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| Telephonic conversations with Saudi king, UAE president and Qatar emir |
| MUSCAT — On the advent of Eid al Adha, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos has exchanged telephonic conversations with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, President of the UAE, and Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, Emir of Qatar. His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere greetings and best wishes of good health,... |
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| Kuwait emir’s message for His Majesty received |
| MUSCAT — His Majesty Sultan Qaboos has received a written message from Shaikh Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait. The message was handed over to His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmood al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, here yesterday by Yousef Hassan Ibrahim, Special Envoy of the Emir of Kuwait. |
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Smugglers of firecrackers held The Directorate-General of Customs, Royal Oman Police, recently arrested smugglers who entered the Sultanate via border checkpoints with large numbers of firecrackers, Al Fattak, in their possession. The suspects confessed to the violation of the law and they were transferred to the designated court which ordered them jailed and fined. The court also ordered the confiscation of the smuggled items. According to the law, people convicted of such crimes are awarded a maximum imprisonment of three years and fined a maximum sum of RO 3,000, but on repetition of crime the penalties will be doubled as per Articles 145/4 and 142 of the GCC Unified Customs Law. |
| Heavy rains in Muscat, Musandam, Batinah |
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MUSCAT — Heavy to moderate
rains fell in the Governorates of Muscat and Musandam and the Al Batinah
region. In the Governorate of Muscat, heavy rains fell in Al Maabelah,
causing the Wadi Al Maabelah to flow, while Al Khoud, Bausher, Al Khuwair and Qurum experienced moderate rains. In the Governorate of Musandam, light rains fell in Madha al Jadidah... |
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| Decision on moon sighting accurate: Majlis Ash’shura |
| MUSCAT — Majlis Ash'shura has emphasised the accuracy of the justification upon which the specialised committee based its decision regarding the sighting of the moon of the month of Dhul-Hajja (1429 AH). The Majlis yesterday issued a statement in this regard. Majlis Ash'shura has followed up with keen interest the issue of sighting of the new moon and the announcement... |
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| Record number of pilgrims as Haj rituals begin |
| MINA, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has mobilised a force of 100,000 men to assist and protect up to three million Muslim pilgrims starting the annual Haj yesterday. All pilgrims from abroad, totalling 1,728,841, have entered the kingdom, the highest recorded number coming from outside Saudi Arabia for the ceremony, the interior ministry said yesterday. |
| Sarkozy fails to break climate pact deadlock |
| GDANSK, Poland — French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed to end deadlock with ex-communist EU states on an EU climate package yesterday but predicted a deal would be reached by a December 11-12 summit. "Things are moving in a good way ... I am convinced we will arrive at a positive conclusion," Sarkozy, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency,... |
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Police arrest 2 in Mumbai
attacks probe KOLKATA — Indian police said yesterday they had arrested two men who helped the Mumbai attackers get mobile phone cards which they used for communications during their three-day rampage. Police in the eastern city of Kolkata identified the men as Tausif Rehman and Mukhtar Ahmed and said they were picked up on Friday after investigators traced some of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards recovered from the gunmen. "We are questioning them about procurement of SIM cards used in Mumbai," Jawed Shamim, deputy commissioner of detectives in Kolkata, said — Reuters |
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| Lebanese farmer grows super spud |
| TYRE, Lebanon — A south Lebanon farmer couldn't believe his peeled eyes when he discovered he had grown a massive potato, he said yesterday, adding that he now hopes to enter the Guinness World Records book. "This giant weighs 11.3 kilos," Khalil Semhat said at his farm in the Tyre area, 85 kilometres south of Beirut. | |
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