 | | Qatari women set to launch fashion magazine |
 MAKING
a foray into the fashion and lifestyle world, three young Qatari
women have joined hands to launch an English magazine from Doha.
Named HauteMuse, the magazine will be published quarterly. Talking
to Qatar Tribune, Fatma Hamad al Thani and Noor Rashid al Thani,
both owners of the magazine, said that each issue would be theme-based
with an innovative layout. "We will... |
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|  |  | | UK Monarchy: How Relevant? |
 AMID
the flag-waving and the street parties to celebrate the marriage
of Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday, bigger questions
about the relevance of the monarchy to modern Britain lurk like
uninvited guests. Extravagant living in a time of austerity
abrades public sensibilities; unearned privilege is resented,
while snobbery and elitism are seen as dangerously outmoded.
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DELUSION |
| COL Moamar Qadhafi is a vain man. Like
the other Arab dinosaurs he has his dyed hair, his designer
shades, his spoiled children and his compound full of sycophants.
He doesn´t want, one day, to be dragged from a rat hole
like Saddam Hussein or hauled from a bunker like the Ivory Coast´s
Laurent Gbagbo. So what´s his calculation? Does he have
one at all? Here in liberated eastern Libya, where the tricolour
Qadhafi banished now flies... |
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Aligarh university closed after violence
IANS
ALIGARH A DAY after violence involving students on the campus, the administration of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday announced the closure of the university sine die.
AMU Registrar VK Abdul Jaleel, while issuing the closure notice, said all students have been ordered to vacate the hostel within 48 hours.
According to a notification of assistant controller (examinations), all examinations scheduled for the day have been postponed.
Their next date will be announced later.
On Friday there were three rounds of violence between armed groups of students.
No one was injured.
Following the violence linked to the university’s internal politics, the district authorities advised the AMU registrar and the proctor to close the university.
AMU Vice Chancellor PK Abdul Azis is in Kerala at present and will return on May 3. The situation will be reviewed on his return, a university official said.
In his message from Kerala, Azis assured the students that the university will be reopened shortly and all examinations will be rescheduled.
He said that it will be ensured that students do not suffer any academic loss.
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