Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Ramadan Is On Saturday



According to Ammon News, Saturday will be the first day of Ramadan. I would like to wish you all Ramadan Mubarak and Kol 3am Wa Antum Bi5ayr.

عمون - محمد الشاكر - اعلن قاضي القضاة إمام الحضرة الهاشمية د. أحمد هليل ان يوم غد الجمعة هو اليوم المتمم لشهر شعبان وعليه يكون السبت أول ايام شهر رمضان المبارك .

جاء إعلان هليل بعد ان عقدت دائرة قاضي القضاة مساء الخميس في مسجد المغفور له الملك الحسين بن طلال، مجلسا شرعيا علميا لتحري هلال شهر رمضان المبارك .

وحضر المجلس قاضي القضاة، ووزير الأوقاف، ومحافظ العاصمة ، الأرصاد الجوية، وعدد من الشخصيات المدنية والدينية، وممثلون عن مختلف المؤسسات والدوائر ذات العلاقة، وفلكيون ورجال إعلام.


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Saturday, January 3, 2009

2008 In Pictures

After the help of Wikipedia, I managed to summarized the most important highlights of last year in many photos. If you hover over a photo, I have added a caption to briefly say what this photo is about. Please allow sometime to load the images if you just see a bunch of text.


January 2 - The price of petroleum hits $100 per barrel for the first time.January 23 - Thousands of Palestinians cross into Egypt, as the border wall with Gaza in Rafah is blown up by militants.
February 4 - Iran opens its first space center and launches a rocket into space.March 1 - In Gaza Strip, at least 52 Palestinians and 2 Israeli soldiers are killed in the most intense Israeli air strikes since 2005.
April 22 - Surgeons at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital perform the first operations using bionic eyes.April 27 - The Taliban attempts to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a military parade in Kabul.
June 27 - President Robert Mugabe is reelected with 85.5% of the vote in the second round of the controversial Zimbabwean presidential election.June 27 - After 3 decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates steps down from daily duties to concentrate on philanthropy.
July 7 - The 34th G8 summit is held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō, Japan.August 7 - The 2008 South Ossetia war begins, as Georgia and Russia launch a major offensive
August 8 - The 2008 Summer Olympics take place in Beijing, China.August 18 - Pervez Musharraf resigns as President of Pakistan
September 1 - Hurricane Ike makes landfall on Texas as Category 2 and kills 27 in the United States.September 6 - Asif Ali Zardari is elected President of Pakistan by the Electoral College of Pakistan.
September 17 - The International Astronomical Union classifies Haumea as the 5th dwarf planet in the Solar System.October 22 - The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft on a lunar exploration mission.
November 4 - Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States.November 26 - A series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India kills 195, and injures at least 250.
December 6 - Riots spread across Greece after a 15-year-old boy is shot dead by a special guard of the Greek Police.December 27 - Israel initiates a series of airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, killing at least 375.


...Happy New Year...

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