Okada has last laugh, turns to earthier matters
PRETORIA: Japanese coach Takeshi Okada can approach his likely new vocation of farming in a confident frame of mind after probably bowing out of football with his head held high…
Japan applauds team after World Cup exit
TOKYO: Japan fans have applauded their national soccer team after its bid to make the quarter finals of the World Cup for the first time fell inches short. Thousands of…
Tentacle of God? German octopus predicts Argentina exit
OBERHAUSEN, Germany: An octopus in Germany who has shot to fame for correctly predicting the result of all of the country's World Cup matches so far on Tuesday forecast a…
Rights groups call on gov't to keep promise to free emergency law detainees
CAIRO: The Egyptian government must release hundreds of detainees being held in administrative detention, in compliance with recent amendments to THE emergency law, a coalition of 12 rights groups said…
Foreign investment in Arab states drops 15 percent in 2009
KUWAIT CITY: The flow of foreign direct investment into Arab states dropped 15.1 percent last year due to the ongoing impact of the global economic meltdown, a pan-Arab organization said…
I want to win a trophy: Geddo
CAIRO: Ahly’s new boy Geddo is eager to win his first club title after joining the league champions from Ittihad. The 26-year-old, who was Egypt's marksman in the 2010 African…
Ismailia Criminal Court sentences Saudi to death for drug smuggling
ISMAILIA: The Ismailia Criminal Court sentenced a Saudi man to death on Monday for trying to smuggle drugs into the country, a judicial source said. The judge referred the sentence…
Egypt police kill Eritrean trying to enter Israel: security
AL-ARISH: Egyptian police shot dead an Eritrean migrant on Tuesday as she tried to enter Israel illegally, a security official said. The 38-year-old woman died when she was shot in…
Suicide bomber kills five as eight die in Iraq unrest
TIKRIT: A suicide bomber killed five people in northern Iraq on Tuesday as bombs in the capital Baghdad killed three people, including an Iraqi general, security officials said. The suicide…
Turks shot multiple times on Gaza aid ship, says forensic report
ANKARA: All but two of the nine Turks killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship were shot more than once, and five died from bullet wounds to…