categorically, Jermain Defoe is not for sale."
Relegation-threatened Sunderland desperately need Defoe's firepower, with the 34-year-old scoring 11 goals in 20 Premier League appearances this season.
Sunderland have scored only 19 goals in total and (...)
lived victory in civic polls
* Muhtasibeen's ploy does not work in Taif
* Winner in Riyadh raps ‘enemies of women'
DAMMAM — A female candidate's elation over her victory in this week's municipal elections turned out to be only a short-lived one. (...)
term boost to the US debt ceiling might be the only way Congress keeps the United States from a default in August.
Time is simply running out and the collapse this week of talks led by Vice President Joe Biden underscores just how far apart all (...)
term free summer coaching program for the children of Indian and Pakistani expatriates has been organized in Aziziah District, Jeddah where ex-students of Islamic University will teach recitation of the Holy Qur'an with Tajweed, memorization of (...)
“The Looney Tunes Show” takes Bugs and Daffy out of the woods and puts them into the suburbs with “colorful neighbors” including Yosemite Sam, Granny, Tweety and Sylvester. “Looney” will also have classic characters singing original songs in (...)
term experiment with hi-tech suits prompted the expected flood of records at the world championships on Sunday with Federica Pellegrini among those setting new marks which might stand for years to come.
Despite most versions only being approved (...)
term effects, assessed at one week before and the morning of surgery, men in the stress management group experienced the lowest levels of depression, anxiety and distress followed by those in the supportive attention group.
• During the long-term (...)
term funds. The Fed said it planned to conduct such bi-weekly auctions for as long as necessary.
Light sweet crude for February gained $2.25 to settle at $93.31 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The oil future jumped on the U.S. (...)
LIVED IF THE BACKDROP OF ROCKY WORLD POLITICS REMAINS A THREAT TO RELIABLE ENERGY SUPPLY.
AROUND A QUARTER OF OPEC PRODUCER NIGERIA'S PRODUCTION REMAINED SHUT IN BECAUSE OF MILITANT UNREST, AND THE DISPUTE BETWEEN IRAN, THE WORLD'S FOURTH LARGEST (...)
called appropriate defense power has anything to do with the ongoing military threat from China, which has vowed to attack Taiwan should it declare formal independence, reported dpa.
Taiwan and China have remained at loggerheads since they split at (...)
term interest rates 14 times since June 2004 to relieve the pressure of rising prices.
"What I find troubling is more increases in the core and intermediate levels so there're more (price) pass-throughs," said Ken Mayland, president of ClearView (...)
term downturns and questions about long-term prospects, interest in regional newspapers remains strong, indicative of their pre-eminent position as the main media and advertising outlet in many smaller towns.
Some analysts have said that (...)
lived, analysts said.
"Continuing oil demand growth has led to tightness throughout the oil supply chain and created an environment in which the desire to hold higher stocks and fears of a supply disruption are driving oil prices," said the (...)
rich eastern half, whose population is mostly of European descent, and the impoverished, mostly indigenous western part.
"The Armed Forces are carefully following developments and ... will act, if necessary to preserve national integrity and (...)
term contract for Tay Keong Tan, a professor at the National University of Singapore, as his special assistant in 2001 using funds from the oil-for-food programme to pay Tan's salary.
Tan's main functions were to develop an anti-corruption (...)
term fundamentals are not strong and that's what brought the price off," said Tony Nunan at Mitsubishi Corp. "But if you think a bit longer term, there are still many bullish factors, including OPEC's meeting on the horizon and the fact that they've (...)