Dubai, Nov. 18 : India has moved up two places from fifth to third position on the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table after beating England in the opening two matches of the seven-ODI series currently taking place in India.

In turn, England now sits in sixth position having slipped from third following the two comprehensive defeats. Having lost three ratings points, England now sits just behind New Zealand by a fraction of a point.

Dubai, Nov.

Dubai, Nov. 12th, 2008 --President of Dubai University Dr Mohammed Omar Hefni, discussed today in Dubai with IBM Executive Director in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Larry Hurst, ways of boosting cooperation between the two sides.

Hefni welcomed the visit, which he described as important in regard to the technological relations between the university and company. The visit came in the wake of the agreement signed between Dubai University and IBM Company. As per this agreement, the staff received hi tech training.

Dubai, Nov 11 : Pakistan could move up to fourth in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table if its beats the West Indies 3-0 in the upcoming series beginning on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.

All the ODIs will be day and night matches and will take place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi and if Shoaib Malik’s men can win all three they will gain four ratings points and move above fifth-placed India and fourth-placed New Zealand.

Dubai, Algiers, 11th Nov. 2008 : Global marine terminal operator DP World and the Algerian government signed on Monday agreements that see DP World taking over the operation of the ports of Algiers and Djen-Djen.