Al-Khateeb: Rate of Foreign tourists coming for recreational purposes soars 600% in 5 years    Saudi Arabia participates in OIC anti-corruption agencies' meeting in Qatar    Saudi Arabia implements over 800 reforms to drive rapid transformation    Al-Jadaan: Painful decisions were part of the reforms, but economy overcame them    Al-Swaha: Saudi Arabia is heading towards exporting technology in the next phase    Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming back to their homes    Al Rajhi: Saudi Arabia sets revised unemployment target of 5% by 2030 "300,000 citizens employed in qualitative professions"    Imran Khan supporters call off protest after crackdown    Five survivors found day after Red Sea tourist boat sinking    Russia launched a record number of almost 200 drones toward Ukraine    Al Hilal advances to AFC Champions League knockout stage despite 1-1 draw with Al Sadd    Saudi Arabia unveils updates on Expo 2030 Riyadh master plan at 175th BIE General Assembly Riyadh Expo Development Company established to oversee strategic planning, operations, and legacy development    Saudi FM attends Quadripartite meeting on Sudan in Italy    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    Cristiano Ronaldo's double powers Al Nassr to 3-1 win over Al Gharafa in AFC Champions League    Al Ahli edges Al Ain 2-1, bolsters perfect start in AFC Champions League Elite    Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires    Adele doesn't know when she'll perform again after tearful Vegas goodbye    'Pregnant' for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam    Do cigarettes belong in a museum?    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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Curse of the champion strikes Ivory Coast, Congo dances on
The curse of the defending champion struck Ivory Coast at the African Cup of Nations and Congo put a strike over money well behind it to dance into the quarterfinals on Tuesday. The titleholder and a team of big stars from European clubs, Ivory (...)

25 - 01 - 2017
S. Africa levels Aussie series
South Africa shook off its early season rust with an 80-run win over Australia at St. George's Park Sunday to level the one-day series 1-1 and send it to a deciding game. Four South African batsmen made half-centuries in an imposing 303-6 and (...)

24 - 10 - 2011
Wyclef Jean can't run for president
Singer Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation disqualified his candidacy. The Haitian-American hip hop star expressed disappointment at the late Friday ruling, (...)

22 - 08 - 2010
Wyclef Jean meets Haiti president
AU-PRINCE - Haitian President Rene Preval met with presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean for more than two hours Thursday, touching off a new round of speculation as to whether the singer will be allowed to run in Nov. 28 elections. Jean told the AP (...)

21 - 08 - 2010
Clouds gather over Wyclef's Haiti bid
Hip-hop superstar Wyclef Jean flew out of his native Haiti Friday as clouds gathered over his outsider presidential bid announced barely 24 hours earlier. “I am leaving because of family obligations, but I will return in several weeks to enter the (...)

09 - 08 - 2010
President Wyclef? Jean mulling Haiti campaign
AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Singer Wyclef Jean is considering a run for president of Haiti but has not decided whether to seek a five-year term as leader of the quake-ravaged nation, the musician's family said Monday. There have been rumors for some time (...)

28 - 07 - 2010
Hilton's companion ordered to leave SA
The former Playboy playmate convicted of possessing marijuana while accompanying Paris Hilton to a World Cup game is persona non grata in South Africa. Ronnie Mamoepa, a spokesman for the immigration department, said Saturday that Jennifer Rovero (...)

05 - 07 - 2010
Trinidad launches war on litterbugs
Trinidad and Tobago's newly elected Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar is launching a war on litterbugs in the oil-rich nation branded as one of the region's most unclean countries. As she addressed the official launch of a national clean up (...)

28 - 06 - 2010
Ivory Coast outplays Portugal in 0-0 draw
Ivory Coast drew 0-0 with Portugal in the teams' opening match of the World Cup Tuesday, largely outplaying its higher-ranked opponent despite Didier Drogba only coming on as a late substitute. Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo hit the post early, (...)

16 - 06 - 2010
Steyn, Morkel put SA on top
Fast bowler Dale Steyn grabbed 5-29 and teammate Morne Morkel took 4-19 as South Africa blew away West Indies for 102 and took a firm grip of the opening Test on day three Saturday. South Africa, after sealing a first-innings lead of 250, stretched (...)

13 - 06 - 2010
S. Korea blanks Greece
South Korea eased to a 2-0 win over a lackluster Greece side in Saturday's first Group B match of the World Cup. Lee Jung-soo tapped in unmarked to open the scoring in the seventh minute at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and captain Park Ji-sung (...)

13 - 06 - 2010
De Villiers, Prince and Boucher 50s lift South Africa
South Africa was grateful for half centuries from Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers and Ashwell Prince Friday as it recorded 352 all out at the close of the second day of the opening Test here. The tourists, 70-3 overnight, slipped to 107-5 within the (...)

12 - 06 - 2010
SA seals ODI series sweep against Windies
OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - South Africa completed a 5-0 sweep of the One-Day International series against West Indies with a thrilling one-wicket win at Queen's Park Oval Thursday. Last man Lonwabo Tsotsobe hit the winning boundary as the visitors (...)

04 - 06 - 2010
Penn actively helping post-quake Haiti
Look closely at the foreigners buzzing around a hospital tent above one of Haiti's biggest earthquake-refugee camps and a face stands out: There, carrying the box of supplies, that's Sean Penn. Now he's guiding a Haitian girl to waiting doctors. (...)

16 - 03 - 2010
Zimbabwe stuns Windies
Zimbabwe's spinners led the touring side to 26-run victory over the West Indies in a low-scoring Twenty20 International at Queen's Park Oval Sunday. Zimbabwe survived a batting collapse at the top of the order to rally to 105 all out off 19.5 overs (...)

01 - 03 - 2010
Taibu ton lifts Zimbabwe
Tatenda Taibu scored 107 to set Zimbabwe up for a five-run victory over the University of the West Indies' Vice Chancellor's XI in their 50 overs-a-side match in Port of Spain Friday. Taibu struck 11 fours and one six from 92 balls, as Zimbabwe was (...)

28 - 02 - 2010
Haitian premier denounces post-quake political conflict
Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive worries his government could face collapse as political opponents capitalize on its inability to respond strongly to the Jan. 12 earthquake. The battered nation's second-in-command told the AP during a (...)

20 - 02 - 2010
Vendor saved after 27 days in Haiti rubble
The tale seems dubious: that a rice vendor survived 27 days trapped under the rubble of a flea market following Haiti's devastating earthquake. Skeptical health workers said no one could live that long without water and the last confirmed survivor (...)

11 - 02 - 2010
US Baptists charged with abduction of Haiti children
Ten members of a US missionary group who tried to take 33 children out of Haiti after the nation's devastating earthquake were charged with child kidnapping and criminal association Thursday, their Haitian lawyer said. Edwin Coq said after a court (...)

05 - 02 - 2010
Travolta lands in Haiti piloting relief supplies
John Travolta has landed his own jet in Haiti carrying relief supplies and a team including doctors and Scientology ministers. The 55-year-old actor flew the Boeing 707 from Florida Monday carrying four tons of ready-to-eat military rations and (...)

27 - 01 - 2010
150K bodies recovered in capital
AU-PRINCE - The confirmed death toll from Haiti's devastating earthquake has topped 150,000 in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area alone, the communications minister said Sunday, with many more thousands dead around the country or still buried (...)

25 - 01 - 2010
A patriotic squirrel?
A brazen squirrel has been grabbing small American flags placed in a Port Huron, Michigan, cemetery and carrying them up to its nest, which now looks as if it's bedecked in bunting. Every Memorial Day, volunteers place the flags next to the graves (...)

01 - 06 - 2009
Reaching out to enemies strengthens US – Obama
Defending his brand of world politics, President Barack Obama said Sunday that he “strengthens our hand” by reaching out to enemies of the United States and making sure that the nation is a leader, not a lecturer, of democracy. Obama's foreign (...)

20 - 04 - 2009
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