Taking photographs during Saudi Arabia's first authorized fashion show was strictly outlawed under Islamic law, a model says. An unidentified model taking part in this week's fashion show in the city of Jeddah said no paparazzi or cameras were present as models showed off new Western and Oriental fashion trends to an all-female audience, al-Arabiya reported Friday. A fashion show in Saudi Arabia is different from anywhere else, the model said.

Egyptian health officials say a rock slide in early September that killed more than 100 residents of a Cairo slum is now threatening the lives of the survivors.

Dubai Al-Arabiya Television in Arabic at 1812 gmt on 13 September interviews Ali Wajih, news director at al-Sharqiyah Television, via telephone from Dubai to comment on the murder today of four of the channel's employees in Mosul, Iraq.

["From Iraq" programme, moderated by Suhayr al-Qaysi, interviews Iraqi Electricity Minister Dr Karim Wahid - date not given; recorded] Dubai Al-Arabiya Television in Arabic at 1630 gmt on 12 September carries a new 25-minute episode of its "From Iraq" programme moderated by Suhayr al-Qaysi in the Dubai studio.

Dubai-based Al-Arabiya Television in Arabic at 0738 gmt on 4 September carries the following "breaking news" as a screen caption: "Seven people, including an American and a Briton, are killed in a helicopter crash in the Gulf." Originally published by Al-Arabiya TV, Dubai, in Arabic 0738 4 Sep 08.