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  Suspect in Bush
assassination plot convicted
China Daily: An
American Muslim student was convicted Tuesday of joining
al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush. The
federal jury rejected Ahmed Omar Abu Ali's claim that Saudi
authorities whipped a... |
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 Saudis
rebuff Rice on Hamas aid
BBC News: Saudi
Arabia will not deny aid to a Palestinian government led by
Hamas, the Saudi foreign minister told the visiting US
secretary of state. Prince Saud al-Faisal told Condoleezza
Rice that aid to t... |
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 Iran
hiding nuclear materials in several locations
Khaleej Times:
WASHINGTON ' Iran has expanded the tunnels it uses to hide a
major part of its nuclear weapons programme to a network
covering a large area of southeastern Teheran, an Iranian
exile who opposes that n... |
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 Meeting
not prelude to recognition, says Musharraf
The
News International: QUETTA: President Pervez Musharraf
defended a meeting on Thursday between the Pakistani and
Israeli foreign ministers, saying it was backed by Saudi
Arabia’s King Abdullah and Palestinian leader... |
 UN
nuclear watchdog finalising report on Iran
Mail
Guardian South Africa: Michael Adler: Vienna, Austria: The
United Nations atomic watchdog was on Friday finalising a
report expected to say that Iran has failed to suspend nuclear
fuel work a... |
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 Turkey
rules out more EU concessions
Al
Jazeera: European Union foreign ministers have said they will
tell Turkey on Friday its long-awaited talks to join the bloc
will begin as scheduled on 3 October despite a wrangle |
 Islamizing
Indonesia
International Herald Tribune:
Amid global fears about the spread of Islamic militancy, the
last thing anyone wants to hear about is creeping
fundamentalism in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim
nation...
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 Israel
freezes plan to link Jerusalem, big settlement
Reuters: By Mark Heinrich, JERUSALEM - Israel has frozen plans
to build 1,000 new settler homes... |
 Israeli
talks anger Pakistan opposition
Al
Jazeera: Opposition Pakistani lawmakers have walked out of
parliament in protest while their supporters planned rallies
at mosques across the country to condemn the first... |
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Scots Historian
James Anderson is born on the 5th August 1728. A lawyer by
profession, Anderson writes some of the earliest books on
Scottish history including works on Mary Queen of Scots and
Scotland's relationship with England. For more famous Scots
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21st August sees
the anniversary of the Battle of Dunkeld. An army of Jacobite
highlanders, flush from their recent victory at Killiecrankie,
came up against the newly-formed Cameronian regiment recruited
from lowland Covenanters. The Cameronians took up positions
near the cathedral and, when their ammunition ran out, took
lead from the roof to use for bullets. The Cameronians then
burned virtually every house in the city, while the
highlanders fled.
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