El Guerrouj: destiny fulfilled
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The great Moroccan reveals hidden depths to fit the final piece into a reign that was lacking just one achievement, reports Len Johnson.
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Life & style: Does the Middle East present the next frontier for the record-breaking Giorgio Armani?
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Now that destiny was fulfilled, faster than anyone expected, with the Lebanese Council of Ministers accepting to amend the constitution in order to extend President Emile Lahoud&#39;s term for three more years, it is enough for the Lebanese, who objected to
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ATHENS (CP) - Hicham El Guerrouj passed Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia with about 50 metres remaining in the 5,000-metre race Saturday, making the Morocco runner the first man in eight decades to sweep the middle-distance races at the Summer Olympics.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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EL-AJRA, Egypt  - The men gathered around the fire under a clear sky studded with stars. Youssef Ali had checked on his loaded Kalashnikov rifle as he prepared to spend another night in the desert, his home for the past six years.
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âFrank, objective and realisticâ was the phrase applied by sources at the presidential palace to the talks held between President Emile Lahoud and the Maronite patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, at the patriarchal residence in Bkerki.
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CASABLANCA, Morocco, Sept. 6 -- Saad Eddine el-Othmani, the head of an Islamic party expected to triumph in Morocco's parliamentary elections Friday, mentions the economy and economic development seven times in the course of a 20-minute conversation. He mentions Islam only once, in passing.
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Last week, the world witnessed the passing of a man who brought the plight of Palestine to the forefront of the international consciousness of humanity.
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Morocco's double Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj plans to retire in 2006.
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There is a feeling of finality about âShrek the Third,â a sense that the tale has at last reached a state of completion.
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Hicham El Guerrouj was likening the meaning of his daughter&#39;s name to the precious gold he had earned, but the Moroccan might as well have been describing the last half of the men&#39;s 1,500 meters at Olympic Stadium last night.
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The release of Mohammed Abbou gives human rights advocates hope, and perhaps a formula for more political freedoms in the North African nation.
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HICHAM El Guerrouj wrote his name large in the annals of Olympic history last night when he bestrode athleticsâ middle and long-distance disciplines by completing a 1500m and 5,000m double gold.
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Firoz Nadiadwala and Ahmed KhanÂs Fool N Final seems to be nothing short of an extravaganza, at least for those who love powerful, elegant vehicles or just plain thrilling means of transportation. Take a peep into Fool N Final to find out what modes of enchantment you can expect.
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A comic book hero mounts a comeback in the footsteps of many others.
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Reem Haidar was so impressed by Hassan Nasrallah that she begged for one of the Hezbollah leader's robes as a keepsake. Last week, her dream came true; his aides delivered one to her home in Beirut.