ON Monday, October 31,
seven months after it started,
NATO's operation in
Libya came to an end. It is
the first time NATO has
ended an operation it started. And it
comes on the heels of an...
A FEW years back
Representative Barney
Frank coined an apt phrase
for many of his colleagues:
weaponised Keynesians,
defined as those who believe "that
the...
PAKISTAN cricketers Salman
Butt and Mohammad Asif were
on Tuesday found guilty of fixing
parts of a Test match against
England in a case that has
thrown the credibility of the
international game into doubt.
After the verdicts it was
revealed that...
AL SADD forwards Mamadou
Niang and Keita Abdul Kader
will be eligible for the Asian
Champions League final, football
chiefs said on Tuesday,
after they escaped further bans
over an ugly mass brawl.
They were initially suspended
for one match for their
roles in the fight against South
Korea´s Suwon Bluewings in
the ACL first-leg semi-final
last month, but were left to
sweat on Tuesday´s ruling by
Asia´s football body.
The pair served their suspensions
in last week´s second-
leg, the Asian Football
Confederation said after a disciplinary
committee ruling,
making them free for selection
for Saturday´s final.
The AFC however handed
six-match bans to Suwon
player...
THE 2011 World Arabian
Horse Organisation
Conference will begin on
Wednesday with its General
Assembly. A host of activities
are lined up for the prestigious
event which Doha is organising
for the first time.
Ritz Carlton Hotel is the
venue for the Conference
which runs till November 8.
Over 400 delegates are set to
attend the Conference.
WAHO President Dr. Hans-
Joachim Nagel will address
the members and a large number
of VIP guests.
The WAHO Conference is
held under the patronage of
the Special Advisor to the
Emir, HH Sheikh Abdullah
bin Khalifa al Thani. Qatar
Racing and Equestrian Club
(REC) is the host of this
Conference which was held in
Oman...
REAL Madrid return to familiar
territory on Wednesday
when they face Lyon, looking
for a win that would seal their
place in the Champions League
knockout stages with two
games left in Group D.
Ever since a mid-September
slip that saw them take just one
point from two league games —
a full-blown crisis for a club as
big and as closely scrutinised as
Madrid — Jose Mourinho´s
side have won eight games in a
row in all competitions, scoring
an impressive 29 goals in that
time. Such form has seen them
go top of La Liga on their own
for the first time in a year, and
means they will arrive in
France confident of beating
Lyon on their own ground for
the first time...
AL SADD forwards Mamadou
Niang and Keita Abdul Kader
will be eligible for the Asian
Champions League final, football
chiefs said on Tuesday,
after they escaped further bans
over an ugly mass brawl.
They were initially suspended
for one match for their
roles in the fight against South
Korea´s Suwon Bluewings in
the ACL first-leg semi-final
last month, but were left to
sweat on Tuesday´s ruling by
Asia´s football body.
The pair served their suspensions
in last week´s second-
leg, the Asian Football
Confederation said after a disciplinary
committee ruling,
making them free for selection
for Saturday´s final.
The AFC however handed
six-match bans to Suwon
player... 
THE 2011 World Arabian
Horse Organisation
Conference will begin on
Wednesday with its General
Assembly. A host of activities
are lined up for the prestigious
event which Doha is organising
for the first time.
Ritz Carlton Hotel is the
venue for the Conference
which runs till November 8.
Over 400 delegates are set to
attend the Conference.
WAHO President Dr. Hans-
Joachim Nagel will address
the members and a large number
of VIP guests.
The WAHO Conference is
held under the patronage of
the Special Advisor to the
Emir, HH Sheikh Abdullah
bin Khalifa al Thani. Qatar
Racing and Equestrian Club
(REC) is the host of this
Conference which was held in
Oman... 
REAL Madrid return to familiar
territory on Wednesday
when they face Lyon, looking
for a win that would seal their
place in the Champions League
knockout stages with two
games left in Group D.
Ever since a mid-September
slip that saw them take just one
point from two league games —
a full-blown crisis for a club as
big and as closely scrutinised as
Madrid — Jose Mourinho´s
side have won eight games in a
row in all competitions, scoring
an impressive 29 goals in that
time. Such form has seen them
go top of La Liga on their own
for the first time in a year, and
means they will arrive in
France confident of beating
Lyon on their own ground for
the first time...
