http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_var.xml Updated every 5 minute of every day - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY ar-ae Mon, 12 May 2008 02:40:02 Asia/Riyadh(AST) Copyright: 2008, Alarabiya News Channel. http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_var.xml http://www.alarabiya.net/files/gfx/img/alarabiya.gif http://www.alarabiya.net/ It takes a certain mindset to drive in Dubai: a take-no-prisoners attitude coupled with nerves of steel. This Gulf city, which boasts stunning wealth and spectacular skyscrapers, is also home to an alarmingly large number of suicidal drivers, and one of them was at the wheel of my taxi as wehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/11/49702.htmlSat, 10 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTThe Municipal Council in Kuantan, Malaysia, has proposed that a Muslim pub be opened where patrons can enjoy soft drinks and fruit juices, according to recent press reports. "I think we should have a Muslim pub as it will allow those who want clean entertainment to unwind at such anhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/11/49684.htmlSat, 10 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTAs tourist season approaches, Egypt's professional belly dancing association has reported a surge in the number of professional belly dancer applications, including for the first time, from men. The men who applied for permits already work as belly dancers on an unofficial basis, the head of thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/11/49679.htmlSat, 10 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTU.S. President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna was married on Saturday evening to Henry Hager, the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of more than 200 family members and close friends. The 26-year-old teacher and author, wearing a white Oscar de la Renta dress, and Hager,http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/11/49672.htmlSat, 10 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTU.S. diva Mariah Carey and Black Eyed Peas star Fergie have both cancelled their performances at the 'Divas in Dubai' gig scheduled for next week, press reports said Firday. Thousands of fans were left disappointed and in need of a refund as event organizers released a statement saying: “Wehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/09/49614.htmlThu, 08 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTA Vietnamese man in Norway lost around 35,000 dollars after he was led to believe that mixing the cash with a special liquid would double its value, Norwegian media reported Saturday. A 32-year-old Frenchman is set to stand trial in a lower court near Oslo next week on charges that he cheated ahttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/10/49657.htmlFri, 09 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTNewly proclaimed Spanish league champions Real Madrid will travel to Riyadh in Saudia Arabia to face local side Al-Nasr in a friendly on May 20, the club said Friday. "The Saudi team will pay tribute to their most famous former player, Majed Abdullah, who scored 533 goals for them,"http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/09/49618.htmlThu, 08 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTEngland is an irritating and narrow-minded country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warned tourists on Friday. But in the new Rough Guide to England, the English are also hailed as a nation of animal-loving, tea-drinking charity donors who love nothing betterhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/09/49616.htmlThu, 08 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTA U.S. violinist who left a four-million dollar Stradivarius violin in the back of a taxi was to give a free concert at one of New York's main airports on Tuesday to thank the Egyptian-born cab driver who returned it. Russian-born Philippe Quint left the 1723 "Ex-Keisewetter" violin inhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/07/49498.htmlTue, 06 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTPoland's former deputy prime minister Andrzej Lepper went on trial Tuesday for allegedly forcing a female employee to have sex with him and other officials in exchange for getting a job, Poland's TVN24 news channel reported. Lepper, 53, was charged last November with exploiting his position ashttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/06/49453.htmlMon, 05 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTA Pakistani Taliban leader has warned local tribesmen to grow beards within the next two months in accordance with Islamic teachings or face harsh punishment, residents said Monday. "Men must grow beards and stop shaving within the next two months," residents quoted senior Talibanhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/05/49399.htmlSun, 04 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTBritain's Prince Harry received his first army campaign medal as his regiment was decorated for its service in Afghanistan in a ceremony here Monday. Harry, 23, third in line to the throne, was among 170 members of the Household Cavalry decorated by his aunt Princess Anne in her capacity ashttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/05/49414.htmlSun, 04 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTA Qatari resident was shocked to discover he had a speeding ticket for driving over the legal limit…in Saudi Arabia…in 1928, press reports said. The man, an Australian who preferred not to be named, knew it was an error as he had never been to Saudi Arabia and was not even born at the timehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/04/49351.htmlSat, 03 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTA woman who ran a prostitution ring catering to Washington's elite hanged herself in a storage shed at her mother's home in Florida on Thursday while awaiting sentencing, police said. Police in the Gulf Coast town of Tarpon Springs said the 76-year-old mother of Deborah Jeane Palfrey woke from ahttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/03/49319.htmlFri, 02 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTAmerican pop diva Mariah Carey has married rapper-actor Nick Cannon in a secret ceremony after a whirlwind two-month romance, U.S. media reports said Friday. The 39-year-old music superstar, who is riding high with a new chart-topping album "E=MC2," tied the knot for the second time inhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/02/49271.htmlThu, 01 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTAmerican films and TV dramas portray Arabs and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful stereotypes and easing the path for U.S. foreign policy, a U.S. academic argues. Jack Shaheen says Hollywood has castigated Arab and Muslims for decades but since the 9/ 11 attacks movies havehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/02/49270.htmlThu, 01 May 2008 21:00:00 GMTLebanese singer Haifa Wehbe, known for her sexy looks and revealing outfits, went ahead with a performance in Bahrain despite an attempt by the Islamist-dominated parliament to stop the show. "Haifa Wehbe was dressed modestly. She was almost veiled," Adel Surour, 37, who attended thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/01/49229.htmlWed, 30 Apr 2008 21:00:00 GMTMuslims and Hindus in a remote Indian village have come under fire for an ancient tradition – throwing their infant babies off the roof of a shrine, recent press reports said. According to the 500-year-old Indian tradition, naked babies are thrown backwards from a height of 50 feet (15 meters)http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/01/49221.htmlWed, 30 Apr 2008 21:00:00 GMTWhen Hassan Amin al-Bana gingerly steps on the gas pedal of his bright yellow taxi, a strange smell wafts from the exhaust -- deep-fried fast food. Faced with chronic fuel shortages due to an Israeli blockade and a strike by Palestinian distributors protesting supply caps, taxi drivers in thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/01/49206.htmlWed, 30 Apr 2008 21:00:00 GMTBahrain's parliament on Tuesday approved an urgent motion asking the government to ban a performance by Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe, known for her sexy looks and revealing outfits. Despite assurances by organizers that Wehbe would dress modestly and respect Bahrain's traditions during the show,http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/04/30/49153.htmlTue, 29 Apr 2008 21:00:00 GMT