Word: ramadan
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...couple wanders by. Behind elegant windows advertising new autumn collections, plush stores like Hugo Boss, Louis Vuitton and Armani are empty. Groups of sales attendants hover nervously by the entrance. "Business is terrible," says the director of one popular U.S. luxury label. "We hoped it would pick up after Ramadan, but it hasn't. Nobody wants to lose face by officially going on sale in October because it's unheard of, but in-store most labels are offering 30% to 50% off. That's a first for us. We would normally never go on sale before January." Smaller local boutiques...
...President Karzai seems to be moving in the same direction. Last week he appealed to Taliban leader Mullah Omar for peace and offered to talk. And in September, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, representatives of Karzai's government sat with former Taliban leaders and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Mecca to discuss Afghanistan's problems over a sunset feast of more than 100 dishes. Both Karzai's government and Afghanistan's current Taliban leadership deny that any negotiations took place. But one of the attendees, Abdul Salam Zaeef, the former representative of the Taliban's Islamic Emirate...
...photos marking the end of Ramadan, click here...
...construction site, work has slowed for the holy fasting month of Ramadan - empty stomachs and temperatures of 115 degrees take their toll on productivity. But Joe Kilar, the project COO, says he'll soon make up for any time lost. "Come back in October, when Ramadan's over," he says, "and this place will be turbo-charged...
...spokesman dismissed the claim. He said the marauders onboard would withstand the siege, and didn't seem in much of a hurry to defuse tensions. In the meantime, he said, they would take meals alongside their hostages and celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan...