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Wayne Rooney celebrates after scoring one of a hat-trick of goals on his Manchester United debut, against Fenerbahce in 2004. Photograph: Ian Hodgson/Reuters

Wayne Rooney: A Patched-Up Survivor with an Astonishing Goals Record

by Barney Ronay | Jan 25, 2017 | Sports

It is one of the slightly lost details of Wayne Rooney’s unveiling as a Manchester United player, but at the time Sir Alex Ferguson felt the need to defend blowing United’s entire transfer budget for the following year on a teenager. “The fact is he is 18 and he could...

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A Somali government soldier walks near the scene of an explosion in front of Dayah hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

At Least 13 Killed in Extremist Attack on Mogadishu Hotel

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 25, 2017 | World

At least 13 people were killed after two car bombs exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Wednesday and gunmen forced their way inside the building and opened fire, police said. The attack, claimed by the Al-Qaeda aligned Shabaab...

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House Hunting in … Nicaragua

by VIVIAN MARINO | Jan 25, 2017 | Business

Granada – Nicaragua -This six-bedroom, six-and-a-half-bath house, known as Casa Blanca, is in the heart of Granada, Nicaragua, a small western city founded in the 1520s along the shore of Lake Nicaragua. The rich colonial heritage of the city, one of the oldest...

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Saudi firefighters extinguish a burning car used by suspected militants who shot dead four Westerners in an attack in the Red Sea port of Yanbu May 1, 2004. REUTERS/Stringer

Saudi: SAR384 Million Yanbu Projects to Enhance Efficiency

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2017 | Business

Medina – Madinah Governor Prince Faisal Bin Salman outlined the importance of implementing development projects in Yanbu according to an approved timeline to accomplish the citizens’ ambitions, fulfill their needs and enhance services. Municipal projects in...

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Graffiti (R) sprayed by ISIS militants which reads ”We remain” is seen at theTemple of Bel in historic city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria April 1, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

ISIS Reaping Benefits of Syria’s Nationwide Rifts, Boosting Positions

by Youssef Diab | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Terror group ISIS fights defending its self-declared caliphate in each of central Syria in Homs Governorate, east of the country in Deir Ezzor, not to mention its stronghold in the northeastern town of al Bab, bordering Turkey, and Aleppo’s Raqqa. Even though...