http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_default.xml Updated every 5 minute of every day - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:45:08 Asia/Riyadh(AST) Copyright: 2009, Alarabiya News Channel. http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_default.xml http://www.alarabiya.net/files/gfx/img/alarabiya.gif http://www.alarabiya.net Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs, and urged Tehran to reconsider. But the officials, from Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Russia and China, stoppedhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91847.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTProtesters hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, wounding 11 officers and 24 policemen as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier. The interior ministry that 15 cars were also damaged in thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91844.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTA tearful Oprah Winfrey on Friday announced that she will take her iconic talk show off the air in 2011 at the end of its 25th season. "I love this show. This show has been my life and I love it enough to know when it's time to say goodbye," Winfrey told viewers athttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91889.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTThe school dropout rate among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is alarmingly high with 50 percent of 17-year-olds and 40 percent of 16-year-olds receiving no education, United Nations officials warned on Friday. "We are sounding the alarm that the dropout rate is too high amonghttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91877.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not to hold the vote. Abbas, speaking to BBC Arabic, said the Palestinian leadership would take measures to avoid a constitutionalhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91868.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTA suicide bomber killed 13 people, including three senior officials in Afghanistan’s southwest region; meanwhile, a suspected U.S. drone aircraft killed 10 Taliban militants in the neighboring Pakistan. In Afghanistan 35 people were also wounded in the attack in Farah City, capital of thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91837.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTHassan Nasrallah was re-elected head of Hezbollah late on Thursday following a congress that also adopted a new manifesto, which is to be revealed in coming days, the armed Shiite party announced. Nasrallah, 49, has been heading Hezbollah since 1992 when his predecessor, Abbashttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91871.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTThe publication of mugshots of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's son after his arrest in Switzerland led Tripoli to block the return of two Swiss nationals from Libya, the Swiss President told newspapers Friday. Daily newspaper La Tribune de Geneve on Sept. 4 printed policehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91885.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTOne of the 200 young women invited to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s Rome Islam preaching events this Sunday and Monday has accepted his plea reported Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera on Wednesday. Alda Ribeiro told the Milan based newspaper that her meeting with the eccentrichttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91760.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTThe Yemeni army succeeded in aborting an attack on the northern governorate of Saada, killing and injuring dozens of insurgents, according to media reports Thursday. As the conflict escalated between Houthi rebels on one hand and the Saudi and Yemeni armies on the other, the insurgent grouphttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91763.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTPresident Barack Obama on Thursday said the United States and its partners were now discussing "consequences" in the form of toughened sanctions on Iran after its apparent rejection of a nuclear deal. Obama said he left the door open for Iran to accept internationalhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91741.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTThe World Health Organization said Thursday that checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines. "Although some investigations are still ongoing, results of completed investigations reportedhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91789.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTAfghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, vowing to combat corruption and reaching out to his political rivals under Western pressure to restore legitimacy. Karzai took the oath of office as the U.S.-led war stretches into a ninth year, leavinghttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91756.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTPeace talks with Israel have failed and the Palestinians must launch popular and diplomatic campaigns to achieve statehood, Marwan Barghouti said in an interview from his prison cell. Still popular and articulate despite five years behind bars, the 50-year-old activist is seen by some as ahttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91783.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTA suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court building in Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, in the latest of a series of attacks on the northwestern Pakistan city. The city, near the Afghan border, has been targeted several times since the army began anhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91749.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTCairo recalled its envoy to Algiers and Egyptians burned the Algerian flag on Thursday after Egypt's soccer team lost to Algeria in a play-off to reach the World Cup finals, accusing its fans of post-match thuggery. The move is the latest in a tit-for-tat spat between the North Africanhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91801.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTFearing loss of life and money, Palestinians are abandoning tunnels that supply the blockaded Gaza Strip with everything from food to fridges to weapons. On the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, there is little activity in an area that was once as busy as an industrialhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91790.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTHollywood's latest doomsday offering "2012" has caused a storm in Indonesia, with conservative clerics condemning it Thursday as a "provocation against Islam". Screenings have been sold out across the capital Jakarta following the film's success inhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91775.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTAlgeria became the only Arab team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after a 1-0 win over Egypt in the qualifying play-off match in Sudan, where security was tight as thousands of fans packed the stadium to watch the tense match between the two teams that have a long history of football rivalry.http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/18/91645.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTWorld powers came down hard on Israel on Wednesday for its approval to build hundreds of new homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem as the United States warned it was undermining efforts to relaunch Middle East peace talks. The unusually biting response from President Barackhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/18/91642.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT