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17 Feb 2011, 9:36 am
Art can be big business, and not just in cosmopolitan meccas like New York and Los Angeles. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 7:11 am
That philosophy is still active, in Mecca, for instance, where the entire area around the Kaaba complex is being remade as a high-end mixed-use complex. [read post]
6 Feb 2011, 5:40 am
Even today, with Pittsburgh now a vibrant cultural Mecca, dominated by its universities and world famous medical centers, it still feels like a city living with a dual economy. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 3:05 am
Hempstead v Winston & Strawn, LLP, 28 AD3d 746, 749; Mecca v Shang, 258 AD2d 569), and likewise subject to the three-year limitations period (see Harris v Kahn, Hoffman, Nonenmacher & Hochman, LLP, 59 AD3d 390; Melendez v Bernstein, 29 AD3d 872). [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 6:33 pm
International luxury property firms depicted the country as a mecca (of the tax-haven variety) for property speculation, a country offering no capital gains taxes on real estate transactions, no stamp duty, and no inheritance tax. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 10:37 am
Cuba responded saying that “If Cubadebate (their account) is violating copyright then you have to shut down all of Youtube because it is the mecca of internet piracy. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 11:27 am
Washington state’s Highway 2 currently connects travelers from I-5 to Stevens Pass, a mecca for snowboarding, skiing and incredible outdoor adventure. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 4:00 am
To recent revelations which show that the police concocted false cases against Muslims with respect to the Mecca Masjid, Malegaon and Samjauta Express blasts, his observations on the way the Indian criminal justice system operates strike a chord:The history of tackling dissidence and crime shows that torture and confession have been the twin engines of the legal system( Kannabiran, p.106)The forms of illegal action undertaken by the state, be it torture or forced confessions, had sinister… [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 11:15 am
If that's Mecca, then one shudders to think what Armageddon looks like. [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 6:42 am
We have become the mecca for prejudice and bigotry. [read post]
9 Jan 2011, 5:14 am
In a news conference, local sheriff Clarence Dupnick repeatedly referred to the “vitriol” that had characterised local political discourse, and said that Arizona had become a “mecca for prejudice and bigotry”. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 5:42 am
Just south of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the Muslim world’s holiest site, a kitsch rendition of London's Big Ben is nearing completion.... [read post]
19 Dec 2010, 9:36 am
In the first suit brought under a new cooperative program between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. [read post]
16 Dec 2010, 6:23 am
They make a trip to Mecca and pray. [read post]
5 Dec 2010, 4:00 am
Kansas City is a Mecca for direct marketers, with such organizations as Sprint, Hallmark, H&R Block, Cerner Corporation, Waddell & Reed, Dairy Farmers of America, AMC Entertainment, and numerous others, to say nothing of the Chicago and St. [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 8:24 am
Muslim holiday marking the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca called Hajj which all Muslims must to once in their lifetime. [read post]
16 Nov 2010, 4:25 am
This year, nearly three million pilgrims from more than 160 countries - including the United States - have gathered in Mecca and neighboring sites to perform the Hajj rituals and stand together in prayer.On Eid, Muslims around the world will commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, and distribute food to those less fortunate - a reminder of the shared values and the common roots of three of the world's major religions.On behalf of the American people, we… [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 6:00 am
For months, the 17 Northern Virginians had excitedly prepared for the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca that is sacred to devout Muslims. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 6:38 am
By: David A. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 8:54 am
I awoke this morning to find a Facebook posting by my friend Charley Sullivan that is surely one of the best things I’ve read in a long time. [read post]
