Cairo aims to unify call to prayer across 4000 mosques
Cairo governments start a 175000 dollar plan to broadcast a single call to prayer from a central studio to every mosque in the city. The project aims to standardize timing and voice quality by Ramadan’s end, despite delays and unregistered mosques complicating coverage.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sheik Salem Abdel-Galil
Ministry of Religious Endowments
Abdel-Galil
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Turkey
So Aman
Alaska Plane Crash Risk Runs Higher Than National Rate
Alaska records a plane crash rate over twice the national average, with 515 small aircraft accidents from 2004 to 2008. The state relies on air travel for most communities as 80 percent lack highway access, and recent fatal crashes include incidents at Denali Park and near Anchorage.
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Alaska
Juneau
Ted Stevens
John Booker
Bristol Bay Air Service
Stevens
NASA
Sean O'Keefe
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Air Safety Foundation
U.S
Denali National Park
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
North Dakota inmate swallows glasses during arrest
A 42 year old Burleigh County Detention Center inmate grabbed another inmate’s glasses Aug 1 and swallowed both lenses and part of the frame after failing to speak with the chaplain. He had been booked on aggravated assault five hours earlier. The glasses cost $250. He was treated at a hospital and returned to jail. Authorities consider criminal mischief.
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Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
Burleigh County
Les Witkowski
Witkowski
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