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Tehran - The Iranian Football Federation (FFI) on Saturday decided to keep Iranian-American Afshin Qotbi as head coach for the country's national football team despite failing to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, ISNA news agency reported.

The FFI has asked Qotbi to present a four-year plan for the future development of the national football team.

London, June 20 : A pair of twin brothers, who had pulled a 14-year-old boy off his bike and robbing him, were arrested after their victim spotted them on Google''s Street View.

The muggers were snapped by one of the internet site''s roving camera cars in September, just moments before they robbed the teen.

The boy identified the two men six months later, when he was checking out Street View pictures of his neighbourhood in Groningen, Holland, and saw the brothers following him.

Washington, June 20 : Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly had a liver transplant during his medical leave that started in January this year, and is expected to return to work later this month.

The Wall Street Journal has published a news story regarding this, though the publication has neither cited any particular source of information nor got any direct comment from Apple itself.

New York, June 20 : Nature lovers in America are excited to celebrate Naked Hiking Day-the annual ritual in which people venture out into the woods without their clothes on.

The Naked Hiking Day is typically observed on the first day of summer, and this year it is coinciding with Father''s Day (June 21).

"There''s no way to explain it until you experience it. It''s not about being lewd and crude and all that. It''s just enjoyment," The New York Daily News quoted Andrew Williams, 28, a machinist from Warren, Pa, and eager participant in Naked Hiking Day, as saying.

However, nude participants should not only be careful about insects, scrapes and thorns, but they also have to be aware of rangers and police.

New Delhi, June 20 : Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh took upon himself the responsibility for party's defeat in the recent parliamentary elections on the first day of party's National Executive meet which commenced here on Saturday.

Singh, however, stated in his message that there was no need to "single out one person" for the debacle.

New Delhi, June 20 : Dog training centres are cashing in on the latest pet craze in China.

Although the number of pet owners is small, they do not hesitate to splash money to pamper their pooches. There are about 100 dog training centres in China.

For instance at Beijing, Jinjiajun Dog Training Centre, an hour''s drive from the centre of the city, all the 10 "VIP" rooms, each of which can accommodate four dogs, have been booked, reports The China Daily.

And the centre's 40 dog trainers have their hands full.