Dubai, Dec. 5 : The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) will convene in Cape Town on Sunday for one of its four meetings per year.

The two-day gathering, held at the Westin Grand Hotel on December 7 and 8, will make decisions on a range of matters relating to the playing of cricket as well as recommendations on the business of cricket for consideration by the ICC Board’s January meeting.

A media conference will be held at the conclusion of business on December 8, also at the Westin Grand Hotel, and details of the timing and exact location of that conference will be announced in due course.

Among the items for discussion on the CEC agenda are the following:

Future Tours Programme post-2012

DUBAI, Dec.

Makkah, Dec. 4, 2008 --The Chairman of the UAE official Hajj Mission, Mohammed Obaid Al-Mazrue, Thursday morning held two separate meetings here at the premises of the mission.

Ras Al Khaimah, Dec.

Dubai, Dec. 4 : The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed details of the process for the selection of venues for the ICC World Twenty20 2010 in the West Indies.

As per the host agreement, the West Indies Cricket Board has undertaken to recommend its preferred venues to the ICC. The ICC Board will consider the recommendation at its quarterly meeting that will take place in Perth, Australia on 31 January and 1 February.

The ICC Board will then make its decision based on those recommendations.

Dubai, 3rd Dec. 2008 -- The UAE press lauded today the UAE development model as an incredible The papers said the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, reiterated in his message to the nationthe cherished dreams of raising a progressive society, and making it more democratic and development-oriented.

The papers added that the President's statement encompassed measures that ensure the stability of the country as much as offer a general roadmap to the future and identified key points about the areas the country needs to focus on.