FOREIGN military intervention
in Syria offers the best hope for
curtailing a long, bloody and
destabilizing civil war. The
mantra of those opposed to
intervention is 'Syria is not Libya'. In
fact, Syria is far more strategically
located than Libya, and a ...
IKNEW him through the time
of the revolution, seated -
perched really - at a round
table in the Cairo bureau of
The New York Times. He was
never alone. He had no office. The
old three-legged wooden table was
not a desk.
The pressure over the 18 days
leading to Hosni Mubarak's fall
never relented. Nor did his ...
POLAND´S Agnieszka
Radwanska signalled herself
as a growing threat on
Saturday when she clinched
her eighth career title courtesy
of a 7-5, 6-4 win over
Germany´s Julia Goerges in
the final of the Dubai Open.
The 22-year-old´s win
underlined her as one ...
JONNY Bairstow hit a maiden
half-century and paceman
Steven Finn took three wickets
to guide England to a comfortable
38-run win in the second
Twenty20 international
against Pakistan on Saturday.
Bairstow´s 60 off 46 balls,
studded with two sixes and
five boundaries, helped
England recover from a precarious
79-4 to post a challenging
150-7 before Finn
claimed 3-30 to bowl Pakistan
out for 112 in 18.2 overs at
Dubai Stadium.
England´s victory levelled
the Twenty20 series and set
up an intriguing third and
final match in Abu Dhabi on
Monday. Pakistan were off to
a disastrous start as Finn had
Mohammad Hafeez (nought)
caught off the ...
THE 21st edition of the
Qatar International
Equestrian Festival (QIEF)
got underway to a spectacular
start at the Qatar Racing
and Equestrian Club´s
(REC) premises on
Thursday.
The prestigious eight-day
festival is being organised
under the patronage of His
Highness the Emir Sheikh
Hamad bin Khalifa al
Thani.The event will conclude
on March 1.
HE Sheikh Thani bin
Hamad al Thani inaugurated
the event in the presence
of REC Chairman HE
Sheikh Mohammed bin
Faleh al Thani.
HE Sheikh Mohammed
bin Faleh al Thani, REC
Chairman, spoke during the
opening ceremony of the
Festival. He welcomed the
guests and delegations ...
THE pressure was lifted off
Chelsea manager Andre
Villas-Boas after his side
moved back into fourth place
in the Premier League with a
3-0 victory at home to Bolton
Wanderers on Saturday.
Goals from David Luiz,
Didier Drogba and the recalled
Frank Lampard were enough
to move Chelsea above Arsenal
and into fourth place, the final
Champions League qualification
slot. The result also left
Bolton in the relegation zone
as Chelsea owner Roman
Abramovich watched from the
stands. Villas-Boas had been
forced to admit his team selection
for the 3-1 defeat at Napoli
in the Champions League on
Tuesday night had left him
open to plenty of ...
JONNY Bairstow hit a maiden
half-century and paceman
Steven Finn took three wickets
to guide England to a comfortable
38-run win in the second
Twenty20 international
against Pakistan on Saturday.
Bairstow´s 60 off 46 balls,
studded with two sixes and
five boundaries, helped
England recover from a precarious
79-4 to post a challenging
150-7 before Finn
claimed 3-30 to bowl Pakistan
out for 112 in 18.2 overs at
Dubai Stadium.
England´s victory levelled
the Twenty20 series and set
up an intriguing third and
final match in Abu Dhabi on
Monday. Pakistan were off to
a disastrous start as Finn had
Mohammad Hafeez (nought)
caught off the ...
THE 21st edition of the
Qatar International
Equestrian Festival (QIEF)
got underway to a spectacular
start at the Qatar Racing
and Equestrian Club´s
(REC) premises on
Thursday.
The prestigious eight-day
festival is being organised
under the patronage of His
Highness the Emir Sheikh
Hamad bin Khalifa al
Thani.The event will conclude
on March 1.
HE Sheikh Thani bin
Hamad al Thani inaugurated
the event in the presence
of REC Chairman HE
Sheikh Mohammed bin
Faleh al Thani.
HE Sheikh Mohammed
bin Faleh al Thani, REC
Chairman, spoke during the
opening ceremony of the
Festival. He welcomed the
guests and delegations ... 
THE pressure was lifted off
Chelsea manager Andre
Villas-Boas after his side
moved back into fourth place
in the Premier League with a
3-0 victory at home to Bolton
Wanderers on Saturday.
Goals from David Luiz,
Didier Drogba and the recalled
Frank Lampard were enough
to move Chelsea above Arsenal
and into fourth place, the final
Champions League qualification
slot. The result also left
Bolton in the relegation zone
as Chelsea owner Roman
Abramovich watched from the
stands. Villas-Boas had been
forced to admit his team selection
for the 3-1 defeat at Napoli
in the Champions League on
Tuesday night had left him
open to plenty of ...
