Qahtani pointed out that 21 rescue fire brigades and ambulances backed by civil defense teams and ambulatory services dealt with the incident.
The spokesman said in a statement that investigations are still underway to determine the causes of the (...)
hit grand slam to put the Atlanta Braves ahead in an eight-run eighth inning, as they rallied past the Florida Marlins 10-5 in the National League on Saturday.
Six of the runs were unearned because of two errors by third baseman Jorge Cantu.
Nine (...)
strong crew.
"Nine bodies were found in different compartments of the Greek ship," the admiral said.
The bodies belonged to nine sailors reported missing earlier in the day on the ship 33 nautical miles (61 km) northeast of the island of (...)
THE people who created this country built a moral structure around money. The Puritan legacy inhibited luxury and self-indulgence. Benjamin Franklin spread a practical gospel that emphasized hard work, temperance and frugality. Millions of parents, (...)
In January 1841, Abraham Lincoln seems to have at least vaguely thought of suicide. His friend Joshua Speed found him one day thrashing about in his room. “Lincoln went Crazy,” Speed wrote. “I had to remove razors from his room — take away all (...)
IT took Christopher Columbus about 70 days to get to the New World — a bit less than half as long as it took us to get through the 2008 primary calendar. But by Tuesday night, we'll have reached our destination, and people in the Obama and McCain (...)
Dear Senators Obama and McCain,
You are now engaged in a campaign debate over whether to talk with Iran. As I'm sure you both know, this is a political exercise that will have little relevance should you actually take office.
In the White House, (...)
MY first thought on the running mate question is that to balance his ticket, Barack Obama should pick a really old white general. Therefore, he should pick Dwight Eisenhower. John McCain, on the other hand, needs to pick someone younger than (...)
In 1950, Dr. Seuss published a book called “If I Ran the Zoo.” It contained the sentence: “I'll sail to Ka-Troo, and bring back an IT-KUTCH, a PREEP, and a PROO, a NERKLE, a NERD, and a SEERSUCKER, too!” According to the psychologist David Anderegg, (...)
IN 1965, Mancur Olson wrote a classic book called “The Logic of Collective Action,” which pointed out that large, amorphous groups are often less powerful politically than small, organized ones. He followed it up with “The Rise and Decline of (...)
FOR years, American and British politics were in sync. Reagan came in roughly the same time as Thatcher, and Clinton's Third Way approach mirrored Blair's. But the British Conservatives never had a Gingrich revolution in the 1990s or the Bush (...)
Denton Cruse had no idea what he was in for when he attempted to wrestle a 250-pound television set out of an entertainment center last April. “I felt something pop,” the Atlanta marketing consultant recalls. “There was incredible pain. It was (...)
Bambi lives. Betting that multiplex audiences are hungry for lavish nature documentaries, the Walt Disney Company has established a new production banner to deliver two nature films a year starting in 2009. The effort, to be called Disney-Nature, (...)
To understand why Hollywood is taking the threat of a strike by the Screen Actors Guild seriously, look no further than Alan Rosenberg's actions during solidarity march last November with striking screenwriters.
Mr. Rosenberg, the president of the (...)
Dr. Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Mubarak
2- Ahmed bin Aqeel bin Fahd Al-Khateeb
3- Ahmed bin Fareed Al-Olaqi
4- Abdulrahman bin Yahya Al-Yahya
Third:
Members from the licensed stock companies in the Saudi Stock Exchange:
1- Eng. Saud bin Majed (...)
McDonald's Corp. stock surged
to an all-time high Thursday after the fast-food chain
announced the largest dividend increase in its history and
pledged to return more money to shareholders than Wall
Street expected, according to The Associated (...)
Hakim and a last-minute lobbying push by the U.S. ambassador in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, underscored U.S. concerns that the referendum could turn into a divisive sectarian showdown.
"Of course there are disagreements. We're watching a political (...)
entry melted the wing from
the inside out, causing the spacecraft to disintegrate as
it headed to Cape Canaveral, Florida in February 2003. All
seven astronauts aboard died.
The small bit of foam that may have hit Discovery's right
wing came (...)
53 that ended inconclusively in a truce and left the Korean peninsula divided.
Conservative protesters chanted anti-North Korea slogans outside the national memorial, but were taken away by police.
The visit to the national cemetery is seen by (...)
listing there is some speculation people are underweight so you'll have a certain amount of buying."
Strategists also saw long term strength in valuations for European equities in general.
"The only market where there is not speculative froth is (...)
day record, forecaster Mike Palmerino of Meteorlogix said.
The storm turned to rain further east, he said.
Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed from Dallas to Toronto due to cold or snow, as the domino effect took hold during the busy (...)
third of the Knesset's 120 seats.
He thus needs the Labour party in order to implement the announced withdrawal plan from all 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip, and another four in the West Bank next summer.
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (...)
dealer in distressed securities, said the market valued Parmalat's potential windfall from its claims at around 375 million euros.
Parmalat Finance Corp. BV benchmark bonds were trading on Wednesday at 17 percent of face value compared to 13 (...)
foot (12-meter) shipping containers toppled in Charleston's sprawling port complex.
More than 120,000 people were without power.
"We expect that number to go higher," said Robin Montgomery, a spokesman for South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. "We (...)