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American Idol Crystal Bowersox , It would have been the top 10 girls performing on American Idol tonight. However, a quick change was made due to contestant Crystal Bowersox who is in the hospital for an undisclosed sickness. That is why the top 10 boys took the stage tonight instead of the girls.

RIYADH : A Saudi cleric’s fatwa last week calling for those who promote co-educational environments to be put to death has shocked international and Saudi communities, according to a report. According to the Arab News daily, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Barrak said recently that the mixing of men and women in the workplace or educational institutions was religiously prohibited

India and Saudi Arabia have signed five accords relating to security, economy, defence and energy sectors to boost cooperation. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Saudi King Abdullah inked the accords in Riyadh declaration that aims at beginning a new era of strategic partnership between the two states.

Al-Qaeda has released a video showing the suicide bomber who is believed to have killed seven CIA employees and a Jordanian officer in Afghanistan. The video has been made available by the US terrorism monitoring firm IntelCenter and shows Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, inside a vehicle, speaking to the camera and seemingly addressing the CIA. The video shows Al-Balawi holding a gun, saying “Inshallah, death will come to you for unexpected way”

Security forces managed to rescue two abducted Sikhs after an operation at Khyber Agency. According to ISPR, several militants were killed during a successful operation at Khyber Agency.

Movie fans are being given the chance to see the actual Oscar statuette to be presented to the “Best Actress” winner at next week’s Academy Awards. The exhibition “Meet the Oscars” was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by 2000 Best Supporting Actress winner Marcia Gay Harden.

The annual NME music awards took place London. The award of “Best British Band” went to Muse while Kasabian picked up an award for best album. Many famous personalities were present during the ceremony

A French hostage abducted by Al-Qaeda reached home. Pierre Camatte was kidnapped in November by North African wing of Al-Qaeda. Camatte was released in exchange of four extremists

The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir signed a ceasefire deal with the main Darfur rebel group, that may help in a broader peace deal. Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, announced 1 billion U.S. dollars to a fund to reconstruct Sudan