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Wednesday, 21st January, 2015 / 29 Rabi'ul Awwal 1436 AH� 

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May Allah (SWT) grant us and all the Marhoomeen Forgiveness and Jannatul Firdaus (Aameen)

Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) said, "O Son of Adam, if you spend the surplus, it will be better for you; and if you retain it, it will be bad for you. You will not be reprimanded for keeping what is enough for your need. Begin with those who are your dependents, and the upper hand (i.e., the one that spends in the way of Allah) is better than the lower hand (i.e., the one that receives charity.).'' [Muslim]

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* Zambia votes in presidential elections - The vote is expected to be a close contest between Edgar Lungu from the governing Patriotic Front and Hakainde Hichilema from the United Party for National Development.

* Houthi fighters surround Yemen PM's palace - Shia Houthi fighters have surrounded the main residence of Prime Minister Khalid Bahah in the capital Sanaa after he escaped an attack on his convoy, further fueling accusations of a coup attempt, officials have said.

* China posts its worst growth in 24 years - China's economy grew at its slowest pace in more than two decades in 2014, a performance that underscores the depth of challenges facing the world's second-largest economy.

* New Cape Town load shedding schedule - Residents affected by the City of Cape Town’s load shedding schedule should prepare themselves for outages at different times during the day, due to their new staggered approach, which will be effective from February 1, 2015.

* Chaos continues at licence stations - Despite promises that order would be restored at licensing department outlets around Pretoria once the holidays were over, people needing to renew their licences or pay for their discs are still having to wait many hours in long queues.

* Gold: $1 273.75 /ounce
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* Silver: R6.79 /g
* Oil: $48.78 /barrel
* $: R11.66
* €: R13.50
* £: R17.54
* Saudi Riyal: R3.10
* Mahr Fatimi: R10 930.62 (1530.90 grams of Silver)
* Minimum Mahr: R218.61 (30.618 grams of Silver)
* Zakaah Nisaab: R4372.25 (612.36 grams of Silver)
* Krugerrand: R15 590.50
* 24 carat gold: R478.34 /g
* 22 carat gold: R438.71 /g
* 18 carat gold: R358.73 /g
* 14 carat gold: R279.15 /g
* 09 carat gold: R180.50 /g

As at (20/01/2015)

Ingredients

30ml Sunflower oil - 30ml Butter - 1 Large onion thinly sliced - 1 green pepper seeded and chopped - 1 tomato chopped - 5ml chilli powder or crushed dried red chillies - 10ml methi masala - 5ml salt - 500ml frozen mixed vegetables 500ml long grain rice - 60ml butter.

Method
1. Heat oil and 30ml butter in a large saucepan and braise onions until golden.
2. Reserve a third of the onions for garnishing.
3. Add green peppers and tomato to the saucepan with chilli powder methi masala and salt and simmer for 15 mins.
4. Add frozen veggies and simmer for 10 mins.
5. Meanwhile parboil rice for 15 mins in lightly salted water.
6. Rinse drain and add to saucepan with veggies.
7. Dot with 60ml butter and add reserved braised onion.
8. Steam covered over medium heat for 15 mins.

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The next bird flies overhead, and the pathologist looks at it, then looks through the pages of a bird manual and says, "Hmmmm ... green wings, yellow bill, quacking sound ... might be a duck." He raises his gun to shoot it, but the bird is long gone.

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