Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The first month Muharram is one of the four sacred months that Allah has mentioned in the Holy Qur'aan:

"Lo! The number of the months with Allah is twelve months by Allah's ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in them". (9:36)

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Hillary Clinton yesterday basked in the glow of her primary win in New Hampshire, where she defied polls and narrowly beat rival Barack Obama in the state's key Democratic presidential nominating contest.

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One of the seven wonders of the world Taj Mahal is not accepting US dollar from tourists any more.

India's tourism minister said Thursday that the dollar will no longer be accepted at the Taj Mahal and other national tourist sites.

For years tourists visiting most sites in India were charged either $5, or 250 rupees.

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Top Ten Websites '07 published in TIME Magazine are :

#1. Lemonade.com

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Consumers across Asia are the most prolific users of mobile messaging and are forecast to further drive message volume in 2008, a research firm said on Thursday.

Nearly 1.5 trillion mobile messages were sent in the Asia-Pacific region over the past 12 months, accounting for 78.9 per cent of all SMS traffic globally last year, said a Gartner's report.

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The controversy over former premier Benazir Bhutto's assassination has taken another turn with a section of her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) claiming she was targeted with sophisticated "laser beam technology".
Bhutto's wounds were caused not by bullets but by some sort of laser weapon, 'The Nation' newspaper said quoting sources in the PPP.

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A blogger and soldier Andrew Olmsted (Major in the United States Army Reserve), who often posted as G-Kar at Obsidian Wings, was killed in combat yesterday in Iraq. As far as you know, he was killed defending a village composed solely of innocent women and children from hundreds of insurgents.

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Celebrated international musician and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira is visiting Bangladesh for a three-day tour of the Sidr hit areas to see for herself the post-cyclone reconstruction efforts and education projects.

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Bangladesh origin 'Junior Miss America' Nora Ali arrived Dhaka at the invitation of Kachi Kanther Asar to stand by the deprived children and help them educate.

She is the daughter of Zaki and Mahfuza Ali and attended South St. Paul High School in Mendonta Heights.

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American Senator Hansen Clarke was given a warm reception at his ancestral village Sridhara in Beanibazar, Bangladesh on 30th December in the afternoon afternoon.

Several thousand people thronged the reception venue at Sridhara Primary School as he reached there. Youths riding on a convoy of over 100 motorbikes received him at Sheola bridge and took him to the venue.

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New Year Quote One:

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, With never a thought of sorrow; The old goes out, but the glad young year Comes merrily in tomorrow. Emily Miller

New Year Quote Two:

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Lord Tennyson

New Year Quote Three:

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Pakistan's Interior Ministry is now claiming assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto did not die from a bullet wound as first suspected.

Supporters of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto have accused the Government of covering up her cause of death.

Ms Bhutto was killed as she left a campaign rally in Raiwilpindi on Thursday.

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Hillary Clinton on Friday called for an independent, international probe into Benazir Bhutto's murder, as turmoil wracking US ally Pakistan reshaped debate in the White House race.

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Six months after stepping down as Britain’s prime minister, Tony Blair has completed his long-expected conversion to Roman Catholicism from Britain’s established church, Anglicanism, Catholics officials said in a statement on Saturday.

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Security forces in Saudi Arabia, the target of Islamist attacks since 2003, arrested an Al-Qaeda linked group planning a "terrorist act" during this week's Muslim pilgrimage, the interior ministry said on Friday.

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Experiences of a Recently Converted Hindu Woman

My Experiences and How I Find that Islam does not Oppress Women"
by Sister Noor, University of Essex

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Grocer Abdur Rashid used to shut his shop in rural Bangladesh at dusk, missing the peak shopping hour because he did not have electricity.

But ever since he bought a solar system from a local aid organization, he's been able to stay open until late evening, almost doubling his daily sales.

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Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack after a rally in the city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, her party said.
"She has been martyred," said party official Rehman Malik.

Bhutto, 54, died in hospital in Rawalpindi. Ary-One Television said she had been shot in the head.

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Symptoms of Depression

Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex
Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down"
Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions

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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE SPREAD OF DENGUE

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