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Cycling: Classics to blame for Belgium's Tour drought

Edit The Times of India 09 Jul 2016
Ten different Belgians have shared 18 Tour wins between them and yet it is decades since one last looked capable of claiming the greatest prize in cycling ... And asked why no Belgian has won the race for 40 years, he said it was due to the prefered fare in his country -- one-day classics ... The two biggest Belgian stars of recent years were Tom Boonen, a ......

Imran says PTI to move court over use of PIA plane by PM

Edit Dawn 09 Jul 2016
SIALKOT ... “While the masses are burdened by price hike and taxes on essential items, the royal family continues to live a luxurious life ... He said party lawyers would approach court on Monday ... He accused the PML-N government of utilising official resources in AJK electioneering ... He asked Prime Minister Sharif to give up politics of monarchy and feel the pain and cries of the nation and have mercy on the oppressed people ... ....

Bones suggest Neanderthals were cannibals

Edit Toronto Sun 09 Jul 2016
Neanderthal remains of five adults and a child found in a Belgian cave show indentations where the bones were hammered open to expose the marrow within, and cut marks left by knives used to tear the flesh away ......

12 Pakistanis, seven Saudis arrested following Madina blast

Edit Kashmir Observer 09 Jul 2016
DUBAI. Saudi Arabia identified on Thursday suspects in two of the three attacks that struck the kingdom on the same day this week, including one outside the sprawling mosque where the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is buried in the western city of Madina that killed four Saudi security troops ... Saudi Arabia is part of the US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq and Syria, and the militant group views its ruling monarchy as an enemy ... ....

Kimi Raikkonen signs on with Ferrari until the end of 2017

Edit Stuff 09 Jul 2016
Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will stay at Ferrari next season, the Italian Formula One team has announced ... READ MORE.. * Rosberg rue as Hamlilton fastest in practice. * 'She said yes!' - Brendon Hartley engaged ...   ... The focus of the driver market will now switch to McLaren's 2009 champion Jenson Button, who is out of contract at the end of the year and likely to be replaced by Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne. Ad Feedback ... ....

Why liberals are losing

Edit Dawn 09 Jul 2016
LIBERALS in Pakistan have been an endangered species for quite a while ... Only 300? Mr Paracha vastly exaggerated; there are tens of thousands others. Still, he’s right that liberals in Pakistan are becoming fewer — as elsewhere ... The open societies of the West are in free fall ... Some drink, others don’t ... Nevertheless its many premises — such as the rejection of hereditary privilege and absolute monarchy — have won universal acceptance ... ....

Film explores hidden history of World War II: the rape of nuns

Edit Deseret News 09 Jul 2016
A new film opening this weekend (July 8) focuses attention on a long-ignored war crime — the sanctioned and systematic rape of Polish nuns during World War II. “The Innocents” (“Les Innocentes”) tells the story of a young French doctor who is called to a Polish convent to aid a young novice in a breech labor ... The film, a joint project of Polish, French and Belgian filmmakers, had its U.S ... Katherine R....

You can't explain the Iraq War without talking about oil

Edit Business Insider 09 Jul 2016
An Iraqi worker adjusts the valve of an oil pipe at south Rumaila oil field, in southern Iraq Dec. 2, 2009 ... It’s not the oil that is the issue, it is the weapons ... The economies of various US allies, among them Japan and the countries of Western Europe, are to various extents dependent on oil imports; the US’s Middle East clients, the oil monarchies, require American protection and support ... REUTERS/Atef Hassan ... Loading video... ....

Face time with queen, princes complete Obama's royal holiday

Edit Boston Herald 08 Jul 2016
... Queen Elizabeth II and was ending at a dinner hosted by the trio of young royals who represent the future of the British monarchy....

Saudi Arabia identifies bombers in 2 attacks this week

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 08 Jul 2016
Saudi Arabia is part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, and the militant group views its ruling monarchy as an enemy. ....

Torture, imprisonment and killing – so what would it take for Bahrain to be criticised ...

Edit The Independent 08 Jul 2016
Bahrain, once considered one of the more liberal Arab monarchies, is turning into a police state as vicious and arbitrary as anywhere else in the region ... Read more ....

Belgian twins celebrate 103 years living side by side

Edit The Himalayan 08 Jul 2016
GHENT ... To this day, they barely leave each other’s side, sharing a room at their nursing home just outside the Belgian town of Ghent ... The post Belgian twins celebrate 103 years living side by side appeared first on The Himalayan Times. ....

Karlovy Vary Q&A;: Felix Van Groeningen, 'Belgica'

Edit Screen Daily 08 Jul 2016
The emotional story of two people who fall in love and then must deal with their daughter’s terminal illness struck a chord with audiences across the world and the Belgian film ended up being nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2013 Academy Awards ... Praised for its raw energy and soundtrack from Belgian band Soulwax, the film is something of a departure from the more sedate Broken Circle Breakdown....
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