Condemned Bangladeshi Islamist wins 11th hour reprieve
DHAKA: An Islamist opposition leader in Bangladesh won a dramatic stay of execution on Tuesday hours before he was due to be hanged, according to his lawyers, allaying fears for now of a violent backlash less than a month before elections are due. Abdul Quader Mollah, who was found guilty in February of war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, was due to be hanged at one minute past midnight (1801 GMT) at Dhaka Central Jail. But Mollah’s lawyers rushed to petition a judge, who agreed to delay the execution pending a hearing at 10.30 a.m. Ending widespread confusion and conflicting reports, Additional Attorney General M. K. Rahman finally confirmed the two sides in the case would meet at the Supreme Court. He said there was no legal provision for the execution to be reviewed, because the trial had been held by a special war crimes tribunal and thus...
World leaders, South Africans honor Mandela
JOHANNESBURG: US President Barack Obama exhorted the world Tuesday to embrace Nelson Mandela’s...
Bank steps up hiring ahead of expected Dubai Expo boom
DUBAI: National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) will take on more staff to grow its commercial business and...
Students’ robotic arm can make you stronger
PHILADELPHIA: Need a hand lifting something? A robotic device invented by University of Pennsylvania engineering students can help its wearer carry an additional 40 pounds (18 kilograms). Titan Arm looks and sounds like part of a superhero’s costume. But its creators say it’s designed for ordinary people — those who need either physical rehabilitation or a little extra muscle for their job. In technica...

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Program to identify Saudi genes and help fight diseases
Second Deputy Premier Prince Muqrin launched the Saudi Genome Program at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Riyadh on Sunday to find cures for dise...
75,000 will circumambulate Kaaba after...
The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has begun the work of expansion of the mataf around the Kaaba, said Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the chief of the Presidency. The execution of the second stage of this project was begun by demolishing the old structure around the Kaaba. Al-Sudais said that the area of the plaza will be exp...
Media monitoring ordered to keep...
The Cabinet on Monday ordered the General Commission for Audiovisual Media to monitor the moral and other content of traditional and electronic media, including social media platforms. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Crown Prince Salman, authorized the commission to draft laws and regulations for this purpose and said it s...
Hospitals rejecting accident victims to...
Public and private hospitals would be punished according to the law if they refuse to accept accident victims — Saudis and expatriates. The warning came from Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, president of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority, on Monday. “All hospitals including private hospitals should accept emergency...

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Syria regime killed 2,900 ‘with knives’

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces have killed some 2,900 people “wi...
70 activists, ex-MPs acquitted of storming Kuwait Parliament

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s lower court on Monday acquitted 70 opposition activi...

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French court finds exec guilty over faulty breast implants

MARSEILLE, France: A disgraced French businessman was convicted of fraud and sen...
Singapore riot forces soul searching over foreign workers

SINGAPORE: Singapore's first major riot in four decades is forcing the wealthy i...

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Job localization ‘key challenge for public and private sectors’

The 6th edition of the Riyadh Economic Forum (REF) continued discussions to stud...
OPEC cuts output closer to 2014 demand, upbeat on economy

LONDON: OPEC has trimmed its crude oil output toward next year’s global requirem...

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Aldridge scores 24 to lead Blazers past Jazz
NEW YORK: LaMarcus Aldridge scored a game-high 24 points hours after being named the Western Conference player of the week, lifting the Portland Trail Blazers to a 105-94...
The disappearing act of Rory McIlroy
THOUSAND OAKS, California: Rory McIlroy’s year began with a coronation. He was the star attraction at what felt like a rock concert, with music blaring and lasers flashing in a room at Abu Dhabi to celebrate the No. 1 player in golf joining Nike’s stable.It ended on Sunday with a bogey on the ninth hole at Sherwood Country...
Raja faces Auckland to open Club World...
MARRAKECH, Morocco: Outsiders Raja Casablanca and Auckland City open the Club World Cup with a preliminary round game in Agadir on Wednesday.Raja owe their entry to the fact that the competition is being hosted by Morocco for the first time and they are the national champions, while Auckland represent the Oceania federation...
Champion Guangzhou gets mystery draw...
KUALA LUMPUR: China's Guangzhou Evergrande were kept guessing over the group opponents for their AFC Champions League title defense when they were drawn with two still unknown teams on Tuesday.Marcello Lippi's team were matched with 2006 champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the eventual winners of Japan's Emperor's Cup and the...

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Mandela’s legacy in Palestine
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Abdulateef Al-Mulhim
Madiba’s dreams yet to be fulfilled
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Harun Yahya
Say no to sacrificing ties on the altar of politics
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AYLIN KOCAMAN
Fighting terror with a joystick won’t help
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Renowned artist trains 27 women painters

Twenty-seven women painters participated in a training course on painting pastels organized by the Hail Plastic Arts Society at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cultural Center in Hail recently.
Salma Al-Afnan a well-known painter trained the participants over a four-day period which concluded Friday.
Saita Al-Sabhan, the supervisor of t...
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NASA Mars rover finds evidence of life-f...

Scientists have found evidence of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars well suited to support microbial life, the researchers said Monday.
The lake, located inside Gale Crater where the rover landed in August 2012, likely covered an area 31 miles (50 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide, though its size varied over time.
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Pakistan fashion casts off ‘dark cloud’...

Mention the Taleban to Pakistan fashion designer Kamiar Rokni and his irritation is clear.
“One of the things we feel diminishes our work is whenever our story is linked to Talebanization and whether we are doing this to fight extremism,” he told AFP in Paris.
“We’re not. We’re doing this for the busin...
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An Oz-some trip to land of beauty

When you live in the bustling and noisy East, you need to take some time off now and then to travel somewhere far away, to immerse yourself in a new cultural experience and a serene landscape.
One such destination, which is guaranteed to offer you both a vast wilderness and thriving city encounter, is Australia, a vast country located in...
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Shobak — creative pies
Many have been sharing photos of their delicious pies on different social media platforms, which made us head there and try for ourselves. And to be honest, we loved it! The pie store is a small two-floor restaurant located on Malik Road right next to Tujjar Jeddah, neighboring Fa6or Faris and 20 Minutes Burger. The restaurant is cozy and rustic, decked entirely in wood, from the chairs, tables to the hardwood floors and wall decorations. The ground floor is reserved for singles, while families dine upstairs with a wide window view overlooking Malik Road. The place is always buzzing with young Jeddawis grabbing a bite on their way to college, school or work. The restaurant is a...
Unraveling the mysteries of the brain
This week, I intended to start a series of articles on the effects of the brain on the body and obesity. Coincidentally, “The Brain Forum” took place in Jeddah Dec. 3-4, providing the appropriate platform to launch an introduction to my next articles. The huge hall was humming with low voices of leading brain scientists, professors and researchers from world-class universities and research labs. The vibrations felt like brain waves. There was a special aura in the air. Listening to each and every one of these scientists speak about their endeavors to reverse brain disorders was a jolt to the brain. Surgery, laser, drugs, genetic engineering, and electric currents were some of...
Early detection crucial in breast cancer screening
Riyadh Gov. Prince Khalid bin Bandar commended the efforts of Zahra Breast Cancer Association for raising awareness among Saudi women on the importance of early detection and screening of breast cancer. Addressing the participants of the campaign’s award ceremony, Princess Haifa bint Faisal, chairwoman of the association, said, “Women are a vital part of society. We targeted 20 cities within the Kingdom to reach the largest possible number of women with the help of government and private sectors in a united effort to fight cancer and support those affected by breast cancer.” Zahra Breast Cancer Association honored the sponsors who supported the campaign entitled “...

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Saudi filmmaker makes waves in Hollywood
Young Saudi director Al-Mutaz Al-Jifri recently completed his first short movie in Hollywood called Officer Jack despite...
Pop star Bieber brings cheer in typhoon-hit Philippines
TACLOBAN, Philippines: Pop megastar Justin Bieber hugged, sang to, danced and played with young survivors of the Philippines’ deadliest typhoon Tuesday, bringing cheer to the disaster zone amid an international relief effort. Bieber flew unannounced to the central city of Tacloban just over a month after it was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan and sang Christmas carols to children at a heavily damaged local school amid tight security, witnesses said. “He sang ‘Holy Night’ for the children,” said Kate Donovan, a spokeswoman for the United Nations Children...
Arab women — misconceptions and distorted histories
Today, particularly in western media, Arab women are often portrayed as people discovering new identities and a sense of liberation through their exposure to western culture and law. Conversely, critics of the modern Arab woman use the term “westernized” in a negative sense as meaning having lost their cultural identity. The “modern” Arab woman is characterized as a person quite distinct from her “pre-modern” sister, frequently depicted as a “pitiful creature” enmeshed by ancient laws and traditions, living in the shadows without rights or...

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