Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi: died in Saudi Arabia
10 Mar 2010: Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sunni Islam's most senior religious figure, has died during a visit to Saudi Arabia. The 82-year-old Egyptian, who had previously undergone heart surgery, suffered a heart attack as he boarded a flight early WednesdayBank of Ningxia to Spearhead Islamic Finance in China
08 Mar 2010: With encouragement from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is set to take the lead in trialling Islamic financial services in China. If the pilot project is successful, policy makers hope that Islamic financialTurkey committed to Armenia peace despite US vote
05 Mar 2010: Turkey said on Friday it was determined to press ahead with efforts to normalize ties with Armenia despite a U.S. congressional panel vote terming as genocide the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. "We are determined to press ahead withKaradzic defends ‘holy war’ against Muslims
02 Mar 2010: THE HAGUE: Radovan Karadzic on Monday described the 1990s Bosnian conflict as a "just and holy war" waged by Serbs against Muslims seeking to turn Bosnia into an Islamic republic as he mounted a political counterattack against the UN court in The Hague.Mohamed Ali Samatar: Facing war crimes lawsuit in US
02 Mar 2010: The case has divided courts. A federal judge in Alexandria ruled that even if the immunity law does not mention individuals, such protection is the "practical equivalent" of immunity offered to a state. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit inUS court dismisses Uighurs' appeal
02 Mar 2010: The US supreme court has refused to rule on whether judges have the power to order the government to release Guantanamo prisoners to live in the US, when no other country will take them. The court said on Monday that it would not decide on an appeal byEurope not interested in following Dubai killers' trails
28 Feb 2010: GENEVA: A killer — or killers — may be on the loose in Europe after a Hamas operative was slain last month in Dubai. European nations, however, seem to be in no rush to find him, her or them. The spotlight is falling on those countries where policeEU court ruling supports Somali and Portuguese migrants over UK child benefit claims
24 Feb 2010: The European Court of Justice has said some migrant families can stay in the UK and claim benefits - even if the main worker has left the country. The court, which deals with EU law, said some families must be allowed to stay when their child was inMalcolm X: Legacy lives on 45 years after his assassination
23 Feb 2010: Forty-five years ago on Feb. 21, Malcolm X — El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz — had begun his address to a mass meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York City at the Audubon Ballroom when several men opened fire on him with shotguns andDubai assassination squad carried diplomatic passports
22 Feb 2010: The claim will intensify the pressure on Israel, whose foreign minister is due to meet David Miliband and other European envoys in Brussels today. Avigdor Lieberman will face questions about allegations that Mossad agents posing as Europeans andslashnews
Mohamed Ali Samatar: Facing war crimes lawsuit in US
The case has divided courts. A federal judge in Alexandria ruled that even if the immunity law does not mention individuals, such protection is the "practical equivalent" of immunity offered to a state. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in
Malcolm X: Legacy lives on 45 years after his assassination
Forty-five years ago on Feb. 21, Malcolm X — El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz — had begun his address to a mass meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York City at the Audubon Ballroom when several men opened fire on him with shotguns and
Somali minister dies of 'graduation' bomb attack injury
Somalia's sports minister has died in a Saudi hospital weeks after he was critically wounded in a bomb attack at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu. Saleban Olad Roble passed away on Friday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he and other victims
Dubai to issue 11 warrants for Hamas killing
Dubai will issue arrest warrants for 11 foreign agents suspected of involvement in the the assassination of a top Hamas military commander in his hotel room in Dubai on Jan. 20, the police chief said on Monday. "We do not rule out Mossad, but when we
