Kuwaiti prince sentenced to death for the murder of another prince

Manama: A Kuwaiti prince was on Thursday sentenced to death for the murder of another prince, a Kuwaiti online news portal reported.

The Criminal Court found Shaikh Faisal Al Abdullah Al Sabah guilty of the murder of his nephew Shaikh Basil Salem Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah and ordered his execution, Al Aan said.

Libya to put killers of Qaddafi on trial

TRIPOLI: Stung by an international outcry over the execution of Muammar Qaddafi by a lynch mob, Libya's new rulers on Thursday promised to try the killers. "With regard to Qaddafi, we do not wait for anybody to tell us," Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), was quoted by wire services as saying at a news conference in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Saudi Arabia gives $50m for quake-hit

RIYADH: The Kingdom announced Thursday it would donate $50 million in aid for Turkey's quake victims. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah had given orders to help "its sister nation" Turkey in its efforts to deal with the devastation of the quake, the Saudi Press Agency said.

Private sector workers have right to 10-day leave to perform Haj

JEDDAH: Private sector employees have the right to paid leave of 10 to 15 days to perform Haj once in his service period, the spokesman of the Labor Ministry said on Wednesday. “An employee will have the right to get paid holidays of not less than 10 days and not more than 15 days,

Prison officer jailed for affair with killer inmate

London A judge blasted a prison's lax regime on Tuesday as he jailed a female prison officer for having an affair with a killer.  The relationship between Rachel Klein, 29, and inmate Steven Chapman, 27, highlighted the lack of discipline at HMP Lindholme, where prisoners had easy access to tobacco, computer games and telephones, the court was told.

LIBYA During Qaddafi Ruling

FACTS that most don't know and the Jewish media will never ever pin point: 

a] Possessing of a Home is considered a human right in Libya – Gaddafi vowed that his parents would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a home. Gaddafi’s father has died while him, his wife and his mother are still living in a tent.

Chennai airport: Diwali haze threat to pilots

The combined effects of rain and smoke from firecrackers might bring down visibility levels at the Chennai airport this week. While pilots might experience foggy conditions early in the morning due to dust and smoke from crackers settling on moisture after night rains, the evenings are going to be particularly hard as rockets from high-rise buildings near the airport could be distracting.

She dances, breaks barriers of religion

Jahnara Rahman, a plus-two student, loves oppana and performs Kathakali. But her passion is Nangiar Kooth, a traditional classical dance of Kerala. 
She comes from Vadakkanchery village, which was the home of another Muslim artiste, the legendary Kathakali singer Kalamandalam Hyderali.

King performs funeral prayer for Sultan

Riyadh: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah performed the funeral prayer for the late Crown Prince Sultan at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh after Asar prayer on Tuesday.

Iran arrests 9 more in $2.6bn bank fraud case

TEHRAN: Iran’s state prosecutor says authorities have arrested nine more suspects in a bank fraud case described as the biggest financial scam in the country’s history.

State television broadcast late Monday an interview with Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehei in which he said that a total of 67 people have been questioned in the $2.6 billion case, details of which first broke in September.