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  'Rashid's house was used for arms storage'
Rashid's house was used for arms storage: Former militant
Minister Sheikh Rashid's mansion in Rawalpindi was used as a 'guesthouse' and for 'arms storage' for Kashmiri militant recruits between 1987 and 1992.
JKLF trainees were lodged at Rashid's 'safe house', trained at Kachgari, given guns and grenades, and accommodated back in the 'safe house', he has been quoted as saying.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/jun/27rashid.htm   (428 words)

  
  List of Arabian Houses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
House of Thunayyan the administrators and closest allies of the Ottoman Empire, they switched allegiances and are now close allies of the Sauds.
House of Rashid rulers of Ha'il, members of the House of Shammar tribe.
House of Al-Falasi the Emirs of Dubai descend from this tribe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Arabian_Houses   (298 words)

  
 Rashidi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rashidi (Arabic: آل رشيد) were a historic house of the Arabian Peninsula, the most formidable enemies of the House of Saud.
The Rashidi occupied the Saudi capital of Riyadh in 1865 and forced the leaders of the House of Saud into exile.
There has been a tendency to attribute the development of the House (Beit) of Al Rashid to trading and commercial expansion, but recently documents have come to light which emphasise the significance of external pressures and the Rashidis interaction with foreign governments and leaders.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rashidi   (1328 words)

  
 Rashid's Homepage
Karim and Rashid both had their own rooms, de flat was close to the primary school the children were going to attend from the moment they would be four years old.
Rashid's first room was now the room for washing and drying clothes, his bedroom, which became Karim's bedroom, was now my husband's working room.
But that is allright, because Rashid moves to the new home with me. His picture laughs at me from the living-room wall; the memories of him are in my head, his love is in my heart, as long as I live.
www.rashid.nl /moving.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Rashid tells Lower House that Jordanians remain in Iraqi jails
Rashid said he had met with Iraqi Minister of Interior Mohammad Zmam Abdul Razzaq three times in the last month to discuss the issue of Jordanian prisoners in Iraq.
Rashid said three of the names of those who were released did not match the names of those provided in the list.
Meanwhile, the House resumed its discussion of a draft customs law, which was interrupted by the five-day marathon debate of the draft 1998 state budget.
www.jordanembassyus.org /012598001.htm   (689 words)

  
 Karim Rashid's Kit 24 House
Karim Rashid's brightly coloured Kit 24 House is the unrivalled star of this year's Interior Design Show, a Canadian home show dedicated to exploring the domestic environment's relationship with new technologies.
Karim Rashid's original project is a kit consisting of a series of units which can be used to build a house with 24 sides in a matter of hours.
The number "24" does not refer only to the number of units, but to the design of the house: it is intended to cover the entire 24 hour day, with workspace on the first level and domestic spaces on the second.
www.floornature.com /articoli/articolo.php/id921/sez1/en   (195 words)

  
 Rashid Behbudov (1915-1988) 80th Jubilee: Songs that Never Die by Tofiq Guliyev
Rashid played the role of the main character, Asgar(As-GAR), a wealthy merchant, who had everything in life except the chance to choose a woman for his bride.
Rashid's father, Majid Behbudlu was a well-known singer too as was his sister.
Rashid loved to sing the popular songs of the countries where he toured.
www.azer.com /aiweb/categories/magazine/34_folder/34_articles/34_behbudov.html   (1172 words)

  
 Revealed Resources Rashid Kotwal
As Rashid spent many years in highly technical environments with organisations such as NCR and DEC, and subsequently with consulting organisations such as Unisys and DMR Group, he brings a deep understanding of technology and how it can be integrated into the business using language that business people are comfortable with.
Rashid firmly believes in the transference of knowledge and has mentored and trained both individuals and teams in the areas of consulting skills, people management and human behaviour.
As a General Manager of a large Australian Software House, Rashid was instrumental in redefining a culture of blame and a climate of non performance into a thriving operation within one year.
www.revealedresources.com /files/RashidK.html   (474 words)

  
 Saudi Aramco World : To Light A Flame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Vast tracts of it had been the domain of the House of Sa'ud, but the young man's father had lost his throne through murder and trickery and battle; and for the past 11 years the desert had fallen under the sovereignty of a rival dynasty, the House of Rashid, the implacable enemies of the Saudis.
In the center of the town the Rashids had built a fortress, and opposite the fortress gate, across a square, they had fortified a house where the governor, whose name was 'Ajlan, kept his women.
After the call to prayer from the mosques of the town, when the raiders hidden within the house performed their own devotions, and, as the morning light refilled the square, the gate was opened, and servants began to bring out the governor's horses.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196501/to.light.a.flame.htm   (3220 words)

  
 Eccentric ally in Green Zone / Imam extols U.S., reveres Virgin Mary -- despised by fellow clerics
Rashid is imam of the al-Qadisiya Mosque, the sole Muslim house of worship in the Green Zone, the 3-square-mile area in the heart of Baghdad that effectively remains under U.S. control.
Rashid's close-cropped beard is dyed blond, in keeping with his all-white image -- a sign of purity, he says -- and he wears patterned contact lenses.
Before the war, Rashid was the assistant to the mosque's pro-Hussein imam, his main task singing the five-times-per-day call to prayer.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/31/MNGDM80L0P1.DTL   (1133 words)

  
 Businessmen Flex Muscles Behind The Scenes - from TBO.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
As a result, Rashid and Hughes are said to control at least four of the county's seven commissioners.
Rashid's reputation is that of a master campaign strategist.
Rashid also is credited with helping make Johnnie Byrd speaker of the Florida House, which Rashid doesn't deny.
news.tbo.com /news/MGBNJFI92XD.html   (664 words)

  
 'Rashid's home used for storing arms' : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In a damning revelation, a former top JKLF terrorist has said that Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid's mansion in Rawalpindi was used as a "guesthouse" and for "arms storage" for the Kashmiri terrorist recruits between 1987 and 1992.
JKLF trainees were lodged at Sheikh Rashid's "safe house", trained at Kachgari, given guns and grenades, accommodated back in the "safe house", he has been quoted as saying.
The former terrorist commander, who is now acting Chairman of a faction of People's Conference separatist outfit, said he had stayed in Rashid's house "several times" in 1988.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1413254,000900010002.htm   (455 words)

  
 Saudi Arabia-U.S. Relations Item of Interest - From Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and Legal Evolution of ...
The conflict was most pronounced in the region of al-Qasim, which, towards the beginning of the nineteenth century, had become a pivotal actor in Najdi politics and profoundly affected the balance of power between pro-Saudi forces in the south and the Rashidi power base in Ha'il in the north.
This growing countercurrent was apparent by the middle of the nineteenth century, and it blossomed under the auspices of the Rashidi dynasty.
The conservative Wahhabis were alarmed by the loss of power of the House of Saud, their traditional ally, and by the disintegration of the country.
www.saudi-us-relations.org /newsletter2004/saudi-relations-interest-08-14.html   (928 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Iraqi Sheikh accuses Americans of torturing prisoners
This correspondent met with Karim Rashid, sheikh of a large and respected tribe al-Janabi, was released from the Abu Greib prison, which has become notorious throughout the world, three months ago.
It was the master of the house, Karim Rashid.
They were taken to the nearby military base where the Americans put sacks over their heads, tied their hands behind and left them lying on the floor for several hours.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/05/05/53761_.html   (861 words)

  
 Karim Rashid's Kit 24 House Unveiled at the IDS | Dexigner
Rashid's environment is composed of a few repeated parts that assemble a 24-sided house, but it is also a metaphor for time and is based on a 24-hour day.
Rashid is perhaps best known for bringing his democratic design sensibility to a mass audience.
Rashid was also an associate Professor of Industrial Design for ten years, and is now a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences around the world.
www.dexigner.com /design_news/4941   (717 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Heritage | The rose of the Nile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
This 400-year-old residential house of Rashid's Ottoman governor is the largest house in the town, a three- storey building with a large ground-floor area.
In its heyday, the ground floor housed a storehouse with a cross-vaulted ceiling, a cistern and a sabil (fountain).
He sees the museum as of benefit to Rashid in that it will preserve and protect its priceless heritage, as well as putting the city on the international museum level.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/770/he1.htm   (1181 words)

  
 ..: mixes :..
dj zain rashid + metro house - old school house mix.......
swank society + psalms in the spirit of house - deep house.......
placid + house and acid - deep house and acid mix.......
www.heatherrahn.com /djsezy/mixes.html   (451 words)

  
 :::- ARAB TIMES -:::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Rashid is the son of an Aluminum merchant in Kuwait, and is said to have capitalized on his father’s good reputation to win the confidence of investors.
The first few months, Rashid made good his promise and the investors were happy; however, gradually money stopped coming, stoking investor anxiety.
Rashid is currently at the Camp prison under the bailiwick of NAB.
www.arabtimesonline.com /arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=6472&cat=a   (494 words)

  
 Country News
The house owner and his wife were not present during the dacoity.
The proposed university is situated at an abandoned house of a landlord in Goalmath area covering 13 acres of land.
Acting on a tip-off that some drug addicts were engaged in smoking ganjga in the house of Ayub Ali in the area, the police raided it, arrested them and recovered 100 grams of ganja.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/jan/21/21012005ct.htm#A8   (2560 words)

  
 Britain and South Africa accused of ‘rendering’ terror suspects : Indybay
The most damning accusations have been made by Jeebhai, who states that he and Rashid were taken to an area of thick bush outside Estcourt where they were hooded and put in separate cars.
It notes that Rashid was taken out of his cell on at least nine occasions by police and Home Affairs officials.
Rashid was signed out for deportation twice, once on November 6 and then again the following day.
www.indybay.org /newsitems/2006/06/01/18265221.php   (456 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Jammu & Kashmir
In the Legislative Council noisy scenes were witnessed during question hour when Mr Javed Shah (NC) said several government employees were in league with militants and they continued to draw their salaries even if they had crossed the border several times to bring arms and material from Pakistan.
The House was informed that 341 employees had been identified for having links with militants.
Dr Abdullah intervened to inform the House that 131 government employees had been dismissed for their involvement in militancy.
www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000308/j&k.htm   (1208 words)

  
 CNW Group
The installation, called Kit 24, is inspired by Rashid's interest in the notion of housing that can be erected simply and quickly, and is both inexpensive and democratic.
According to Rashid, the Kloud chair was designed as a metaphor for the forever-changing organic world, where everything seems to be getting softer - cars are rounder, objects are more pliable, even bodies are plumper.
Kloud is a continuation of Rashid's exploration of soft rounded organic forms like the Blob chair he also designed for Nienkamper four years ago.
www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/February2006/02/c2992.html   (1259 words)

  
 Salsalounge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In those days his style could be described as a mixture of US garage and UK soulful house.
D-Rashid fell in love with Latin House music and it was only natural for him to mix his performance with live a percussion show of Andrei Russo.
DJ D-Rashid and his partner, percussionist Andrei Russo, are pioneers in mixing Latin House music with live percussion.
www.salsalounge.nl /djs.html   (211 words)

  
 'Rashid may not get permission to visit Srinagar'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Talking to a private TV channel here on Wednesday Ramesh Chandra said that he had no information about the receipt of application and traveling documents of Sheikh Rashid by the Indian Foreign Office adding "I am doubtful that Sheikh Rashid Ahmad would not be able to get permission to visit Srinagar".
Moreover, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid has said Pakistan and India have to bury their past and go ahead for the improvement in their ties.
Sheikh Rashid stressed that both the countries would have to move forward for the improvement in their bilateral ties.
www.paktribune.com /news/print.php?id=110257   (397 words)

  
 TheStar.com - Design show features kit house   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
It's Karim Rashid's Kit 24 — a house that can be erected in a couple of days with minimal parts and tooling.
Rashid's kit house has a roof and 24 sides, and is meant to create discussion and dialogue at the design show, which is being held at the National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place.
In addition to the kit house, show-goers will see a wide range of new products.
www.thestar.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1140648614530&call_pageid=970599119419   (296 words)

  
 Occupation Chronicle
Events in Palestine
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IOF kill Palestinian Basel al-Qawasmeh early Monday when they demolished the house he was in using tanks and bulldozers in the West Bank city of Hebron.
IOF demolished the house of Rashid Za’atreh, home to a 12-member family, in Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem early Monday.
On Sunday, IOF demolished the house of Mahroos al-Dabbas in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, the house of Murad al-Hawee in the northern West Bank town of Jenin and the house of Palestinian scholar Akram Shahin in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
www.palestine-pmc.com /details.asp?cat=3&id=336   (474 words)

  
 India denies Rashid permission to travel to J&K   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The government of India is understood to have told Pakistan that it cannot accept the travel document of Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid, who was expected to travel to Jammu and Kashmir on a permit on June 30.
"If we have to move forward, all issues from Mukthi Bahani camps to Sheikh Rashid's hospitality house have to be forgotten," he said in an apparent reference to the allegation that he had organised a training camp for Kashmiri militants and the Bangladesh liberation war.
Sub: Rashid entry into JK Thank god the country has showed some spine in denying Rashid entry in to JK.
us.rediff.com /news/2005/jun/22jk.htm   (333 words)

  
 The Hindu : Front Page : ``Rashid's house was used for arms storage''
NEW DELHI: A former top Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front militant has said that Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid's mansion in Rawalpindi was used as a ``guest-house'' and for ``arms storage'' for the Kashmiri militant recruits between 1987 and 1992.
Rashid's mansion functioned as a ``transit camp'' for JKLF militants and it was guarded by ``men of Pakistani army in civies''.
Rashid's ``safe house,'' trained at Kachgari, given guns and grenades, accommodated back in the ``safe house'', he was quoted as saying.
www.hindu.com /2005/06/28/stories/2005062815621200.htm   (189 words)

  
 Iraq
The boys in the Reagan White House were generous with your tax dollars, and Hussein was a recipient of their largesse for the better part of a decade.
In Nader, stone houses are packed close together, roads are unpaved, raw sewage runs stinking in ditches and livestock wander aimlessly amid trash.
These violations, for work that includes the construction of food, housing and other facilities for the military, could involve inflated costs as well, he added.
www.omnicenter.org /warpeacecollection/iraqc.htm   (10735 words)

  
 Continuity and Change: Twin Attributes of 250 Years of Saudi Rule
As a result of that meeting the two formed an alliance to pursue ideals that set the stage for the establishment of a state that would later become synonymous with Islam, stability and prosperity and would enjoy recognition and influence in the far corners of the world.
During their short rule in the Najd, the Rashid demonstrated a penchant for intrigue and bloodshed that undermined the stability the Al-Saud had worked so hard and so long to build.
Of the rulers of the House of Rashid, six were killed by relatives or committed suicide.
saudiembassy.net /Publications/MagFall96/continuity.htm   (3056 words)

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