http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_var.xml Updated every 5 minute of every day - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:30:01 Asia/Riyadh(AST) Copyright: 2009, Alarabiya News Channel. http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_var.xml http://www.alarabiya.net/files/gfx/img/alarabiya.gif http://www.alarabiya.net A tearful Oprah Winfrey on Friday announced that she will take her iconic talk show off the air in 2011 at the end of its 25th season. "I love this show. This show has been my life and I love it enough to know when it's time to say goodbye," Winfrey told viewers athttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91889.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTOne of the 200 young women invited to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s Rome Islam preaching events this Sunday and Monday has accepted his plea reported Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera on Wednesday. Alda Ribeiro told the Milan based newspaper that her meeting with the eccentrichttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91760.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTAlgeria became the only Arab team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after a 1-0 win over Egypt in the qualifying play-off match in Sudan, where security was tight as thousands of fans packed the stadium to watch the tense match between the two teams that have a long history of football rivalry.http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/18/91645.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTAmerican chat show queen, Oprah Winfrey, was forced to apologize on Monday to an outraged audience for an episode of her show featuring women from around the world in which a guest from Dubai gave false information about life in the dazzling UAE city. The episode, which aired in October, hostedhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/18/91675.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTThousands of Algerians held a spontaneous rally Sunday in the capital Algiers in support of their national football team, which degenerated into attacks on Egyptian businesses. The rally in central Algiers began with fans chanting "One, two, three, Go Algeria!" as theyhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/16/91432.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTCriminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday. Sophos, a British security software firm said it had intercepted hundreds of millions of fake pharmaceutical spam adverts and websites thishttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/16/91480.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTLingering violence and raw sewage in the water are no deterrents for a group of wealthy, young Iraqis who spend their free time jet-skiing along the Tigris river in a burst of white foam and spray. Unfazed by reports that everything from chemical waste to bodies are dumped into the river, younghttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/16/91464.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTEgypt snatched a last-gasp goal to secure a 2-0 victory over Algeria on Saturday and force a playoff against their opponents to decide the final African place in the 2010 World Cup finals. Emad Moteab was the hero when he scored five minutes into stoppage time at the end of the Group C match tohttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/14/91300.htmlAl ArabiyaFri, 13 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTAs longtime rivals Egypt and Algeria prepared to go head to head on Saturday for a crunch World Cup qualifier Cairo stepped up security with police vowing tight protection for the Algerians whose bus was stoned on their arrival in the rival city. Thousands of fans, their faceshttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/14/91235.htmlAl ArabiyaFri, 13 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTWorld football governing body FIFA warned Egypt on Friday to step up security for a key World Cup qualifier with Algeria after stonethrowing fans injured three away players as they were in their bus on the way to the team hotel. A FIFA spokesman said: "We have reiterated tohttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/13/91157.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTBritish folk singer Yusuf Islam takes the stage on Sunday on his first full tour since 1976, when he was still known as Cat Stevens and was famous the world over for hits like "Wild World" and "Morning Has Broken." Now 61, Islam is about to seal his gradual comeback tohttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/13/91154.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTResidents of the Israeli town of Shfaram were seeking on Friday to make the world's largest tabbouleh salad, hoping to bring reconciliation after violent Christian-Druze clashes. "We are trying to get the Guinness record," said event organizer Ala Khuria as residents were busyhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/13/91142.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTAlgeria's team bus was attacked by stone-throwing fans in Cairo on Thursday ahead of Saturday's highly-charged World Cup qualifier against Egypt, police officials said. The incident, which happened as the Algerian squad was being taken from the airport to their hotel,http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/12/91098.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTU.S. President Barack Obama can add another accolade to his already long list of awards after being named the world's most powerful person in an inaugural ranking by Forbes magazine, while Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz came inhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/12/91034.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTAfter making it on America's infamous "axis of evil," Syria will now become synonymous with Angelina Jolie's brood as the U.S. actress looks set to adopt a child from the Arab nation despite her partner Brad Pitt's objections. The Oscar-winning actress, who was recentlyhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/11/90938.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTRestoration work will begin on the tomb of Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamen, Egypt's antiquities department said on Tuesday. The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has partnered with the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) to work on the conservation andhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/10/90853.htmlAl ArabiyaMon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTFor Facebook users updating their statuses or posting family pictures is for their select friends list but according to new report the information most people believe is private is actually being used by Israel to profile people and spy on them to obtain valuable information. According tohttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/09/90711.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 08 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTA persistent Afghan thief that has been deported from the United Arab Emirates on six occasions, is yet again facing trial, this time for 18 counts of stealing from cars, according to a local newspaper The man, who is in his thirties and was only identified as BH, was arrested after authoritieshttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/09/90691.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 08 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTA group of Saudi's launched a group on a popular social networking website called The Facebook Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and have so far to attracted more than 500 members. The group, named after the kingdom's Committee for the Promotion ofhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/08/90628.htmlAl ArabiyaSat, 07 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTSinger Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits," was due to perform in Egypt on Friday under tight security, at the Red Sea resort of Port Ghalib. Hamdi Hassan, a lawmaker from the Muslim Brotherhood, hashttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/06/90441.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 05 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT