Dubai, Feb. 11 : The second annual two-day ICC Broadcaster and Sponsor Forum was held in Dubai this week.

The forum brought together all ICC's major commercial partners - ESPN STAR Sports, Reliance Mobile, LG Electronics, Pepsico, Yahoo!, Emirates Airline and Reebok - as well as the ICC's main suppliers and service providers.

The theme of the forum was partnerships and ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat told the meeting that it was incumbent on the ICC to forge successful partnerships with the commercial sector.

Lyon, France  - The international police organization Interpol said on Tuesday it had issued an unprecedented global alert for 85 terrorists suspected of planning attacks against Saudi Arabia from abroad.

The 83 Saudis and two Yemenis are wanted by Saudi Arabia on terrorism-related charges, including links to al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Afghanistan, Interpol said in a statement issued in Lyon, where its headquarters are located.

"Never before has Interpol been asked to alert the world about so many dangerous fugitives at one time," the organization's secretary-general, Ronald K. Noble, said.

Dubai, Feb. 10 : The accreditation process for all members of the media intending to cover the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (CWCQ) is now open.

Members of the media who wish to carry out their work at the event are urged to submit their applications before the close of business on Friday 20 February 2009 (Dubai time).

The tournament will see the world's top 12 Associate and Affiliate teams compete at nine venues in 19 days from 1 to 19 April. Three of the nine grounds - at Benoni, Potchefstroom and Centurion - are ODI-accredited venues.

Dubai, Feb. 10 : The ICC today confirmed the schedule for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 to take place from 1 to 19 April in South Africa.

With three ODI venues being used, including Willowmoore Park in Benoni and Potchefstroom for group and Super Eight matches and Centurion for the final on 19 April, the event will enjoy first-class facilities.

In total there are nine venues being used for 54 matches played over 19 days with 12 teams fighting it out for the four qualification places on offer in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Geneva  - Saudi Arabia had its rights record reviewed Friday at the United Nations and came under criticism for women's rights issues in the kingdom as well as the state practise of corporal punishment.

Delegates of various nations criticized Saudi Arabia's "male guardianship system," which they said took away women's autonomy, as well as other legal measures that created inequality between men and women.

Riyadh - The Saudi government has published a list of 85 men worldwide it says adhere to "deviant" ideologies, common Saudi terminology for al-Qaeda, the official SPA news agency reported late Monday.

Saudi security forces urged the men to turn themselves in to Saudi embassies abroad and "return to reason and wisdom", adding that they could be reunited with their families, depending on the charges against them.

The SPA said that 15 of the men "who had been led astray" had done so since Saudi Arabia announced an amnesty programme for militants.