Villa eyes Golden boot, Klose Ronaldo’s record
PARIS: Lionel Messi, Kaka and Wayne Rooney left their World Cup shooting…
German World cup patriotism still touchy issue
BERLIN: Youssef Bassal's heart swelled with pride when he draped an enormous…
Mubarak visits Algerian president in a sign of improving ties
ALGIERS: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak made a short "courtesy" visit on Sunday…
South African pilgrims bring vuvuzelas to pray
EBUHLENI MISSION, South Africa: Barefoot and dressed in white, thousands of pilgrims…
Netanyahu aides in Cairo for talks
JERUSALEM: Two senior aides of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to…
Beltone, Pioneers merger scrapped
CAIRO: A $62 million acquisition by Egypt's Pioneers Holding of investment bank…
Sunderland sign Egypt’s Al-Muhammadi
SUNDERLAND: Sunderland have signed Egypt international Ahmed Al-Muhammadi on a season-long loan…
Shuaa to name Shihabi as broking unit CEO, say sources
DUBAI: A former head of research at Dubai-based investment bank Shuaa Capital…
Iran sees OPEC crudes up to $80 by yr-end -reports
TEHRAN: Surplus OPEC capacity is keeping the price of crude down, but…
Oman oil reserves fell 3 pct in 2009
MUSCAT: Oman's oil reserves slipped just over 3 percent in 2009 as…