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1. 1. The ten most read stories of 2009

   Asian News, Thursday 31 December 2009 The top ten articles on the Asian News website during 2009, as measured by the number of visitors:

2. 2. Peter Kay adds yet more dates to tour

   CityLife, Monday 21 December 2009 PETER Kay has added even more dates to his sell-out Manchester Evening News Arena tour because the demand for tickets has been so high. Thousands of fans inundated the venue over the weekend after the Bolton comic announced he was adding a further five nights.

3. 3. Interview: Marcus Brigstocke

   CityLife, Friday 18 December 2009 "OCCASIONALLY,” notes Marcus Brigstocke on his way to Morecambe, “my mates give me a hard time for being a jack of all trades. To be honest, if people are asking me to do radio and telly, I can decide for myself whether I want to do it. I’m happy, I really like the mixture of all of those things.”

4. 4. Violence against women is not a tenet of Islam

   Asian News, Thursday 17 December 2009 Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked to hear the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on widespread occurrence of rape in Afghanistan.

5. 5. Of bells and minarets

   Asian News, Thursday 17 December 2009 When Jerusalem was conquered in 635 AD, the second caliph Omar Ibn Al-Kattab refused to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, despite an invitation from the Christian patriarch Sophronius, for fear that his men invoke the precedent to turn the place of worship into a mosque and thus deprive the Christians of their right to freely practice their religion.

6. 6. Ibn Battuta on the big, big screen

   Asian News, Thursday 17 December 2009 For many Muslims worldwide, the name Ibn Battuta evokes a sense of great pride and conjures up a golden era of Islamic history.

7. 7. Is the Swiss ban an opportunity?

   Asian News, Thursday 17 December 2009 THE recent vote in Switzerland banning the construction of new minarets casts an unnecessary shadow on the remarkable history of tolerance, hospitality and integration that is the true story of Switzerland.

8. 8. Booze rogue caught in sting

   Asian News, Monday 14 December 2009 AN OFF-LICENCE sold cigarettes and alcohol to a schoolgirl MEN spy – just days after having its licence withdrawn for a catalogue of similar crimes.

9. 9. Must see: Russell Howard

   CityLife, Friday 11 December 2009 THE last 18 months have been something of a whirlwind for comedian Russell Howard. He’s been an award-winning stand-up for five years, even gaining an If.comedy nomination at Edinburgh in 2006.

10. 10. Man charged in connection with Gorton robbery

    Asian News, Friday 11 December 2009 A man has been charged in connection with a robbery at a shop in Gorton.

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