An Arab Idol Is Crowned
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There was enormous disappointment in the West Bank and Gaza on Sunday night, as a Palestinian singer lost in the finals of a pan-Arab singing contest to a Libyan dental student.
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Jordan&#39;s Queen Rania is fronting a televised fundraising campaign for the UN children&#39;s agency UNICEF that is airing on pan-Arab television stations through the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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His wooden coffin is draped in the Palestinian flag and has been brought into an Egyptian military mosque. Prayers for the Palestinian leader were given.
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Reem Haidar was so impressed by Hassan Nasrallah that she begged for one of the Hezbollah leader's robes as a keepsake. Last week, her dream came true; his aides delivered one to her home in Beirut.
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An Indonesian pop star hopes his anthems of tolerance can wean Muslims away from extremism. But some question his credibility to pronounce on matters of religion
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Arab pop stars descended on Khartoum  this week to perform concerts to aid war-torn Darfur, in a rare  show of solidarity with the millions of Muslims caught in the  conflict in western Sudan.
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Traditional religious rituals for the coronation of new Cambodian monarch, Norodom Sihamoni, have begun, as the capital gears up for three days of festivities marking his ascension.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- A devout Muslim with a background in political Islam won the Turkish presidency on Tuesday, in a major triumph for the Islamic-rooted government after months of confrontation with the secular establishment.
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SALFIT, West Bank -- Worn down by four years of bloody conflict with Israel, Palestinians found a welcome diversion yesterday: Watching Ammar Hassan, one of their own, compete for the title of best singer in the Arab world.
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Worn down by four years of bloody conflict with Israel, Palestinians found a welcome diversion Sunday: Watching Ammar Hassan, one of their own, compete for the title of best singer in the Arab world.
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Palestinians are utterly consumed by the fate of the 26-year-old man who will compete in Lebanon in the final of the televised contest to be named the Arab worldÂs finest singer.
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A replica crown and sword, symbol of royal regalia, might be used during newly selected king Norodom Sihamoni&#39;s coronation ceremony to be started at 5 pm (1000 GMT) in the golden-roofed Royal Palace here Friday.
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Millions of Muslims marked the zenith of the annual hajj Tuesday, praying for God's forgiveness on a rocky desert hill here where in Muslim tradition Adam and Eve were reunited after leaving Eden.
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz received at his office at Alyamamah palace in Riyadh the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and accompanying delegation.
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It will be a long time before a new Palestinian leader commands the public admiration and political power that Yasser Arafat did. This power enabled him to make concessions that no previous Palestinian leader would have considered.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Arab pop stars descended on Khartoum this week to perform concerts to aid war-torn Darfur, in a rare show of solidarity with the millions of Muslims caught in the conflict in western Sudan.
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Mahmoud Abbas, favourite to become the new Palestinian president, is given a hero's welcome in Gaza.