Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:24:03
Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed Mother Teresa of Kolkata a saint, hailing her as the personification of maternal love and a powerful advocate for the poor. “We may have some difficulty in calling her ‘Saint’ Teresa,” the pontiff said. “Her holiness is so near to us, so tender and so fruitful that we continue to spontaneously call her Mother.” He added: “She made her voice heard before the powers
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Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:20:07
Urjit Patel has assumed charge as the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank, succeeding Raghuram Rajan whose three-year controversy-ridden tenure ended on September 4.
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Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:16:22
Rafael Nadal kept making a stand, kept coming back, kept showing he would not depart quietly from this U.S. Open. Facing a much younger, much-less-accomplished opponent, Nadal twice erased a set deficit. Then he staved off a trio of match points.
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Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:10:49
Master developer Nakheel has commenced work on a new, Dh5 billion, 20-tower community at Deira Islands, its 15.3 square kilometre waterfront city in Dubai.
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Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:07:43
Muscat Municipality has announced that its slaughterhouses are getting ready to cater to the huge demand during Eid al Adha. The municipality is also planning to open a central slaughterhouse in Misfaa in Bausher before the end of the year.
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Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:05:34
As many as 645 men and women pilgrims, out of a total of 1,400 from 60 countries around the world, who were invited by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to perform the Haj at his expense, have arrived in Makkah, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Sunday.
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Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:04:42
The total number of people who planned to perform Haj, but were turned back and denied entry into Makkah for lack of the required permit has reached 188,747, the head of police in the city said.
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Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:00:37
Saudi Arabia has been ranked among the top three safest places in the world, thanks to fewer natural disasters and constant efforts by the government in terms of health, security and infrastructure.
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