Photos Muslim pilgrims begin haj rites

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - More than 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims began on Friday the rites of the annual haj pilgrimage, leaving the holy city of Mecca for Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final haj sermon.

Video : Dutch businessman builds 'real-life' Noah's ark

For the last three years the Dutch city of Dordrecht has been watching in amazement as businessman Johan Huibers' dream of building a 150 metre-long Noah's ark, stocked with thousands of plastic animals, has slowly grown into reality. -

Pictures: Noah's 'real-life' ark on Dutch river

For three years, the quaint old city of Dordrecht has watched in amazement as a local businessman's dream of building a real-life Noah's ark, stocked with thousands of plastic animals, became a reality. -- PHOTO: AFP

DORDRECHT (Netherlands) - FOR three years, the quaint old city of Dordrecht has watched in amazement as a local businessman's dream of building a real-life Noah's ark, stocked with thousands of plastic animals, became a reality.

The enormous vessel stands at an abandoned quay on the Merwede River, about 65km south of Amsterdam. Here, Johan Huibers, 52, and a team of 50 dedicated employees put the final touches to what they believe is the only life-size wooden ark in existence.

CNN International interview with Anwar Ibrahim

CNN International interview with Anwar Ibrahim 

on Egypt and Democracy in the Muslim world

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A Cambodian soldier firing a machine gun from behind sandbags on the border between Thailand and Cambodia, on Friday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is “deeply concerned” about cross-border fighting between the countries and called for “maximum restraint” on both sides. (Reuters Photo)

Picture gallery: Protesters in Tahrir Square in central Cairo

CAIRO - THREE people were killed in gunfire aimed at anti-regime protesters in Tahrir Square in central Cairo early on Thursday, taking the death toll of clashes in the past 24 hours to six, a medic said.



Witnesses said that there were many people wounded by fire coming from the October Bridge where partisans of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were positioned.

Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square after dark

Another clip, of protesters chanting slogans about refusing to kiss Mr. Mubarak’s hand, illustrates that the demonstrations in the square continued as night fell:

The Ahram Online live blog reported late on Tuesday: “Clashes between Police and protesters in Alexandria.” The blogger who uploaded this video said that it was shot in Alexandria on Tuesday 25 January 2011 night:

This clip, for instance, was posted on YouTube on Tuesday evening by a blogger who titled it, “Chasing the Egyptian Riot Police,” but did not post a time or location with the video:

Demonstrations In Egypt In Video

Late on Tuesday, with protesters still gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square after dark, some of those restrictions seem to have lapsed. Gigi Ibrahim, an Egyptian-American blogger and activist whose stream of regular Twitter updates and mobile phone photographs showing the protests in Cairo came to an abrupt halt in midafternoon, posted a new note late on Tuesday January 25, 2011 :

OMG Twitter is back!! Thank god ! The situation in Tahrir is beyond amazing everyone should head there #jan25

Video uploaded on Tuesday night appeared to show protesters in  Tahrir Square.

YouTube Video of Protests in Egypt (1)

Egyptian protesters and riot police officers on a street in Cairo 

on Tuesday. January 25, 2011

YouTube Video of Protests in Egypt (1)

Dr Danial in Video

Dr Danial in Video