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Beaten and discarded, Congolese street children are strangers to mining boom - Poverty, overpopulation blamed for rise in numbers
KINSHASA: Kevin Lusongo has been on the streets since he was 11. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighborhood of Kinshasa, behind trucks he hopes can shield him from view. Some nights he's unlucky. Recently police came looking for a stolen handbag and beat him up when they didn't find it, said the boy, who's now 14. Then there are the older children. "Often when you sleep, the others come and burn your feet...
KANDAHAR: Afghan anti-Taleban militia commander Abdul Wadud (right) 63, walks with his soldiers during a patrol in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province. — AFP
Afghan strongmen tame Taleban's bastion where US forces struggled
KANDAHAR: Afghan anti-Taleban militia commander Abdul Wadud (right) 63, walks with his soldiers during a patrol in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province. — AFPZANGIABAD: A captured Taleban rifle dangling at his side, commander Sultan Mohammed swaggers through a bomb-cratered district that was once a hornet's nest of insurgents, symbolizing a rare Afghan military triumph where US forces failed. Panjwai was one of the centerpieces of US...
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Lanka deploys troops after worst blackout in 20 years
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka deployed troops yesterday to guard electrical installations as authorities investigated whether sabotage was behind the island's worst blackout in 20 years. President Maithripala Sirisena ordered stepped-up security a day after outages plunged the entire country into darkness for at least seven hours. "The president has instructed that security forces be deployed to guard electricity installations," power and energy ministry...
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Indian student hacked to death for intercaste marriage
NEW DELHI: An Indian student from the lowest Dalit caste was hacked to death and his wife critically injured in southern India in a suspected "honor killing" by relatives angered by their marriage, police said yesterday. Three men armed with sickles and sharp weapons attacked the 22-year-old student and his wife, who is from a higher caste, on a crowded street in Tamil Nadu state on Sunday.Local police commissioner N Manjunatha said the...
INDIAN WELLS: Serena Williams returns a shot against Yulia Putinseva of Kazakhstan during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 11 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday. —AFP
Serena finds inner tiger to advance
INDIAN WELLS: Serena Williams returns a shot against Yulia Putinseva of Kazakhstan during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 11 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday. —AFPINDIAN WELLS: World number one Serena Williams stepped up her bid for her first Indian Wells title in 15 years with a straight set victory over Yulia Putintseva 7-6 (7/2), 6-0 on Sunday. The two-time Indian Wells champion Williams had a...
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FIFA bans 3 S Africans over pre-World Cup match-fixing
ZURICH: FIFA banned three more former South African Football Association officials yesterday over match-fixing in friendly games ahead of the country’s hosting of the 2010 World Cup. Former SAFA chief executive Leslie Sedibe was banned for five years and fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,200).The governing body also banned Steve Goddard and Adeel Carelse, both former officials at SAFA’s referees department, for two years each. Last year, Lindile...
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Gawker swings back in Hulk Hogan sex trial
Hulk HoganST PETERSBURG: The former Gawker editor who posted a sex tape of celebrity wrestler Hulk Hogan will stand witness in a Florida courtroom this week, as the website argues it exercised its press freedom in the 2012 release of excerpts of the secretly recorded video.A.J. Daulerio, Gawker editor at the time, has emerged as the face of the former professional wrestler’s contention that the company had few limits in using sexual content to...
Samir Cherfan Managing Director Nissan Middle East signs the new agreement with Mohammed Ben Sulayem President of the ATCUAE.
Nissan to power Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge for 13th year
Samir Cherfan Managing Director Nissan Middle East signs the new agreement with Mohammed Ben Sulayem President of the ATCUAE.DUBAI: Nissan Middle East has pledged once again to back the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE in its continued drive to raise the profile of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge on the world stage. The 2016 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge powered by Nissan sees the Patrol, the “Hero of All terrain in Life”, positioned for...
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad poses for photos at the 2016 Olympic Team USA media summit in Beverly Hills, Calif. Muhammad would be the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab. — AP
US fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad to make history for Muslims
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad poses for photos at the 2016 Olympic Team USA media summit in Beverly Hills, Calif. Muhammad would be the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab. — APLOS ANGELES: Ibtihaj Muhammad stood beaming on the podium in Budapest in 2013, flashing a bright smile, a world championship bronze medal and the red, white and blue hijab that perfectly encapsulated who she is as an athlete and a person.Muhammad, a New...
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Merkel's Policy towards refugees
CAIRO: A man counts US dollars at an exchange office in Cairo yesterday
Egypt jumps after currency devalued
CAIRO: A man counts US dollars at an exchange office in Cairo yesterdayDUBAI: Cairo's main stock index soared 6.7 percent yesterday, its biggest jump since Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was toppled in July 2013, after the central bank devalued the currency, raising hopes that Egypt's foreign exchange shortage might finally be resolved.The central bank said it had devalued the Egyptian pound to 8.85 per US dollar at a special foreign exchange...
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Warba Bank wins the 'Islamic Finance News' award for performance in 2015 - 'Best Structured Finance' and 'Kuwait Award'
KUWAIT: Warba Bank, the fastest-growing Bank in Kuwait which offers a range of banking and investment services compatible with Islamic Sharia on local and international level, won two annual awards from the magazine "Islamic Finance News" (IFN).The first prize is the "Best 2015 structural funding" which resulted from the acquisition of a portfolio with Al Mulla global company of a deal totaling KD20 million, equivalent of $66 million. The deal...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
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‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns
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MoH underlines importance of compact imaging device