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More than a billion Muslims across the world begin observing this week the holy month of Ramadan, a time of fasting and prayer which this year coincides with deadly turmoil in West Asia. HT Image Arab governments are bracing for increased tensions in the region which has been rocked by unprecedented pro-democracy uprisings that have brought down autocratic regimes i stanley cup n Tunisia and Egypt. In Syria, where a bloody crackdown on dissent nears its fifth month, authorities fear that protesters will stanley cup rally against the regime when they emerge from mosques after nightly taraweeh prayers. Facebook group The Syrian Revolution 2011, a driving force of the protest movement wrote: The regime is afraid of Ramadan and the taraweeh prayers, and has called for retaliation protests . Syria is bleeding, a message said. In Libya, rebel fighters locked for months in deadly battles with strongman Muammar Gaddafi s regime, told AFP there was no question of stopping what they see as their march on Tripoli. Yes, Ramadan is beginning but we will continue to fight, said Colonel Juma Brahim, head of the rebel fighters operational command in the Nafusa region, from his command post in Zintan. If it s war and we re tired, we ll eat. But if we remain in a defensive position, we will fast. God is with us, said Hatem al-Jadi, a 24-year-old fighter in the western desert hamlet of Gualish, south of Tripoli. But in Cairo, wh stanley cup ere massive streets protests overthrew the 30-year rule of president Cwdc Pakistan plans amusement city for bin Laden town
Thousands of party faithful greeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday as she visited her stronghold in southern Pakistan, days after an assassination bid that killed 139 people. HT Image Chanting Long Live Bhutto , around 4,000 jubilant supporters of her Pakistan People s Party PPP cheered and clapped as Bhutto arrived in a bullet-proof vehicle at her father s vast mausoleum in their ancestral village of Garhi Khuda Baksh, near the town of Larkana in Sindh province. Standing through the sunroof behind her secretary, Bhutto waved to crowds who were prevented from approaching the vehicle by security staff wielding AK-47s. A huge Bhutto portrait hung from a pylon, and green, red and black PPP flags fluttered as her convoy whipped up a dust storm. Television showed Bhutto draping a shawl inscribed with Islamic verses and sprinkling rose petals on her father s grave. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan s first popularly elected prime minister, was toppled by the military in 1977 and later hanged. She t adidas samba hen sat by the tomb, reciting Koranic verses. It s a long time since I ve been here and I thank God for giving me the opportunity t salomon o put my feet on m stanley cup y homeland once again, to see the love of my people, Bhutto said aboard the plane before it touched down in the city of Sukkur. This has strengthened me to do what I can to save Pakistan by saving democracy, which is so essential to giving people safety, security and better prospects, she added, saying |
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