1.   The world situation now places the Arabic language in an increasingly important position.

2.   A detention hearing for the second Algerian facing criminal charges, Lahouari Haoud was postponed until Friday because an Arabic language translator could not be located Tuesday.

3.   Desai and Merchant share an interest in Urdu, an Arabic literary language.

4.   Hasan Firuzi was only a boy when the Soviets went on book-burning rampages throughout Azerbaijan to eradicate the Arabic language.

5.   He says if he could wave a magic wand, he would create a public radio kind of outlet in several Arabic languages.

6.   MSNBC STARTS ARABIC SITE MSNBC inaugurated an Arabic language news Web site on Tuesday, plunging into an area that is suddenly a hot market for news and media.

7.   No final decision had been made, Powell said in an interview published Wednesday in the London-based Arabic language newspaper Al Hayat, and later to reporters.

8.   Powell also recently gave an interviewed to Al Hayat, an Arabic language newspaper in London.

9.   The Boston Herald said the material included Arabic language flight training manuals, but FBI officials in Washington refused to confirm or deny that report.

10.   The girls wear scarves or turbans on their heads, and many speak African or Arabic languages, but they play like any children.