Groups Dealt a Blow, Says Naif
Mahmoud Ahmad, Arab News
JEDDAH, 8 April 2005 — Life returned to normal to the town of Al-Rass, 300 kilometers north of Riyadh, where security forces fought a pitched battle with terrorists killing 14 and arresting a number...  Full Story 
 
 
Political Motive Seen in Closure of Al-Haramain
Javid Hassan, Arab News
RIYADH, 8 April 2005 — The spokesman of an American non-governmental organization that works for Islamic charitable organizations hinted yesterday that the closure of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation...  Full Story 
 
 
Kashmir Bus Service Bridges Divide
Nilofar Suhrawardy, Arab News

 
PEACE BRIDGE, India-Pakistan Border, 8 April 2005 — Hopes for lasting India-Pakistan peace surged yesterday as bus passengers defied militants and crossed the militarized line dividing Kashmir for...  Full Story 
 
 
Jihadists Miss Bus in More Ways Than One
Siraj Wahab, sirajwahab@arabnews.com
JEDDAH, 8 April 2005 — That peace is anathema to the people on the lunatic fringe was amply demonstrated by Wednesday’s attack on the sprawling tourist reception center in Srinagar — the very place...  Full Story 
Blast Rocks Bazaar in Cairo
Summer Said, Arab News

 
CAIRO, 8 April 2005 — An explosion went off at a popular bazaar near Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo yesterday, killing at least two tourists and wounding nineteen, police officials said. A statement...  Full Story 
 
 
Talabani Sworn In Iraq President, Names Jaafari Premier
Naseer Al-Nahr, Arab News
BAGHDAD, 8 April 2005 — Iraq’s first elected government in half a century finally took shape yesterday when a Jalal Talabani, who becomes the first Kurdish head of state in an Arab country, took oath...  Full Story 
 
 
Editorial: Toward a Multiethnic Future
8 April 2005
IT has taken a long time but the naming of a new Iraq prime minister and selection of a new president by the new Parliament represents a significant step on the country’s progress toward a new multiethnic...  Full Story 
 
 
The Allure of the Unknown
Lubna Hussain, lubna@arabnews.com
In line with a new level of desperation among some of the young men of this country, I see that several of them have improved their self-marketing techniques. Instead of brazenly displaying haphazardly...  Full Story 

Advanced Search  


Enter your email
City, Country