 | | Doha ´city centre´ part of history |
 THE high sales pitch of the
shop-owners and the flurry of
activity among shoppers, trying
to drive a smart bargain at
Musheireb (popularly called
National), Souq Ahmed bin
Abdullah and the markets in the
lanes and bylanes
of the area
seen over the last
one week or so are
like the flicker of a lamp´s flame
before it dies out in a storm.
The traders are resorting to
distress clearance of their
stocks as the deadline. |
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|  |  | | Europe´s Real Problems |
| WHEN the history of the 21st
century is written people
will ask why it was that
Europe was found wanting
during its most intractable
economic crisis. They will ask why
Europe slept as an undercapitalised
banking system floundered, unemployment
remained unacceptably high, and
the Continent´s growth and competitiveness
plummeted.
Worse still, if a reconstruction plan
does not come soon, Europe´s leaders
will be charged with "the decline of... |
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| |  | | NO, WE CAN´T?
OR WON´T? |
| IF you were shocked by Friday´s
job report, if you thought we
were doing well and were taken
aback by the bad news, you
haven´t been paying attention.
The fact is, the United States economy
has been stuck in a rut for a year
and a half.
Yet a destructive passivity has
overtaken our discourse. Turn on
your TV and you´ll see some self-satisfied
pundit declaring that nothing
much can be done about the economy´s
short... |
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 | Greipel outsprints Cavendish
GERMAN Andre Greipel finally
put paid to years of playing second
fiddle to Mark Cavendish
when he beat the British sprinter
to claim his maiden stage win on
the Tour de France on Tuesday.
Frenchman Thomas Voeckler,
of Europcar, retained the race
leader´s yellow jersey.
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| | Price, Carella to continue hot F1 start |
 THE Qatar Team´s Jay Price and
Alex Carella will be hoping to continue
their sensational start to the
2011 UIM F1 H20 World
Championship season when they
tackle this weekend´s 12th Grand
Prix of Russia, according to reports
coming from Kazan.
The duo has made the perfect
start to the season, clinching first
and second positions at the opening
two races in Qatar and
Portugal. Price has amassed a
maximum 40 points from his two
race wins and heads Carella by 10
points heading to the new course
at the junction of the Volga and
Kazanka rivers in the capital of the
Russian republic of Tatarstan this
weekend.
"I don´t really know what to
expect and have heard... |
| | Team India under fire
for playing it safe |
 INDIAN media on Tuesday
lashed out at skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni for
not going for the kill in the
third and final Test against
the West Indies, which ended
in a tame draw.
Chasing 180 for victory,
India was 94 for 3 when they
decided to bring the match to
a close with a possible 15
overs left to play on Sunday,
the last day of the inaugural
Test at Windsor Park.
"At least an effort from
Dhoni´s men - especially
given the Twenty20 era in
which these batsmen continue
to prosper - would have
been worthwhile, but certainly
not a lame draw," said The
Times of India.
"Dhoni, though, is yet to
lose a series in 25 Tests as
captain. However, a bit of
aggression... |
| | Kuwait, S Korea shares Asian
schools bowling glory |
 KUWAIT and South Korea
shared the glory at the 13th
Asian Schools Tenpin
Bowling Championship
after Abdulla Ahmed and
Song Yeon-Soo claimed victory
in the Boy´s and Girl´s
Masters finals, respectively.
According to reports coming
from Bangkok, Ahmed
of Kuwait A, who had ended
the second block Masters
finals in third place,
advanced into the stepladder
finals to meet No. 2 seed,
Muhammad Aizudeen
Mustaqim of Malaysia A in
the first match.
There was nothing separating
the duo after four
frames until Abdulla rolled
three strikes in-a-row from
frame three and a double
strike from frame seven
while his opponent had two
open frames in the seven
and nine. |
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