Soelden, Austria - The international ski federation FIS has agreed to the hosting of a parallel slalom in Moscow on January 2 with prize money totally 160,000 euros on offer.
According to FIS race director Guenter Hujara, Austria's Hermann Maier, Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway and American Bode Miller have already agreed to take part in the race, which is expected to involve the top 10 slalom skiers.
The race was originally planned for November but had to be moved to January for logistical reasons. A 50-metre-high slope will be erected to host the race.
Taipei- Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday that he would meet with Chinese negotiator Chen Yunlin when Chen visits Taipei next month to sign four pacts on expanding exchanges.
Ma told the Central News Agency (CNA) that while Taiwan and China do not recognize each other now, they should not deny each other's existence.
Chen, China's top negotiator on Taiwan, is to hold talks with his Taiwan counterpart, Chiang Ping-kun, starting November 3 in Taipei to discuss expanding exchanges that began after Ma took office on May 20.
Amman - Arab stock markets tumbled this week as panicked investors dumped shares to avert worse repercussions of the global recession despite steps taken by financial authorities to replenish liquidity shortages, financial analysts said Friday.
"Investors in the region are still suffering from psychological pressures and indirect impact of the global financial turmoil," Nizar Taher, chief of brokerage at the Jordan Ahli Bank, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Baghdad - Iraqi security sources killed an Iranian man on Thursday and arrested another after an armed struggle in Kut, south-east of Baghdad, a security source said.
The two men held Iranian nationalities, and were believed to have been in Iraq to conduct terrorist attacks, General Aziz Latif al- Emarah told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.
Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) confiscated four machine guns from th two men. Kut is located some 180 kilometres south-east of Baghdad.
Investigations with the detainee are still underway, the ISF said.
Belgrade - The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), Patriarch Pavle, has resigned owing to poor health, the SPC said on its website Friday.
Soelden, Austria - The international ski federation FIS has agreed to the hosting of a parallel slalom in Moscow on January 2 with prize money totally 160,000 euros on offer.
Taipei- Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday that he would meet with Chinese negotiator Chen Yunlin when Chen visits Taipei next month to sign four pacts on expanding exchanges.
Amman - Arab stock markets tumbled this week as panicked investors dumped shares to avert worse repercussions of the global recession despite steps taken by financial authorities to replenish liquidity shortages, financial analysts said Friday.
Baghdad - Iraqi security sources killed an Iranian man on Thursday and arrested another after an armed struggle in Kut, south-east of Baghdad, a security source said.
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