European mosque plans face protests
PARIS (Reuters): Petitions in London, protests in Cologne, a court case in Marseille and a violent clash in Berlin - Muslims in Europe are meeting resistance to plans for mosques that befit Islam's status as the continent's second religion. Across Europe, Muslims...
Nigerian President stops predecessor's plan
ABUJA (Reuters): Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has suspended a multimillion-dollar scheme to build 774 clinics because the funding arrangement approved by his predecessor was illegal, local newspapers reported yesterday. The suspension is a new example of Yar'Adua reversing...
'Talk of US strikes counterproductive'
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP): President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said yesterday that talk of United States military strikes against al-Qaida in Pakistan only hurts the fight against terrorism, as his troops bombarded militant hideouts in their strongest response yet to a month...
Court orders Bhutto warrant withdrawal
KARACHI (Reuters): A Pakistani high court yesterday ordered authorities to withdraw a request to Interpol to issue arrest warrants for exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, her lawyer said. The court order came as speculation in Pakistan...
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