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Baghdad: Military alert ahead of Saddam verdict

Today's World News: U.S. troops kill 13 in Iraq raid Iran test fires 3 new missiles in Gulf Sudan leader: No U.N. troops for Darfur Israeli troops kill Palestinian woman U.N. corruption probe 'at full throttle' Italian photojournalist freed in Afghanistan U.S. intelligence chief visits Iraq Protesters in Oaxaca make police retreat China kicks off African celebration Italian freed after being held in Afghanistan for three weeks Australian Muslim cleric may resigns U.S. troops kill 13 in Iraq raid Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:19 am PST AP - U.S. troops killed 13 suspected insurgents in a raid south of Baghdad early Friday, the military said. Full Story Top Iran test fires 3 new missiles in Gulf Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:11 am PST AP - Iran has successfully test-fired three new models of sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf, military officials said Friday. Full Story Top Sudan leader: No U.N. troops for Darfur Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:38 am PST AP - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Friday that his government will not relent on its rejection of U.N. peacekeeping troops for Darfur. Full Story Top Israeli troops kill Palestinian woman Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:53 am PST AP - Israeli forces opened fire Friday on a group of women who streamed to a Gaza mosque to serve as human shields for gunmen holed up there, killing one and wounding 10, Palestinian officials and witnesses said. Full Story Top U.N. corruption probe 'at full throttle' Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:22 am PST AP - A day after a senior U.N. official was indicted on bribery charges, the United Nations management chief said Thursday an investigation into corruption was "at full throttle" and he urged anyone with relevant information to cooperate. Full Story Top Italian photojournalist freed in Afghanistan Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:46 am PST AFP - Italian photojournalist Gabriele Torsello has been released in southern Afghanistan after being held three weeks by abductors who demanded the withdrawal of Italian troops from the country. Full Story Top U.S. intelligence chief visits Iraq Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:45 am PST AP - U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte was in Baghdad on Friday for previously unannounced talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi leader's office and Iraqi state television said. Full Story Top Protesters in Oaxaca make police retreat Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:48 am PST AP - Protesters besieging this colonial city forced federal police to retreat from the gates of the state university after six hours of pitched fighting and the rector's call for an end to the government "attack." Full Story Top China kicks off African celebration Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:44 am PST AFP - The biggest diplomatic gathering ever hosted by China has got under way as leaders from more than 40 African nations began meeting here for three days of talks aimed at deepening trade and political ties. Full Story Top Italian freed after being held in Afghanistan for three weeks Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:33 am PST AFP - An Italian photojournalist captured in an insurgency-hit part of Afghanistan three weeks ago has been freed, the Italian embassy here said. Full Story Top Australian Muslim cleric may resigns Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:22 am PST AP - Australia's top Islamic cleric said Friday he will resign if an impartial panel rules that he incited rape in a recent sermon by comparing women who don't wear Islamic headscarves to "uncovered meat." Full Story

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- Tape my mouth: sheikh

• Friday prayers: Hilaly promises 'knockout' comeback sermon

Dubai: Al-Qaeda confirms death of senior leader

Sydney train terror plot revealed

THE two Australian brothers arrested in Yemen as suspected al-Qaeda terrorists were under observation over a suicide bomb plot to blow up Sydney's Kings Cross railway station last year.

Tehran: Moroccan wins Iran's Holocaust cartoon contest

Kerry apologises for Iraq joke

US Democrat Senator John Kerry has apologised for a "botched joke" - slammed by President George W. Bush - that has dominated a bitter fight over Congress.

- Imams back outspoken sheikh
- Iran offers cash bonus to US tourists
Lakemba: Sheik gathering rallied by SMS
Sheikh resists pressure to step down

Ayoon Wa Azan (British Muslims - 2)
Dar Al-Hayat - Beirut,Lebanon
The story came back to me as I was reviewing the deterioration in relations between the British Muslims and the Labour Government and parts of the local media. ...
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A radical idea: How Muslims can be European, too
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
... Muslim community, the Islamic philosopher-activist comes under attack for selling out his religion to the West; Britain has funded his lectures to young Muslims ...

Fears of Inquiry Dampen Giving by US Muslims
New York Times - United States
... This year, Mrs. Bazzy formalized the good works she had been doing for a decade among the tens of thousands of Muslims who live in the Dearborn area by ...
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Mufti comments 'tarnish' Muslims
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Controversial comments by the nation's most senior Islamic cleric have tarnished the image of Australian Muslims overseas, Prime Minister John Howard says. ...
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Don't We Muslims Need Some Self-Assessment?
Milli Gazette - New Delhi,India
... At the weekend the Sunday Telegraph led on ‘Tories accuse Muslims of 'creating apartheid by shutting themselves off'’ ", writes Mr Freehand. ...
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Muslims leaving 'Hilaly fan club'
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
MUSLIMS were beginning to break free from the "Sheik Hilaly fan club" since the senior cleric's fall from grace, Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott said today ...
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Sultan Muhammadu Maccido, 58-year-old leader of Nigerian Muslims ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP. SOKOTO, Nigeria Muhammadu Maccido, the 19th Sultan of Sokoto and spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims, has died. He was aged 58. ...
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Muslims can speak out: Abbott
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
THE controversy surrounding senior cleric Sheik Taj el-Din al-Hilaly is an opportunity for other Australian Muslims to represent their community, Federal ...
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Muslims need new representatives: Abbott
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The controversy surrounding senior cleric Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali is an opportunity for other Australian Muslims to represent their community, Federal Health ...
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Missing Muslims
Business Standard - India
It’s difficult not to conclude that India is guilty of keeping Muslims out of the mainstream, based on the initial reports of the Sachar Committee, which ...
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Uncertainty for Muslims
Citizen - Johannesburg,pretoria,South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – There is still no word on whether about 6 000 South African Muslims will be able to go on hajj, their annual holy pilgrimage, this year. ...

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Outspoken: Sheik blasts judges over rapists

Push for Iraq exit growing

FEWER Australians remain committed to our troops staying in Iraq and support for our original involvement is at a record low, according to the latest Newspoll.

• Fiji: Concern growing over military threat to government
• Yemen: Indonesia linked with Australian terror suspects

Australians head to 'new terror capital'

Small groups of young Australian men are going to Yemen for jihadi training, according to law enforcement sources. more

Fundamentalist sheikh a Muslim Pied Piper

Sheikh stands aside, then taken to hospital

Provocative Muslim cleric steps down as imam at Sydney's Lakemba mosque, only to suffer chest pains and be rushed to hospital. more

- 'He's never spoken for all Muslims'

Medics rush sheikh to hospital

2:48pm Controversial cleric Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali collapses outside mosque ahead of meeting to decide his future. more

Sheik Hilaly praises Iraq jihadists

MUSLIM cleric Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly has praised militant jihadists in the Middle East, calling them men of the highest order for fighting against coalition forces - which include Australian soldiers.

• Plane wreckage: Airliner crashes, 100 aboard
• Secret filming: Covert TV crew thrown off cruise
• Arms smuggling: Three Australian 'al-Qaeda suspects' held

'Dirty' ice fuelling Dili gangs

AN explosion in the use of the drug "ice" among East Timorese youths has raised fears that its distribution may be part of a move to destabilise the country.

Sheikh's future may rest with peers

Muslim organisation's five-point plan to decide the future of the Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali. more