Howard Webb To Judge Manchester and Chelsea Match

World Cup final referee Howard Webb will take charge of the crucial Premier League title showdown between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Chelsea will jump above United on goal difference with just two games remaining should they win and Sir Alex Ferguson has already expressed his concern at the number of key decisions that have gone against his team in big matches this season.

The United boss was hit with a five-game touchline ban after criticising Martin Atkinson following his performance during the first meeting between the two sides at Stamford Bridge in March.

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Why Osama Bin Laden Was Buried At Sea

According to UK-based Imam Dr Abduljalil Sajid, Chairman of the Muslim Council for Religious & Racial Harmony, four key steps need to be followed:

Washing
Shrouding in white cloth
Ritual prayer
Burial

There is no necessity for an imam to be present, he says, but the procedures should be carried out by Muslims at least one of whom "knows the minimum basic Muslim law of burial".

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Whether any such person was present is impossible to know, he says, based on the limited information provided. But he also questions whether sea burial was appropriate in this case.

It is correct to carry out a burial at sea when someone dies on a sea journey, he says, but in this case there was no sound reason for it.

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A Fight To The End

For real the Uefa champions league is the best and most appreciated club football competion in the world. The best four clubs in all major leagues in world contest for the glory, with the hope of been crowned best of the best in the world.

Two major clubs fighting for supremacy is Barcelona and Spanish giant Real madrid. Its obvious that this years competion has both of them logging heads for a place in the finals. One must get down, one must lose, one must fall.

Barcelona is ahead with two away goal in Realmadrid, they are most likely to be in the finals,and even win the cup ahead of manchester united who is likely to be in the finals as well.
There are questions and expections on who goes down and who flys..

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Tears of pain

In Gbongan, Osun State on sunday, its was pain and sorrow for the community as one of their son Ebenezer Ayotunde Gbenjo-a youth corper serving in bauchi was buried.

The body of another, Kehinde Jelili Adeniji, is being expected today. Ayotunde and Jelil who were in Bauchi State for the compulsory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, were killed in the post-election violence that seized the state.

The youth corps members were killed on April 18, in Giade Local Government Area.

Indigenes of the state of the Living Spring, especially those of Gbogan origin, wailed uncontrollably yesterday as the remains of Ayotunde were buried.

MAY THEIR SOULD REST IN PEACE...

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