December 26, 2003 | 2 Dhu-l-Qidah 1424 Hijriah
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veiled4allahthousands in Iranian city killed in quake
The AP reports: Entire blocks of buildings lay crushed and survivors lined up blanket-wrapped bodies in the street after a devastating earthquake leveled nearly three-quarters of the Iranian city of Bam on Friday, killing at least 5,000 people and injuring...
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The ClipboardSaddam's Labor Laws Live On
Most Iraqi workers hoped the fall of Saddam Hussein would liberate them, enabling them to recover their lost rights. Chief among them was the right to an independent union. In 1987, the regime of Saddam Hussein reclassified most Iraqi workers--those...
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veiled4allahnon-denominational winter holiday greetings to you
In one of the curiousities of having a non-Muslim family, my sister gives me "non-denominational winter holiday" gifts that I choose to accept as being belated Eid gifts that happen to be delivered on December 25. My sister is a...
