US patron who paid for conjoined twins' op dies
BOSTON: A Massachusetts philanthropist who gave away millions of dollars to meet medical expenses for needy people and paid for the separation surgery of conjoined Egyptian twins has died. A.…
Israel seals off West Bank amid heightened tension
JERUSALEM: Israel sealed off the West Bank on Friday amid tension in Jerusalem over controversial plans to build new homes for Jewish settlers and fears of fresh violence at the…
Spanish writer Miguel Delibes dies at 89
Miguel Delibes, one of Spain s top novelists whose works portrayed the country s upheavals following its 1936-39 civil war, died Friday after a lengthy battle with colon cancer. He…
No drastic measures in schools for declining H1N1 cases
CAIRO: Due to the substantial decline in swine flu cases, the Ministry of Health has officially announced that during the second semester of the academic year, no classrooms where the…
Drogba named African Player of the Year
ACCRA: Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was on Thursday named African Footballer of the Year for 2009, the second time the Ivory Coast international his won the award.Drogba pushed Inter Milan…
Sports Talk: FIFA fails to see the green light
You would have thought that with all the refereeing mistakes that are allowing unfair goals to be scored, many in major games, FIFA would have decided to use goal-line technology…
Shoura Council approves anti-human trafficking law 'in principle'
CAIRO: The Shoura Council, Egypt's Upper House of Parliament, approved an anti-human trafficking law in principle, Shoura Council Speaker Safwat El-Sherif said.The MPs have approved the law in principle in…
