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  • Iran vows more aid camps in Pakistan

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  • Ammar al Hakim, Emir of Qatar review bilateral ties, Iraq govt. crisis

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  • Karbala police arrest 66 wanted persons

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  • Floodwaters sweep towards another Pakistan town

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  • Taleban vow to disrupt Afghanistan election

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  • Suicide attack at Iraqi army complex kills eight

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Ibne al-Aseer narrates in al-Nehaayah regarding the tradition - "Surely I leave behind you two weighty things - Book of Allah and my progeny" that they have been called Saqalain (two weighty things) because to hold onto them and to act by their commands is weighty (Saqeel).
Behaar al-Anwaar v 23 p 118

Iran arrests suspected mosque bombing accomplices

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran said on Saturday that it has arrested suspected accomplices of two suicide bombers who attacked a Shiite mosque in the restive southeast earlier this month killing at least 28 people.

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