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It is said that it was called al-Qadr because the annual destiny of every person will be determined by God. [9] Some say that if one stays awake at this night praying, reading Quran, or repenting, one will reach a high state. [10] Some have said that it was called al-Qadr because it is a grand and high-value night. [11]
Law and crime Prosecutors at the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon set up to prosecute the killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri ask judges to defer a decision to hold a trial in absentia for four Hezbollah members indicted in Hariri's assassination. (The Daily Star) (The Washington Post) Politics Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy to make way for an ...
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The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year. [citation needed] Conversely, the Day of Arafah, the day before Eid al-Adha, is the holiest day of the Islamic year. [citation needed]
Disasters Efforts continue to cool the reactors at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following recent accidents with signs that the treatment efforts are working. (Kyodo News) (Bloomberg) The death toll for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami reaches 8,450, with 12,931 people missing. (BBC) 2011 Pointe-Noire Trans Air Congo An-12 crash At least twenty-three people die after a cargo plane ...
Disasters Thai authorities consider constructing a waterway linking existing natural canals into a 200-km long "super-canal" that would hold 1.6B cubic meters of water and speed the draining of run-off to prevent flooding like that currently inundating Bangkok and other parts of the country. (CNN) Eighteen children and two adults die after an overloaded school bus collides with a coal truck in ...
Business and economy The British Government sells the Northern Rock bank – which was nationalised in 2008 – to Virgin Money for £ 747m. (BBC) Law and crime An Idaho man, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, is charged with the attempted assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama, after two bullets are found embedded in the exterior of the White House. The President and First Lady were not ...
Disasters Over 1.5 million people are still without power and four states declare a state of emergency after a nor'easter hits the Eastern United States. (CNN) LOT Polish Airlines Flight 016 makes a successful emergency landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport. (CNN) At least seven people are killed and 200 injured following an explosion caused by two trucks carrying explosives crashing in Fuquan City ...