[StillProud2BeFree]

Rabi al Awwal (Rabi I) and Rabi al Thani (Rabi II or Rabi 2) are two months of the 12 month Islamic calendar. It's a lunar based calendar.

The two months are sequential; Rabi I is immediately followed by Rabi II.

[StillProud2BeFree]

I probably should also mention that the Prophet Mohamed's birthday (Milad al Nabi) is celebrated on the 17th of Rabi I.

If memory serves me correctly, the Islamic calendars project that will fall this this year on May 13

[JustPiper]

Putin basks in reelection sweep amid warnings of tsar-like power
Mon Mar 15
MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) basked in a crushing reelection victory that prompted Western criticism and warnings that the former KGB spy will rule Russia with tsar-like power during a second term.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040315/ts_afp/russia_vote_040315200215