HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: reddy@mips.com (T.S. Reddy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Re: A question on 2 interpretations of the Holy Qur'an
Date: 7 Apr 92 22:43:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: spim.ku49cvINNqeo
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, California
NNTP-Posting-Host: dish.mips.com

In article <1992Apr7.211056.6849@cbfsb.cb.att.com> mmdh@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (Mamdouh Maher) writes:
>In article <1992Apr6.044533.2522@StarConn.com> glennd@StarConn.com (Glenn Davis) writes:
>>I recently downloaded the English interpretation of the Holy Qur'an from
>>through.ugcs.caltech.edu, and I noticed some differences between this
>>interpretation by M.H. Shakir (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc.) and the
>>interpretation by N.J. Dawood (Penguin Books 1990).
>
>  Sorry, I cannot answer your question, but it is important to note
>that N. J. Dawood is not a Muslim, he is an Iraqi Jew. The Penguin translation
>is largely discredited and includes too many inaccuracies to be attributed to
>honest error. Please beware of that translation.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mamdouh Maher

     One thing that seems to be common between the posters on the sources 
of Islam is the sheer xenophobia they display about their religion. If it
is such a great religion with such a great message, surely it can withstand
the knocks of a few nay-sayers like Mr. Dawood and Mr. Rushdie without a
billion people pouncing on them?


-- 
T.S.Reddy (e-mail: reddy@mips.com)
Religion is to history what Communism was to the 20th century - anon.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic,soc.culture.latin-america,soc.culture.lebanon
From: bes@cco.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi)
Subject: Re: About the explosion
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 03:08:55 GMT

In article <1992Apr3.172511.28017@u.washington.edu> jars@milton.u.washington.edu (Juan Rodriguez-Sero) writes:
>In article <1992Apr3.122242.16335@cco.caltech.edu> bes@cco.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) writes:

>>What I am saying is that when an embassy or a "guerilla camp" is 
>>targetted, ordinary civilians are not targetted and any casualties
>>to ordinary civilians is unintended ... In a state of war it is better
>>to minimize casualties to ordinary civilians ... Therefore, it makes
>>sense to talk about minimizing civilian casualties. 
>>
>
>Behnam, I don't know if you are just unbelieavably dense or monstruously
>facetious; when en embassy in a densely populated neighborhood is target-
>ted, all the neighbors are targetted too; they were all targetted just
>because some Israeli diplomats (who were NOT, I stress this, a legit-
>imate target; diplomats never are such) might (or might not) be in the
>area. 

I don't think there is any point in us arguing over this any more; 
obviously we're going in a circle.  You believe that the ordinary
civilians killed in the bomb attack on the Isareli embassy were
intended targets; I believe they weren't.  I let the readers decide
for themselves which is the more rational position.
From: cnar08@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: *** Arabic Wordprocessor ***
Date: 10 Apr 92 10:25:36 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster

I am looking for an Arabic/Urdu Wordprocessor.

I have one called INTEXT (Shareware) but am having problems trying
to get a printout on a 24 pin dotmatrix printer.The package has a
special program for 24 pin printers which when run sets up the
printer to accept non-English characters.But whenever I try to run
this program it keeps giving me the same error.

Does anyone know of a good Arabic/Urdu wordprocessor or how to
solve the problem on the INTEXT wordprocessor.

Thanks

Mahmood
From: oueichek@imag.fr (Ibaa Oueichek)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Re: Arabization survey
Keywords: Being Muslim
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:05:02 GMT
Organization: IMAG Institute, University of Grenoble, France

>
>You know the old saying, 'United we stand, divided we fall..'?
>Well, who, besides Shaitan, has anything to gain from the
>division of the peoples of the earth?  The way I see it, there's
>muslim, and non-muslim.  And that's it.
>
>-Nick
>
>'Alhamdu'lillahi, Rabi'llalimeen, Arrahmani, Arraheem, Maliki Yau'mideen...'

   Mr Nickolas, I'll not comment your answers, you can consider Islam
everything for you. It's your choice, and i've nothing to do about it,
(don't misunderstand me, i don't even have the right to say it's a
"bad" or "good" choice).
But i find your last comment a little bit offending. I think you should
open your eyes a little bit and look around you, and believe me, you'll
see that you are REALLY wrong in categorizing people this way.  

   Arabs are divided into several religious groups, they must live which
each other, in total respect and EQUALITY. This is our only hope to get
out of our miser. I know it's difficult for someone who is not an Arab
to understand this problem (maybe i'm wrong, but your name reflects that
you are converted to Islam, and it's not an Arabic name). But please,
please consider that there are millions of people in the Arabic world 
who don't agree with you. And who are not "Shaitan's agents".

   Ibaa Oueichek.
   An Arab, and proud of it.
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From: stewart@aeras.uucp (StewArt AnewForm)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic,talk.bizarre
Subject: pleasant conversation
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, ARABS, CANIBALISM
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:39:10 GMT
Reply-To: stewart@aeras.UUCP (that harmony guy)
Followup-To: misc.test
Organization: Centre for Racial harmony

>  To the guy who associates Arabs with rape, murder and canibalism : You are
>a sh*th**d, people like you make me vomit. 

what do the asterix's stand for?
are they wildcards?
i dont understand.

Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, ARABS,          CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, JEWS,           CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, RUSSIANS,       CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, ENGLISH,        CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, AMERICAN,       CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, FRENCH,         CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, CHINESE,        CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, KIWIS,          CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, AUSSIES,        CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, FINNISH,        CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, BRAZILIANS,     CANIBALISM 
Keywords: RAPE, MURDER, EVERYBLOODYONE, CANIBALISM 

happy now?

me

not sure about the canibalism
From: nafia@chimay.cma.fr (Mohamed Nafia)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Test
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:00:48 GMT
Reply-To: nafia@chimay.cma.fr (Mohamed Nafia)
Organization: INRIA Sophia Antipolis

Please ignore, it's a test
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
From: obaidr@bullet.ecf (OBAID ARIF)
Subject: Learning Arabic in Cairo
Originator: obaidr@bullet.ecf.toronto.edu
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 06:52:28 GMT

Salam.

I am wondering if one can learn Arabic over the summer (May-August) at
an institution in Cairo.? 
Does anyone have any knowledge about such institutions? 
Does Al-Azhar give Arabic Language courses in the summer?

Also, what would be the cost of living in Cairo?

Thanks for your help.

Arif Obaid
obaidr@ecf.toronto.edu
From: imustafa@slate.mines.colorado.edu (MUSTAFA IBRAHIM )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Re: Zero and Arabs
Summary: summary
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:46:52 GMT
Followup-To: none
Distribution: usa
Organization: Colorado School of Mines


Organization: Colorado School of Mines
Keywords: time is runniing out

In article <1992Apr9.075803.9260@midway.uchicago.edu> trivedi@rabi.uchicago.edu (Anil Trivedi) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.134029.18241@cs.tcd.ie> ahmed@cs.tcd.ie (Ahmed El-Habbash) writes:
>>In <1992Apr07.073012.30344@slate.mines.colorado.edu> imustafa@slate.mines.colorado.edu (MUSTAFA IBRAHIM ) writes:
>
>>>		 the Arabs are Zero themselves".
>
>>
>>* Did you realize that you might be offending some honest arabs?
>>* Thank you for your compliment, though your quotation is not new.
>>Any way keep posting, you will realize that some arabs are more than
>>zero, and some others are below zero, and you will find that
>>generalization is not always correct.
>
>I think Mustafa may have been only referring to the Arab rulers
>and leaders; no risk of offending anyone honest there. :-) 

i         Your are right my brother.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
From: ashraf@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Ashraf Mahmoud)
Subject: Re: Arafat lost?!
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 14:57:55 GMT

In article <ku9fciINNgcu@sal-sun105.usc.edu> aldabbag@sal-sun105.usc.edu (Maad Al-Dabbagh) writes:
>
>In article <1471800159@igc.org>, pnmideast@igc.org writes:
>|> 
>|> Arafat, the latest reports have revealed, has been found by
>|> U.S. satellite tracking technology.  Though others on the plane 
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>CNN reported yesterday , April 8, 23:00 PT, in thier world wide news update,
>that arafat was found before any decision was made in washington to toward
>the efforts of finding him.

>

Actually, the CNN reporter (Thursday April 08:00 EST news) said that they
are "reluctant if not unwilling to offer any help in locating the missing 
plane.

>|> died, it appears that he has survived with only superficial
>|> injuries.
>|> 
>|> Joel GAzis-SAx
>|> PeaceNet
>|>
From: bashirm@UCS.ORST.EDU (MO B Dick)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Re: ADC CHALLENGES WALL ST JOURNAL
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:11:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: talon.1992Apr16.211138.17573
Organization: University Computing Services - OSU

In article <1471800161@igc.org> pnmideast@igc.org writes:
>
>From: <pnmideast>
>Subject: ADC CHALLENGES WALL ST JOURNAL
>
>/* Written 10:15 am  Apr 13, 1992 by adcnatl in cdp:mideast.forum */
>/* ---------- "ADC CHALLENGES WALL ST JOURNAL" ---------- */
>
>For Immediate Release	Contact:	Leila Gorchev
>April 10, 1992		(202) 244-2990 or
>                                                   (202) 986-1816
>
>            ADC PROTESTS WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE:
>
>         UNIDENTIFIED DEMOCRATS TARGET ARAB-AMERICANS AS
>
>                        POLITICAL OUTCASTS
>
>     The April 10, 1992 Wall Street Journal article on
>Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar (D-OH) provoked significant
>indignation from the Arab-American community. Albert Mokhiber,
>President of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
>fired off a letter to the Editor of one of the nation's most
>influential newspapers.
>
>     In a by-line story, Jill Abramson reported claims that Rep.
>Oakar's views "on some key issues are at odds with some national
>party leaders: she is a foe of abortion for instance, and has ties
>to several Arab-American organizations."
>
>     Mokhiber expressed the community's disgust on Abramson's
>dependence on unidentified sources to denigrate Americans of Arab
>descent.
>
>     Mokhiber wrote, "After twelve years of fighting negative
>stereotyping and discrimination against the Arab-American
>community, we were shocked and appalled by the article written by
>Jill Abramson on Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar. Surely, the Wall
>Street Journal would refuse to print such a statement reviling any
>other public figure on the basis of his or her ethnic heritage.
>
>     "This double standard must stop. Certainly, had the ethnic
>group been of African, Hispanic or Israeli descent such innuendoes
>would have been viewed, and rightfully so, as racist. There should
>be no exception in this case.
>
>     "Arab-Americans like all other Americans are, and should be
>proud of their ancestry, culture and institutions. They should not
>be blocked from full participation and political enfranchisement
>either by overt actions or clandestine means."
>
>     Mokhiber also called for the identities of the alleged
>"national party leaders" of the Democratic National Committee
>(DNC) to be exposed if Abramson is accurate. He further demanded
>apologies from the Wall Street Journal to Congresswoman Oakar and
>the Arab-American community. ADC believes this to be another
>example of bigoted standards being employed against the Arab-
>American community.
>
Does anybody know what the Wall street Journal did in response to ADC
letter?
From: AAA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Arabic Alphabet
Date: 14 Apr 1992 20:02:23 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: pollux.usc.edu

Can someone please tell me what was the ordering of the Arabic alphabet
at the time of the Prophet (SAW) and the revealing of the Qur'an.  At
least tell me where I can find this information, if you know.  Thanks in
advance...

Ahmed

PS.  AS-SALAAMU-ALAIKUM, JEMSHED!
From: phd21@seq1.keele.ac.uk (A. Jaber)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Looking for a relative at Carbondale...
Date: 14 Apr 92 10:32:29 GMT
Reply-To: phd21@seq1.kl.ac.uk (A. Jaber)
Organization: University of Keele, England


		Looking for some body at Carbondale...

	I am looking for a relative of mine called Zuheir Shehadeh
	at university of Southern Illinois at Carbondale. Any body know
	him please give him this message.

	Adel Jaber
	University of Keele
	UK
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From: martun@beam.Princeton.EDU (Mehmet Artun)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Arabic Font for Macintosh?...
Keywords: font,alphabet
Date: 9 Apr 92 05:20:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU

I am looking for arabic alphabet on the Macintosh. I heard that something
like and arabic editor existed but I can't find it. 

Some information on this matter would be appreciated.

Thanks,		Mehmet Artun

(Please reply to martun@phoenix.princeton.edu)

PS: As an example a turkish font was posted in soc.culture.turkish a while ago.
From: imustafa@slate.mines.colorado.edu (MUSTAFA IBRAHIM )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Re: Zero and Arabs
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:42:56 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

In article <15063@optima.cs.arizona.edu> bakken@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Bakken) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.032426.11816@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> souissi@ei.ecn.purdue.edu (Ridha Souissi) writes:
>
>>I think that Arabs are overall Zero nowdays.  I am not talking about
>>individual Arabs whom you find many bright people among them.
>>Just look at universities and other scientific establishments
>>around the world ( and notably the US), you would find many Arabs
>>(and Muslims) among the faculty ...
>>However if you look at the situation of the Arab world, it is
>>depressing: economically, politically, scientifically, ...
>>that is what is meant by the statement, and Arabs should blame
>>mostly themselves for this.
>
>
>Why do you think this has come to be, Ridha (and other Arabs)?
>And what can the Arabs do (and what do you see them doing
>about it)?  Thanks for any opinions.
>
>
>--
>Dave Bakken                               Internet: bakken@cs.arizona.edu
>Dept. of Computer Science; U of Arizona   Voice:    +1 602 621 4089      
>Tucson, AZ 85721; USA                     FAX:      +1 602 621 4246
>The fact that you're paranoid doesn't prove they're *not* out to get you.

   Your are stupid.
From: gross@befvax.uchicago.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic,soc.culture.lebanon,talk.politics.mideast
Subject: Re: Israel Accused of Executions?????
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:56:07 GMT
Reply-To: gross@befvax.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago, Dept of Molecular Genetics

In article <205002@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, abas@unix.cis.pitt.edu (The_Equalizer) writes:
>
>
>
>                 Israel Accused of Executions

This news story has no source or date.  What's the deal?  Who wrote it,
and when, and why?  And what is your name?

Leon Gross
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
From: ubbarazi@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Bashar Barazi)
Subject: To all Arabs
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 20:55:23 GMT


Hi everybody,
        This is my first time posting,so it is only a test.
        I would like to meet some arabs ,so if there is anybody out
there who is interested,please email me at ubbarazi@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu


                              Thanks and take care.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: RE: ADC Chall/Arab-Amer Unification
From: walid@dhvx20.csudh.edu
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:01:35 PST
Organization: CSU, DOMINGUEZ HILLS

In reference to the ADC's letter to the Wall St. Journal, please give us
an address to where we as Arab-Americans can write to express our concerns
about discrimination/racism against Arab-Americans. We as Arab-Americans
must be proud of our race/culture and if we dont mobilize/organize these
negative sterotypes will continue, I believe every arab/arab-american has
some story about discrimination and unless we come together as arab-americans
this shall continue, this is how other ethnic groups became recognized and
living in US we face many of the same problems, remember that unless we let
our voices be heard the racism against arabs will continue and yes even your
children will face this, and will not be PROUD to be of Arabic ancestry.
Is it too much to ask for to be treated like a Human Being? If all we do
is complain/talk we shall get nowhere, so please post the address. Thanks!
Peace to all my Arab Brothers & Sisters!
Walid, "Proud to be an Arab-American"

Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
From: spinoza@next04wor.wam.umd.edu (Prince Lev of the Domovoi)
Subject: Re: Zero and Arabs
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 13:46:08 GMT

In article <1992Apr07.073012.30344@slate.mines.colorado.edu>  
imustafa@slate.mines.colorado.edu (MUSTAFA IBRAHIM ) writes:
> Sender: Muslim
> Followup-To: none
> Distribution: usa
> Organization: Colorado School of Mines
> Keywords: time is running out
> 
> 
> Dear Arab Brothers,
> 
>         Assalam Alaykum
> 
> 
> 	I want to draw your attention to an interesting point.
> 
> 
> 		" Zero was introduced by the Arabs. Now 
> 		 the Arabs are Zero themselves".
> 
Sounds kinda racist to me. Been reading literature from Kach or something?


druzhba y mir,

lev
From: trivedi@curie.uchicago.edu (Anil Trivedi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Re: Zero and Arabs
Date: 12 Apr 92 16:13:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: midway.1992Apr12.161312.11972
Organization: Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago.

In article <33364@imag.imag.fr> oueichek@imag.fr (Ibaa Oueichek) writes:

	much deleted; the article is still on line!

Thanks for your article. I did not know the following:

>  we (Arabs) use also indian numerals and not Arabic numerals (used in the 
>  west). There has been an effort to restore the use of Arabic numerals 
>  instead of the indian ones, but it's very difficult to change a habit..

Also, concerning my remark that the division of hours, minutes, degrees
into 60 units goes back to Babylon:

> I think you are confusing Babylonians with Somarians (I'm quite sure here)
> The numeral system based on 60 was invented by Somarians (the oldest
> misopotamian civilization). This was nearly 1000 years before Babylonians.

If I read that somewhere, I have forgotten. Thanks again.
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From: pnmideast@igc.org
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Date: 11 Apr 92 16:02 PDT
Subject: Palestine Walk
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1471800160:000:910
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!pnmideast    Apr 11 16:02:00 1992


From: <pnmideast>
Subject: Palestine Walk

/* Written  2:39 pm  Apr 11, 1992 by pasny in cdp:mideast.action */
/* ---------- "Palestine Walk" ---------- */
			  ***HOLD THE DATE***
		     ***SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1992***

      Palestine Aid Society of America sponsors its 4th annual
Walkathon for the People of Palestine.  The event will take place
throughout 20 cities inthe U.S. and Canada. Saturday June 6th
marks the 25th year of Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza
Strip, and Jerusalem.  Funds raised in the Walkathon are sent to
the Occupied Territories to support medical relief, women's
economic projects, and families impoverished by loss of
employment.
      DON'T JUST TALK, WALK!!
      Your participation will help further the struggle of the
 Palestinian people for self-determination and a just peace.
 Contact us at PEACENET address "pasny" or phone 212/385-4233 for
 more information!!
 .
From: samir@sphinx.rtp.dg.com (M. Yasser Samir)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: SUDAN..You're Bad, Bad, and Bad
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:17:37 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC


           In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam and in humanty,

        May peac, mercy, and blessing from Allah be upon you all



     Recently, one of my co-workers, who is a devoted Christian (Southern
Baptist) took a year off work, as leave of absense, in order to go to Sudan
with his pregnant wife and a little baby girl, as a missionary.  

     Personally, I did talk with him a lot about Christianty Vs. Islam and the
similarties and differences between them for over a year.  Mainly it was about
Christianity because he doesn't know much about Islam.  I even was one of the
people who attended his Bible study group at work, once a week, for over 6 months.
Readers who know me, realize that I enjoy the subject of comparative religions.
As I said, he is a Christian missionary, who to my knowledge had gone before to
Muslim lands, like Kenya, through his reliogious organization.

     Today, I just knew that he came back from Sudan after 2 weeks only.  So, I
went to his office to say hello, and to check of what happenend.  He told me that
the environment was so much different than U.S.(dusty, dirty, unorganized, missy).
Also, it was a big shock with the very hot whether, specially for his wife, who
never been in that area before.  Despite the fact of poverty and starvation of
people in there.  By the way he was in Khartoum (the capital).  

     I'm writing this because told me that the government is practicing some kind of a cruel attitude towards minorities specially "Christians".  For example : some
people from the south migrated north running away from the bad condition down there.  So, the government put them in camps out side of Khartoum in a very harsh
unhuman situations.  They didn't stop at that, but they didn't supply families
with food and other necessities for living, if they refuse to become Muslims. What about those families who refused to be converted to Islam? I asked, because
it did make much sence to me in the first place.  The answer was ; they let go to
the desert and die.

     To my knowledge; the government in Sudan is trying to istablish an Islamic
system to be the example to the rest of the area, but unfortunately, I don't have
much information about what is going on there.

     Does any one of you out there, know anything about these allegations?
     Please reply to me ASAP, if you have some information to share with me.

         May peac, mercy, and blessing from Allah be upon you all



Your brother in Islam
Mohamed Yasser Samir
Tel : (919) 248-6266
Fax : (919) 248-6352


  P.S.  I did take his permission to post this article.  Also, I'm NOT
        responsible about hose allegations in part or in full.  Those
        are his words.  I'm just trying to verify what he is saying,
        because as I said; it sound strange to me.
From: trivedi@curie.uchicago.edu (Anil Trivedi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Arafat's Plane Missing
Date: 8 Apr 92 05:11:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: midway.1992Apr8.051140.8243
Organization: Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago.

Just in case you haven't heard this: Yasir Arafat's plane, en route from
Sudan to Tunisia via Tripoli, got caught up in a sand-strom over southern
Lybia and has been missing for over ten hours now. Anything is possible.
PLO has requested United States to use satelites in helping locate it.
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