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• Was May Al Hariri banned from entering Saudi Arabia?
  

  Was May Al Hariri banned from entering Saudi Arabia?

• Saudi Arabia eyes more Eurofighter jets from BAE: report (AFP)
  

  14 minutes ago LONDON (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has begun discussions to buy a second batch of Eurofighter Typhoon jets from British group BAE Systems and could double its fleet to 144, the Financial Times said on Monday. "The Gulf kingdom could buy up to 72 more of the multi-role aircraft, an adviser to the Saudi government confirmed last night (Sunday)," the FT added.

• Rola Saeds song banned in Saudi Arabia
  

  Rola Saeds song banned in Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia indictes 991 terror suspects
  

  Saudi Arabia indictes 991 terror suspects

• Pakistani President quits in deal brokered with help of Saudi Arabia
  

  Pakistani President quits in deal brokered with help of Saudi Arabia

• Official: Saudi Arabia prevents military act to release super tanker
  

  Official: Saudi Arabia prevents military act to release super tanker

• Nigerian president in Saudi hospital (AFP)
  

  29 minutes ago JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has been in a Saudi hospital for several days, a hospital official said on Sunday. Yar'Adua has been at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, the administrative official told AFP without specifying his medical condition or the treatment he is undergoing.

• Saudi to sign extradition treaty with Iraq
  

  Saudi to sign extradition treaty with Iraq

• Abbas holds talks with Saudi king (AFP)
  

  8 minutes ago JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met Saudi King Abdullah on Tuesday during a brief visit to Saudi Arabia, the official SPA news agency reported. It gave few details of their talks in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, saying only that they focused on "latest developments pertaining to the Palestinian issue" and cooperation between the Saudi and Palestinian sides.

• Meshaal calls for Syria-Saudi thaw: diplomat (AFP)
  

  5 minutes ago RIYADH (AFP) - Exiled Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal has called for a thaw in ties between Saudi Arabia and Syria during a recent visit to Saudi Arabia, an Arab diplomat said on Sunday. "During meetings with Saudi officials, Meshaal raised the issue of Saudi-Syrian relations, which have long been tense, and stressed the importance of improving those ties," the diplomat told AFP, requesting anonymity.

• US novel gives positive peek on Saudi society
  

  U.S. bookstores are selling a novel by American writer Zu Ferraris that is giving a rare positive window into the Saudi society and the lives of men and women there, according to a press report Sunday. Ferraris' "Finding Nouf" is an electrifying debut of taut psychological suspense that

• Saudi women beat peeping-Toms at mosque
  

  A pair of peeping-Toms hoping to get an illicit look at a group of women at a mosque in Saudi Arabia got a beating instead. A group of Saudi women beat two young men who sneaked into a mosque in the northwestern city of Hail to watch women praying during the taraweeh, a nightly prayer recited

• Saudi unaware of Judge busted for drugs in UAE
  

  Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Justice on Tuesday said that it has no information on news reports carried by local newspapers in the United Arab Emirates on the arrest of a Saudi judge by the Dubai police over possession of drugs, according to a statement carried by the official news agency

• Saudi 8-year-old wife seeks divorce
  

  A Saudi court is scheduled next month to look into a divorce plea from an eight-year-old girl married off by her father to a man in his fifties, according to press reports. Unaizah Province court set Ramadan 18 (September 18, 2008) as the date for hearing the plea in a case that has stirred much

• Saudi religious police acquitted of homicide
  

  The family of a Saudi man who died in the custody of religious police after being apprehended on suspicion of alcohol possession were left un-vindicated Tuesday when an appeals court refused to find the officers guilty of murder. The Saudi Court of Appeals endorsed a lower court's verdict

• Saudi project puts Arabs on genetic map
  

  Saudi researchers have mapped the first Arab genome in a project to put the Arab world on the global genetic map and improve healthcare. Geneticists from Saudi Biosciences say unlocking the genetic profile of 100 people from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries will help tackle medical

• Saudi charity rejects entertainers' donations
  

  Two Saudi actors and a Kuwaiti singer faced an awkward situation at a charity event for orphans when the organization manager refused to accept their donations under the pretext that their job is forbidden by religion. The two comedians Hussein Useiri and Fayez al-Malki and Kuwaiti singer Abadi

• Saudi super tanker seized by pirates is off the coast of Somalia
  

  Saudi super tanker seized by pirates is off the coast of Somalia

• Saudi farmer sells sheep to watch Turkish soaps
  

  A devoted fan of the hit Turkish soap operas has gone to extreme lengths to ensure quality time with the stars of the shows - she sold her entire herd of livestock to avoid distractions while the TV programs were on, a press report said on Thursday. The older woman, who lives on a farm, told

• Palestinians receive Saudi cash boost
  

  The cash-strapped Palestinian Authority will receive a financial boost from Saudi Arabia to help Prime Minister Salam Fayyad pay public sector salaries, Palestinian officials said on Saturday. "The Saudi finance minister told the Palestinian Authority that the decision was made to transfer

• Saudi clerics want death penalty for TV owners
  

  Two senior Saudi clerics have issued fatwas calling for the owners of Arab television channels that broadcast shows promoting magic, debauchery and vice to be tried in court and face the death penalty. The sheikhs, both members of the Higher Council of Clerics, said Sunday they stopped short of

• Teachers petition Saudi king for equal rights
  

  A group of Saudi teachers said they will present a petition to King Abdullah to demand the Ministry of Education give them employment equality, from job opportunities to wages. Sarah Mohamed, co-founder of the Human Justice Campaign for Lifting Oppression against Female Teachers, said the

• Digital matchmaking leads to marriage in Saudi
  

  After three years of digital courtship involving instant messaging and webcam meetings a Saudi couple has decided to take their virtual relationship into the real world for their wedding, which will take place later this year. The relationship began when a Saudi man, in his thirties, started

• Saudi FM: Gaza massacre result of internal Palestinian crisis
  

  Saudi FM: Gaza massacre result of internal Palestinian crisis

• Palestinian state not viable with Israel's settlements: Saudi FM (AFP)
  

  9 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The Saudi foreign minister told the UN Security Council Friday that Israel's settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank makes a viable Palestinian state impossible. "Settlement makes the creation of a viable Palestinian state impossible," Prince Saud al-Faisal said during a council debate called on the Jewish state's settlement expansion in the West Bank.

• Saudi religious police car chases end in crashes
  

  High speed chases, car crashes and illicit escapades may sound like a Hollywood movie, but citizens in Saudi Arabia were anything but amused by the antics of some overly enthusiastic officers from the religious police in recent days. Officers from the from the Commission for the Propagation of

• Color, glitter enliven Saudi women's black abayas (AP)
  

  By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - For years, the only thing sold openly in Saudi stores selling women's cloaks were of the all-black, drab covering variety. Now, streaks of vibrant color, bands of glittering crystal — even sheaths of sexy leopard skin prints — are showing up on the racks.

• Saudi ban on woman drivers may be eroding (AP)
  

  By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - When Ruwaida al-Habis' father and two brothers were badly burned in a fire, she had no choice but to break Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers to get them to a clinic. Using the driving skills her father taught her on the family farm, al-Habis managed to reach the clinic's emergency entrance without a hitch.

• Don't let them eat cake, Saudi cleric says (AP)
  

  By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic? Saudi Arabia's most senior Muslim cleric recently denounced birthday parties as an unwanted foreign influence, but another prominent cleric declared they were OK.

• Sudan murder suspects used Saudi cash: investigator (Reuters)
  

  26 minutes ago KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Four Sudanese men accused of killing a U. S. aid worker funded the murder with a donation from a Saudi Arabian man and money left over from a failed bomb plot, the Sudanese police's chief investigator told a court on Monday. The four men are charged with murdering John Granville, a 33-year-old officer with the U.

• Calls for end to Saudi child marriages (AP)
  

  By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer 4 minutes ago RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer — and it wasn't his birthday party. It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin. Muhammad al-Rashidi's marriage was eventually put on hold, his father said, after pressure from the governor of the northern province of Hail, who considered the elementary school student too young to marry.

• Saudi imam arrested for burglary: report
  

  Saudi authorities arrested an imam - Islamic preacher - who is suspected of carrying out several burglaries, a press report said on Tuesday. "The Saudi man is suspected to have been involved in burgling several shops and engaging in some other illegal activities," a local police source

• CLUB ARABIA Volume 5 out
  

  CLUB ARABIA Volume 5 out

• Somali pirates demand US$25 million for Saudi tanker
  

  Somali pirates demand US$25 million for Saudi tanker

• Sunshine Arabia 2009
  

  Sunshine Arabia 2009

• Saudi man hacks Ministry of Labor website
  

  A disgruntled Saudi man hacked into the website of the Minstry of Labor to express his displeasure with the lack of employment opportunities in the kingdom. Although the website enables users to voice complaints through a comment form, the unemployed hacker decided to send his message in a more

• Syria blocks distribution of Saudi-owned daily
  

  Syria is blocking distribution of the Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat, the paper's Beirut bureau chief Zuhair Qusaybati told AFP on Thursday. "The censorship authorities at the information ministry in Damascus asked Al-Hayat's bureau in the Syrian capital on Monday to stop sending its

• Yemeni ship hijacked by Somali pirates
  

  Yemeni ship hijacked by Somali pirates

• EMI Arabia brings Ramzis Hits Home to the Middle East!
  

  EMI Arabia brings Ramzis Hits Home to the Middle East!

• Bokeer might leave El-Wehda, Abdel Fadil's deal doubtful
  

  German tactician Theo Bokeer will most probably leave Saudi Arabia's El-Wehda after getting into disputes with the club's board

• Barak: Israel "seriously" considering Saudi peace plan
  

  Barak: Israel "seriously" considering Saudi peace plan

• El-Owairan in Cairo to hold talks with Ahly
  

  Saudi Arabia legend Saied El-Owairan arrived in Cairo on Monday in order to hold talks with Ahly's board over his testimonial match

• Now Arabia DVD Vol. 6 out
  

  Now Arabia DVD Vol. 6 out

• Saudi girl drinks bleach to escape marriage
  

  A 16-year-old Saudi girl drank a bottle of bleach in an attempt to commit suicide to escape a forced marriage to a 75-year-old man, press reports revealed Sunday. The girl identified only as, Shaikha, said her father was forcing her to marry the old man so that he could marry his 13-year-old

• Saudis not liable for 9\11 attacks: US court
  

  A federal appeals court has ruled Saudi Arabia could not be held liable for the September 11 attacks against the United States despite charitable donations that ended up in the hands of al-Qaeda. Upholding a 2006 decision by a lower court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on

• Eid al-Fitr begins Tuesday for most Mideast Muslims, Libya (AFP)
  

  12 minutes ago RIYADH (AFP) - Eid al-Fitr festivities marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan will be celebrated on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Libya and Jordan, officials said. Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines, said that the new moon had been sighted and that Ramadan ends on Monday with the feast to follow the next day.

• Nigerian president returns home amid health questions (AFP)
  

  27 minutes ago LAGOS (AFP) - Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua returned home from Saudi Arabia Saturday, a government official said, amid questions about his health. A Saudi hospital official last weekend said the head of state had been hospitalised there for several days, but did not disclose any details.

• Most Arab countries to start Ramadan on Monday
  

  Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, will start the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on Monday along with most other GCC and Arab countries. Senior religious councils in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates said the moon's crescent was not sighted after nightfall on

• Tuesday marks beginning of Muslims' Eid al-Fitr
  

  The first day of Eid al-Fitr - the Muslim fast-breaking feast - will be marked on Tuesday, religious authorities in Saudi Arabia announced on Monday. The authorities said that the crescent has been seen on Monday, indicating that Monday ends the Holy month of Ramadan and that Tuesday will be

• Pakistan's Sharif offers to broker Afghan talks: spokesman (AFP)
  

  11 minutes ago ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif is willing to broker talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, his spokesman said Tuesday, amid reports that Sharif is already playing a key role. The offer came after a Pakistani newspaper reported that Sharif, in conjunction with Saudi Arabia, is helping to seek a settlement between the hardline Taliban and the US-backed regime of President Hamid Karzai.

• Saudi official slams "racist" Nissan ad
  

  A Saudi official has demanded an apology from auto-maker Nissan after Arab sheikhs were portrayed in a "racist" manner in an Israeli-made TV ad for a new fuel-efficient car. The ad - produced by Israeli advertizing house Inbar Merhav Shaked - shows a group of irate and violent Arab oil

• El-Helal set to face juventus in El-Temiat's testimonial match
  

  Saudi giants El-Helal are planning to hold a prestigious testimonial match for their already-retired superstar Nwaf El-Temiat against Italy's juventus

• Yemen arrests six suspects behind US embassy attack
  

  Yemen arrests six suspects behind US embassy attack

• Al Muhandis will sue everyone that accused him of fabricating his accident
  

  Al Muhandis will sue everyone that accused him of fabricating his accident

• Mubarak, Saudi monarch discuss regional issues
  

  Talks between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria have focused on regional developments and boosting bilateral ties. "The two leaders discussed the range of Arab issues, including recent developments on the Palestinian front...

• 3 million Muslims gather in Mecca
  

  3 million Muslims gather in Mecca

• Asian Cup winning coach Viera back in charge of Iraq
  

  Brazilian coach Jorvan Viera has agreed another stint in charge of Asian champions Iraq

• Fullah sings for Muhammad Abdoh
  

  Fullah sings for Muhammad Abdoh

• Israel to delay release of Fatah prisoners
  

  Israel to delay release of Fatah prisoners

• Syria says deployment on Lebanon border to fight smuggling
  

  Syria says deployment on Lebanon border to fight smuggling

• Park scores late to keep S. Korea on top of qualifying
  

  Park Ji-sung scored with nine minutes remaining to earn South Korea a 1-1 draw with Iran and hold on to the Group Two lead in 2010 World Cup qualifying

• Afghan president calls on Taliban for peace
  

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has made a call for peace to Taliban leader Mullah Omar as the Taliban Supremo offered international forces a safe retreat from Afghanistan if they agree to withdraw from the war-torn country. "A few days ago I called upon their leader, Mullah Omar, and said

• Amr Diab performs Omrah in Ramadan
  

  Amr Diab performs Omrah in Ramadan

• Glance at Islamic terror money (AP)
  

  By The Associated Press 40 minutes ago A look at the ways analysts say al-Qaida and other Islamic terrorist groups get money and how it has changed over time: • Soviet war in Afghanistan: Many Islamic terror groups have their origins in the Soviet war in Afghanistan that started in 1979.

• The Manager on Rotana
  

  Rotana has launched a new reality/ talent show, which is supposed to be very big! The show is entitled 'The Manager', reminds me very much of Donald Trump's show 'The Apprentice', and is a quest to find someone qualified...

• Japan and Qatar highlight threat to Aussies at football WC qualifiers (AFP)
  

  7 minutes ago DUBAI (AFP) - Japan and Qatar clinched crucial World Cup wins in the crushing humidity of the Gulf on Saturday to hammer home a double warning to Australia of the dangers ahead on the road to the World Cup finals. Japan beat Bahrain 3-2 in Manama while Qatar eased past Uzbekistan 3-0 in Doha to get Group One of the final round of Asian qualifiers off to a flying start.

• Female suicide bomber kills 3 at Iraq hospital
  

  Female suicide bomber kills 3 at Iraq hospital

• Mission Fashion 2008 - Prime 3
  

  The third prime of Mission Fashion 2008 was very interesting, with the presence of Canadian/Lebanese singer Karl Wolf and the attendance of Elie Saab himself. The nominees of this week were the first to present their work on the catwalk....

• Arab stock markets plunge for 4th day
  

  Arab stock markets fell for the fourth day running on Wednesday joining stock markets across the world amid growing fears that policymakers may be powerless to stop the worst financial shock since the Great Depression. The plunge slashed many more billions from the combined value of regional

• Algerians jailed for breaking Ramadan fast
  

  An Algerian court has jailed six people for four years each for failing to observe the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, a human rights activist said Tuesday. The six were also fined 1,000 euros each ($1,300), said honorary president of the Algerian League for the Protection of Human Rights

• Great press attendance at launch of Saber Al Ribais album
  

  Great press attendance at launch of Saber Al Ribais album

• Saudis among victims of Pakistan hotel blast
  

  Saudis among victims of Pakistan hotel blast

• Iran defends new offices on disputed island
  

  Iran on Wednesday defended opening new offices on a disputed Gulf island and rejected Arab monarchies' condemnation of the move as "interference", the official IRNA news agency reported. "All our country's measures on Abu Musa island are completely legal and in accordance with

• Arabs denounce cleric's fatwa on 'immoral' TV (AP)
  

  By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Arabs across the ideological spectrum, from secular-minded liberals to Muslim hard-liners, are denouncing a top Saudi cleric's edict that it was permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that show "immoral" content.

• Majlis new album, "Chilled out Arabian Takht Grooves"
  

  Majlis new album, "Chilled out Arabian Takht Grooves"

• British embassy in Yemen shut after attack on US mission (AFP)
  

  21 minutes ago SANNA (AFP) - The British embassy in Sanna has been closed until further notice, a British diplomat told AFP on Saturday, days after a rebel attack on the US mission killed 16 people. "The embassy has closed its doors until further notice and has suspended all the services that it provides," said the source, who requested anonymity.

• Yemen: At least 16 dead in US embassy attack
  

  Yemen: At least 16 dead in US embassy attack

• OECD slams Britain's corporate bribery record: report (AFP)
  

  13 minutes ago LONDON (AFP) - OECD member-states have written to Britain criticising London's failure to deal with corporate bribery, the Financial Times said Sunday. According to the business daily's website, the letter was sent in June, around a month before the House of Lords, Britain's highest court, overturned a ruling that British anti-corruption investigators acted unlawfully by stopping a probe into a huge arms deal between Saudi Arabia and defence giant BAE Systems.

• US should talk with its enemies: Petraeus
  

  US should talk with its enemies: Petraeus

• Muna Zaki Shocked by Haifa Wahbis Salary
  

  Muna Zaki Shocked by Haifa Wahbis Salary

• 17 stars host concerts at "Layali Febrayer"
  

  17 stars host concerts at "Layali Febrayer"

• Yemen arrests six over US embassy attack
  

  Yemen said on Monday it is holding six key suspects over a deadly attack on the U.S. embassy last week, while analysts warn that Sana is increasingly becoming a platform for al-Qaeda due to a lack of state resources. "Security services succeeded in arresting six people, of whom some belong

• Muhammad Abdoh in Beirut
  

  Muhammad Abdoh in Beirut

• Analysis: Stable Iraq could influence Mideast
  

  Analysis: Stable Iraq could influence Mideast

• Hamas wants "balanced" Arab stance
  

  Hamas wants "balanced" Arab stance

• Gaza-Egypt crossing opens for Muslim pilgrims
  

  The Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was opened on Saturday to allow hundreds of Muslim pilgrims to leave the besieged territory ruled by Hamas, Palestinian officials said. The crossing will be open on Saturday and Sunday, an official said, adding some 3,000 Gazans had

• Sunni-Shiite hacking war disables 900 websites
  

  In a tit-for-tat retaliatory attack, Shiite hackers infiltrated Sunni religious websites Monday in response to attack on prominent Shiite websites earlier this month. The Shiite hackers posted a face painted with the Iranian flag with a logo resembling that of the International Atomic Energy

• 'Bloody Sunday' sees Gulf markets crumble
  

  Stock markets across the Gulf continued to tumble Monday after a 'Bloody Sunday' of trading saw huge losses and credit conditions tightened, sparking fears that the Arab peninsula would be hit by the fallout in Europe and the United States. In the Gulf's biggest stock market, Saudi Arabia, the

• Nigerian leader could resign: state news agency (AFP)
  

  27 minutes ago LAGOS (AFP) - Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua could resign on health grounds, official news agency NAN said Tuesday. Yar'Adua was in a Saudi hospital for treatment and there has been longstanding speculation over his health. NAN said the resignation could come after a cabinet reshuffle expected in coming days.

• Bahrain jails man for "pimping out" wife: report
  

  A Bahraini court sentenced a 33-year-old Saudi man to one year in jail for prostituting his wife and living off the money she earned, press reported Thursday. The couple were arrested after the girl invited an undercover police officer to their home and charged him 50 Bahraini dinars

• Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in Pakistan
  

  Senior al-Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri has been killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border, a security official said on Tuesday. "He was believed to be among the top leadership of al-Qaeda," the senior security official said on

• Hamas chief wants prisoner swap for Israeli 'soonest' (AFP)
  

  13 minutes ago DAMASCUS (AFP) - Exiled Hamas political supremo Khaled Meshaal has said the Islamists want to agree a deal "as soon as possible" to exchange Palestinian prisoners for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. "Hamas does not want to postpone negotiations on the prisoner exchange or demand new conditions, but we refuse to be blackmailed by Israel, which wants (to reduce) the number of Palestinian prisoners who should be freed," Meshaal said in a speech late on Saturday.

• 10-century-old Islamic ewer said to fetch $5m
  

  A 1,000-year-old carved rock crystal ewer is expected to set a new record for an Islamic work of art at auction. The 10-century old Islamic ewer, one of only seven known surviving examples, will be offered for auction next month at Christie's Islamic art sale and is expected to fetch over 3 million

• Lebanese PM to visit Iraq for trade talks
  

  Lebanese PM to visit Iraq for trade talks

• UN to debate Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories (AFP)
  

  32 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The Security Council will hold a ministerial debate on Israel's settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories Friday, a UN spokesman said Thursday. "The meeting will take place tomorrow (Friday) at ministerial level," Farhan Haq told reporters.

• Darfur rebels dismiss AL peace initiative
  

  An Arab League-sponsored initiative, aimed at bringing peace to the war-ravaged western Sudanese region of Darfur was dismissed by Darfur rebel groups on Thursday. They said the move came five years too late. Arab League foreign ministers decided on Monday to establish a committee headed by

• Mideast peace takes center stage at United Nations (AP)
  

  By MICHAEL ASTOR, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS - The key international players trying to promote peace in the Middle East meet on the sidelines of the U. N. General Assembly on Friday as the U. N. Security Council opens a high-level debate on Israeli settlements. The so-called Quartet — the U.

• UN chief hails Qatari-led push for Darfur peace (AFP)
  

  19 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN boss Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the establishment of an Arab League panel led by Qatar that will work with the African Union and United Nations to sponsor peace talks in Sudan's Darfur region. "The Secretary General welcomes the establishment of the ministerial Committee on Darfur" under the joint chairmanship of Qatar, the Arab League and the African Union Commission that will work closely with AU-UN Joint chief mediator Djibril Bassole, Ban's press office said in a statement.

• Veil wearing woman told to leave Italy museum
  

  The head of one of Venice's most prestigious museums apologized on Wednesday to a Muslim woman asked to leave the building by a guard because she was wearing a veil over her face. The episode, which has kindled controversy in the Italian media and arguments between centre-left and centre-right

• Arabian Piano Nights by Izi-Din
  

  Arabian Piano Nights by Izi-Din

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