6,486 deaths in 23,000 road accidents last year in Egypt, says report
CAIRO: Egypt’s road accidents in 2009 reached an estimated 23,000, an 8.9 percent increase from the previous year, according to a report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and…
Paris imam invents portable mosque for better praying
PARIS: A Paris imam and part-time inventor has created a portable mosque to help the faithful concentrate better on their prayers wherever they are. Named the Mirhbox, the 2 meter…
Two activists arrested, released over Eid holiday
CAIRO: In separate incidents, two political activists were detained and released over the Eid holiday. Walid Shawqy, an activist with the National Association for Change (NAC) founded by Mohamed ElBaradei,…
Obama says Islam not the enemy on tense 9/11 anniversary
NEW YORK: US President Barack Obama has told a deeply polarized America that Islam is not the enemy as somber ceremonies marked an unusually tense ninth anniversary of the September…
US Ryder Cup picks, Woods, Johnson, Cink, Fowler
NEW YORK: Tiger Woods is going to the Ryder Cup as a captain’s pick with his 71 victories and 14 majors. So is 21-year-old Rickie Fowler, who has never won…
Clijsters beats Zvonareva for 3rd US Open title
NEW YORK: Getting to every ball, putting most shots right where she wanted them, Kim Clijsters was so dominant in the U.S. Open final that it would have taken a…
Argentina upsets Spain 4-1
BUENOS AIRES: Spain hardly resembled a World Cup champion against Argentina, allowing their most goals in a decade in a 4-1 exhibition defeat on Tuesday. Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain and…
US troops search for Taliban ‘Cinderella’
JELAWAR: In single file with dogs sniffing ahead, a patrol of US paratroops and Afghan soldiers leaves a combat outpost for a mine clearing mission in southern Afghanistan. "We are…
Iran ready to release US woman hiker on 500,000 dollars bail
TEHRAN: A senior prosecutor said on Sunday that Iran will release US hiker Sarah Shourd on bail, as he criticized members of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government for interfering in judicial…
Newly Digitized Israeli Military Prepares to Fight Hezbollah
"Bravo One. This is Bravo Two. We have spotted suspicious activity. Sending data now. Over,” a platoon commander says. “Stand by to fire all remote weapon stations,” replies Bravo Two.…