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	Taif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taif (Arabic: الطائف‎ translit: aţ-Ţā’if) is a city in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia at an elevation of 1700 metres on the slopes of the Al-Sarawat mountains.
		The city is the centre of an agricultural area known for its grapes and honey.
		Taif is the site of The Rendon Group's television and radio network used to feed the news to Kuwait during the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taif (138 words)

	Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia
		Taif is located in the Western Sector of Saudi Arabia, near the summit of the mountain range known as the Hejaz.
		The city of Taif is situated 1700 meters above the Red Sea, between granite hills rising from the eastern slope of the Hejaz and the Asir or the "escarpment" leading to Jeddah 150 kilometers to the west.
		Administratively, Taif is a sub-unit of the Amirate of Makkah, whose headquarters are in the Holy City and is the main urban center of the Taif Amirate, which extends over an area of 18,000 square kilometers and supports a population of 450,000.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/taif.htm (1314 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Taif Agreement
		The Taif Agreement was negotiated in Taif, Saudi Arabia by the surviving members of Lebanon's 1972 parliament, presided by Speaker of the House President Hussein El-Husseini.
		Taif (Also Aţ Ţāif) is a city in the central foothills of Saudi Arabias western mountains, at an elevation of 1450 meters (4800 feet).
		Prior to Taif, the Sunni Prime Minister was appointed by and responsible to the Maronite President.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Taif-Agreement (704 words)

	Al- T A I F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The name Taif means ‘‘encompassing” in Arabic, and for centuries visitors to this mountain city 5,600 feet above sea level have enjoyed the captivating views from wind-sculpted rocks, a pleasant climate and the verdant setting of its surroundings, as well as the abundance of fruits which grow in its fertile valley.
		Taif, one of the Kingdom’s main agricultural producers, supplied the residents and pilgrims in Makkah with fresh produce from its fertile fields.
		Taif is also home to one of three centers established by the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) dedicated to the study of endangered animals and plants, and to their breeding in controlled conditions.
	www.jannah.org /articles/taif.html (2194 words)

	The Saudi Arabian Information Resource - Taif
		Taif (which lies south east of Jiddah and the Holy City of Makkah) stands 1,800 meters above sea-level on the eastern slopes of the Al-Sarawat mountains.
		Taif embraced Islam in the ninth year of the Hijira.
		Taif is famous for its agricultural produce which includes grapes and honey.
	www.saudinf.com /main/a82.htm (105 words)

	Taif Saudi Arabia
		Taif (means "encompassing") is located in the mountains of Saudi Arabia I the Hijaz area, 2 hours driving time from Jeddah.
		Taif is a contrast of the old and new.
		Taif is famous for their pomegranates, roses and grapes.
	www.alhada.8k.com /taif.html (873 words)

	Saudi Aramco: Destinations: Taif, Saudi Summer Capital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Shubra Palace, one of Taif's architectural landmarks, is a four-story grand mansion that served as a royal residence from Sharifian times to the 1960s.
		Taif's real heart is its suq, a warren of twisting alleys connecting two of the main roads to the southeast of the Aziziyah hotel.
		South of the city, perched at the very top of the 2,300-meter-high Taif escarpment, the al-Shafa region is marked by forest-clad slopes, shady valleys, emerald farms and scenic mountain precipices and peaks.
	www.saudiaramco.com /bvsm/JSP/content/articleDetail.jsp?SA.contentOID=1073763776 (714 words)

	AUB: The Lebanese Civil War and the Taif Agreement
		The Taif Agreement (officially, the Document of National Accord) was the document that provided the basis for the ending of the civil war and the return to political normalcy in Lebanon.
		The National Accord Document, or the Taif Agreement as it came to be known, constituted the outcome of a process of reconciliation among the Lebanese, with the effective support of the Syrians, the Arabs, and the international community.
		The political reforms proposed by the Taif Agreement were marked by a strong contradiction evident in the gap between sectarian thought or philosophy and the democratic aspiration for a modern, secular, non-confessional, and stable political system in Lebanon.
	ddc.aub.edu.lb /projects/pspa/conflict-resolution.html (8093 words)

	The Republic of Lebanon after Taif: An Analysis of Four Scenarios on the Emergence of a New Lebanon by Beatrice ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Secondly the Taif accord was not concrete on Syrian Army presence in Lebanon.
		A significant infringement of the Taif Agreement was the legislative elections of 1992, 1996 and 2000.
		The spectrum of the scenarios was intended to highlight the plethora of possibilities that may be the outcome of the Taif Agreement, its implementation and the regional environment.
	www.vuw.ac.nz /pols/journals/Antepodium/articles/maaloufova-2001.aspx (6627 words)

	Low birth weight in the Taif Region, Saudi Arabia
		The objective of the present study is: first, to determine the mean birth weight of newborns in the Taif area; second, to estimate the prevalence of LBW as defined by WHO; and third, to study the relation of recognized important determinants to fetal weight at birth in Taif.
		Taif was chosen because it lies inland and away from direct contact with other foreign cultures.
		As Taif Maternity Hospital is the only maternity hospital in Taif city, and at least two thirds of the deliveries take place in this hospital, the studied population is representative of the community in Taif.
	www.emro.who.int /publications/emhj/0101/06.htm (2574 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Taif: City Of Color (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The city sits in the mountains of the Hijaz, 5,000 feet up, where the air is clear and cool and the rains splash down from the sky to rinse the dust away and grow wonderful things to eat.
		In the years that have passed since the days of Muhammad, Taif has survived the storms of nature and the grief of man. Its wadis have gone dry, its great dams have fallen into disrepair and its fame as a center of textiles and leather has faded and vanished.
		Even now people of Taif talk of the day when His Majesty suffered a heart attack but refused to leave Taif and how, before he died, the city had to face the monumental task of finding quarters for the throngs who came with their families to mourn his passing.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196704/taif-city.of.color.htm (1156 words)

	Taif
		The City of Taif is located in the western part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is administered by the Emirate of Makka Makkah Al-Mukkaramah regions.
		Taif now covers a total area of about eight hundred hectares, whereas the area of the city did not exceed two and half square kilometers in 1951, which indicates the great expansion which the city of more than three hundred and fifty thousands population has witnessed.
		Taif also contains a number of historical palaces such as the Palace of Ismaiel, The Palace of Bahawat and The Palace of Shubra which were all built in the local construction style for which the western region of the Kingdom was famed.
	the-saudi.net /saudi-arabia/taif (467 words)

	Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1989 Arab League-sponsored Taif Agreement marked the beginning of the end of the military war, but not the end of the Syrian occupation nor the economic war against Lebanon.
		The legitimacy of the Taif agreement was contested by a portion of the population who viewed it as means to institutionalize a confessional political system.
		The enactors of the Taif agreement however did not enact the clause asking the Syrian occupation to withdraw from Lebanon, or heed the UN Security Council’s decision.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lebanon (4372 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : The Roses of Taif (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		That the rose of Taif is virtually identical to the famous Bulgarian "kazanlik" strain suggeststhat Taif's roses may have been transplanted from the Balkans by the Ottoman Turks, who occupied that area from the mid-14th century and the Hijaz from the 16th century.
		To the present day, Taif rose oil is the variety preferred by the authorities of Makkah, where attar is used to perfume the the so-called Yemeni Corner of the holy Ka'bah in Makkah's Grand Mosque.
		Within Taif's rose industry, there is a spirit of competition between the districts of al-Hada and al-Shafa, and local connoisseurs can debate endlessly the relative merits of attar produced from the roses of the two areas.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199706/the.roses.of.taif.htm (2948 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - Taif's Godfather Warns Extension Would Knock Down Lebanon
		The Godfather of the Taif Accord that halted Lebanon's civil war has bluntly warned that the so-called basket of constitutional amendments to help President Lahoud stay on in office would certainly bring about Lebanon's disintegration.
		The warning by ex-Parliament Speaker Hussein Husseini coincided with a statement by Premier Hariri, indirectly forecasting an election of a new president for Lebanon by Nov. 24 instead of extending or renewing Lahoud's tenure.
		Husseini was speaker when the Arab League convened Lebanon's first parliament session abroad, namely in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea resort of Taif in 1989, to approve the Accord that halted 15 years of civil warfare.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/735C8989A884907CC2256EBE0026351F?OpenDocument&PRINT (308 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: TAIF, 10 May 2005 — Conference tourism in this summer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		TAIF, 10 May 2005 — Conference tourism in this summer resort city attained a growth rate of 120 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, according to Khalil Abdul Rahman Bahadur, member of the tourism promotion committee in Taif.
		Many companies and organizations hold conferences, seminars and board meetings in Taif, he pointed out, adding that the trend would increase the number of tourists to the city by 30 to 50 percent this year.
		Bahadur said Taif was selected one of the four Saudi cities to host the Islamic Solidarity Games last month, adding that many delegations from OIC countries stayed in his hotel.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=91137 (271 words)

	The Prayer of Taif
		Let the Prophet's prayer of Taif be printed in European newspapers as the example of his supreme magnanimity and patience.
		Violence, death threats and fury only betray a lack of trust in the power and light of the sacred which is illustrated in the Prophet's experience in the garden outside Taif when persons who overheard his prayer were moved by it to come to Islam.
		I recommend that we circulate the Prayer of Taif at this time as an antidote to all of the madness and poison of rage, violence and emotional maelstroms.
	www.nuradeen.com /CurrentIssues/PrayerOfTaif.htm (1949 words)

	Taif
		The Taif Accord, also known as the Charter of National Reconciliation, was signed on October 22, 1989, in the city of Taif in Saudi Arabia.
		The Taif Accord was fundamentally a compromise between the various sects and rival factions that were involved in the Lebanese civil war and became, after it was approved, the cornerstone of the relations between them.
		Freedom and democracy: The clauses in the Taif Accord calling for public and personal freedom and democracy have been trampled: murders, threats, arbitrary arrests, suppression of demonstrations, providing excessive power to the security services, monitoring media, all these are characteristic of Lebanon during the Taif regime.
	www.free-lebanon.com /LFPNews/2005/March/Mar21/Taif/taif.html (3941 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - A look at the Taif Accord (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The pact, named after the Saudi resort town of Taif, where the accord was conceived as a means to end the 15-year old Lebanese civil war, was seen as the first positive step towards achieving a national reconciliation among the warring ethnic groups of Muslims, Christians and Druze.
		The presence of the Hizb Allah militia, the only armed group that refused to disband as part of the Taif agreement, in Lebanon is perceived by Israel as a constant threat to its own security, which, in turn, poses a constant threat to Lebanon's security, thus justifying the Syrian presence in the country.
		While the UN, the US and its allies argue that the resolution overwrites the Taif accord and should be implemented, Syria and Lebanon officially maintain that they have to abide by the older agreement in the interest of Lebanon's integrity.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/D1460459-D7F5-490B-8622-380ED8282B85.htm (707 words)

	Middle East Report Online: Thirteen-Year ItchThe Demise of Lebanon's Taif Agreement?, by Marlin Dick
		The 1989 Taif Agreement or "Document of National Accord" was hammered out by members of Parliament in the mountain resort town slightly inland from Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast.
		Taif retuned Lebanon's political system by taking presidential prerogatives and investing them in the Cabinet as a whole, and also called for Syrian withdrawal to the Bekaa Valley along the Syrian border.
		As Lebanon's two senior politicians remain apparently cool to Taif, it was ironic to see the issue raised during the rally organized by Aoun's supporters on August 7.
	www.merip.org /mero/mero081302.html (2018 words)

	Taif Saudi Arabia Hotels ... Jake.com
		Taif, SA The Al Hada Sheraton is a luxury resort hotel high in the Al Hada Mountains in Taif.
		Taif is considered the summer capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,...
		Taif, SA The Massarah Inter-Continental Hotel is centrally located any only 10 minutes drive to the business center and airport.
	hotels.jake.com /int/sa/taif-hotels.html (60 words)

	TAIF Hockey - Powered by TeleComputing
		TAIF vann med 4-3 efter mål av Anders Asplund 2, Gunnar "Nilas" Brundin och Bo Sjögren.
		Första matchen i ishallen spelades mellan TAIF och Örebro den 30 september 1978.
		Under tränare Torgny Bendelin kommer TAIF 3:a i Allsvenskan efter Rögle och Mora och spelar sedan i Super-Allsvenskan och är endast 1 mål från att få kvala till Elitserien.
	www.tranashockey.com /historik.asp (381 words)

	The Taif Accord and UN Security Council
		A comparison of the main points of the Taif Accord and those of Resolution 1559 shows that in principle there are no significant differences between the two documents regarding the main issues of the current internal Lebanese political and international agenda.
		It should also be noted that Syria selectively imposed the Taif Accord, completely ignoring all articles it found unacceptable for itself and its proxies, and thus turned the Accord into an important tool for maintaining its control in Lebanon.
		The support by Nasrallah (and the Syrian-supporting front) for the Taif Accord (whose inconvenient stipulations have been carefully ignored by Syria) and their opposition to Resolution 1559 are nothing more than political manipulations and lip service.
	www.intelligence.org.il /eng/sib/3_05/taif_e.htm (1064 words)

	Saudi Arabia Hospital List
		Taif is 16 kms (10 miles) down a southeastern slope of the range and is about 6,000 feet in elevation.
		The current year round population of Taif is estimated at 220,000, a figure that may well double during the summer months, when Taif serves as the Kingdom's capital and most popular resort for Saudis seeking relief from the heat below.
		Taif is a mountain town, nestled within the canyons and gorges of the rugged Hujaz range.
	www.admiral.freeservers.com /sa.htm (2480 words)

	"TAIF" Group of Companies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Albert Shigaboutdinov, General director of PSC “TAIF”, was elected as Chairman of the Board.
		PSC “TAIF” is going to built infrastructure for ethane transportation which will be separated by TNK-BP from associated petroleum gas from the fields of Orenburg and Saratov regions.
		He has thanked the principal company’s shareholder – PSC “TAIF” – for paying its attention to social security of JSC “Kazanorgsintez” employees: new houses are built, the Cultural Chemist Centre was renovated, swimming-pool and preventorium are in operation.
	www.taif.ru /new/news_e.htm (2660 words)

	TAIF Hockey - Powered by TeleComputing
		TAIF hänger med bra i första perioden men Borås spelar tufft och fysiskt och har spelet de första tio minuterna.
		I stället kommer TAIF i en kontring och Johan Ström sätter 1-0 till bortalaget framspelad av Anton Patriksson.
		TAIF försöker komma tillbaka men lyckas bara åstadkomma ett par halvchanser mot ett mycket starkt Borås-försvar.
	www.taif.se /asp/referat.asp?serie=alag&match=5 (290 words)

	Taif - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon
		Seit dem Aufstieg von Mekka als muslimisches Heiligtum steht Taif in dessen Schatten und ist von den dortigen Herrschern abhängig.
		Wegen des angenehmen Klimas war Taif aber auch Residenz für die in Mekka regierenden Großscherifen der Haschemiten.
		In Taif wurde 1934 der Frieden mit dem Jemen nach dem Asir-Krieg geschlossen.
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Taif.html (141 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Syria insists on Taif accord
		CAIRO, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Syria said Sunday its redeployment and withdrawal of its forces from Lebanon in accordance with the Taif accord was an implementation of U.N. resolutions.
		Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa told reporters in Cairo his country is committed to the Taif agreement that ended the 15-year civil war in Lebanon in 1990.
		Sharaa said implementing the Taif accord was an "indirect implementation of Resolution 1559," insisting the first agreement had become "a constitution for us and we are committed to fully implementing it."
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqIft0eidC3LYAweTBgvIyw5VBG (210 words)

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