http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_var.xml Updated every 5 minute of every day - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:25:02 Asia/Riyadh(AST) Copyright: 2010, Alarabiya News Channel. http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_var.xml http://www.alarabiya.net/files/gfx/img/alarabiya.gif http://www.alarabiya.net The UAE Court of Misdemeanors on Sunday found a Syrian man accused of cursing one of his former employees on Facebook guilty and sentenced him to a fine of AED3,000. The case, a first-of-its-kind trial involving Facebook, saw the 26-year-old defendant, known simply as A.A., admitting to havinghttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/09/99854.htmlAl ArabiyaMon, 08 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTIran has cut links with the British Museum over its failure to lend the Islamic Republic an ancient Persian treasure, Iranian media reported on Saturday, in the latest sign of worsening relations between the two countries. Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization said in October it had set ahttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/06/99591.htmlAl ArabiyaFri, 05 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTOverseas, "The Long Night" has garnered critical acclaim and awards, but at home in Syria censors remain nervous about permitting the screening of a film on the topic of political prisoners. Director Hatem Ali's debut feature-length film is a humane and engaging drama that beginshttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/06/99528.htmlAl ArabiyaFri, 05 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTIndonesian film producers said Friday they had withdrawn a horror-comedy movie about a menstruating ghost from cinemas due to threats from religious hardline. "We did this because the reaction to the film is outrageous. The situation is still tense," K2K production house manager Evelinhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/05/99434.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 04 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTAn Egyptian court on Thursday postponed till March 4 ruling on an appeal request by property magnate and politician Hisham Talaat Moustafa, who was sentenced to death last year for ordering the murder of a Lebanese singer. Moustafa, 50, who was a member of parliament for the ruling Nationalhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/04/99317.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 03 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTAn Emirati splurged a whopping 24 million dirhams ($6.47 million) for three camels, including one which cost $2.72 million, at an auction in the desert near Abu Dhabi, an AFP photographer said. The auction was held Tuesday at the Dhafra Festival for Camels and was attended by thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/03/99262.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 02 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTA "mentally unstable" Israeli Bedouin on Tuesday crossed into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after jumping over the heavily-fortified border barrier but was returned hours later, the army said. An Israeli army patrol spotted the man as he was crossing the security fence into thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/03/99243.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 02 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTA Malaysian company has invented a machine it says will help Muslims perform their washing rite before prayers without excessively wasting water. The ornate, green-colored machine comes with automatic sensors and basins to curb water usage during wudu, an Arabic word used to describe the acthttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/02/99094.htmlAl ArabiyaMon, 01 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTOne of the great remaining mysteries of ancient Egypt, the lineage of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, may soon be solved, the country's antiquities supremo hinted on Sunday. Zahi Hawass told AFP he has scheduled a news conference for Feb. 17 in the Cairo Museum to unveil thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/01/99012.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 31 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTSubstitute Mohamed Nagui scored a winner five minutes from time to hand Egypt an unprecedented third successive African Nations Cup title after a 1-0 victory over Ghana on Sunday. Gedo, who has scored from the bench in Egypt's last four games in Angola, came on in the 63rdhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/31/98985.htmlAl ArabiyaSat, 30 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTNew York's famed Bloomingdale's finally opened its doors in the Middle East's biggest mall on Sunday in its first foray outside its home market. The Macy's Inc unit has teamed up with the United Arab Emirates' Al Tayer Group which is investing AED270 million ($73.5http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/31/98975.htmlAl ArabiyaSat, 30 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTA Saudi couple had their marriage restored more than four years after a court ordered them to be divorced because they were from incompatible tribes, a Saudi newspaper reported on Sunday. The Supreme Judiciary Council in Riyadh on Saturday accepted a request by Mansour al-Timanihttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/31/98947.htmlAl ArabiyaSat, 30 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTPolice have arrested an Arab man who stabbed to death an Emirati citizen who had pressed him to have sex, local media reported on Sunday. The assailant and the victim were not identified but according to the reports the stabber was described as a drinking pal of the Emirati man who was killed inhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/31/98928.htmlAl ArabiyaSat, 30 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTKathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the best director award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) on Saturday with her Iraq war thriller "The Hurt Locker," a film gathering awards momentum ahead of the Oscars. It followed last weekend's surprise win for "Thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/31/98923.htmlAl ArabiyaSat, 30 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTThe arduous journey of the first woman to represent Iran at the Olympics has been brought to life in a documentary being screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Fatima Geza Abdollahyan's film -- "Kick In Iran" -- follows taekwondo fighter Sara Khoshjamal as she prepares to takehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/30/98839.htmlAl ArabiyaFri, 29 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTEgypt crushed eight-men Algeria 4-0 on Thursday to reach the African Nations Cup final against Ghana. Egypt stayed on course for a third successive title with goals from Hosni Abd Rabou, Mohamed Zidan, Mohamed Abdelshafi andhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/28/98700.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 27 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTLebanon's new star couturiers face the typical problems of people working in fashion: snarled deliveries, cancelled trips, delayed fittings. Only in their case, such hiccups are caused by war. At the Paris haute couture shows this week, a crop of Lebanese designers charmed privatehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/28/98684.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 27 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTFrance was set to move one step closer to barring Muslim women from wearing the full Islamic veil with the release Tuesday of a report calling for a ban on the burka, also known as niqab, in public institutions. A French parliament report called for a ban on the full Islamic veilhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/26/98462.htmlAl ArabiyaMon, 25 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTAided by a brace from skipper Ahmed Hassan, Egypt defeated 10-man Cameroon 3-1 after extra-time Monday in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations at the Ombaka Stadium to set up a rematch against bitter regional rivals Algeria. Egypt's prize is a mouth-watering rematch onhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/25/98426.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 24 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMTAlgeria clawed back from the brink of elimination to stun title favorites Ivory Coast 3-2 on Sunday and reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. The winners fell 2-1 behind on 89 minutes to a brilliant Abdulkader Keita goal only for Madjid Bougherra to level in stoppage timehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/25/98323.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 24 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMT