Saturday, February 13, 2010
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International Friendly Matches
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UAE Football League
UAE Football League
United Arab Emirates
The UFL: The United Arab Emirates League - Division 1
Al Ahli
vs.
Emirate
Match scheduled:
12-02-2010 on 16:19
Week 14 :: UAE Premier League 2009/2010
International Friendly Matches
International Friendly Matches
European Union
Besides qualifying for euro 2008 or World Cup 2010 there are also international friendly matches.
FC Kobenhavn
vs.
OB Odense
Match scheduled:
12-02-2010 on 16:34
3rd Place Match :: Copa del Sol 2010 - First Edition :: Estadio Municipal, Marbella, Spain
The Copa del Sol football tournament offers a unique opportunity for training and match play for teams during the winter break. Copa del Sol is played in February, one month before the kickoff of the national leagues, which is an optimal window to fine tune form and develop tactics before the opening of the league series. Eight teams are invited to play the inaugural edition of Copa del Sol. Sweden is represented by the winner and runner-up from the Allsvenska national league 2008 – Kalmar FF and IF Elfsborg. The Danish top teams F.C. Copenhagen and Odense BK, are joined by two Norwegian top sides – Rosenborg BK and Molde FK.
hospitals, schools, government offices and on public transport.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
A French parliamentary committee has recommended a partial ban on women wearing Islamic face veils.
The committee's near 200-page report has proposed a ban in hospitals, schools, government offices and on public transport.
It also recommends that anyone showing visible signs of "radical religious practice" should be refused residence cards and citizenship.
The interior ministry says just 1,900 women in France wear the full veils.
In its report, the committee said requiring women to cover their faces was against the French republican principles of secularism and equality.
"The wearing of the full veil is a challenge to our republic. This is unacceptable. We must condemn this excess," the report said.
The commission called on parliament to adopt a formal resolution stating that the face veil was "contrary to the values of the republic" and proclaiming that "all of France is saying 'no' to the full veil".
Presenting the report to the French National Assembly, speaker Bernard Accoyer said the face veil had too many negative connotations.
 |   A law may follow, but MPs are divided over what to do  Gavin Hewitt BBC Europe editor  |
"It is the symbol of the repression of women, and... of extremist fundamentalism.
"This divisive approach is a denial of the equality between men and women and a rejection of co-existence side-by-side, without which our republic is nothing."
The report is expected to be followed by the drafting of a bill and a parliamentary debate on the issue.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield, in Paris, says the reasoning behind the report is to make it as impractical as possible for women in face veils to go about their daily business.
There is also a fear that an outright ban would not only be difficult to implement but would be distasteful and could make France a target for terrorism, our correspondent says.
France has an estimated five million Muslims - the largest such population in Western Europe.
Months of debate
The report follows months of public debate, including President Nicolas Sarkozy's intervention, saying all-encompassing veils were "not welcome in France".
| REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS Parliament should pass a resolution denouncing full Muslim face veils Ban the veil in all schools, hospitals, public transport and government offices Bar foreign women from obtaining asylum or French citizenship if they insist on veiling their faces in state buildings Take into account in asylum requests the coercion to wear the full veil as an indication of a wider context of persecution Create a national school of Islamic studies |
However, he did not explicitly call for a ban, saying "no-one should feel stigmatised" by any eventual law.
Opinion polls suggest a majority of French people support a full ban.
However, the parliamentary deputies have recommended that - for now - restrictions should be limited.
The committee suggests a ban inside public buildings, with those who defy the ban denied whatever services are on offer there - for example state benefits.
There are several types of headscarves and veils for Muslim women - those that cover the face being the niqab and the burka. In France, the niqab is the version most commonly worn.
The niqab usually leaves the eyes clear. It is worn with an accompanying headscarf and sometimes a separate eye veil.
The burka covers the entire face and body with just a mesh screen to see through.
|  Find out about different styles of Muslim headscarf  |
In graphicsThe issue has divided France's political parties.
The Socialist opposition has come out officially against a ban, saying it would be difficult to enforce. It says it is opposed to full veils in principle, but some members have expressed fears about any ruling that could stigmatise Muslim women.
Meanwhile, the head of Mr Sarkozy's right-wing UMP party has already presented a bill in parliament supporting a full ban on grounds of security.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
It is habib news
MDC to examine Tsvangirai crash
Zimbabwe's MDC party says it will carry out its own investigation into the cause of the crash which killed PM Tsvangirai's wife Susan.
Mugabe visits Tsvangirai
Profile: Morgan Tsvangirai
Tsvangirai's tough choice
Zimbabwe's MDC party says it will carry out its own investigation into the cause of the crash which killed PM Tsvangirai's wife Susan.
Mugabe visits Tsvangirai
Profile: Morgan Tsvangirai
Tsvangirai's tough choice
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